Students and teachers utilize the school library throughout the year. As the school library coordinator, my goal is to assist them in using the library effectively. hope to support our student’s academic and leisure reading needs as well as share my love of books with them, so they too, will be life-long readers. Each and every class day is as varied as the students and their academic and personal literacy needs. The library is up-to-date and available to the students because of our dedicated volunteers, parents and staff.
It is a joy to serve the students and staff of Assumption Catholic School.
CONTENT AREA
Within the 40-50 minute classes each week (varies with grade level), I hope to accomplish the following goals over the course of the school year:
Sampling of curriculum related projects supported by library instruction and materials.
Newbery Award reading project or other literature-based projects (5th, 6th, 7th & 8th grades).
Use of library research resources to study individual states and prepare an informational booklet (4th grade).
Short reports on a variety of historical periods or informational topics (2-8 grades)
Dictionary / thesaurus skills with all grades.
Help students with research on the topic selected for the essay contest sponsored by the Daughters of the American Revolution (5th Grade).
Teach library etiquette and develop an appreciation for different literary genres through the reading of stories and reader advisory. (all grades)
Teach the MLA bibliography format used by students when completing research papers in core subject areas. We also discuss plagiarism and copyright laws. (5th, 6th, 7th and 8th grades).
Help students with research, organization, and citations for formal research papers. (6th, 7th & 8th grades)
In 2018 Assumption Parish Catholic School honored Mrs. Valerie Sonderen for her 32 years of dedication to our school,
inlcuding her efforts in building our libaray and the Assumption library program.