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We got an awesome donation today from a student's father who is a bird enthusiast. The book is Bird Songs Bible: The Complete Illustrated Reference for North American Birds complete with audio recordings of bird songs from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology. Coincidentally, 4th graders are doing bird research in library and will also be learning about John James Audobon in art, so this is a perfect reference book that will surely generate excitement.  I'm not a stickler for keeping reference materials from circulating, but this beauty will need to stay in the library not only because it weighs about 30 pounds, but because the audio component is just too fancy to risk dropping in a puddle on the way home from school.

Stop by the library to hear the tweets!

This Week at a Glance...

This week we will be doing research in most grades using books, websites, databases, & videos. Here is an overview by grade level:

• K - Exploring frogs through the book, Frogs!  - A National Geographic reader. 
• Grade 1 - Exploring Chinese dragons through the book, Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year.
• Grade 2 - Exploring Insects through the Bug Books series.
• Grade 3 - Exploring biographies through online research.
• Grade 4 - Creating imaginary bird poetry based on previous research.
• Grade 5 - Researching folktale country of origin using Destiny Quest.