San Andres Elementary School Library | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Book Reviews | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
written by Hilary Haygood for LS 5603 - Juvenile Literature and LS 5903 - Poetry for Children LS 6643 - Nonfiction for Children and YA Texas Woman's University Denton, Texas Dr. Sylvia Vardell |
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San Andres Elementary School Library Mission Statement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nonfiction for Children and Young Adults | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It is the mission of the San Andres Elementary School Library Media Program to collaborate with staff on curriculum and support student achievement by providing appropriate materials, means, resources, and instruction to enable both students and staff to become effective, competent, independent users of information and current technology. The goal of the library is to create lifelong learners by instilling the love reading for both pleasure and information seeking through guidance and exposure to quality literature. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poetry Break | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traditional Literature | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Picture Books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nonfiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Historical Fiction | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accelerated Reader Programm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Realistic Fiction and Fantasy |
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San Andres Elementary utilizes the Accelerated Reader program developed by Renaissance Learning. Through this program, books are assigned grade equivalent reading levels and point values. Students are given a reading vocabulary test that determines their reading level and comfort zone for independent reading. Individual goals are set for students every six weeks. They then read books independently and as a class and take reading comprehension tests over the material that they have read. Students earn points based on their performance on the computer administered tests. These points can be redeemed in the San Andres AR Store. We believe that the Accelerated Reader program encourages students to read and learn. Their participation in the Accelerated Reader program accounts for 21% of their reading grade, 7% from test averages, 7% from the percentage of their goal that was earned, and 7% from the points that were earned during the grading period. |
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Audio Books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Author Study: Lois Lowry |
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2006-2007 Texas Bluebonnet Books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poetry | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Andres Elementary Librarian - Hilary Haygood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hilary Haygood is in her fifth year as the librarian at San Andres Elementary School. Prior to accepting this job, she spent 16 years as a classroom teacher of grades K, 2, 3, and 5, at San Andres and Glorieta Elementary Schools in Andrews, Texas. She is completed her Master's degree in Library and Information Studies at Texas Woman's University in Denton, Texas, in the spring of 2005. Mrs. Haygood, is married to Danny Haygood, the PE coach at Underwood Elementary School. They have three sons, Lane, a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin who is presently in his second year at Baylor University School of Law, Patrick, a sophomore at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin, and Joe Ryne, a freshman at Andrews High School. |
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Email Mrs. Haygood | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||