Crafty K's and 1's

Our Kindergarten and Grade 1 students have been busy decorating the Annex!  I hope you enjoy this gallery walk of their creations.

Christmas Cheer!

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at Katzie! We have a selection of Christmas stories we are reading over the next couple of weeks.  It's so nice to get cozy and read on snowy days like today.

Cold and snowy days are perfect for reading!

Here are some of the Christmas books in our library.  Do you have a favourite Christmas or holiday book? Tell us in the comments below.

Did you know that our local Grouse Mountain receives an average annual snowfall of 868.7 cm? That puts it in the top ten places with the most snow in Canada!  It snows an average of 78 days a year on Grouse Mountain.  Want to see if it's snowing right now? Check out www.grousemountain.com/current_conditions

Young Adult Shelf

Older students may want to check out our new "Young Adult" shelf.  These books are geared to the more mature reader.

Graphic Novels

We have a good selection of graphic novels in our library and I have found these to be a favourite with many students. Graphic novels are books that tell a story in a comic book format. Often the book is one story. Sometimes it is a collection of stories or even a story told in one page. We have some graphic novels that were novels first and then illustrated and adapted for the graphic novel format, such as "City of Ember" or "A Wrinkle in Time". Graphic novels deal with many themes and are not all funny just because they are written like a comic.  If you enjoy graphic novels, tell us why in the comments below.



Katzie Library has many different graphic novels to choose from.  What is your favourite?



Too Tall Houses

This week we are reading the Surrey Picture Book of the Year  nominee, "Too Tall Houses," by Gianna Marino.  I challenged the students to create a "too tall" house with Lego. Then I challenged them further to combine the three houses at their table into one structure! Here are a few views of the Lego city created by Mrs. Nelson's Grade 3 class.

The building continues...

Grade 2 students had fun designing their houses! Here are a few samples.

Lego!

Grade 3 students worked together building structures with Lego after reading the book, "Building Our House" by Jonathan Bean. I saw students cooperating, creating, problem solving, concentrating, planning, and building. What do you like about Lego?

Remembrance Day

At our assembly today, Mrs. Angelidis spoke about the Books of Remembrance.  You can find them at the Veterans Affairs Canada site:  http://www.veterans.gc.ca/eng/collections/books
Here are some pictures from our assembly today.


Our Remembrance Day banner.







Classes made beautiful wreaths.




Each class shared what peace means to them.





The Soldier's Table reminds us of those who are not with us.



Surrey Schools' Book of the Year

Are you in Grade 4, 5, 6 or 7?  Do you LOVE to READ???  Then this is the program for you!  The Surrey Schools' Book of the Year program is a reader's choice award.  You will read at least 5 of the 10 titles and then vote for your favourite book!  The book with the most votes will become the Surrey Schools' Book of the Year!  Check out the nominated books at http://surreyschoolsbookoftheyear.weebly.com/
These books are available at our library and also at the Surrey Public Library.  http://www.surreylibraries.ca/programs-services/4851.aspx
Check out a book and start reading!


Check out these books!



Spooky Books

We have a selection of Hallowe'en books to read in the library...if you dare!

Younger students will enjoy these Hallowe'en books!

Older readers might like these spooky tales!

Katzie Annex Library

The library at the annex is starting to take shape!  Students have enjoyed their first book sign out last week and are learning how to take care of their books.  This week we are learning to be responsible for our books by bringing them back and forth to the library in a plastic bag.  This is especially important with all the rain we've had lately!  

This is the nonfiction side of the library.

This is the fiction side of the library.

Yay! Books!

Our books have arrived!  The books are slowly making their way from the boxes onto the shelves, with a lot of them travelling to find their home on the annex library shelves.  What a treat to have brand new books to read!  Remember to take good care of your book so the next student can enjoy it.

Let's get reading!