Signal Hill Elementary School Library

Library News

Welcome back to school! Hopefully you all had a wonderful and relaxing summer enjoying good times with friends and family as well as good books! I would love to hear about what you read over the summer so be sure to stop by the library to share your recommendations.

Students in grades 1-7 can begin taking books home right away, one book for grades 1-3 and 2 books for grades 4-7. The book can stay at home for one week but then you need to return it or bring it back in to check it out again. Please remember to carry your books to and from school in a bag to protect them, choose a safe place to keep your books at home, and return your books on time so that others can enjoy them.

The kindies will be coming to the library for an orientation and a letter is being sent home for parents to sign, outlining responsibilities for lost or damaged materials, before they are allowed to begin taking books home. Kindies will begin library book sign-out in October!

Thank you to all interested students from grade 3-7 who participated in the Signal Hill Library's READ 10 CHALLENGE! Congratulations to Marley V. for being the first to complete the READ 10!
Students were challenged to read and record a book (picture book, novel, or non-fiction, in French or English) that...
* was written more than 50 years ago
* takes place more than 50 years ago
* has a main character who moves to a
new country
* has a main character with a
disability
* was written by a BC author
* was made into a movie
* is about STEM (Science,
Technology, Engineering or Math)
* is set on a continent other than
North America
* has a word related to the weather in
the title
* teaches you something new

Covid Protocol – SHE Library

All library users wash hands before entering.
Make efforts to touch as few surfaces and books as possible. Try to check out the books that you touch!
Only intermediate students will use the tables and chairs. Intermediate students will also be instructed on cleaning the search station computers after each user.
Teachers can use the circulation desk computer and need to spray the rag or paper towel in the bin on the desk and wipe down the keyboard, mouse and scanner after use.

Follett Destiny

Check out our new 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/

Reading Link Challenge 2017

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. Ramona series - Beverley Clearly
15. Anne of Green Gables - L.M.Montgomery

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.

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