What's Happening at the BSS Library?

Both the third grade and the 4th and 5th grade battles were true battles.  They were very close and hard fought.  All the teams were very well prepared, and remembered so many details from the 20 books each team was expected to read. The 4th and 5th grade battle was particularly close, coming down to the last question.  If The Seven Amigos missed their last question, it would have been a four-way tie for first place.  The Seven Amigos answered their question about the The Fairy-tale Detectives correctly, earning them the top spot and the $25 gift certificates to Park Street Books in Medfield.  The Million Dollar Readers, the Jolly Readers, and the U. S. Bookworms all tied for second.  The Knowledgeable Knights were missing two key players, but still battled hard and did a fantastic job, and the fourth grade Reading Red Sox team also played great. The third grade battle was also a nail-biter. The score would have been tied if The Fierce Reading Owl...

The Scaredy Squirrel picture book series by Melanie Watt is hugely popular. What’s not to like about a squirrel who is afraid of just about everything–most of all germs, tarantulas and killer bees!  So when Scaredy Squirrel has a disastrous day and falls out of his tree (after being all worked up about seeing a killer bee), he makes a brilliant discovery.  Instead of falling down into a bush of poison ivy (another fear!), he realizes he is a flying squirrel and he simply glides to the next tree.  How exciting! After reading Scaredy Squirrel I read a nonfiction book about flying squirrels.  We learned all kinds of facts about flying squirrels, and saw some cool features like a glossary, diagram and a map.  We compared the photos in each book–the picture book had cartoonish drawings and the nonfiction book had photographs.  Also, we learned that  flying squirrels were nocturnal (even though Scaredy Squirrel would go to bed every night at 8:...

6th graders have had a chance to read some Christmas stories out loud to their classes.  A fun way to practice reading with expression, and it was nice for me to have the "day off!"

We've been having a little fun in Library class, taking some sELFies! Even Mr. Spillman got in on the action!