McKelvie Library News Blog

The library continues to be busy with readers and researchers! Several classes have been in to learn how to format a works cited document using the Modern Language Association style of formatting. It really is impressive to watch these children cite their sources as they research. McKelvie, Carolyn Mail (McKelvie Reading Specialist) and Julie Cote (McKelvie Librarian) are excited to present another before-school opportunity for students, a second session of Chapter Chat Club! During this before-school club, we will be reading and discussing this middle grade novel for 7 weeks. There will be no meeting on Tuesday the week of vacation or the following week on Tuesday, March 8th, due to the scheduled workshop day. This before-school club will begin Tuesday, February 8th, through Tuesday, April 5th. We have selected a 2015 publication titled Masterminds book 1 by Gordon Korman. Please click HERE to link to the registration form with additional details. This form will open Sunday, January ...

For it being a short week, the McKelvie Library was bustling with all sorts of activities. First thing on Tuesday morning, the students began streaming in the doors to return the “good fit” books they completed over their four day weekend and began to search for more! I always love this as it means our children are reading! Due to the temperatures, indoor recess at the library means an especially active time. Our school community completed yet another puzzle containing 1,000 pieces! It was especially heartwarming to see that right before the last piece was fit in, a student came to announce this! They knew it was a big deal and wanted a specific individual who had been working really hard on putting together the puzzle to have the honor of putting in the last piece. Click HERE to see the children’s picture book puzzle completed! There are no missing pieces this time.  Additionally, we continue to have many pods come to the library for note taking lessons and research! BrainPOP, on...

This week was very busy in the library! We began the week with the Parnell/Opitz pod coming to locate images related to a Westward Expansion subtopic that they are going to read and research about. The Britannica Image Quest image was imported into a Google Doc or Google Draw and then the image was cited. The students then created guiding questions that they would like to find the answers to as they continue to research. These questions were developed as they kept in mind the purpose of writing nonfiction to teach a reader. This pod then continued to research using the print titles we have in the library.  The Allen/Mazzella pod came to the library to learn the basics of Flipster (an EBSCO resource) to view our digital periodicals. This lesson included how to look at previous issues of periodicals that may tie into curriculum units. The students were able to explore one or more of the eight titles we subscribe to. We also learned how to use the Scholastic FLIX suite of ebooks. The ...

Happy 2022, McKelvie! 🎉 I hope this post finds all of our McKelvie community healthy and happy! I hope this new year is filled with many great reads. Is it too early to think about spring and baseball? The 2021-2022 Fisher Cats Reading Challenge is underway. McKelvie is registered to participate in the Fisher Cats Reading Challenge presented by Eversource. Click HERE to find the new online form which promotes reading for enjoyment. This form allows an adult/caregiver and a child to type in and submit 5 individual reading-level-appropriate (“Good Fit”) book titles. Follow the instructions on the form. After submitting the form due by March 18, 2022, the 2 FREE tickets will be mailed to the address you list. There is a $3.00 processing fee ONLY if additional tickets are PURCHASED. You can select 1 of the 7 games that an adult and your child would like to attend on this form. The forms are due to the Fisher Cats on or before Friday, March 18, 2022. Please take advantage of this challe...