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Come Check Out
the Library!
Library
Hours
Monday-Thursday 7:30-3:30PM Friday 7:30-2:30PM
Get Ready for the Book
Fair – November 30-December 1
The Scholastic Book Fair will be here in less
than a month.
There will be books for students K-12.
Included will be fiction and nonfiction, plus
book sets.
The money we raise from this book fair goes
right back into the library in the form of books and materials.
I also purchase books from the fair for our
library that students recommend.
Please come and shop Monday through Friday,
November 30-December 1:
7:30-3:30.
The Tennessee
Electronic Library (TEL) is a virtual library that students can access
from home with an internet connection. TEL provides access to over
400,000 electronic resources, including magazines, scholarly journals,
podcasts, videos, e-books, test preparation materials, federal census
records, Tennessee primary source materials, and more! A wide
range of information is offered through the TEL databases,
including homework help to new readers, consumer health information,
business resources, leisure reading suggestions, current event essays,
academic and civil service test preparation help, and genealogy and
family history sources. Use this link to explore these services.
http://tntel.tnsos.org/.
The password for this online library is Elvis. There is also a
link on the school library webpage.
The new face in the library belongs to Ms.
Emily Carmichael. She assists with library management from
10:30-3:30, Monday through Thursday. Ms. Carmichael is very
involved in regional theater. You might recognize her from several
recent productions including her work in Sabrina as Sabrina Fairchild.
She is also an avid reader and is working on a degree in Library Media.
Elementary classes and 6th
grade middle school students have a set library period once or twice a
week.
Students may check out books during this time or they may
come to the library individually with the permission of their teacher
and check out books.
While we do not charge overdue fees, elementary
students are encouraged to return their books on a regular basis.
There is a set checkout for each grade level.
K-2 may have one book checked out at a time.
Grades 3-5 may have two books checked out at a
time.
Extra books are available for checkout for special
projects.
Some elementary students checked out books for
the summer.
Those books are now due.
Please check around the house for those books.
Letters will be coming home requesting the
return of the books or payment for the books.
High school students do not have a limit on the
number of books checked out.
Students at this level may keep books for a
month at a time, unless the book is in high demand; then there is a two
week limit.
Please remember that if your child uses
Sherrod Library their policies and fines take precedent over our
policies.
We will be having a fall book fair this year.
Dates have not yet been set.
Elementary Students have the opportunity to check out books each
time they visit the library.
For students in the primary grades, I work to
help them understand how to choose books they might want to read or have
read to them.
Often young children will find books on topics
they are interested in but the reading level is above their independent
reading.
This is a good opportunity to sit and read with your
child and talk about their interest in the subject.
Children choose books to read for a variety of
different reasons.
It often has as much to do with their
developmental level as it does with their interest level.
Sometimes children will pick a book because they have been
exposed to the characters in a lesson or a read aloud book, others hear
a friend say it is a really good book, while others might be attracted
to the artwork in the book or even the picture on the cover.
Many books which are labeled
Easy Books
have a sophisticated vocabulary and theme.
They are wonderful books, but perhaps too
difficult for a beginning reader.
Again this is an opportunity for your child to
listen to good literature – to begin to understand the fluency and flow
of words- and to hear stories with deeper meaning because of the
vocabulary.
Hearing a story being read is an important skill
in learning to read.
The connections between listening and reading
are strengthened.
Choosing a book to
read is a skill that develops over time.
It includes the ability not only to pick books
that are on one’s reading level but also on one’s interest level.
As an adult, how many times have you chosen a
book you thought you might enjoy only to put it down after the first
couple of chapters?
Children are no different.
The library staff
encourages students to explore a wide variety of books and magazines
throughout the year to enhance their reading development.
Check out this web site for some
interesting ideas on books:
http://www.readkiddoread.com/home
The library is open after school
for checkout and research.
Students must be actively involved with
school work: homework, tutoring, research, to be in the library after
school. The library closes at 3:30. Students may not be in the library
after this
time. The library will close at 2:30
on Friday afternoons.
The library web site has links to the Tennessee
Electronic Library for the students to use. There are a number of
online databases and research tools that students can use.
Students are not allowed to be on
social sites such as MySpace or Facebook on school
computers. The
school computers are to be used for school assignments and research.
Students may enter the library at 7:30 a.m. when one of the supervising
teachers is on duty.
Remember: 11 and 12th Grade Students may
check out books from Sherrod Library. All fines and
replacement costs charged to university students also apply to
University School students. Outstanding fines must be paid before
students can receive report cards or other records. Overdue
notices are sent through the mail. Fines do accumulate and are not
"forgiven." Please remember that using Sherrod is a privilege
given to University School students.
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