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3rd Grade Book Selection Project

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 Third graders in Ms Girouard & Ms Ayer's classes took on a leadership role in the library this fall.  After looking at data about reading habits, students met with Mr. Winner from Gumdrop books to see what books the library might be able to buy for our library.   Students looked at survey results on what RES kids like to read, circulation data of the most popular check outs from the library, and Ms Wood's designated "holes" in the library collection.  Students identified the books that would fit the criteria they created for this selection project.  As a class, they worked together to create an order list that fit their budget.   It took some thought and negotiating, but between both classes, students ordered 94 new books for the library.  They are getting processed right now and will arrive in January for all RES kids to enjoy!  We can't wait to share these great books with our reading community!! Examples of some books selected:
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VT Book Awards by our numbers #redclover #goldendome #gdba #read #mmuusdvt

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 RES students have voted for their favorite Red Clover and Golden Dome books.  Although the state winner has yet to be announced, I can tell you which books won in our school.  I've also broken the votes down by grade level.  I always find it interesting to see what book each grade gravitates towards.   The RES Red Clover winner is Bobcat Prowling! Here are the vote totals for the whole school: Kindergarten totals: 1st grade totals: 2nd grade totals: and 3rd grade totals: For the Golden Dome Award, students chose a wide variety of books as their favorite.  Here are the favorites of this year's 4th graders: I'll announce the state winners when I get that information! Stay tuned! 
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New Picture Book Section!

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 The NEW picture book section is complete!!  I'm very excited to present our new organization system for picture books.  I hope that it will make picture books more accessible to students and helpful for teachers and community members.  Picture books are already circulating more than before!! The picture books are now organized based on topic rather than author's last name.   The topics have been grouped together based on similar topics with a color code.  So a book's call number will include the color bin it will be found in to help narrow your search in the stacks.  An example is P Purple Funny.   The P stands for Picture Book.  The Purple stands for the color label/bin.  Funny is the specific bin to look in. There are colorful labels on the shelves to help direct you to the right spot!  The reason behind this new organization is mainly to help young learners.  Kids don't care who wrote their favorite books, they care...
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Students' Vision for Our Library Learning Community #studentvoice

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  We want to be in a learning community where… The classroom environment is quiet, calm, clean, fun, safe, peaceful, comfortable, organized, and playful.  I am happy, nice, safe, having fun, calm, sitting, focused on work, solving problems, helpful, kind, listening, playing, and making friends. Our classmates are nice, kind, quiet, fun, helpful, focused on their work, flexible, safe, calm, playing, and using their manners. Our teachers are helpful, kind, nice, fun, calm, polite, trustworthy, joining the fun, engaging, patient, and funny.
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4th Grade Graduation Speech #resvt #mmuusdvt

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  Good afternoon almost 5th graders!  Good afternoon family, friends, teachers, and well wishers.   We are here today to celebrate the growth and accomplishments of these fine students.  And it has been an honor to teach them for the past couple of years.  This group of kids will always be near and dear to my heart because we went through two and half years of covid together.  And they have shown such resilience, empathy, and grace, far more than most adults that I know. I appreciate my time with them and look forward to what they will do in the future.   Well, my darlings, you are about to head into middle school.  And with any change, it comes with excitement and anxiety.  This change might be wonderful or it might be a challenge, or most likely a little bit of both.  But I assure you that you have the tools to navigate this change with the same resilience, empathy, and grace you have shown during our covid years.  ...
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Navigating the new library space

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The library has gone through a transformation.  And as there are quite a few new folx in the building, I wanted to give a little tour of the library and share what the library has to offer to support you in your work.  Space Catalog Use our library catalog to look for the books you need.  Check to see if the book is available and then use its call number to locate it in the library.  The first part of a call number tells you what section in the library to look.  The second part tells you what shelf.  The map can help with finding what section is which.  If you would like more guidance on how to use the catalog, please let me know and I will happily teach you.  You can also reserve library books from the catalog.  Watch this video to find out how.   Resources The library offers lots of resources beyond books.  From the library website, you can access a variety of digital research tools, eBooks, and audiobooks.  Look at the...
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VT book award by the numbers @ RES #resvt #readingrocks #redcloveraward #goldendomeaward

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 So excited to announce this year's award winners for the Vermont book awards.  RES students had a lot of fun and learned a lot with this year's list of nominees.   The winner of the Red Clover Award is Crab Cake by Andrea Tsurumi!   Here are the numbers for how students at RES voted as well as the votes cast from the whole state: And now for the results of the Golden Dome Award.  This year's winner is... This is how students at RES voted: Here is how all the students in Vermont voted:
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