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.