Bottenfield Library

Your child will be introduced to 32 countries and their capitals this year. Using the map, I show them one country a week, nine per quarter. Each quarter the countries are all on a single continent. This quarter, we are focusing on African countries. Next quarter, we will look at nine countries in Asia.

Grades 2-5 are quizzed at the end of each set of nine countries. Grade 2 students are asked only to match the name of the country to its location on the map. Grades 3-4 students are asked to match the name of the country to its location on the map, and for extra credit they are asked to match the capital to its respective country. Grade 5 students are required to do what grades 3-4 do, but all for credit. I give the test in the library, grade the quizzes, and then give the results to their teachers for a grade on their report cards.

I have given a map of Africa to all students, grades 2-5, with all the countries required for the first quiz. I have asked the teachers to pass them out. Each quarter expect your child to bring home a map to study.

Quiz dates (may change) week of: October 12 = Africa, December 7 = Asia, February 22, May17 (with no snow days included)

Knitting club will start Thursday, October 1. Boys and girls are encouraged to join this after-school program. Students will be taught basic skills such as casting-on and knitting, and we will go on to more advanced techniques such as patterns and cabling.

If a book is more than two weeks late your child will not be allowed to check out a new book until the book is returned or is paid for. Lost or destroyed book payments: If your child has lost a book or turned in one that is destroyed, a note letting you know the cost of the replacement will be sent to you. Once you pay for a lost book, no refund can be made to you if you do find and return it UNLESS the value of the book is equal to or more than $15.00 and the book is returned before the last day of the academic year. The refund will come in the form of a check from the district.

This year's Adopt-A-Book was on Thursday, September 24^th. This was our third year.

For a donation of $15 (or as much as you feel you can afford) you may select one of our new library books and place an inscription on a beautifully colored nameplate that will be permanently in the book. This year Adopt-A-Book raised a little over $581. J

The proceeds will allow the library to purchase extra books that our students are asking for. Some nameplates from last year will be on display outside the library during the week of Open House.

Students are already generating the list of books they want to see in the library.

Dear Parents/Guardians of 1st and 2nd grade students: Permission Slip for Monarch Award

Would you like your child to participate in the Monarch Award Challenge taking place on Nov. 14,

2-2:45 pm sponsored by the Champaign Public Library?

Your responsibility:

1) Read all 20 books to your child if your child cannot read them independently making sure your child understands the stories, the main characters, and can identify the author’s name.

2) Take your child to Champaign Public Library on Nov. 14, from 2-2:45 pm.

Librarian responsibility:

1) Try to read as many of the Monarch books as possible to the class during library time.

2) Sign your child up for the event if he or she is interested.

3) Be at the competition to encourage our participants.

The Bottenfield library has the 20 books. Your children can check them out. Champaign Public Library and the Douglas Branch have multiple copies some for checkout, some for library use only. The list of books is above. If you need one, contact me for the list plautpa@champaignschools.org.

¨ Yes, I would like to have my child participate in the Monarch Award. I will be able to drive my child to the library on Nov. 14.

Child’s name _________________________ Parent signature _____________________

Child’s teacher ____________________ Return this slip to the librarian or classroom teacher

The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries. - Descartes

Andy Shane and the Very Bossy Delores Starbuckle by Jennifer Richard Jacobson

Baa-Choo! by Sarah Weeks

The Cheese by Margie Palatini

Chicks and Salsa by Aaron Reynolds

A Day With No Crayons by Elizabeth Rusch

The Gingerbread Girl by Lisa Campbell Ernst

Glass Slipper, Gold Sandal: A Worldwide Cinderella by Paul Fleischman

I Lost My Tooth in Africa by Penda Diakite

The Little Red Hen by Jerry Pinkney

Max's Words by Kate Banks

My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks by Hanoch Piven

Nic Bishop Spiders by Nic Bishop

On the Road by Lucy Nolan

Once I Ate a Pie by Patricia MacLachlan and Emily MacLachlan Charest

The Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend

Recess at 20 Below by Cindy Lou Aillaud

Ruby Lu, Empress of Everything by Lenore Look

Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt

Velma Gratch and the Way Cool Butterfly by Alan Madison

What To Do About Alice? by Barbara Kerley

Suggested books for 3rd-5th graders: Rebecca Caudill 2010 Nominee