Library Stats: December Edition

(December Edition)

Happy winter, Y'all! Check out what happened in the Sonntag Library during the month of December! Happy reading! :)

Number of Whole Class Visits: 

87

Number of Total Items Circulated (Checkouts & Checkins)

5,373

Number of Items in Collection

12,729

Library Instruction/Programs/Community Outreach 

Kicked off Preschool Storytime with Sonntag's lil readers! 

Planned and coached the 3013-3014 Spelling UIL team 

Promoted the 2013-2014 Texas Bluebonnet Award Program with 3-5 grades

Promoted the 2013-2014 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  

Coordinated parent library volunteers

Administrative Activities 

Planned library activites through January

Creating QR codes for books in the library to allow students to connect with their next books

Started planning for the 4th annual Six Flags Read to Succeed Program starting in January

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 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

Purchased new library books and materials 

Updated library blog and Twitter account frequently

Opened new parent accounts

Hosted new and returning library volunteers

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

On the Horizon...

4th Annual Bluebonnet Voting Party in January for 3rd, 4th, & 5th graders

4th Annual Six Flags Read to Succeed program starts in January

Spring Scholastic Book Fair begins in February

- Have You Seen the Gingerbread Man? - 

Last week, Sonntag Kindergartners took a journey through the school to hunt down the Gingerbread Man! They searched all across the school and even into the library to find the Gingerbread Man. With every stop they made they discovered a note that the Gingerbread Man had left behind. After a great morning of searching they were able to catch the Gingerbread Man in their very own classrooms! He must have been hiding! Check out some of the Kindergartners as they were about to search the library...

Want to read some good books about the quick-as-lightning Gingerbread Man? Check these out!

The Gingerbread Man

Retold by Jim Alyesworth

A freshly baked gingerbread man escapes when he is taken out of the oven and eludes a number of pursuers until he meets a clever fox.

The Gingerbread Cowboy

by Janet Squires

A freshly baked gingerbread cowboy escapes from the rancher's wife's kitchen and eludes his pursuers in this western United States version of the "Gingerbread Boy."

The Gingerbread Girl

by Lisa Campbell Ernst

After their first gingerbread disaster, the lonely old couple decides to bake again and create a gingerbread girl who proves herself to be one smart cookie. Gingerbread Baby by Jan Brett

A young boy and his mother bake a gingerbread baby that escapes from their oven and leads a crowd on a chase similar to the one in the familiar tale about a not-so-clever gingerbread man.

- Link to Love - 

Check out this musical edition of the story of the Gingerbread Man! Happy listening! :) 

- The Sonntag Library is Walking in a Winter Wonderland! -

Check out these photos of some 'cool' winter displays! Happy reading! :) 

Welcome to the Sonntatg Library!

 Need something to read for the holidays or the winter? There's a book for that!

 Check out these 'cool' ornaments in the window!

I LOVE the book The Snowy Day by Ezra Jack Keates! Do you? Check it out!

- Links to Love -

Want to learn more about Ezra Jack Keates? Click here!

Want to learn more about winter animals? Click here!