| Anita Bistrin | Library Media Specialist |
Golden Dragon Winners
Our Dragon Winners so far......2019 - 20
A -6 Mr Celis
C-11 Ms Howard
A-5 Ms Rogers
C-27 Ms Mowbray
C-26 Ms Sylvester
C-29 Ms Haughey
C-15 Ms Boyd
C-28 Mr Boucke
C-18 Ms Connery
A-6 Mr Celis
C-11 Ms Howard
C-29 Ms Haughey
C-21 Ms. Reynolds
C-22 Ms. Flores
C-17 Ms Berkebill
C-12 Ms. Barnett
C-13 Ms.Royston
What's happening this week?
Books we are reading this week:
All about Families
Kinder: Owl Babies
!st/2nd: Five Creatures
3rd: Weird Parents
4th: It could always be worse
5th: The Relatives came
Ms. B's Library Buzz
Our last Read Aloud for this school year.....
Read Aloud for Wednesday 6/3/20
Read Aloud for Monday 6/1/20
OK Radcliff Rappers, Tappers, Singers, Dancers and Poetry
Readers……
It’s your chance to show off your talents. Just like every year
we invite you to participate in Radcliff’s Talent Show, except
this year it will be virtual.
You can record your act on Flipgrid.
It must be no longer than 3mins.
You can sing, dance, do a trick, play an instrument, or any other
wildly talented thing you can do!
There will be no judging just a lot of FUN!
You will have a week to submit your act and then the videos
will be posted the following week.
We will be looking at ALL video submissions to make sure they
are appropriate.
Teachers we know you’ve got talent too so let it SHINE!!
Your videos must be submitted by Friday May 29th.
Videos will air the last week of school.
radcliff winners are.....
k - 3 winner
4/5th winner
Read Aloud for Friday May 29th
Read Aloud for Thursday May 28th
Read Aloud for Tuesday May 26th
Read Aloud video for Thursday May 14th....
CALIFORNIA YOUNG READER MEDAL......and the winner is?
Go to your grade level over on the LEFT to see which book won at Radcliff in your grade group.
YO, YO ,YO....RADCLIFF RAPPERS
We have a CHALLENGE for you!
We want you to RAP 5 pages of your favorite Dr.Seuss book.
Click on + sign below to get started.
Check out your very own RAP QUEEN...Msss.B below!!
Thursdays Read aloud.....
Wednesdays Read aloud....
Mondays Read aloud with Ms. B.....
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You can still vote for your favorite book in the California Young Reader Medal contest.
Open the link below to VOTE!
California Young Reader medal K-3
California Young Reader Medal 4-5
You have until May 1st to VOTE!!
You still have time to VOTE....click on the links below to listen one more time to the nominees.
Then I will put the voting tabs on this page next week so you can vote.
K-3 NOMINEES
CALIFORNIA YOUNG READER MEDAL 4 & 5th GRADES
Radcliff Remote Readers....
Thursday March 26.....Read Aloud # 4
Wednesday March 25 ......Read Aloud # 3
Tuesday March 24 .....Read Aloud # 2
Monday March 23....Read Aloud #1
Ms.B's Remote Radcliff Storytime.....
I will be posting a read aloud here everyday for you to watch.
Check out these fun websites to keep reading....
Great curriculum connections - 4 each day. Prek - 5
California Young Reader Medal 2020
LIBRARY MURAL FINISHED
Our Mural outside the Library is finally done and looks amazing!!
Many students from RAP helped with the art work.
Thank you Paul for making our school look so bright and cheerful.
Coming Book Fair Nov 18 - 22
Click on the link to learn about E-Wallet and Book Fair schedule.
Click on the Book Fair flyer to see videos of upcoming books from the Book Fair!!
October 8th authors Jennifer and Mathew Holm will be coming to Radcliff to present an assembly for our entire school.
They are the authors/illustrators of BabyMouse and Squish books.
They will be talking about their first picture book - "The Evil Princess vs The Brave Knight." Remember if you want to get your own signed copy fill out the order form that was sent home or come to the library and see Ms. B
SUMMER WRITING CHALLENGE 4TH GRADERS
Over the summer you have a challenge should you choose to accept it????
After reading "Rufus the Writer" where Rufus writes stories to trade for special items from his friends, you have been challenged to fins an "object" and write a story about it. You can write up to 3 stories. For each story turned in to the Library during the first week of school you will get a prize!
HAPPY WRITING
THANK YOU BOOK SHOP SANTA CRUZ
Through the Holiday Book Drive Book Shop was able to donate all these books to our Library. Come check them out!
California Young Reader Medal
2018-19
And the Nominees for K-3 are.......
Nominees for 4-5 are......
We will all be reading these together
during Library visits!
If you would like a challenge then 4th & 5th graders can read the
chapter book nominees independently - they are........
Happy Reading!!
BOOK FAIR UPDATE
We had a great Book Fair this year!
Thanks to all the parents who bought books for our classrooms!
The Library bought over $500 worth of books for classrooms, over $150 of books for the Library and put over $1000 into our author visit account!!
Well done Radcliff.
Browse the Book Fair flyer - see videos of books you might like to buy!
Click on the flyer then on the arrows to open videos.
Remember to get a pass from yard duty to come in at lunch recess!
WHAT A GREAT VISIT!!
Yuyi Morales said she had a "Wonderful" time at Radcliff and loved meeting all our students.
A WONDERFUL AUTHOR COMING TO VISIT RADCLIFF!
Yuyi Morales will be here Thursday October 4th.
The assembly will be in the cafeteria from 1:30 - 2:15
Watch Yuyi talk about her book and what some of the images in the book mean.
WE VOTE THIS WEEK!
HOW DID YOU VOTE?
K-3 CHOICES
4 &5 CHOICES
Find out the Radcliff Winners after Spring Break!
They made it out!!
After solving puzzles, hunting for books and unlocking locks ALL the 4th and 5th graders made it out of the Library!
WELL DONE
4th and 5th graders Locked in the Library!!!
All 4th and 5th grades have been reading Escape from Mr.Lemoncello's Library.
Now they will have to use what they have read to help them escape from the Radcliff Library!!
Next week on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday our 4th and 5th graders will be locked in the Library.
They are using the Breakout Expeditions. They will have to solve puzzles and clues to find their way out of the Library.
THANK YOU BOOK SHOP SANTA CRUZ
Once again Book Shop Santa Cruz has done something wonderful for our school!
All of these beautiful books were donated by BSSC customers to our school Library.
We are hoping to collect as many Thank you cards as possible to send to them.
Dav Pilkey Presentation
We had a FANTASTIC time:
A LIBRARY FIELD TRIP for 3-5th grades??
YEP...... 3-5th graders will be given ALL the information this week during your Library visit.
I know you will all be VERY excited!!
See you this week back in the Library.
Ms.B
Mac Barnett and Brian Biggs were so much fun!!
What a great afternoon spent with our visitors.
Thank you to JP and Vivianna for welcoming them onto campus.
What was your favorite part of the assembly?
Thank you to Ms. Bartolomei for all the beautiful posters!
Birthday Books From Coco
Our first birthday book giveaway was Monday....we had 104 students with birthdays in July and August!!
It was a very exciting morning, even the newspaper came to take photographs.
Our next giveaway will be Oct 24th for Oct/Nov birthdays
Who remembers Bruce Hale???
Bruce Hale is the author of the Clark the Shark books and the Underwhere chapter books that all of you love so much! Bruce came to visit Radcliff school in 2014.
He was so impressed with our students that his newest Clark the Shark book is dedicated to the "cool students of Radcliff Elementary!"
How awesome is that!!!
Useful websites for research, book recommendations and MORE!!
