@NPESLearningCommons
A Newsletter for Students, Parents, and Teachers
September 2012 - We are off to a GREAT start!
Every student has visited the Learning Commons! We are so happy to be back in business! Kindergarten students come to the Learning Commons as part of Related Arts, once a week. 1st - 5th graders come once a week, with their teacher, for a 15 minute check out time. We will also schedule lessons at other times throughout the year for research, library skills, and more! Students can keep their books for one week - if they need to keep a book longer, they can renew it. If they finish a book before their next weekly visit, they can come by and get a new one. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help you!
Mrs. Byrd Fort, Mrs. Gobbi, and Ms. Burkett
National Library Card Sign Up Month!
September is National Library Card Sign Up Month! Show us your public library card and your class could win a prize! We are looking for classes with 100% of students (and the teacher) having a public library card!
Emily
Our reading dog, Emily, will be back on September 5. She will come every Wednesday. The "Lion Leaders" class will be the class where we will pull our readers from each week.
Star Wars READS Day!
Save the date! Star Wars READS Day is October 6. We will be partnering with Comic Nirvana in Lexington to celebrate this FUN day! More details soon!
INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY/WEEK!
The Mane News
NPES Symbaloo
Keep up with the NPES Learning Commons EVERYDAY!
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We are on TWITTER: @mrsbyrdfort
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WE are here for YOU!
- Research help (using DISCUS, Non-Fiction text)
- How to use the Library Catalog (on the computer and on your handheld device)
- What's the difference between Fiction and Non-Fiction?
- BookTalks
- South Carolina Book Award Program (featuring an Edmodo Book Club with other schools in the Midlands)
- Google Boot Camp!
- Wordles
- Skype
- Digital presentations
- We can pull books for you!
CHALLENGE!
1. I will take a photo EVERY school day to highlight what goes on in the Learning Commons. These photos will be posted to Instagram and to our Facebook page. I am calling it the #190daychallenge (I started the day teachers came back to school).
2. I will read ALL of the Caldecott Medal winners AND Honor books this school year. I am taking a picture of those and posting it to Facebook. I will also place a sticker on the poster in the Learning Commons. This challenge is called #nerdcott
What are YOU going to challenge yourself to do this school year?
National Library Card Sign Up Month!
Saturday, Sep 1, 2012, 12:00 AM
At your public library!
Lion Cub Storytime
Friday, Sep 28, 2012, 09:00 AM
New Providence Elementary School, Old Cherokee Road, Lexington, SC
About Us!
Email: vfort@lexington1.net
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/newprovidencelearningcommons/
Location: 1118 Old Cherokee Road, Lexington, SC
Phone: 803.821.3300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NPESLibraryMediaCenterLearningCommons
Twitter: @mrsbyrdfort