Sports is the theme for every grade's readaloud this week. Our library has a tremendous number of books about sports, and these are on display this week. The number of sports books has just increased as we received an order of many new titles, which is part of why I am focusing on this theme right now. Our beautiful new books are purchased through generous funding provided by the Pennekamp PTA. Please come help yourself to these new books!
Many people enjoy watching and playing sports. Exercise is important for everyone's health, teamwork carries over into cooperative work and relationships, and the discipline and perseverance necessary to athletic success are character traits that can promote success in other areas of life. One other thing about sports that interests me is the influence famous athletes can have on the culture.
Many people enjoy watching and playing sports. Exercise is important for everyone's health, teamwork carries over into cooperative work and relationships, and the discipline and perseverance necessary to athletic success are character traits that can promote success in other areas of life. One other thing about sports that interests me is the influence famous athletes can have on the culture.
| This week I am giving a lot of attention to a picture book focused on a very inspiring person: Emmanuel Ofosu Yeboah, a disabled cyclist who rode across Ghana to challenge people's stereotypes and assumptions about disability. He was and is an inspiration to countless individuals; further, he has successfully advocated for legal protection for the disabled against discrimination in his home country. |  |
In the year 2005 a movie was made about Emmanuel Yeboah called Emmanuel's Gift. It can be rented on Amazon, and I would recommend it to families with children old enough to sit through its run time of 80 minutes. Below you can see the trailer, and on YouTube there is also an "update" posted in 2011. (As always, children should be closely supervised when viewing content on YouTube as the comments and sidebars are often inappropriate for children.)
Poem-in-Your-Pocket week seemed to be fun for the students! We had a lot of participation this year, and the students' pictures are up on a new poster in the library.
In a couple of weeks, on June 1, we are having assemblies with the children's librarians from the Manhattan Beach public library. The topic is the public library's summer reading programs, and grades TK, K, 1, 2, and 3 will be going to the assemblies. Then, after school, the librarians will be available in the Pennekamp library if you or your students would like to come by and meet them, ask any questions, get book recommendations, learn about e-books at the public library--anything you'd like to know!
The district's summer reading lists are now online for grades 1 & 2, grade 3, and grades 4 & 5. All the elementary library media specialists (including myself) create the lists as suggestions of books that your students might enjoy over the summer. They are OPTIONAL and not part of the curriculum. Anything your son or daughter wants to read over the summer is fine with me :-)
In a couple of weeks, on June 1, we are having assemblies with the children's librarians from the Manhattan Beach public library. The topic is the public library's summer reading programs, and grades TK, K, 1, 2, and 3 will be going to the assemblies. Then, after school, the librarians will be available in the Pennekamp library if you or your students would like to come by and meet them, ask any questions, get book recommendations, learn about e-books at the public library--anything you'd like to know!
The district's summer reading lists are now online for grades 1 & 2, grade 3, and grades 4 & 5. All the elementary library media specialists (including myself) create the lists as suggestions of books that your students might enjoy over the summer. They are OPTIONAL and not part of the curriculum. Anything your son or daughter wants to read over the summer is fine with me :-)
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