News for Elementary Schools
May 2017
"I have always imagined that paradise will be a kind of library."
- Jorge Luis Borges
 
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We need your feedback to better understand the needs of the teachers of Palatine schools and patrons who are teachers. 
 
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Summer Reading: Reading by Design

Encourage your students and their families to sign up for the Summer Reading Program. Sign-up starts Thursday, June 1 - Tuesday, August 15. It is available for all District cardholders.
 
At sign-up everyone has a chance to win a free STEM prize of your choice: a Metal Earth Model, or a LEGO kit - while supplies last.
 
Finish the program and receive your choice of a Grand Prize T-Shirt or Tote bag, generously donated by the Friends of the Palatine Public Library.
 
Events for your Students
Rangoli Sand Art
Wednesday, May 17, 4:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Explore the origins of rangoli, a popular South Asian folk art, while using colored sand to create your own unique design. All supplies provided. Grades 1-5. Sign up.
 
Kick-off Party
Saturday, June 3, Noon - 3:00 p.m.
Celebrate Summer Reading Program with games and activities, including BINGO, face painting, and a photo booth. Stop by the craft station where you can make a catapult to take home. All ages.
 
Guadalupe Colin, Librarian
Palatine Public Library District
700 N. North Ct.  •  Palatine, IL 60067  •  847.358.5881 x108
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On Our Shelves for You
The writing strategies book : your everything guide to developing skilled writers
by Jennifer Serravallo

The Reading Strategies Book made the New York Times Best Seller List by making it simpler to match students' needs to high-quality instruction. Now, in The Writing Strategies Book, Jen Serravallo does the same, collecting 300 of the most effective strategies to share with writers, and grouping them beneath 10 crucial goals.Book Annotation
Troublemakers : lessons in freedom from young children at school
by Carla Shalaby

In this dazzling debut, Carla Shalaby, a former elementary school teacher, explores the everyday lives of four young "troublemakers," challenging the ways we identify and understand so-called problem children. Time and again, we make seemingly endless efforts to moderate, punish, and even medicate our children, when we should instead be concerned with transforming the very nature of our institutions, systems, and structures, large and small. Through delicately crafted portraits of these memorable children--Zora, Lucas, Sean, and Marcus--Troublemakers allows us to see school through the eyes of those who know firsthand what it means to be labeled a problem. 
Teaching STEM outdoors : activities for young children
by Patty Born Selly

Connect nature play, outdoor experiences, and STEM learning for young children with activities, real-life examples, and educator resources. Nurture young children’s innate tendencies toward exploration, sensory stimulation, and STEM learning when you connect outdoor learning and STEM curriculum. Discover the developmental benefits of outdoor learning and how the rich diversity of settings and materials of nature gives rise to questions and inquiry for deeper learning.
Palatine Public Library District
700 N. North Court
Palatine, Illinois 60067
847-358-5881
www.palatinelibrary.org