Westmeade
Elementary Library
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The flags of
33 different countries hang in our gymn. Our student body is
made up of students from these countries. The
flags
remind us
that this is a small world after all! Though we have many
faces we are one family.
Our goal
in the library is to help students live together in a global
learning community. In the process they will learn
- to love
literature, and let it make us laugh, cry and
think
- to be
curious, and think critically,
- to access,
use and evaluate information
- to respect
each other, our library, its contents, and different
points of view
- to work
hard and enjoy the satisfaction that hard work
brings!
- to love
learning, and to become "life-long learners."
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6641
Clearbrook Dr.
Nashville, TN
37205
(615)
353-2066.
Email
corrections or questions to K.McIntyre,
Librarian
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This
page last updated Dec.9, 2008
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Contact the librarian
(email above) if you have an hour or two which you could volunteer
each week! Especially
helpful times are from 8:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. Checking in and
checking out as well as help
with shelving, covering books, mending books, creating displays are greatly appreciated! Adding books to the computer system, are just some of the projects volunteers can do.
Media Literacy
Media literacy refers to the ability read and evaluate material that we read and see each day. Click here for a list of the required skills.
Library
Rules
Students may check out
2 books as long as they are in good standing and have no overdue
books. One book should be an AR title to practice their reading. The
other selection may be anything they wish to read! In addition
students may check out a magazine to take home and read overnight!
These are returned the next morning.
Our library has only
three rules of behavior.
1. Be
courteous
2. Be
responsible
3. Be safe!
We begin each year
talking about how if we observe these three rules we won't need any
other rules! We discuss what it means to be courteous, responsible
and safe and then use specific situations to decide which rule it
exemplifies or which rule it breaks. If your student loses or damages a book, he will be responsible for replacing it.
Usually books turn up. Sometimes a student has brought a book back, but failed to check it in, and it gets shelved while it is still checked out in his/her name. Sometimes the book gets mixed into the classroom library and is found at the end of the year. We will communicate about the book so that you know it is missing, and decide on a course of action.
Your student may check out two books unless the teacher specifies otherwise. The books circulate for two weeks. You may also check out books under your student's name. When this happens -- your student can still have two books that are books of his/her choice.
Students will always be asked to check out one book at thier reading level, but the second book may be anything they desire. That means the book may be too difficult for them to read or it may be too easy! We do not always understand why a child chooses a particular book, but our purpose is to help children connect to the books they need.
Accelerated Reader
AR is an incentive program for students to read independently. Students read books that are at their reading level and then take tests on the computer to demonstrate mastery of the books content.
What AR does;
- Helps students connect text with facts. This is a skill that is important when they read content area texts as they go on trhough school.
- Helps students develop the ability to anticipate what questions could come from a text
- Increases their ability to select reading materials independently.
- Practice builds confidence and increases skill levels
Students set AR goals with their teachers and when they meet the goal in a 9 week period, they are rewarded with prizes and a party. Each spring we participate in the Sounds Reading Club. Students who complete their goals during this period are treated to a party and prizes as well as reconition form teachers and peers.