ibrary News
Thank you to everyone who participated in the  activities for Family Literacy Week and Love Your School Library Month! We did a school-wide D.E.A.R and had a day where students and staff came to school dressed as their favourite book character! Several students also completed “I Love my Library - Reading Bingo” sheets. 

The Red Cedar Book Club (Grades 6-7) is busy reading! The Red Cedar Award is British Columbia's Young Readers Choice book award. Red Cedar members are expected to read at least five of the titles nominated in either the fiction or non-fiction category over the next few months. In May, they will vote for the one that they think is the best Canadian book of the year.

Our Grade 4 and 5 students who have chosen to participate in the Reading Link Challenge, in collaboration with the Pemberton Public Library, are also busily reading their six books! Once they are finished, the students will be divided into teams which will compete against each other in a series of Jeopardy style games.

The primary classes are reading the Chocolate Lily Award nominees for the picture book category. The Chocolate Lily Book Awards celebrates the talent of BC's children's authors and illustrators. Students will vote on their favourite in the spring!

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Check out our online library catalogue and explore the Signal Hill Library collection at:

http://library.sd48.bc.ca/

Wonderopolis

Do you ever find yourself wondering about all kinds of things? Check out Wonderopolis, where the wonders of learning never cease!

http://wonderopolis.org/

Teacher Feature: Ms. Benes's Favourites

This month the teacher feature is some of Ms.Benes's favourites in children's literature.  
1. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and The BFG -Roald Dahl
2. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of Nimh -Robert C. O'Brien
3. Elijah of Buxton -Christopher Paul Curtis
4. Little House on the Prarie series - Laura Ingalls Wilder
5. The Hobbit - J.R.R. Tolkien
6. The Little's series - John Lawrence Peterson
7. A Little Princess and The Secret Garden - Frances Hodgson Burnett
8. Little Women - Louisa May Alcott
9. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe - C.S. Lewis
10. Charlotte's Web - E.B.White
11. Harry Potter series - J.K.Rowling
12. The Giver series - Lois Lowry
13. The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane - Kate Dicamillio
14. Pony - R.J.Polacio
15. Anne of Green Gables - L.M.Montgomery

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Electronic Resources

The Sea to Sky School District has purchased several amazing resources for our students to use when doing research both at school and at home.  Our students can now access several Electronic Resources. If you are accessing from the school, no password is required.  If you need our password to access the databases from home, see Ms. Benes.

Pemberton Public Library

Reminder to all of the amazing resource that is our Pemberton Public Library! We encourage all students and families to check out their terrific selection of eBooks, eAudiobooks, magazines and Tumblebooks! For most of these, but not all, you need a library card which requires a parent/guardian to email or call the library to get a card number. Ms. Benes strongly encourages all Signal Hill students to have their own card at the Pemberton Public Library!
http://pemberton.bclibrary.ca/