'26 October Library Newsletter
October Library Calendar
Fall Book Fair: October 5th -- October 8th
** Online Book Fair is available to shop now!**
Book Fair Hours:
7:15 am -- 2:30 pm
Book Fair Extended Night:
Wednesday, October 7th
7:15 am -- 5:30 pm
** Students can shop the fair before school with an adult from 7:15 - 8:00! **
**You'll need to sign in at the front office, get a badge, and then you can head to the library with your student!**
If you'd like to shop the fair with your student during school hours, (8:00-2:30), you'll sign in at the front office and they'll call your student to meet you at the library!
Literati Book Fair: Digital Gift Cards
If you'd like to set up a digital gift card for your student to shop the book fair click on the link below!
Spooktacular Pumpkin Contest
If your student would like to participate pumpkins need to be turned into the library by Monday, October 26th!
Pumpkins can be real or fake! Students can decorate them, pain them, glue things to the pumpkin, but NO CARVING on the pumpkins!
Students will fill out a book character pumpkin companion sheet that will be displayed at our Fall Festival!
Anyone who attends the Fall Festival will be able to purchase tickets to vote for their favorite storybook pumpkin!
Prizes will be awarded to 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place!
Book Character Parade -- Friday, October 30th
** Swing by the library if your student needs an idea for a book character! **
Soar into Stories is a school wide book club that has taken flight this year at McDermott!
Each month our Falcons will meet up with their buddy class, have a read aloud, and a writing activity that is an extension of the story!
All of the books have a Social Emotional Theme and lead to great classroom discussions!
Our September book was That's Not My Name!
Students were able to illustrate and write what they love about their name, and work on their peer to peer relationship skills at the same time!
Literacy Caravan w/2nd Grade
The San Antonio Public Library Foundation will be bringing their Literacy Caravan to McDermott this year! It's an amazing opportunity for our 2nd graders!
The Literacy Caravan will bring an engaging literacy program to our students and will aid in fostering a love for reading at an early age! They will visit us monthly!
During the Literacy Caravan's visit, they will energize students by reading a book to them, engaging them in educational reading activities inside the caravan. It will include well designed smart board activities/discovery activities and a choice of a free healthy snack, as well as a book to take home with them!
Our collective goal is for students to leave the Literacy Caravan visits excited and fired up about reading!
Parent Accounts -- Checking Out Books
Our McDermott Library is open to all readers!
Parents/Guardians you are more than welcome to create an account with our library to check out books! You might have younger Falcons or might want to read a book with your Falcons at home!
Fill out the Google form below if you aren't able to come into the library to set up your account and would like additional books sent home to read with your child!
Battle of the Bluebonnets Book Club!
Falcon Tales!
If you're interested in attending, please fill out the form below!
Edmund Cody Branch Library -- San Antonio Public Library
If you're interested in attending events offered at a public library, checking out additional books, or accessing eBooks or audiobooks; the closet San Antonio Public Library to the McDermott Elementary area is the Cody Branch!
If you'd like to learn more about what all they have to offer check out this link to learn more!