USED BOOK SALE

Join us in the MUR for the annual Ashley Falls Used Book Sale. Prices as follow:

Children's Books:

Paperback- $.50

Hardback- $1.00

Adult Books:

Paperback- $1.00

Hardback- $2.00

May 22nd at noon-May 24th

Fables for Fun (Podcast)

The following are two fables for your listening pleasure. I hope you enjoy them!

PODCAST

Finding a Book With Alexandria Researcher

Check out this video about how to use Alexandria Researcher online catalog to find a book in the library:

Alexandria Researcher

Great Vocabulary for our Library

Library Media Center Vocabulary: Digital Flashcards

Dewey Decimal System Rap...Check it Out!

Our Online Book Fair!!

Can't make it to our book fair? Or you just can't get enough of a good thing? Either way, use this link to shop for great books!! 25% of the proceeds benefit our school library. Also, this is a great site to forward to friends and family members who live far away but would still like to shop at our book fair. The books bought on this site are shipped for free to our school. Shop our online fair until March 23rd! Happy Shopping!

Our Online Book Fair

Book Fair March 5th-9th

Scholastic Book Fair is right around the corner! Come shopping to help raise literacy and funds for our library! It will be in the MUR March 5th-9th. We are still looking for volunteers so if you are interested in helping out, please email Karina Greenway as soon as possible at kgreenway@dmusd.org.

Read-a-Thon Letter to the Parents

Here is the letter that was sent home in October. It describes how the read-a-thon works. There is still a LOT of time left to earn the gold medal! Happy Reading!

Dear Parents,

We are excited to announce the 2011-2012 Ashley Falls read-a-thon! The program will run from October 24^th, 2011 through May 2012. The Read-a-thon is a program that brings students together with family and friends to encourage reading and to build literacy skills.

The read-a-thon is a fun, exciting journey for all participants as they travel across a giant bulletin board (located in the library) containing eight different stations, reading their way to awards, certificates, and finally gold medals for those who complete the entire journey. Students who complete the journey more than once will receive even more prizes at our gold medal ceremony at the end of the year. Participants may read on their own, with family, or friends. Listening to someone else read, in any language, or reading to someone else also counts toward the total your child will need to read. This year’s theme is “Book Buffet.” Students will be earning themed prizes and participating in food-themed activities in the library as they read their way through an eight course meal.

Grades kindergarten through third grade need to read 15 books per station (each 25 pages of a chapter book counts as a book), while grades fourth through sixth need to read 300 pages per station. (Third graders may choose to use the intermediate reading sheets). There are eight stations, so to earn a gold medal, primary readers need to read 120 books and intermediate readers need to read 2400 pages.  Blank record sheets have been given to each teacher and students are able to get them either in their classroom or in the library.

We understand that, as parents, you hold high expectations for the quality of education your child receives during the school day. By encouraging him or her to participate in the read-a-thon, you are expanding upon their learning and taking it into your home, increasing the school’s effectiveness. As we all know, parents are their children’s first and most important teachers. Your involvement in the read-a-thon will help your child develop a lasting love of reading.

We are looking forward to our Book Buffet read-a-thon. We will keep you informed about the process of the program and ways in which you can help your child be successful. Please let us know if you have questions about the program. The success of the read-a-thon greatly depends on the help of our parents. If you have interest in volunteering your time on Thursday mornings, please contact me, Karina Greenway at kgreenway@dmusd.org.

Thank you for your help in making our read-a-thon a success for our students! “Bon Apetit!” and have fun reading!! J

Karina Greenway

Ashley Falls Librarian

Cookies and Cocoa Night: Jan. 25th

 

Come See Storyteller and Musician Peter McBride
 Wednesday, January 25th
Please come to a 'Cookies and Cocoa' event!  Our PTA general meeting begins at 6:30 followed by stories, music, cookies and cocoa.  Mrs. Greenway, Mrs. Petersen and Mrs. Pike will be there to welcome Ashley Falls families and students of all grade levels.  Wear your pj's if you like, bring a pillow and blanket or snuggie and settle in for a fun evening.
Children are expected to be accompanied by an adult and remain in the MUR throughout the performance.
Please contact our office at 858.259.7812 should you have any questions.

To find out more about Peter McBride, click here.

California Young Reader Medal

Unlike most other book awards, the books involved  with the California Young Readers Medal are nominated by students, voted on by students and even presented by students.  It is exciting for our Ashley Falls students to be a part of deciding on the winner and it also introduces and aides in their understanding of the democratic process. Over the next few weeks, I will be reading the picture book nominees and discussing them before the voting takes place in March. There are also three nominees in the chapter book category, which, because of time restraints, will not be read in our library. Students interested in voting in the chapter book category are encouraged to read these nominees at home.


CALIFORNIA YOUNG READER MEDAL 
NOMINEES 2011-2012

PRIMARY (Grades K-3)

On Meadowview Street written and illustrated by Henry Cole. Greenwillow Books, 2007.

Let's Do Nothing written and illustrated by Tony Fucile. Candlewick Press, 2009.

The Odd Egg written and illustrated by Emily Gravett. Simon and Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2009.

Princess Hyacinth: The Surprising Tale of a Girl Who Floated written by Florence Heide. Illustrated by Lane Smith. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2009.

I Need My Monster written by Amanda Noll.  Illustrated by Howard McWilliam. Flashlight Press, 2009. PICTURE BOOK FOR OLDER READERS (Grades 4 and up) Goal! written by Mina Javaherbin. Illustrated by A.G. Ford. Candlewick Press, 2010. Henry's Freedom Box written by Ellen Levine. Illustrated by Kadir Nelson. Scholastic Press, 2007. Wabi Sabi written by Mark Reibstein. Illustrated by Ed Young. Little, Brown & Co., 2008.

INTERMEDIATE (Grades 3-6)

Violet Raines Almost Got Struck by Lightning by Danette Haworth.  Walker & Co., 2008.

Alvin Ho: Allergic to Girls, School and Other Scary Things by Lenore Look. Schwartz & Wade Books, 2008.

The Small Adventure of Popeye and Elvis by Barbara O'Connor. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2009.

MIDDLE SCHOOL/JR. HIGH (Grades 6-9)

Revolution is Not a Dinner Party: A Novel by Ying Chang Compestine. Henry Holt, 2007.

Waiting for Normal by Leslie Connor. Katherine Tegen Books, 2008.

Every Soul a Star by Wendy Mass. Little, Brown & Co., 2008.

For more information about the California Young Reader Medal, click here.