To help kids better understand the Coronavirus, Malaka Gharib of the NPR blog Goats and Soda has created a comic that explains COVID-19 in simple terms for children. Click the link below and read with your child...
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2020/02/28/809580453/just-for-kids-a-comic-exploring-the-new-coronavirus
Plus... Great article and activities for kids to teach and understand the virus. Visit http://mediasource.actonservice.com/acton/rif/10574/s-268f-2003/-/l-0281:74e9a/q-0c16/showPreparedMessage?sid=TV2:FR4U2CGD1

• NATIONAL LIBRARY MONTH
• Mark your calendar!  LIBRARY WEEK 04/20/24
• NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH
• CNN STUDENT NEWS 10 MINUTES OF INFO AND FUN! TUNE IN DAILY!
• Aiden Tyler... EVERY Tuesdays at 200pm-Webcast
• Check out the Tumble Book of the Day for online reading.
• Check out the Book of the Month:

AIDEN TYLER QUAREN TEEN-Rex Ogle

Let's Support our Book Fair....
---Great Ideas for Summer Reading
---Celebrate National Library Week

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NEED A LIBRARY CARD? Ecards are available at Mercer County Library.
BE SURE TO SAY YOU ARE A SAS STUDENT!
WEBSITE: mcl.org
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EXTRA EXTRA......
-First Ever Graphic Novel to win a
Newberry Award..............


FIRST EVER NEWBERRY AWARD TO GO TO A GRAPHIC NOVEL: NEW KID, BY JERRY CRAFT, AND SAS IS ONE OF THE FIRST LIBRARIES TO HAVE THE BOOK! 

Welcome to the Library...I am very happy to be a part of the St. Ann's family. St. Ann's is a very special place and I hope that the library will continue to bring us together as a learning community.

Reading a book can take us to places we can only dream of, introduce us to friends of other cultures and finally bring the world of adventure and imagination to use in our own backyard.

My own girls have cherished the books they grew up with (The Kissing Hand was a favorite /mine too)and have helped them to grow into the young women they are today. 

Stop by the library and visit with us! We have already begun our road to adventure and ignited our imagination. We have lots to share with you!!

Thank you for allowing me to share the adventure with you and your child.
Smiles,
Mrs. Ortiz

....................NEWS FLASH...............

HELLO EASTER BREAK!!!!!!!!!



Have fun enjoying all the Easter activities I have sent you......Get out and have FUN!!!
Remember to smell the flowers.....we are blessed with so many wonderful things...

Rejoice and Be Glad!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Don't Forget to Tune in EVERY  Tuesday at 200 and find out what happens to Aiden and his adventures in Quaren- Teen!!!!!!!!!!!! Great Book!!
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THURSDAY, APRIL 9 4:30PM – 6:30PM

McCarter@Home presents...

Shakespeare Kids Reading Group

Check out the Virtual Field Page for Details
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TumbleBook of the Day Wednesday, April 8 2020

https://daily.tumblebooks.com/Video.aspx?ProductID=4172

Click the Read Online button for today's book! Come back tomorrow for another new book.                   Happy Reading!

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EXTRA EXTRA!!!!!!!!!....... ITS TIME TO SHARE BOOK BUNKIN 19..!!!

Be sure to CHECK-IN EVERY WEEK AND SHARE BOOK BUNKIN 19 WITH ME.....technology will take us everywhere we want to go!!!

I'll share with you some great FREE EBOOKs , cool videos and even catch up on storytime.... YOU CAN EVEN EARN 19 BONUS POINTS FOR OUR READING JAM WHEN WE RETURN.....!!!!

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REMEMBER TO SEND IN YOUR LIST OF THE 19 BOOKS YOU HAVE READ TO CLAIM YOUR CERTIFICATE AND PRIZE!! 
 

KNOW I AM THINKING OF YOU AND MISS YOU......WE GOT THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

DON'T FORGET TO DROP ME A LINE TOO..................

SMILES AND READ ON....!!!!!
Mrs. Ortiz


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PLEASE STOP BY(Virtually for now) AND SEE WHAT 'S NEW IN OUR UPDATED EXHIBITS...

-----Bible Corner
-----Monthly I Read to the Principle
----- Featured Series
-----High School Prep Activities
-----Happy Birthday Authors
-----Library Lunch
-----Library Collection Show Case
-----Diversity Center
-----Stem Center

SOME APRIL HIGHLIGHTS TO CHECK OUT!!

-April Fool's Day
-NATIONAL LIBRARY MONTH
-NATIONAL VOLUNTEER MONTH
!!!!!!!!!SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!
-National Poetry Month
-Easter Celebration
--Prayers and Stations to share the Holy Season of Lent
-Baseball Season Begins
-International Pillow Fight Day
-Autism Awareness Month


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FAMOUS AUTHOR APRIL  BIRTHDAY'S

April 2.....Hans Christian Anderson
April 3.....Washington Irving
April 4....Maya Angelou
April 12......Beverly Cleary
April 20....William Shakespeare
April 27......Steven D'Amico
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Spring is Here! Stop and smell the flowers...
Mrs. Ortiz
 

All students will be able to:
-Demonstrate approiate and respectful  media behavior
-Ethical and safe use of internet materials
-Identify,locate,select and access print and non print materials such as Easy Picture Books,Fiction,Nonfiction,Biography,Story Collection,Periodicals, Reference
-Understand the Fiction and Nonfiction books can be used as references for recreational reading.
-Understand that libraries  provide a diverse collection of information presenting many viewpoints.
-Utilize computer,applications and software(databases,spreadsheets,presentations and work processing)as needed.
-Preform Inter LIbrary Loan searches./online Public Access catalog
-Identify,locate,select and utilize materials by Dewey Decimal Classification,Easy/Picture Books/Fiction/Story Collections
-Apply guidelines for bibliographic citations(MLA/APA)