AIR Author Visit

Students who participated in summer reading returned to school and enjoyed a celebration with special recognition.
                                                                                                                                   

    
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Safety Town

Irving Safety Education Officer Tony Chelette discusses safety rules with Elliott first graders prior to the students' visit to Safety Town.
                                                                

Sharing a Love of Reading
 

Literature on the Lawn

Students and staff discuss featured "Book of the Month" titles during lunch on the lawn.

Children's Book Week

 Students win books during
Children's Book Week.

                    

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Circulation = Readers

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Research in the Library
 

Kindergartners
learn about the
online catalog
as they
"book walk"
dinosaurs.

Students use print  resources for famous American research.

Students research using both English and Spanish resources.

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In the Library

 

Students learn about life in the 1490's during a living history visit
with Christopher Columbus (aka Librarian Candace Reyff).

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Elliott Book Fair

Students and parents shop at Elliott Library's Book Fair in the Fall and in the Spring. 
 

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Pumpkin Day

Elliott students tour decorated pumpkins on display as part of schoolwide pumpkin day decorating event.

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Students learn the purpose of call
numbers and  the layout of the library.

Eager readers!
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     Elliott Fifth Grade Storytelling Competition
 

    
Fifteen fifth graders competed for the honor of being chosen as the 2007-2008 Elliott Storytelling  Representative and Alternate. The six top storytellers shared their stories during Elliott's Building Storytelling Showcase.

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2007 Winning Storyteller
Sarah McDonald

Rumpelstiltskin,
by Paul Galdone

Nimitz Cluster Storytelling Showcase at Nimitz H.S.

Puch and McDonald with Nimitz Cluster storytellers.
 

2007 Alternate Storyteller
Julia Puch

Stephanie's Ponytail,
by Robert Munsch
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Third grade students celebrate
 Black History Month
through
"Letters to Harriet Tubman"
 performance.

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Technology-Based Research is an integral part of the
library media program.
 

Chinese New Year
Parade

Parent
Appreciation
Breakfast

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Storytimes serve many purposes.
 

<-- Rich vocabulary

Flow map with bridge map -->

<-- Students offer thinking map elements

Geography with atlases -->

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Dr. Seuss' Birthday

 Students celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday as part of
Read Across America celebration.

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More Learning through the Library
 

1st Grade Students learn about
the Dewey Decimal System -->
 

<-- Science concepts through storytime

Students learn math and graphing in storytime. -->

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2007-2008 AIR Illustrator Visit
 

Illustrator Alan Fearl Stacy visits Elliott fourth grade students and shares his love of illustrating books, along with a quick
how-to for students to do illustrations also.
 

  
     
 
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2007-2008 Bluebonnet Program
61 students in grades 3, 4, & 5 vote online for their favorite Bluebonnet Title.
 

Down Girl and Sit: On the Road, by Lucy A. Nolan, was voted Elliott's second favorite book from the 2007-08 Texas Bluebonnet list.

Down Girl and Sit: On the Road is the Texas state 2007-2008 Bluebonnet winner.

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