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LIBRARY SCHEDULE:
Grades K-5 have library on the following days:
L - Hesse, Elachkar, Baker
I - Byczek, LaBarge, Cain
O - Powers, Capen, Reed
N - Merrill, Ball, Kelly
Sixth and seventh grade students have library daily for one quarter.
Seventh graders choose between a variety of Art, Music and Library electives.
Seventh grade elective schedule:
1st quarter: Mysteries
2nd quarter: Heroes
3rd quarter: Survival
4th quarter: TV News
CHECK OUT OUR LIBRARY COLLECTION:
Students and parents now have access to our paid
subscription to Encyclopedia Britannica online.
Username: stleoslibrary
Password: great
Then click on "Log in and Store Password"
NOTE:
Distribution to any individuals outside of St. Leo's is prohibited.
This information is not to be shared outside of the
school community.
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BATTLE OF THE BOOKS PROGRAM
5th and 6th graders have the opportunity to participate in a
Diocesan-wide Battle of the Books competition, held each spring. Fifteen
books are read and discussed through the school year (during lunch one
day a week), in preparation for the competition.
2011-12 LIST
REALISTIC FICTION
Out of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
The View from
Saturday by E. L. Konigsberg
HISTORICAL FICTION
Code Talker: A
Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two by Joseph Bruchac
When the Whistle
Blows by Fran Cannon Slayton
MYSTERY
The Danger Box by Blue Balliett
The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin
CLASSIC
Homesick by Jean Fritz
The Big Wave by Pearl S. Buck
ADVENTURE
Heart of a
Samurai by Margi Preus
The Conch Bearer
(Brotherhood of the Conch) by Chitra
Banerjee Divakaruni
HUMOR
Turtle in
Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
No More Dead Dogs
by Gordon Korman
FANTASY
On the Blue Comet
by Rosemary Wells
Scumble by Ingrid Law
NON-FICTION
She Touched the
World: Laura Bridgman, Deaf-Blind Pioneer by Sally
Hobart Alexander and Robert Alexander
Marooned:
The Strange but True Adventures of Alexander Selkirk, the Real Robinson Crusoe by Robert Kraske and Robert Andrew Parker
BoB MEETING SCHEDULE (this changes, so check back
often -- and don't forget to hit the refresh button!)
Sept. 22nd -- "Out of My Mind"
Sept. 29th -- "View from Saturday"
Oct. 6th -- "Scumble"
Oct. 13th -- "The Westing Game"
Oct. 20th -- "The Danger Box"
Nov. 7th -- "Homesick, My Own Story"
Nov. 17th -- "Turtle in Paradise"
Dec. 1st -- "Code Talker"
Dec. 8th -- "The Blue Comet"
Dec. 15th -- "The Big Wave"
Jan. 5th -- "No More Dead Dogs"
INTERNET LINKS:
Need help in formatting bibliographies?
Use this
free bibliography maker which follows the MLA format used at St. Leo the
Great School: easybib
THIRD GRADE LINKS
CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS:
Christmas Customs around the World
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/
England, Germany, Netherlands, Italy
http://holidays.kaboose.com/christmas/traditions/xmas-around.html
Mexico
http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/nacimnto.htm
Sweden
http://www.bry-backmanor.org/holidayfun/sweden.html
Germany
http://german.about.com/library/blchristm01.htm
Italy
http://www.initaly.com/regions/xmas/xmas.htm
4th GRADE LINKS
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5th GRADE LINKS
World Geography
Would you like to know how people around the
world say Merry Christmas and Happy New Year? Check this website to
see!
Omniglot
Newbery Awards Webquest
How many ways can you say peace? Check out this
website to see how to say peace in many languages.
Kids
Peace Dictionary
GRADING:
The report card we are piloting this year contains two grades (beginning with 3rd grade):Effort and Progress.
Each
quarter, the Progress Grade will be based on the level of the
student's understanding/knowledge of curriculum presented during the
quarter.
FIRST QUARTER:
3rd
grade -- Review of Library Rules and Procedures; Introduction to the
Library Catalog; Usage of the "Call Number" and Dictionary Skills
4th grade -- Review of Library Rules, Procedures, and the Library Catalog and Call Numbers; Biographies
5th
grade -- Review of Library Rules, Procedures, and the Library Catalog;
Review of the Dewey Decimal System and Alpabetical Order of Fiction
Books; Comparing Information found in different types of Non-Fiction
Books
