Library Newsletter

With the first few weeks of school behind us and its discussion of the new school year's library expectations, the arrival of September allowed time for students to begin improving and building new library skills. Highlights of the month included learning about the selected books for this year's South Carolina Book Award Nominees list and Hispanic Heritage Month.

The school's morning news show began airing on September 19th. Congratulations to the following 5th grade students who were selected by their current teachers (thank you 5th grade team!) to be on one of the two fall morning news show crews:

- Alan

- Apolonia

- Christopher

- Fallyn

- Henry

- Jhoan

- Pedro

- Rossy

• Chromebook Care
• Online Safety
• South Carolina Picture Book Awards
• South Carolina Children's Book Awards
• Hispanic Heritage Month
• Pura Belpre Book Award

• Read Alouds
• Book Discussions
• Student Led Book Talks
• Reading
• Writing
• Singing
• Center Learning Activities

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This month we began celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, the time between September 15 and October 15 when we honor the "histories, cultures and contributions of American citizens whose ancestors came from Spain, Mexico, the Caribbean and Central and South America" (hispanicheritagemonth.gov) in the library through:

• Read alouds featuring Hispanic/Latinx authors, illustrators and characters
• Dual language read alouds in English and Spanish
  
• Hispanic/Latinx country exploration through digital images
• Famous Hispanic/Latinx people throughout history
• Latinx author and illustrator book award, Pura Belpre Award

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Greenville Soccer Club's Reading Promotion

WAY TO GO to those who participated in the Greenville Triumph's Read to Score reading program! Students who read 3 books between September 12th and September 30th and turned in their reading logs to their teacher received a ticket to the Triumph's home soccer game on October 8th.

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• Parts of a book
• Call numbers
• Online library catalog

Battle of the Books

Applications will soon be sent out to 5th grade students who are interested in participating in this school year's Battle of the Books. "Battle of the Books (BOB) is a reading competition ... [for] students who read from a predetermined list of 10 books selected from the South Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees" list (Ellen Woodside Elementary Library's site). Practice will be held in the Berea Elementary library on Wednesdays during lunch beginning the week of October 17th. Special thanks to 5th grade teacher, Ms. Shreckengost, for her assistance in organizing the program.

Library Media Specialist

Berea Elementary School - Greenville County Schools

100 Berea Drive

Greenville, SC 29617

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