Library
rogress Elementary Library
Mrs. Judi Nordby: Teacher Librarian
Email: jnordby@cvsd.org
Phone: 228-4508
Come to the Fall Book Fair!!
November 17 thru November 24
OPEN FOR SALES:
Weds. 11/18: Noon to 4pm
Thrs. 11/19: Noon to 8pm
Fri. 11/20: Noon to 4pm
Mon. 11/23: Noon to 4pm
Tues. 11/24: Noon to 4pm
Information on this page:
"What a school thinks about its library is a measure of what it thinks about education."
Harold Howe, former U.S. Commisioner of Education
Dear Families and Friends,
Thank you for your very kind participation in our Book Fair this Spring. Your generosity will make an immediate difference in the lives Progress Elementary children.
To everyone who came to our Book Fair, and to all who helped make it a great experience, a big thank you! Keep on reading, and we’ll see you at our next Fair!
Thank you for the gift of literacy that you give our students.
“A library is a hospital for the mind.”
Anonymous
Philosophy
The Progress Elementary School Library provides materials to promote the love of reading and to support the curriculum and Washington State Core Content Curriculum Standards. We provide resources for students and faculty, in the form of print, non-print and electronic materials. We assist in the preparation of students who will become information literate, independent and lifelong learners who are equipped to be successful in the 21st century workplace as well as gainful, contributing members of the global community.
Visits
Students visit the library on both a scheduled and independent basis for instruction. Each class has a regular weekly time slot for book exchange and library lessons. Individual students may come during the day with teacher permission.
Students are limited to the number of books they may have out at any one time. However, students have access to the library daily and may come down each day, with teacher permission, for a new book, provided they return the previous one(s).
Damaged and Lost Book Policy
Accidents happen. Puppies chew (usually new) books, juice containers leak in backpacks, younger siblings use them for creative art projects, and books get left on the playground the day it rains or fly off on vacation. Most children are responsible and if a book becomes accidentally damaged, we stress the responsibility to report and, if necessary, to replace a book which gets damaged while in their care.
If a book page accidentally rips, please do not attempt to repair it at home. We use special book tapes and glue, which resist heat and won't discolor. Return the book with a note and we will repair it.
If a book becomes damaged beyond use, you will be billed for the replacement cost. If major damage occurs, please return the book with a note, so that your child may continue to borrow books. As long as we are aware that you know the book is damaged and will need to be replaced, your child may continue to borrow. If your child returns a book damaged beyond use and you are not aware of an obligation, borrowing privileges are withheld until you are notified.
Overdue Policy
We do not charge a fine for overdue books. Overdue notices are sent out to the classrooms on a routine basis, usually weekly, and if a student has books overdue more than two weeks we reserve the right to suspend borrowing privileges or limit the number of books out at any time, until the overdue items are returned. If you notice your child is not bringing home new books, please ask if a book is considered lost or overdue. Sometimes, you send the book back, but it does not make it to the library.
Students who have chronic over-dues may have borrowing privileges revoked or limited, or have books they need for assignments signed out to their teacher, so they may complete an assignment. They will receive a bill for lost books, if the items are not returned.
We attempt to instill a sense of responsibility while a book is in the possession of our students. This means they are responsible for caring for it, using a bookmark, renewing it, and returning it on time, so others may borrow it.
Student Selection
It is my belief that students should be free to select books on items of interest to them. If a Kindergartner wishes to learn about snakes or dinosaurs, I will attempt to guide him/her to a book on an appropriate level for a parent to read to him/her.
Students in Kindergarten and first grade often judge a book by its cover and select books they cannot read independently. We spend time discussing books for independent reading, exploring books by various authors and illustrators, and using the Five Finger Test to judge the readability of a book. They are also taught to look for the large E on the spine of picture books and beginning readers.
If your child selects a book, which they do not like, or one, which you do not like, or feel is appropriate, please return the book the next day and select another. If your child consistently makes selections which you feel are inappropriate, please feel free to contact me.
The Five Finger Test
- Open the book to the middle. Select a full page of text
- Read the page (aloud if possible)
- Put one finger up for every word you can not pronounce or do not know
- If you get five ( 5 ) fingers up on one page, the book is too difficult to read independently
- If you do not get any fingers up, but are reading very slowly and decoding almost every word, you will not enjoy the book.
Meet the Teacher Librarian
"If I was a book, I would like to be a library book, so I would be taken home by all different sorts of kids."
Cornelia Funke
My name is Mrs. Judi Nordby. I have been the librarian at Connell Elementary School for most of the last fourteen years. Two of those years I was a fourth grade classroom teacher and one year I split my time as the head librarian at both Connell High School and Connell Elementary School. I have also taught Computer Science to adults as an adjunct professor for Columbia Basin College’s outreach program. I am thrilled and excited with my new position as Teacher/Librarian at Progress Elementary School.
My educational background includes Eastern Washington University, where I graduated Magna Cum Laude, with a Major in Reading and a Minor in Library Science. Shortly after graduation, I enrolled in Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. I graduated, Summa Cum Laude, with a Master’s Degree in Education and a specialty in Computer Instruction and Curriculum Design.
My hobbies include reading, scrapbooking and rubber stamping. Most of all, I like to spend as much time as I can with my wonderful children and grandchildren. Additionally, I am delighted to be the librarian at Progress Elementary School because I love children and I love teaching.
Online Resources
How to Write a Bibliography - (for elementary grade students) Interactive web site that will actually generate bibliography items in correct format for copying and pasting into a document. (Oregon School Library Information System)
Spokane County Library District Home - Search their catalog from home! Get a PIN number from the Spokane County Library to reserve books, renew books, and/or check for due dates on the books you have checked out!
Ask Jeeves for Kids - Use everyday language to ask a question to this directory of carefully picked sites for students; fun to use!
Berit's Best Links for Children - This is a directory of safe, recommended Web sites for children up to age 12. Each selected site has been carefully reviewed and given a rating out of 5.
Suessville - Wear your 'Cat in the Hat' hat to Progress Elementary on Dr. Seuss's Birthday, March 2!
Puzzles, tongue twisters, write to the Cat in the Hat, make Green Eggs and Ham.
Curious George Rides the Bus - A Preschoolers game.
Mr. Roger's Neighborhood - Activities, parent pages, booklists, and more!
Great Library and School Sites (rec. by American Library Association) - Over 700 links of "amazing, spectacular, mysterious, colorful web sites for Kids and the Adults who care about them."
My Virtual Reference Desk - My Homework Helper - Links to all sorts of reference materials--from dictionaries to encyclopedias, etc.
The Kids on the Web: Homework Tools - Dictionary, Roget's Thesaurus, Encyclopedia Britannica (free trial), Free Internet Encyclopedia, World Fact Book. The Elements of Style (for writing),
Bartlett
's Familiar Quotations, Acronym Dictionary, Acronyms and Abbreviations, HumanLanguages Page.
OneLook Dictionaries - Use their general or specialized dictionaries, or create and submit one of our own. Unique site.
Yahooligans! - Index of sites for kids grouped by topics. A quick way to search the Internet comprehensively.
Last updated June 21, 2009
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