February 2021 – MOOSE TRACKS

I Read Canadian Logo

Is your family ready for I READ CANADIAN DAY? We will be celebrating this as our AR Term 2 Celebration on Friday Feb. 26! This will involve:

outdoor events- bonfires, snacks, and snow sculpture competitions

indoor events – reading books about Canada or by Canadian authors, Canadian trivia and virtual field trips

and THEMED DRESS for the day! You and your children can start planning what they will wear that day to fit the Canadian theme. They can wear red and white Canadian colours, or dress as a famous Canadian, dress as a Canadian author, etc. I can’t wait to see what everyone comes up with!

This week’s author focus is on Canadian author/illustrator Elise Gravel. I just love her hilarious books and her amazing artwork!

The entire month of February is Library Lover’s Month! The Children’s Library Lady has an amazing list of library quotes. Here are a couple of my favourites!

childrenslibrarylady.com

quote about libraries

Here are some great lists from The Children’s Library Lady and Read Brightly – books about libraries and reading!

Libraries Gone Wild! 10 Imaginative Picture Books About Libraries

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore

5 of the Coolest Children’s Libraries in the U.S.

Check ’Em Out: The Best Libraries in Kids’ Lit

Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library and Mr. Lemoncello’s Library Olympics

http://childrenslibrarylady.com/books-about-libraries/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=library_lovers_picture_books&utm_term=2021-02-15

A Book for Escargot by Dashka Slater

Hands Around the Library by Karen Leggett Abouraya

I’ll give an update next week about how our I Read Canadian Day went! Have a great week HHCS!

Apps and websites, Authors, Events, research skills, Uncategorized

Canadian Author Focus, Upcoming School Event, and Research Sites for Kids

February 15, 2021 mrsbinthelibrary1

Hello everyone, I hope you enjoyed your Family Day weekend! I wanted to let you know about an upcoming event for the whole school- I READ CANADIAN DAY. We will be celebrating this as our AR Term 2 Celebration on Friday Feb. 26. This will involve:

outdoor events- bonfires, snacks, and snow sculpture competitions

indoor events – reading books about Canada or by Canadian authors, Canadian trivia and virtual field trips

On that note, I want to feature a Canadian author today- Jon Klassen.

I have been putting together a master list of research websites for students that I think are the most helpful or of the best quality. There are many out there but these are the best that I have found so far. I will feature the rest of my list next week. Feel free to bookmark this post or these sites for when your child has a school project or assignment to work on , or if they just want to use these sites for fun!

The Canadian Encyclopedia: Home

Especially helpful for older students.

https://school.eb.com/ – This is the Britannica database – our school has a subscription. Email me (see ‘contact Mrs. B’ at top of page) for the username and password.

Encyclopedia Britannica Logo

https://www.dkfindout.com/

Great for primary grade students.

https://www.factmonster.com/

Frank - FactMonster

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

So much to explore here!

Image result for kids national geographic

https://www.kiddle.co/

Safe virtual search engine for kids.

https://wonderopolis.org/

Anything you’ve ever wondered about… find out here!

Apps and websites, Building Belonging- diversity, Scholastic Book Club, Uncategorized

Books About Valentines Day and Friendship, New Scholastic Order, and Chapter Books for Black History Month

February 8, 2021May 17, 2021 mrsbinthelibrary1

Hello HHCS! It’s so exciting to finally be back in the building for school this week! A reminder that the due date for AR reading is coming up quickly on Fri. Feb. 19. I encourage all students to try their best to meet their reading goals for the term!

Reading Club Shop. Reading Club favourites that you know and love! Shop the Digi-flyers.

I am offering the Scholastic book club program for anyone who is interested. This way the students can buy reasonably priced books for their home libraries, and their purchases can earn free book rewards for our library at school! Please have a look at this letter of introduction to learn how the program will work this year: (click here) Scholastic Book Club

Next, you can click on these links to look at the digi-flyers for what is currently available. When you have chosen what your child would like to buy, follow the instructions on the parent letter (link above). Feel free to pass the code along to any friends or family who want to order through Scholastic as well. Be sure to enter my class code when checking out- here it is:

RC391237

Scholastic- Voices- February-March

Scholastic- Seasonal- January-February

Enjoy this list from the always amazing Read Brightly- books about love and Valentines Day!

14 New Picture Books to Share with the Kids You Love This Valentine’s Day

Love

Books about friendship are also a great way to celebrate Valentines Day!

The Absolute Best Picture Books about Friendship

To add to the resources from last week’s post for younger children for Black History Month, here is a fantastic list from Rebekah Gienapp, The Barefoot Mommy. Check out the rest of her site as well as she has amazing articles.

12 engaging chapter books to read during Black History Month

Building Belonging- diversity, Uncategorized

Black History Month

February 1, 2021 mrsbinthelibrary1

Hi HHCS! It’s February and that means it’s Black History Month! With the junior/intermediate classes I teach I have been/will be doing a lesson about Canadian Viola Desmond- have a look! With my primary classes I’ll be featuring the book “Mae Among the Stars” about astronaut Mae Jemison! Be sure to tune in the morning of Friday Feb. 12 as well for our school Black History Month virtual assembly, hosted by grade 6B! And don’t forget to join me this week on the school-wide Zoom link on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 3:20! One of the books I will be reading is “A Voice Named Aretha”.