Wilson: Posters, reading dice and JH book hunting

I was happy to get a blog comment from Joan B., the librarian before me. Hopefully she’ll come visit from Alabama soon and do a “guest spot” at Wilson!
For now…
At Wilson, the 3rd grade is studying genre. This month it is historical fiction; last month it was mystery and the month before, realistic fiction. We [...]

Wilson: Big 6 projects and classy catalogues

We keep the old card catalog as a display in the hall because it’s so fun to look in:

Below are the binders the 3-5th graders will fill in during library class during their Big 6 research projects. Wilson is the only school where I teach single grades – the other schools have combined grades, so [...]

Wilson: Hub for cataloging and processing

A typical Wilson pile: pages from encyclopedia for student’s Big 6 research project, receipts to record in the various school budgets, books on hold, catalogs to go through and orders to phone in. It’s a paperwork blitz!

Gumdrop books, ready for cataloging…

Books from Alta, cataloged there and ready to be processed and brought back (no processing [...]

Wilson: At the end of the day…

The circ desk, where the check-out magic happens, and much of the processing, cataloging, and other administrative work.

One of the computers the students use for classes and labs, and then our non-fiction section.

Displays (and the goose) still in tact…

But some lesson planning to be done in “the horseshoe!” (Where the kids sit during presentations and [...]

The Wilson library: home base

While my time is divided amongst the four libraries, I spend the most at Wilson Elementary School, in Wilson, Wyoming, which has about 200 students. I teach grades K-5, two sections of each, and teaching is mainly what I do. I have a fabulous para there, Patty, who works there on the days I am [...]