What We Have Been Up To – We learn important skills, appreciate great books, practice mindfulness and explore genres in the library!Kindergarten - learning how to use library markers - reading great stories – learning about computers1st Grade – Discovering new book sections – Internet Safety – nonfiction vs fiction – new book sections2nd Grade – Discovering new sections like the reference book cart and magazines – getting ready for our WISER research project3rd Grade – Genre studies continued – learning about dictionaries and thesauruses – practicing using an OPAC4th Grade – Learned about filter bubbles – finding information in reference books and databases5th grade – Taking our career research and creating classroom presentations and museum STEAM projects

Congratulations to our 2020 Library Bookmark Contest winners!

Bretton Woods Library News

“Whoooo loves to read?! Issue #2 - February 2020

January -Saujas Swar, February - Ethan Rivera and

Madelyn Wilson, March - Hajirah Akhter and Julianna Postilio, April - Rehan Ali, May - Madison Germade,

September - Julia Mannarino, October - Emma

Oury and Mia Inzirillo, November - Samantha

Redmond, and the December winner was

2020 Career Museum Creators

2020 Career Presenters

Book Review Corner – Students in Mrs. Leventhal’s class made bookmarks based off of picture books and short stories as part of a class assignment. Here are some examples of what they wrote. Come check these books out of the library!

Thank You Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco – Giana Cordovano wrote “ Mr. Falker is a teacher that teaches a little girl Trisha to keep going and read.” Eliza Kaplan said “Trisha Knew everyone in her grade could read. In every grade Trisha tried harder and harder to accomplish her goals.”

The short story “Spaghetti” from the book Every Living Thing by Cynthia Rylant – Ryan Dobbs said the short story “Spaghetti is about a boy named Gabriel who wants to live outside among the coyote’s.” Hajirah Akhter wrote that “the main point is to be thankful for what you have and never forget that because some people don’t have beds, houses, and food.”

Each Kindness by Jacqueline Woodson – Kyle Loccisano wrote that “a new girl, Maya, is in Chloe’s class and Chloe’s friends are making fun of her.” Sean O’Connell said that Maya ended up “sitting next to Chloe. Chloe did not like her that much and started saying mean things about her. When she moved Chloe was sorry for being so mean.”

Owl Moon by Jane Yolen – Eduardo Aguirre wrote that “this story is about a young girl and her father.” They “go owling but they don’t find one, but they don’t give up so at the end they find one.”

Roman Penalbert’s Riddle of the Month

“Why do people never bring food to the beach? Because there’s sand which is everywhere.”