Don't Do It!
Don't do THIS to your library book using crayons, markers, or pens.
Don't write in a library book.
After you check out a library book, let it live in HERE.
When you're not reading your book, ALWAYS keep it in your backpack!
Instead of using a dog-ear (folding) a page to make your place in a book, use THIS instead!
Instead of using a dog-ear (folding) a page to make your place in a book, use a bookmark instead!
How do you renew a book?
Bring it in and let Mrs. Shields scan it.
You want to improve at reading. What is the MINIMUM number of minutes a day you should be reading?
To improve in EVERY subject, you should read at least 20 minutes a day!
Don't do THIS when you're reading a library book, even if you're hungry.
Don't eat near your library book.
Do THIS when you want a book that is OUT.
Sign into a Chromebook (not the Chromeboxes) and put it on hold.
Instead of checking out Play-aways to students, what do we do?
We check them out to your teacher and keep them in the classroom. YOU check out the book that goes with it.
Now that you're in third grade, your class librarian will bring your books to a cart upstairs. They are supposed to do that after you watch WHAT?
The Chirp!
Reading GRAPHIC NOVELS makes you better in all subjects besides what?
All subjects (except writing)!
To keep your book safe, don't put your water bottle in THIS.
Don't put your water bottle in your backpack.
You should look HERE when you want a book you saw on the Morning Chirp!
The display on the table or shelf called "As Seen on the Chirp!"
Instead of reading an easy or small book every day, what should you do?
You can try getting one book that is a little longer and engaging.
Where can 3rd-5th graders sit after they check out?
Third-fifth graders can sit in the Reading Roost (by the courtyard)! Rules: no feet on the furniture, no saving seats, be calm.
About how many books do we have in the PWES library?
We have about 11,000 books in the PWES library!
You can read to THIS, but don't let it HAVE your library book.
Don't let a little brother, a little sister, or pet near your library books.
You should turn in (or renew) your library book within THIS number of days, or you'll get an email sent home.
Fourteen days (But technically, you have have at least 15 days to turn in or renew your books before an email goes home).
You want to read the HUGE Guinness Book of World Records book. Instead of checking out this reference book to you, what do we do?
You ask your teacher to check it out for your class for two weeks!
Everyone can check out two books at a time. But there is an exception. When can you check out more than two books at a time?
You can check out more books if your teacher gives you a project.
Tell me something about the SC Book Award Nominees. Who chooses them? How many are there in each group? What does "Nominee" mean?
The SC Book Award Nominees are books librarians and kids have picked out as good ones! There are 20 picture books and 20 chapter books each year.
The pigeon reminds us NOT to bring library books into THIS room of your house.
Don't bring library books in the bathroom.
Do THIS if you can't remember where a section is in the library (and you don't want to ask).
Look at the signs on the shelves or the maps we make in second grade.
When you're in library class, instead of logging into the Chromeboxes at the computer table, do this instead.
The library's Chromeboxes are only for looking up books on Destiny when you're here on a pass. Sign in on your OWN Chromebook.
What is the "five finger rule" that helps you find a just-right book?
If you read a page of the book and there are 4 or 5 words you don't know, it's not "just right." Go for something more fun!
What year-long contest do we have at PWES that involves the SC Book Award Nominees?
We have the quizzes! Earn points and get prizes!