McKelvie Library News Blog

Happy Valentine's Day,  McKelvie ! 💙It was a short but productive week in the library. I continue to be amazed by the number of students who use our Destiny Library Catalog to be "search savvy." We have a large number of patrons who continue to place books on hold and then proceed to check their account or school email to see when the hold is ready!  Click  HERE  to see an Adobe Spark of the newly purchased and catalogued books purchased with the $500.00 donation from  Worthen's  Mobile in  Bedford ! We are so grateful for this donation and know that these books will be checked out soon. Thank you! Click  HERE  to see Dexter using one of the pyramid Rubik's Cubes.  Have a great weekend! Just one more week until vacation! I expect that the library will be very busy next week with students building their reading stacks for vacation. ~Mrs. Cote

The library was busy this week with fiction book tastings and classes coming to learn to cite  TrueFlix  ebooks and print books. Many students have found that the subscription library databases have been helpful with a unit about Westward Expansion!  We continue to add new titles to our school library collection! Be sure to have your child check out the ribbon in Destiny Discover to see the "Recently Added Books." It is also helpful for the students to check their holds and checkouts, to make sure holds (books that have been placed on hold if they are currently out of the library) are checked out and returned on time. Last Friday, the 5th "Search Slip" raffle was held for the month of January! The "Search Slips" are filled out with the title of the book, the author's last name, and the call number. This is done when students are looking for a book using the online catalog. The student then has an opportunity to write his/her name on the back...

This week has been very busy in the library! Several classes came for various learning opportunities. These opportunities included learning how to properly cite print and electronic books using the Modern Language Association version 8 (MLA 8), note taking, and book tastings with fiction and nonfiction books. Click  HERE  to see 6th grade students browsing nonfiction texts to help them explore topics to use as they write a nonfiction essay. After selecting a topic of interest to them, the students then checked out print books and in some cases accessed our online databases. As a concluding activity, the students completed at "long write" to refer to as they continue to research and learn using nonfiction.  This is a friendly reminder that if your child(ren) are participating in the Fisher Cats 2019-2020 Reading Challenge, forms need to be mailed to: NH Fisher Cats, Attn: Reading Challenge, 1 Line Drive, Manchester, NH 03101 ...