Welcome to school year 2014-2015! I am excited to be starting my fifth year as Pennekamp's library media specialist. It will be great seeing old friends and making new ones. There is so much to learn and to do; I look forward to a busy, productive, and happy year.
The library is a resource for the entire Pennekamp community--students, teachers, staff, administrators, and families. You can visit the library whenever it is open, except during class visit times. The library is open every weekday (except for school holidays): 8:00 to 3:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; 8:00 to 1:30 on Wednesdays. Every class visits the library every week; follow this link to see the class visit schedule for this year. Before and after school, families may visit the library until it closes, but children must be accompanied by a parent or guardiany.
Students are permitted to check out the same number of books as their grade level; so, for example, a first-grader may take one book and a fifth-grader may take five books. Parents may check out ten books at a time. Kindergarteners are also allowed to check out one book but will not begin checking out until December. The loan period is one week. A book may be renewed three times, for a total of four weeks. Patrons are asked to return books as soon as they are through with them; there are often long waitlists for particular books.
I'd like to take a moment to promote this website! Visiting the website is the best way to find out what's going on in the library. The class visit schedule shows when your child is coming to library and therefore what day he or she needs to bring any library books to school. On the Weekly Readalouds page you can see what I am reading to each grade and what library skills we are practicing. If I show any internet content during class visits, I will usually link to it from either my blog post or the Weekly Readalouds page. You can look back through previous year's content to find books that have been featured in the library before. You are obviously aware of the website (since you are reading this post!). If you find it interesting, I'd be grateful for your recommending it to other Pennekamp parents.
Here's another interesting thing about the website: If you are planning to shop on Amazon, your purchases can earn money for the Pennekamp PTA (at no additional cost to you!) if you go to Amazon by linking from this website. Just click through from the graphic at the right of this page, that's all you have to do!
One last suggestion: I hope this website creates opportunities for you to talk with your children about books. During library time (as well as in the classroom) the students often have opportunities for literary discussion. They may recount the plot of a story, identify the main characters (both "internal" and "external" traits), discuss the theme of a story (its message, "moral," or purpose), compare or contrast a story with other stories, or connect a story to their own experiences. It's fun to know what children think of a story, why they like a story or don't, and whether a story has meaning for them. Books and reading can make great topics for discussion, for people of any age.
The library is a resource for the entire Pennekamp community--students, teachers, staff, administrators, and families. You can visit the library whenever it is open, except during class visit times. The library is open every weekday (except for school holidays): 8:00 to 3:00 on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; 8:00 to 1:30 on Wednesdays. Every class visits the library every week; follow this link to see the class visit schedule for this year. Before and after school, families may visit the library until it closes, but children must be accompanied by a parent or guardiany.
Students are permitted to check out the same number of books as their grade level; so, for example, a first-grader may take one book and a fifth-grader may take five books. Parents may check out ten books at a time. Kindergarteners are also allowed to check out one book but will not begin checking out until December. The loan period is one week. A book may be renewed three times, for a total of four weeks. Patrons are asked to return books as soon as they are through with them; there are often long waitlists for particular books.
I'd like to take a moment to promote this website! Visiting the website is the best way to find out what's going on in the library. The class visit schedule shows when your child is coming to library and therefore what day he or she needs to bring any library books to school. On the Weekly Readalouds page you can see what I am reading to each grade and what library skills we are practicing. If I show any internet content during class visits, I will usually link to it from either my blog post or the Weekly Readalouds page. You can look back through previous year's content to find books that have been featured in the library before. You are obviously aware of the website (since you are reading this post!). If you find it interesting, I'd be grateful for your recommending it to other Pennekamp parents.
Here's another interesting thing about the website: If you are planning to shop on Amazon, your purchases can earn money for the Pennekamp PTA (at no additional cost to you!) if you go to Amazon by linking from this website. Just click through from the graphic at the right of this page, that's all you have to do!
One last suggestion: I hope this website creates opportunities for you to talk with your children about books. During library time (as well as in the classroom) the students often have opportunities for literary discussion. They may recount the plot of a story, identify the main characters (both "internal" and "external" traits), discuss the theme of a story (its message, "moral," or purpose), compare or contrast a story with other stories, or connect a story to their own experiences. It's fun to know what children think of a story, why they like a story or don't, and whether a story has meaning for them. Books and reading can make great topics for discussion, for people of any age.
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