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Taxes are done.  Hooray. The other exciting thing was the wonderful shout-out and poem dedication to me by Elaine Magliaro at Wild Rose Reader.

This week begins three weeks of WASL testing (Washington State Assessment of Student Learning). Always a stressful time for everyone!

I  make the library a place of respite, especially for third through fifth grade during this time. So here’s what is happening:

Kindergarteners are involved in an author study of Keiko Kasza. Love her work.  First graders will be learning about the kinds of books in the 500 section of the library. Second graders get to do poetry things in honor of National Poetry Month.

Now, above I just said that third through fifth will get a respite. I just realized that third grade may not consider learning about Melvil Dewy as a respite. But it reminds me of a funny story.  I asked third graders how the library is organized. A third grader said I have the nonfiction in the “yellow”, section, the everybody books in the “blue” section, and the chapter books in the “blue” section. My color system (thanks to Powell’s Bookstore’s colored rooms) is working

Fourth graders are exploring tall tales. My fifth grades will start designing new place holders for the kindergartners to use next year. (A perfect project for this year’s fifth graders)

I will interview staff and students about books they have read again and again for “Tuesday Tidbits”.

Speaking of reading, am off to read this month’s book-club choice, Waiting for Snow in Havana.

Happy Reading.

MsMac