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Ms. Holloway's News you can use

Library NewsletterMs. Holloway's News you can use

Coming soon... or What's New! Coming soon... or What's New!

LS2 Online Catalog
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New Online Catalog

We have a NEW Catalog!

Students will be able to log in from Webdesk. The red icon is found in the Library Digital Resources folder.

Parents will be able to see what their child is checking out via an email notification.

Stick with Reading
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Stick with Reading

December Minutes DUE JAN 8! Right when we get back from break.

Keep tracking for December!


1. READ!

2. Track the number of minutes you read each night on your reading log.

3. Have a parent or guardian sign off on your totals

4. Turn the minute log in at the end of each month for a chance to win additional prizes

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TOP READERS prizes

300 minutes - pencil

600 minutes - water bottle sticker

900 minutes - brag tag (like a spirit stick)

Every 300 minutes after 900 is another Brag Tag. (ie. 1500 min = 3 different tags)


The images below are linked to the documents. Click on the log sheet to download and print.

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Welcome Letter

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Log Sheet

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Stars Mascot

Library Lessons Library Lessons

JAN 6-10

no classes

JAN 13-17 (A week)

new catalog - search, place a hold, etc.

JAN 20-24 (B week)

new catalog - search, place a hold, etc.

1/20/25 - MLK Day - No School

JAN 27-31 (A week)

review the new catalog

collaborative stations

100th day activities (1/31/25 is 100th day of school)


Library Calendars & more... Library Calendars & more...

January

Apple & Apricot Month

International Creativity Month

Book Blitz Month

Jan 27 - Feb 2 -- Crayola Creativity Week


1 - Happy New Year!

2 - Vasant Panchami (Hindu)

4 - World Braille Day

5 - National Bird Day

6 - Epiphany (Catholic, Christian)

7 - National Bobblehead Day

7 - Harlem Globetriotter's Day

8 - Elvis Presley's Birthday

9 - Law Enforcement Appreciaiton Day

11 - Learn your name in Morse Code Day

12 - National Hot Tea Day

13 - National Rubber Ducky Day

13 - National Sticker Day

13 - Lohri (Hindu)

14 - World Logic Day

14 - Mahayana New Year (Buddhist)

14 - Makar Sankranti; Pongal (both Hindu)

15 - Wikipedia Day

20 - MLK Day (NO SCHOOL)

20 - Natioonal Elementary School Teacher Day

20 - National Penguin Day

21 - Squirrel Appreciation Day

22 - National Polka Dot Day

22 - National Shelfie Day

23 - National Handwriting Day

24 - International Day opf Education

27 - National Geographic Day

28 - National LEGO Day

29 - Lunar New Year - Year of the Snake

30 - National Bubble Wrap Day

31 - National Hot Chocolate Day

25 - Hanukkah begins (Jewish)

26 - Kwanzaa begins

26 - National Candy Cane Day

27 - Isra and Mi'raj (Islamic)

30 - National Bacon Day

31 - New Year's Eve

January Choice Boards January Choice Boards

To Share Our January Choice Boards 2022

To Share Our January Choice Boards 2022

Our January Choice Boards

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January Choice Board 2023 To Share

January Choice Board 2023 To Share

Created by Shannon McClintock Miller, The Library Voice® Our January Choice Board Where reading, learning, making, coding, technology and singing can take you on adventures all month long! Learn about special events in January Coding Making Take a Virtual Field Trip Around the World Technology Fu...

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New Year's Day

New Year's Day

Kwanzaa New Year's Day Learn about New Year's through videos, books, articles, art and more. Draw to celebrate New Year's Day

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Lunar (Chinese) New Year

Lunar (Chinese) New Year

Kwanzaa Lunar (Chinese) New Year Learn about Lunar New Year (Chinese New Year) through books, videos, articles, art and more. Draw to celebrate Lunar New Year It's the Year of the Tiger.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Choice Board Van Meter

Martin Luther King Jr. Choice Board Van Meter

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute Let's Learn About Martin Luther King Jr. Listen to his I Have A Dream speech here Research and learn about Martin Luther King Jr. and his special day in PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next. Click on the Capstone eBook covers to read about Martin...

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Library Expectations Library Expectations

Book Care Book Care

Book Care 24-25

Book Care 24-25

Book Care Aldridge Elementary 2024-2025

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Michelle Holloway

I have been a Librarian since 2013. I have been in education since 1999. I have taught 3rd grade, 1st grade, & technology applications before becoming a library media specialist. Along with being a certified School Librarian, I am certified in Elementary 1-8, ESL, Information Processing Technologies I (PK-12), & All-Level Music (PK-12).


Bachelor of Music Education (BME) - Tulsa University

Master of Liberal Arts (MLA) w/ an emphasis in Educational Technology - Southern Methodist University

Master of Library & Information Science (MLIS or MLS) - Texas Woman's University

Certification in Archives & Special Collections - University of Southern Mississippi


Email: michelle.holloway@pisd.edu
Website: https://www.pisd.edu/aldridge
Location: 720 Pleasant Valley Lane, Richardson, TX, USA
Phone: 469-752-0027
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AldridgeOcelots/
Twitter: @AldridgeOcelots

Instagram: @aldridge_ocelots

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