Kennedy School Media Center
Librarian:
Barbara Drelich
Contact Information:
Phone: (973) 584-3938
Email: bdrelich@roxbury.org
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Kennedy Library Media Center Learning
May Library News: “Spring Into Great Books”
Good Books Help You Grow
10 REASONS TO READ:
** It’s a Great Escape **
** It’s Energizing **
** Books Are Full of Surprises **
** Information Is Power **
** It’s a Rewarding Habit **
** It Expands Your Mind**
**Your Resources Will Be Limitless **
** It Will Make You More Interesting **
** You Can Learn Why Things Are The Way They Are **
** You’ll Never Outgrow It**
WE VERY MUCH ENJOYED OUR:
LIBRARY ANNUAL SPECIAL EVENT: For THIRD GRADERS
“THE BEATRIX POTTER PROGRAM” Presented By: Mrs. Jacqueline Mock
Wednesday, APRIL 28th. 1:00-3:00 P.M.
Held in the Kennedy Library
Parents and Grandparents Also Attended!!
“Thank You” to our Kennedy PTA for providing payment for our Guest Speaker, Mrs. Mock.
Also, a special “Thank You” to the Parents who donated food and who volunteered to help set up, serve refreshments, and clean up. The students and grown-ups enjoyed all the “goodies!”
*****FOR READING CHALLENGES TO WIN PRIZES
For THIRD & FOURTH Graders: Memorize this poem:
Win 1 PRIZE DUCK!
MAY POEM OF THE MONTH:
I MET A DRAGON FACE TO FACE
I met a dragon face to face
the year when I was ten,
I took a trip to outer space,
I braved a pirates’ den,
I wrestled with a wicked troll,
and fought a great white shark,
I trailed a rabbit down a hole,
I hunted for a snark.
I stowed aboard a submarine,
I opened magic doors,
I traveled in a time machine,
and searched for dinosaurs,
I climbed atop a giant’s head,
I found a pot of gold,
I did all this in books I read,
when I was ten years old.
By Jack Prelutsky
FOR SECOND GRADERS: “Something New” this year!!
You can win a PRIZE DUCK this year !!!!
Each month there will be two short poems for Second Graders. Memorize the MAY poems and Win a DUCK!!!
TWO POEMS TO LEARN IN May:
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT LITTLE MISS MUFFET
Star light, Star bright, Little Miss Muffet
The first star I see tonight. Sat on a tuffet
I wish I may, I wish I might, Eating her curds and whey.
Have the wish I wish tonight. Along came a big spider
Who sat down beside her,
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
THIRD AND FOURTH GRADERS:
I HOPE YOU ARE READING THE NEWBERY BOOKS TO HELP YOUR TEAM WIN THE NEWBERY CONTEST.
IT WILL BE HELD IN MAY---THIS MONTH!!!
CONTEST BOOKS ARE LISTED HERE:
NEWBERY BOWL 3rd GRADE LIST
THE STORIES JULIAN TELLS ANN CAMERON
ADVENTURES OF ALI BABA BERNSTEIN - JOHANNA HURWITZ
MRS. PIGGLE-WIGGLE - BETTY MacDONALD
JUSTIN & THE BEST BISCUITS IN THE WORLD - MILDRED PITTS WALTER
SHOESHINE GIRL - CLYDE ROBERT BULLA
SIDEWAYS STORIES FROM WAYSIDE SCHOOL - LOUIS SACHAR
SQUANTO: FRIEND OF THE PILGRIMS - CLYDE ROBERT BULLA
SKINNY BONES - BARBARA PARK
ALIENS FOR BREAKFAST - JONATHAN ETRA & STEPHANIE SPINNER
FANTASTIC MR. FOX - ROALD DAHL
STALL BUDDIES - PENNY POLLOCK
THE HIT-AWAY KID - MATT CHRISTOPHER
BUNKMATES - JOHANNA HURWITZ
RAMONA QUIMBY AGE 8 - BEVERLY CLEARY
THE SECRET SOLDIER - ANN McGOVERN
AND THEN WHAT HAPPENED, PAUL REVERE? - JEAN FRITZ
THE HUNDRED DRESSES - ELEANOR ESTES
NEWBERY BOWL 4th GRADE LIST
Shiloh - Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
J.T. - Jane Wagner
The Whipping Boy - Sid Fleischman
All of a Kind Family - Sydney Taylor
Twenty and Ten - Claire Huchet Bishop
Night I Flunked My Field Trip - Henry Winkler
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great - Judy Blume
Aliens Ate My Homework - Bruce Coville
Class President - Johanna Hurwitz
Fourth Grade Rats - Jerry Spinelli
Strider - Beverly Cleary
Not Just Anybody Family - Betsy Byars
The Adventures of King Midas - Lynne Reid Banks
Misty of Chincoteague - Marguerite Henry
School Trouble for Andy Russell - David Adler
Louis Braille: The Boy Who Invented Books for the Blind - Margaret Davidson
Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus? - Jean Fritz
PLEASE NOTE:
Volunteer Moms & Dads are always welcome to help in our Library (and are always needed…) Come “CHECK IT OUT!”: Call Kim Baker-Burgess at 201-841-3135 or Mrs. Drelich at 973-584-3938 ext.3006
About our Kennedy Library:
Students come to their Library Class one period each week for a lesson about books, library and research skills, and to develop a life-long love of reading and learning. Each week students borrow books to take home to enjoy. They should return their books one week later at their next Library Class so other students may enjoy the books. They may renew their books for as long as they want them unless another student has requested the book.
Classes also come to the Library for research and special projects. Books needed for research reports may be borrowed until the student’s report is finished.
There are no fines for overdue books but students are encouraged to be responsible for returning their books on time as part of their library learning experience.
If you have any questions or concerns, please call me at 973-584-3938 ext. 3006 or check with me for a time to meet in the Library. I’ll be happy to meet with you.