Library

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body.
                           Joseph Addison

Welcome to the Saint James School Library!

"Battle of the Books" is a wonderful program to get children involved in reading.  Students in 3rd-8th grades are encouraged to participate.  It is a voluntary reading program.  Students were given a book list in which they can read books of interest to them.  A student may choose to read all books or just a few.

The students are keeping a Reading Journal including the title, author, characters, plot or summary of the story.  They will also be coming up with two questions for each book.  Ex. "in which book......" and the answer will be the tile and author. 

I will be checking each month to see what is being read and keeping a class chart.  In March, each class will be equally divided into two groups, according to which books they have read.  These two groups will compete against one another.  In April, the winning team from each class will compete against the winning team in their grade. 

 

Library Volunteers Wanted

Mrs. Albanese is looking for library volunteers to shelve books on Tuesdays, Thursdays or Fridays from 2:20 - 2:50 PM.  If you are able to help out, please email her at balbanese@sjsbr.org.  

 

 

 

 

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