RES Library Media Center News

Kindergartners at RES visit the library once a week to pick out new books. Every scholar picks out one picture book. Then they get to choose a second book, which could be another picture book, nonfiction, or something from our Spanish or Comics collections. Once they have chosen their books, the kindergartners share them with friends or with our reading mentors, adults and middle school students who read  aloud during library classes. Please ask your children to share their library books with you!   Can't wait to read this new picture book! exploring nonfiction about animals and machines reading with a friend

RES fourth graders have been working on their interest-based Capstone Projects, and they have each developed a research question they will use to focus their investigations. This week they began to take notes on information that will help them answer their questions. Our scholars have a great breadth of interests, and we can't wait to see the results of their research! -Mrs. Rankin and Mrs. Redford Capstone Project Research Questions How could the cars of the future be different from cars today? How was Magic: The Gathering created? What are the top three endangered animals and why are they endangered? How did Stan Lee create his comics? How does the human brain work? How are fossils made? Why have animated cartoons changed over time? Why was the Roman army so effective? How do dogs and puppies communicate with humans? Why did dinosaurs go extinct? Why are there so many categories of magic tricks, and what are the differences between them? How were th...

RES scholars who attended library classes today participated in the #StudentLife challenge. #StudentLife, the brainchild of Wisconsin teacher Pernille Ripp , is a worldwide opportunity for students to show what a school day looks like from a student's perspective. All of the photos in this video were taken by RES second and third graders and kindergartners. We hope you enjoy this look at RES and the RES library from the scholars' point of view!

RES scholars who attend library classes tomorrow, February 5, will participate in the #StudentLife Challenge. #StudentLife, the brainchild of Wisconsin teacher Pernille Ripp , is a worldwide opportunity for students to show what a school day looks like from a student's perspective. We will be sharing photos by RES scholars on the library's Twitter account at @RESVTlibrary, and also on this blog. Please follow our Tweets and the #StudentLife Twitter hashtag for a look at one school day from a student's point of view!

Second graders sharing nonfiction about bats. Nonfiction is popular with RES scholars, who checked out over 450  nonfiction titles for their independent reading in January . January at the RES library, by the numbers: Number of library books and other materials checked out by RES scholars, families, and staff: 1684 -- that's 89 per day.  Number of scholar visits to the library: over 1,000 (15 classes per week plus individual visits)  Number of checkouts for our most popular book: 11 for Scaredy Squirrel Goes Camping by Melanie Watt Number of new reading mentors from CHMS who have begun reading with kindergartners during their library classes: 4 . We can't thank CHMS Assistant Principal Lashawn Whitmore-Sells and the middle schoolers enough for sharing their time and enthusiasm for books with our young scholars!