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March Stats

(March Edition)

Happy spring, Blogsters! March was another amazingly busy month in the Sonntag library. As students prepared to go on spring break, they stopped by to check out new reads. In addition, Mrs. Mattei was given the distinct opportunity to share the awesomeness that is MackinVia with the 3rd grade students in the computer labs as they prepared for their research. The students and teachers were equally excited to dive into research using this new online database collection. Check out some other statistics for the month of March. Happy reading! 

Number of Whole Class Visits: 

85

Number of Total Items Circulated (Checkouts & Checkins)

4,800

Number of Items in Collection

12,439

Library Instruction/Programs/Community Outreach 

Planned and hosted the 2nd 5th Grade Readers Book Club

Taught the 3rd grade students how to use  MackinVia & to be good digital citizens when finding reliable information

Collaborated with teachers to pull library materials as well as promoted Mackin Via for a variety of classroom projects 

Promoted and facilitated the 3rd annual Six Flags Read to Succeed program

Promoted the 2012-2013 Texas Bluebonnet Award Program with 3-5 grades

Promoted the 2012-2013 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

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

Planned 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 in person and online using the Sonntag Staff Book Club blog

Administrative Activities 

Planned library lessons through the end of the school year

Added new items to the library collection as well as weeding damaged books out of the collection

Collaborated with teachers to pull library materials as well as promoted Mackin Via for a variety of classroom projects 

Promoted and facilitated the 3rd annual Six Flags Read to Succeed program

Maintained the mobile app for the Sonntag Library

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 & PTA 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 & PTA Board meetings as the PTA Book Fair Chairperson 

Prepared to assist teachers and staff with the STAAR tests in April 

Read and kept up with new professional library journals & added new materials to future book orders

On the Horizon...

Sonntag staff book club meeting in April & May

More books are on the way using profit acquired from the spring Scholastic Book Fair

5th Grade Readers Book Club meeting will be on Friday, April 1st & May 3rd (final meeting)

Frisco ISD library legend Catherine Fowler will be coming to Sonntag in May to talk to our 3rd graders about the history of Frisco, TX 

(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

Check out what just arrived in the Sonntag library!!

The library now owns 21 new playaways for the students to enjoy! Some of the new titles include Frindle, Ella Enchanted, & much more! 

Stop by the library to check them out. Happy reading! :)

- The Sonntag Library is Going Mobile! - 

Extra! Extra! Read all about it...on your Smartphone! You can take the Sonntag Library with you anywhere you go using the official Sonntag Library app! Take a peek at this nifty Web 2.0 tool:

Want to get the first official Sonntag Elementary App? Scan the QR Code below. Once you have scanned the QR Code, save the website to your home screen and you are ready to roll!

Want to take a peek at the app on your computer? Click here! 

Happy reading!! :)