Park Terrace Library and Media Center

Spring Lake Park Schools District 16 Minnesota - Printed 9/8/2010

Link to this page: http://www.springlakeparkschools.org/schools/pt/pt_media.asp

Welcome! Here at the Park Terrace Library and Media Center we strive to serve the needs of our K-3 students, staff and parents by providing books, technology and services to support the curriculum and help our students learn, grow and explore the world around them.

Staff	Mission Statement	Policies and Procedures
Student Book Reviews	Choosing 'Just Right' Books	Five Finger Test
Online Library Catalog	Links	Newsletters
Mrs. Jensen's Student Blogs	Summer Reading Lists	Webquest
Mrs. Jensen's Power Points	Mr. T's Webquest	Maud Hart Lovelace Booktalks
2009 Bookfair Video	Study Island	Read.gov

Staff

Kathryn Behlmer	Media Specialist
Deb Nordby	Tech Para
Jean Waldvogel	Media Para

Mission Statement

The mission of the Park Terrace Media Center is:

to support the growth of students by providing access to materials and information
to collaborate with educators to integrate information literacy skills into the curriculum and to increase the reading skills of all students
to promote life-long reading and learning for both pleasure and for information
to provide quality resources and instruction to students and staff

Policies and Procedures

Students visit the library once a week to check out books.

Grade	Number of Books for Checkout	Lenght of Checkout
K	One book	Two weeks
First	One book	Two weeks
Second	Two books	Two weeks
Third	Three books	Two weeks

Students are not fined for overdue books, but they will be unable to checkout any more books. If students already have the maximun books allowed for checkout, they will also be unable to checkout more books.

Choosing 'Just Right' Books
Ideas about books to read come from many sources: friends, teachers, family, library media specialists and the library catalog. All are good ways to get ideas for books. No matter how you get suggestions for reading, the key is for each of you to lean to choose the right book for you.

There are two categories of decisions to make when you are choosing a book:

Does the book interest you? You can tell by examining the external features of the book such as the cover, blurb, illustrations and number of pages.
Can you read the book? You can tell this by reading a bit of the book and performing the five-finger test.

Five Finger Test

Test your book. Read one page. Put up a finger for each word you don't know. Then read below.

1 finger - Easy to read. Have fun!
2 fingers - Just right. Enjoy!
3 fingers - Challenging, but try it. You may need some help.
4 fingers - Very challenging. Read with a partner.
5 fingers - Too hard. Save it for later or have someone read it to you.

Last updated 9/09

Mrs. Jensen's Power Points

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Madalyn Rohanel Lysandra Jacob T. Taqi

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