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Berea Elementary School

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Nov. & Dec. 2022

Wow, what a busy and fun couple of months we've had in the school library! We continued our practice of library and information access skills while also learning about different holidays that are celebrated around the world during this time of the year. Meanwhile, we held our fall book fair and received our much anticipated fall book order (image from Canva.com).

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Fall Book Fair

Our Scholastic fall book fair was held the week before Thanksgiving, November 14-18. Students visited book fair with their class and had the opportunity to stop by with their family after school on Wed. and before school on Fri. Thank you to all who shopped book fair to help support our school library.


A very special thank you goes out to the following parent and community volunteers and staff members who assisted with our book fair's successful operations:

- Venus Bigham

- Patty Bynum

- Jackie Callis

- Mr. Franks

- Stephanie Franks

- Mrs. Herndon

- Ms. Hyatt

- Lydia Lewis

- Mr. Loaiza

- Eunice Huerta Rojas

- Mrs. Wadsworth

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Book Drive & Giveaway

In celebration of November's National Family Literacy Month and through the generous donations of the Friends of the Berea Elementary Library, every student left book fair with a gently used book to add to their home library. Our school can't thank the following Friends enough for their efforts in promoting literacy and a love of reading among our students:

- Mindy Apple

- Nicola McGinty

- Mary McGowan

- Kimberly Payne

- Kristy Skadow

- Kari Smith

- Julie Stokes

- Various other community members

New Book Arrivals

Yay - the fall book order has arrived! Featuring book requests and suggestions of students, teachers and fellow school librarians, these new titles of high interest subjects/formats aim to help keep our students excited about reading. Check out some of these great new books below (photos by Mrs. Wadsworth).

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More Books Are on the Way

Thank you Public Education Partners for awarding our library a microgrant to purchase past SC Picture Book Award nominees to add to our collection (image from pepgc.org).
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Instructional Topics Covered

  • Setting
  • Retelling
  • Cause and Effect
  • Compare and Contrast
  • Write Your Own Story Ending
  • Financial Literacy
  • Discus Digital Animal Scavenger Hunt
  • Discus Digital Holiday Research & Graphic Design
  • Thanksgiving
  • Hanukkah
  • Kwanzaa
  • Christmas


Image from Canva.com

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Student Activities

  • Read Alouds
  • Book Discussions
  • Student Led Book Talks
  • Reading
  • Writing
  • Research
  • Critical Thinking
  • Singing
  • Dancing
  • Mindfulness Activities
  • Center Learning Activities


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Read Alouds

Images: Amazon.com
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The Penny Pot

by Stuart J. Murphy & Lynne Cravath
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Bunny Money

by Rosemary Wells
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Alexander, Who Used to Be Rich Last Sunday

by Judith Viorst
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Lemonade in Winter

by Emily Jenkins & G. Brian Karas
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'Twas the Night Before Thanksgiving

by Dav Pilkey
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Thanksgiving

by Alice K. Flanagan
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Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins

by Eric Kimmel
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Hanukkah

by Mari Schuh
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How Do Dinosaurs Say Happy Chanukah

by Jane Yolen & Mark Teague
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Kwanzaa

by Lori Dittmer
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Pete the Cat Saves Christmas

by Eric Litwin
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'Twas Nochebuena

by Roseanne Greenfield Thong
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Happy New Year

Wishing our school community a healthy and happy 2023 filled with family, friends....and tons of reading, of course (image from Slidesmania.com).
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Michelle Grabiec

Library Media Specialist

Berea Elementary School - Greenville County Schools

100 Berea Drive

Greenville, SC 29617

mgrabiec@greenville.k12.sc.us

864-355-1500


(Photo by Susan Gill)

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