With school starting August 12th we would like everyone to know that we have accelerated reading books expanding from level 1 to level 7 and above. Accelerated reader usually starts in first grade. This program personalizes goals around comprehension and engaged reading time. What is accelerated reader? According to: A parent’s…
Grenade takes place in World War ll during the American invasion of Okinawa, which lasted months, (83 days). Hideki, a main character in the story is a Okinawa protagonist and loses many family members and close soldiers. His school is destroyed from a bomb and the boys are enlisted in…
For the month of July we decided to hide Where’s Waldo characters in our downtown area. We hid ten characters. Make sure you look high and low, store windows, and we have one hiding in the dirt. On your check list you must write down where you found the characters,…
Today Toby and I put up a new story called, The Spiffiest Giant in Town. This story is about George the giant not wanting to be the scruffiest giant in town. George then goes to buy new clothes, but then finds animals who really need his help. On the walking…
Battle of the Books is a voluntary reading incentive program for students in grades 3-8. We encourage students to read good books and compete for a prize. All of the current Battle of the Books here at the Butler Memorial Library are located on the top shelf in the Young Adult…
This week at story hour we will have the big kids making Galaxy Space Slime. They are also going to be sending their rockets to outer space! We will have the little kids decorating telescopes and playing planet match.
