Library
About our B.F. Day Library
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For those of you new to the B.F. Day Family, welcome! My name is Jaimee Papineau (most students call me “Mrs. P.”) and I am a Reading Support Teacher and Librarian for our wonderful community. This will be my 13 year at B.F. Day, and 24th year (gulp) in education!
I am in my second year of librarianship, with the goal of creating a warm, welcoming, supportive space for all students and families. The library is a place to learn more about ourselves, grow in our empathy for others, and expand our ability to be critical and informed thinkers. I can’t wait to share my enthusiasm for learning and reading with our students. My goal is to help nurture truly joyful and lifelong readers. The purpose of the B.F. Day library program is to cultivate a love of reading and learning; whether for pleasure or knowledge, and to provide our students with the skills and strategies needed to become self-reliant and critical users of information.
Happy Summer From The Library!
What a year we’ve had B.F. Day Readers! Here’s some fun library statistics from the 23-24 school year.
- We’ve had 20,701 circulations!
- Room 307 had the top number of circulations.
- The top three books checked out this year are Dog Man, Twenty thousand fleas under the sea, Dragonology: the complete book of dragons, and Olympians: Hera, the goddess and her glory.
Summer Library Incentives
Each student received a packet of information on summer reading! This included information on reading incentives, summer reading programs, book selection tips, and recommended reading.
For future planning, mark your calendars for summer open library. Meet our librarian, Mrs. P., and check out books.
- August 5: 3 – 5 p.m.
- Story time at 4 p.m.
Overdue Books! Lost a Book?
There are still hundreds of overdue books needing to find their way back to the library. Let’s work as a community to get our collection back before the last day of school!
If you can’t seem to locate a book on your overdue list, there’s a few ways to handle it. Buy a replacement on Amazon and send it in with a post it note identifying it as a replacement copy or find a book from home you think would make a good addition to our library and donate it as a replacement. You are also welcome to send me an email inquiring about the copy if you think it has been returned. Thank you so much for your help in getting our beautiful collection back before the summer.
Global Reading Challenge Books
The Global Reading Challenge book list!
School Year 23-24 books were:
- A Kind of Spark, by Elle McNicoll
- Invisible, by Christina Diaz Gonzalez and Gabriele Epstein
- Healer of the Water Monster, by Brian Young
- The Secret of the Jade Bangle, by Linda Trinh
- My Kingdom of Darkness, by Susan Tan
- The Jumbies, by Tracey Baptiste
- The Button Box, by Bridget Hodder and Fawzia Gilani-Williams
- Too Bright to See, by Kyle Lukoff
Questions…
Q: How do I help my emerging reader pick out books for practice, either at the library or the bookstore?
A: Did you know reading levels were actually created for teachers, not students? Each level corresponds with a skill set students need to read and comprehend the text. Many publishing companies try to put levels on their books with their own system of numbers and letters. Recently, with a greater focus on the science of reading and how students learn to read, companies are better aligning the text in the book to actual phonetic skills (aka, if you know short vowels and CVC words this book is a “good fit”), but it can all be very confusing!
There is a quick, easy way to match your child to a book called “The Five Finger Rule” from Scholastics Books. Here’s how it works: Your child opens a book to the first page. They read the page and hold up one finger for every word they don’t know or can’t pronounce.
The number of fingers they’re holding up by the end of the page tells them if the book is the right level:
- 0-1 fingers: It’s too easy.
- 2-3 fingers: It’s just right.
- 4-5 fingers: It’s too hard (or best read aloud with a buddy).
Two to three fingers is the sweet spot. If they’re holding up any more or less, that’s a clue that they should try to find another book if they’re reading independently. Clearly, this is a very simplified method, but at least it gives you a place to start. Check out the cited link for the full article.