You can now access the Shive Elementary School Library Media Center catalog by logging onto the internet and typing in the following URL:

http://destiny.rss.k12.nc.us

Choose Ethan H. Shive Elementary School from the elementary school list and begin browsing the catalog!!!

                         (It is not necessary to click "login".)

Welcome to the Shive Elementary School Media Center

Current Events:

Kindergarteners are well on their way to becoming good readers.  They continue to amaze us with their ability to visit the media center to check out new books independently.  During class visits, we have and will continue to discuss good book care habits.  We are also beginning to learn about the jobs of an author and illustrator and to look closely at their works.  Be sure to ask a kindergartener soon about Eric Carle and his collage illustrations.

First graders have been preparing for their trip to Lazy 5 by learning how to "google" the website and to discuss the information found on their webpage. We also learned trivial facts about the animals they will see on their visit.  We are also reading stories and looking at cause and effect in them.  Ask your first grader to tell you about cause and effect in The Day Jimmy's Boa Ate the Wash.

Second graders have been learning about spiders and created documents using Pages software to tell interesting facts about a variety of different spider types.  Soon, students will learn about facts and opinions as they study another interesting creature...the bat

Third graders have been preparing for their Salisbury Walking Tour field trip by learning how to use digital cameras to document their trip.  They have written facts they learned about the various places they visited and created a Keynote slideshow to "show and tell" about their trip.  Students will soon share their slideshow with one another using a Walking Gallery technique.

Fourth graders are learning a research process called the Big 6.  They will continue to use this process while completing projects throughout their elementary school years.  Currently, we are using the Big 6 to gather information about our North Carolina state symbol animals. Students are working in cooperative groups to come up with questions they are curious to know about their animal, possible sources where they could collect this information...from within and outside the school, and will later create NC Symbol Animal trading cards upon completion of their research.  Last, they will reflect upon their "journey" with this project so that we can improve in the future.

Fifth graders are all about the weather.  In conjunction with reading and science in the classroom, students have worked with Mrs. Spry, our curriculum coach, and myself to look at various types of weather.  We have completed research and integrated writing to create a "Weather Newsletter" using Pages software.  Students have learned how to take notes, cite sources, and create expository writing to show their knowledge of weather.  Students have worked very hard to create a "reader-friendly" piece of work to show their understanding of this topic.

                            Battle of the Books 

     Students in fourth and fifth grade are encouraged to try out for our Battle of the Books team.  Our team will be formed in late fall. Any student in fourth and fifth grade is eligible to participate. Students should be reading books from the following list:

Becoming Naomi Leon by Pam Munoz Ryan

Best School Year Ever by Barbara Robinson

Bunnicula:  A Rabbit-Tale of Mystery by Deborah and James Howe

A Dog's Life:  The Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin

Everything on a Waffle by Polly Horvath

How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor

The Last Holiday Concert by Andrew Clements

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien

Poppy by Avi

Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech

Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbit

Yellow Bird and Me by Joyce Hansen

     More information will be given to students as the school year progresses about the specific details on trying out for the team.  Our media center has multiple copies of all of these books.  Enjoy!

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Students are allowed to check out additional books for long holiday breaks.  Please encourage your child to read their books and return them to the media center upon arrival back at school.

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Future Events:

Next Book Fair: November 12 (A one night only event...don't miss it.)

                                   Plan now to attend!

FYI:  We print overdue notices quarterly. In an effort to conserve paper and toner, we are also asking students orally about missing items.  We are also checking to make sure that every student has a library book checked out.  If you do receive a notice, please ask your child whether they have returned their book(s) to the library. Often books have been returned to school and are in the classroom and not checked in through the media center when overdue notices are generated. Please let me know of any concerns that you might have about an overdue book.