October not only brought cooler weather but it was also an action-packed month! From the fall Scholastic Book Fair and the Texas Library Association's annual Library Snapshot Day to our weekly Preschool Storytimes for future Sonntag students, our students, staff, and parents "fell" into great books all month! Check out the library stats below to find out more about what happened in the library for October! Happy reading! :)
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The Sonntag Library participated in the Texas Library Association's annual Library Snapshot Day. This is a designated day in the month of October that allows a library to take a "snapshot" in the day in their life in order to promote libraries across the great state of Texas. The Sonntag Library participated back in 2012. Check out what happened in the 2014 snapshot!
Number of Student/Parent/Teacher Visits: 197
Number of Computer Users (Check-ins/Checkouts/Computer searches): 9
Reference Questions: 38
Circulation Stats (Number of Check-ins & Checkouts): 492
Hits to Sonntag Library Blog: 42
Number of children (ages 0-12) participating in library programs: 197
Number of adults participating in library programs: 9
Number of students served by direct librarian instruction: 145
Number of teachers supported activities & collaborative efforts: 5
Number of student participating in non-class related activities: 0
Programs held on Snapshot Day: Open check-out for students, hosted parent library volunteers, 7 whole classes visited the library for check-out, supported teachers by providing advice and library materials for classroom curricula
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Number of Whole Class Visits:
114
Number of Total Items Circulated (Checkouts & Checkins)
5,781
Number of Items in Collection
13,313
Library Instruction/Programs/Community Outreach
Promoted the "Book Bucks for Great Behavior" program & gave away FREE books to students whose names were drawn
Taught 2nd, 4th & 5th graders how to use MackinVia (online research tools)
Conducted weekly reader's advisory and read-alouds to students
Presented a weekly Good Morning Sonntag Book Bits update
Updated a daily Fact of the Day by Mrs. Mattei fact
Open checkout every day for all Sonntag students, parents, and staff
Coordinated & hosted parent library volunteers
Administrative Activities
Planned & hosted a variety of library lessons, library programs, & technology opportunities for all students
Attended the monthly Sonntag PTA Board meeting as PTA Book Fair Chairperson
Analyzed the FISD curriculum to provide teachers with digital content to support classroom needs
Collaboratively planned with the campus Instructional Coach & Specials team
Purchased & added new items to the library collection as well as weeding damaged books out of the collection
Collaborated with teachers to pull library materials for classroom lessons
Maintained a blog for staff to discuss book club books
Adjusted the library schedule to accommodate classes for various activities
Contributed to Specials weekly newsletter
Opened new parent accounts
Professional Development Activities
Attended campus and district library meetings
Read and kept up with new professional library journals & added new materials to future book orders
Read & kept up with professional, adult, young adult, and children's reads
On the Horizon...
Books acquired from the fall Scholastic Book Fair on on the way!
The librarian and Sonntag Technology Facilitator will be collaborating with the Kindergarten students and teachers for Turkey & Thanksgiving research
The librarian will be supporting 4th grade research by reviewing how to use the databases with the 4th grade students before they research fall happenings
