Signal Hill Elementary School Library

Library News

Calling all interested students from grade 2-7 to participate in the Signal Hill Library's READ 10 CHALLENGE!
Students are challenged to read and record a book (picture book, audiobook, fiction 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
Please come see Ms. Benes in the library for a recording sheet!

The Red Cedar Book Club (Grades 6-7) has begun! 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 beginning to read 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!

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 in the bin on the desk and wipe down the keyboard, mouse and scanner after use.
All returned books and shared browsing cards (intermediates) must be wiped down with the rag sprayed with disinfectant before being placed on the cart of books to be shelved or back in the tin of browsing cards.

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/

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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