Mrs. Mattei's Book Bits Blog

(October Edition)

October was a very busy month in the Sonntag library. Between the Frisco Public Library Storytelling Festival for 4th graders and the fall Scholastic Book Fair, the library was REALLY hopping! Check out some nifty stats for the month of October! Happy reading! :)

Number of Whole Class Visits: 

120

Number of Total Items Circulated (Checkouts & Checkins)

1,764

Number of Items in Collection

11,956

Library Instruction/Programs/Community Outreach

Hosted the 2012-2013 fall Scholatic Book Fair 

Attended the Frisco Public Library Storytelling Festival with 4th grade

Participated in the Texas Library Accociation's Library Snapshot Day

Hosted as many classes as possbile for check out before the fall Book Fair 

Promoted the 2011-2012 Texas Bluebonnet Award Program with 3-5 grades

Promoted the 2011-2012 2x2 Reading Program with Preschool-2nd grades

Presented a weekly Good Morning Sonntag Book Bits update

Updated the Where in the World Do You Read? board weekly 

Maintained student writer & new items displays to promote reading interests 

Updated a daily Fact of the Day by Mrs. Mattei fact

Open checkout every day for all Sonntag students, parents, and staff

Weekly preschool storytimes with future Sonntag students and families  

Hosted parent library volunteers

Hosted & promoted the Sonntag Staff Book Club for the 2012-2013 school year

Administrative Activities

Planned, coordinated, and hosted the fall Scholastic Book Fair

Gathered data and presented data to the district and state for the Texas Library Association's Library Snapshot Day 

Collaborated with tech facilitator and fellow librarian to create tech-based activities for a pumpkin study with kindergarten

Created a library technoloty check out station 

Maintained the mobile app for the Sonntag Library

Maintained a forum for staff to discuss book club books

Adjusted the library schedule to accommodate classes for various activities 

Attended ITBS training to act as a sub for the 2nd grade standardized testing

Contributed to Specials weekly newsletter

Purchased new library books and materials 

Updated library blog and Twitter account weekly

Planned weekly library lessons

Opened new parent accounts

Hosted new and returning library volunteers

Professional Development Activities 

Attended campus meetings

Read and kept up with new professional library journals  

On the Horizon...

Sonntag staff book club meeting in November & December

More books for the library collection from the Book Fair are on their way! 
UIL Spelling tryouts and practices are around the corner