NOVEMBER NOTES

NOVEMBER BIRTHDAYS (authors & illustrators)

November 9 - Lois Ehlert
11 - Peg Kehret
12 - Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
13 - Robert Louis Stevenson
14 - William Steig
14 - Astrid Lindgren
15 - Daniel Pinkwater
16 - Jean Fritz
21 - Elizabeth George Speare
24 - Gloria Houston
25 - P.D. Eastman
26 - Charles Schultz
27 - Kevin Henkes
28 - Ed Young
29 - Madeleine L'Engle
29 - Louisa May Alcott
29 - C. S. Lewis
30 - Margot Zemach
30 - Mark Twain
30 - Lucy Maud Montgomery
30 - Johnathan Swift

Stop by the media center to see our great book displays on all those authors.


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Students in grade 2 have been writing their own Tall Tales. After hearing all about these fun stories and how to write them, second graders have spent time in class creating their own stories. Mrs. Smay was very impressed with their wonderful imaginations, as they sat in the library's author chair and read them aloud. Their most recent lesson taught them about the many versions of Cinderella from all around the world. Did you know that our libray has more than 40 variations of this famous fairy tale? I wonder if they will be writing their own fairy tales next?

Did you know that there are books in the library that can help you learn math and language arts? Well, the third grade students had a lesson on these helpful books located in the 400 and 500 section of the library and they enjoyed them. There are great resources on learning parts of speech, idioms, figures of speech, similes, metaphors, geometry, and fractions. One math adventure series is the Sir Cumference books by Cindy Neuschwander which can help with many math concepts. Author Brian P. Cleary's books are very creatively written to reinforce and learn the parts of speech. Check out the display of these and many more like them in our media center.

READ AROUND THE WORLD - with Scholastic and Imagination Books during our annual book fair. Please mark your calendars and visit the Shorecrest Student Activity Center and the Theatre Lobby Nov. 9-12 where you will be able to purchase books for all age groups. There will also be teacher "wish lists" if you'd like to start your holiday shopping. Remember this book fair helps support programs for the entire school. Thank you in advance for your support.
A big thank you goes out to our volunteer parents who have signed up to work with Mary Ellen Howells and Jane Kratz to make this event happen. Without them we would not be able to have this event and I am very grateful and appreciative.