Hedgehog Footnotes

Library News

2011-09-14T08:21:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to School!

My name is Mrs. Wright and I am very excited to be your new Library Media Specialist. I can't wait to help you find new books, help you with your projects, and help you with technology. I want to get to know each of you and find out what you like to read and what are your favorite activities.

Ms. McNamee is now a First Grade Teacher. I am very thankful that she has been helping me learn how she managed the Information Center.

I will be in the Information Center on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 9:00am until 2:30pm.

Mrs. Larochelle is here from Monday through Friday from 8:30am until 11:30am.

LIbrary News

2011-05-27T19:17:00.000-07:00

Earth Hour is Coming

2011-03-18T06:36:00.001-07:00

March 26, 2011 is Earth Hour when we remember to turn off our lights for one hour to conserve energy. To find out more watch this video.

Thank You for the Book Fair

2011-03-14T16:55:00.000-07:00

Each year Bartlett holds two book fairs. Much of the money from the book fair comes directly to the library in books as well as other items that can be purchased for the library from Scholastic. This past Spring book fair yielded $1100 in books. Some of these are library books and others are books that will be used in the book room for classroom use.

We are very grateful for this support. New books are hot ticket items in the library. Children want to read the new books. Thank you for providing us with a fresh supply.

Here are some of the new titles in the library. Check them out!

Daniel and the Harmonica

2010-12-21T09:54:00.000-08:00

One of our first grade students has a daddy who is a teacher and a published author.

Check out the book Daniel and the Harmonica written by Rob Dubreuil, one of our Bartlett parents.

Mrs. Ward's Class Newspaper

2010-11-24T06:16:00.000-08:00

The students in Mrs. Ward's fourth grade wrote their own classroom newspaper and it is now available on-line! Just click on the link: Bartlett Hedgehog News.

This was a big project! Congratulations on your hard work!

Summer of Riley Posters

2010-10-22T06:46:00.000-07:00

We finished our Bartlett Reads Summer of Riley. Here are the posters students made. I'm please to announce that our Pennies for Pets raised $142.02 for the Manchester Animal Shelter. This will help provide food and care for the pets at the shelter. Thank you Bartlett Students!

Gotta Keep Reading

2010-10-22T06:11:00.000-07:00

Enjoy this video about reading. Hope you find a good, good book to READ!

New Books in the Bartlett Library

2010-09-02T13:43:00.000-07:00

Welcome back to school! We have many beautiful new books in the library for you to enjoy this year. We have lots of new animal books, drawing books, and picture books and chapter books as well. Here are some of the picture and chapter books. Be sure to come and check them out!

Bartlett Summer Library Hours

2010-06-16T10:53:00.001-07:00

Book Swap

2010-06-09T10:05:00.001-07:00

Bartlett Reading Safari Results

2010-05-05T08:07:00.000-07:00

The Bartlett Reading Safari is over for the year. What a great year we have had!!!

Here are some amazing reading accomplishments this year.

Four classes achieved 100% participation.
86% of Bartlett students participated.
695 reading logs were turned in.
93 children earned 100-day reader t-shirts.
30 children read for 200 days.

If you were to take all the reading logs and count them up, Bartlett students read for 17,375 days!

Congratulations to all who participated.

Thank you to PTA for making this whole program possible!

Another Class Reaches 100%

2010-04-14T08:28:00.001-07:00

Reading Safari Reminder

2010-04-12T06:25:00.000-07:00

Bottled Water

2010-03-26T03:24:00.000-07:00

Here is a video presented at the all school meeting by a group of fourth graders concerned about the amount of waste in buying bottled water.

They conducted research on the issue as well as collected data on Bartlett's bottle water use.

Great job Ethan, Jenna, Sam, Hannah, Mackenzie, Ben and Jeremy!

Earth Hour!

2010-03-24T05:40:00.000-07:00

Kids around the world are making a difference by turning out the lights!
At Bartlett we're turning out the lights on Friday, March 26th at 12:45.

Earth Hour is Saturday March 27th at 8:30 pm.

Reading Safari News

2010-03-17T11:12:00.000-07:00

We have less than one month remaining in the Bartlett Reading Safari Program.

So far three classes have achieved 100% participation.

There are a few that are VERY close!

Our school participation is 82%.
I would love to see us have 85 % participation or better.

This year we have already surpassed last year's total in number of reading logs turned in. We are over 600 for the year!!

Keep up the GREAT work!

Congratulations Mrs. Rioux's Class

2010-03-03T07:48:00.000-08:00

Wow! Mrs. Rioux's class has earned 100% participation in the Bartlett Reading Safari! They have elected to have an extra recess as special reward for this achievement. Congratulations on a job well done!

Bartlett Book Award Nominees

2010-03-03T05:59:00.001-08:00

Please come and check out the nominated books for the Bartlett Book Award. Thank you so much fourth grades for reading and recommending these awesome books!

Congratulations Mrs. Audley's Class

2010-02-05T05:53:00.001-08:00

Congratulations to Mrs. Audley's Class which earned 100% participation in the Bartlett Reading Safari! Wow! Two classes in one week. This is great. Keep up the reading!

Congratulations Mrs. Crete's Class

2010-02-03T10:05:00.001-08:00

Congratulations to Mrs. Crete's class for reaching 100% participation in the Bartlett Reading Safari program. Which class will be next?????

Reading Safari Progress Report

2010-01-20T10:43:00.000-08:00

Oh my! It was raffle day today and there was much excitement in the cafeteria. Bartlett students are doing an AMAZING job on the Reading Safari. From December 2-January 20th I received 159 reading logs. Think about what that means. Each reading log represents 25 days of reading. That means that Bartlett students read for a total of 3975 days during that time.

The total reading logs turned in for the year is 429!
That equals 10,725 days of reading!

Keep up the good work!

Reading Raffle January 20th!

2010-01-19T06:05:00.001-08:00

book recommendations

2009-12-08T10:04:00.001-08:00

On display in the library are great book projects created by Mrs. Crete's class. These projects were created to encourage students to check out these books. Mrs. Crete's class wrote persuasive essays about why each book should win the Bartlett Fiction Award and made commercials advertising the book. Be sure to look at the projects and check out the books!

Thanks so much Mrs. Crete's class!

Reading Safari Update

2009-11-17T10:20:00.000-08:00

Lots of reading logs are coming in. Keep it up!

Next raffle will be December 3rd at lunch time.

Kids voted on the t-shirt color. Red won.

Our First Reading Raffle

2009-10-28T11:35:00.001-07:00

Today we had our first Reading Safari Raffle. This was very exciting! All students who have turned in a reading log were entered into the raffle. We had 114 students entered and I was able to give out 114 prizes!

The students are already asking when the next raffle will be. I'm not sure yet, but most likely in late November.

We have 60% of the students at Bartlett participating in the Reading Safari. This is a GREAT start.

Keep up the good job reading!

Flu Prevention Tips from Dr. Clarke

2009-10-09T18:04:00.000-07:00

Dr. Clarke is a practicing doctor in Baltimore and a part time rapper. He wrote this rap to teach kids about how to prevent the spread of the H1N1 flu virus.

Here in the library we do clean the keyboards and mice everyday with Chlorox Wipes. On a busy day we can have 80 students pass through the computer lab. We all need to do our part to prevent the spread of germs!

Enjoy the video!

Come on the Bartlett Reading Safari!

2009-09-09T17:33:00.000-07:00

Please click on the picture to read about our reading safari!

Coming Soon!

2009-09-02T07:16:00.001-07:00

The 2009-2010 reading incentive program will start September 10th.

Be on the lookout for the details!

Keep Cool This Summer

2009-06-17T11:13:00.000-07:00

Check out the library this summer for great books, good friends and a cool time!

Annual June Book Swap

2009-06-02T07:36:00.000-07:00

Be sure to clean out your bookshelves and bring books you no longer want to school next week for our annual June book swap. Click on the picture above for details!

Dive Into Reading Results!

2009-05-26T08:06:00.000-07:00

We have concluded the Dive Into Reading program for the year. I am so proud of all of the students and their enthusiasm and hard work. Some of the highlights include

Two classes reached 100% this year!(Mrs. Rioux and Mrs. Audley)
81% of the students in the school participated!
579 reading logs were turned in!
81 children received t-shirts (100-day readers!)
24 students read for 200 days!

WOW!

Meet Mo Willems

2009-05-25T17:20:00.000-07:00

Mo Willems is a very creative author and illustrator. Watch and listen as he explains how he gets his ideas for characters and books.

Chester Reminds Everyone

2009-05-06T17:02:00.000-07:00

Why We Love the Library

2009-04-17T07:34:00.001-07:00

To celebrate National Library Week, I asked the students to leave comments about why they love the library. Here are some of the things Bartlett students are saying about the library:

I like the library because they have books that I do not have at home.

It makes me feel like I'm in the place I'm reading about.

I like the library because it is fun to read books and the staff is really helpful.

The library is like a big dictionary.

I like the library because I can find out stuff.

Reading rocks!

I like the library because I like to get inspiration from books to write my own stories.

Reading is really good for your brain cells.

National Library Week

2009-04-12T04:47:00.000-07:00

This week is National Library Week!

The Bartlett Elementary School Library has much to celebrate. Our goal is to get books, magazines, and other reading materials in the hands of children. We check out approximately 1100 copies per month that school is in session.

There are new books on our shelves all the time. Our library collection has been generously supported by the PTA book fairs, the Goffstown Rotary, and the Goffstown School Board. Numerous community members also have donated books that are either put into circulation or used for our reading incentive program or book swap in June.

Over thirty different students in fourth grade volunteer throughout the year to help bring these books back to the library and get them ready for check-in. Their service helps the whole school so much.

A special thanks goes to the library aides completing their service this week:

Courtney, Kylie, Ashley, Alexa Z., Alex K
Megan, Olivia, Rosie, Heather, Maddison

April is National Poetry Month

2009-04-01T05:03:00.000-07:00

Did you know that April is National Poetry Month?

Check out some of our great poetry books in the library. Some of my favorites are the You Read to Me, I'll Read to You, series. These are great books to share with a friend. We also have poetry books by Shel Silverstein. He's one of my favorite poets.

Here is an animated version of his poem, "The Crocodile's Toothache."

Enjoy

Earth Hour

2009-03-22T17:56:00.001-07:00

Students and staff at Bartlett are encouraging people to turn off their lights on Saturday night (March 28th) from 8:30-9:30 as part of Earth Hour. Watch this short video to see how Earth Hour got started, and what you can do to participate. Click on the link to go to Earth Hour Kids for more information, games, and activities.

Click on the image below to enlarge and find out what your family can do to conserve energy.

Chester Reads Because of Winn Dixie, Too

2009-03-19T16:11:00.000-07:00

Chester says, "I just love how Winn Dixie smiles. I wish I could show my teeth like that."

Bartlett Reads Because of Winn Dixie

2009-03-14T08:34:00.000-07:00

Bartlett Elementary School invites all families and staff to read the wonderful book, Because of Winn Dixie. On Tuesday, March 17th, we will have special All School Meeting to talk about this great opportunity. Be sure to look for the reading calendar and letter and book in your child's backpack on Tuesday.

Why are we doing this?

1. Because of Winn Dixie is a great book.
2. Studies show that children who read and are read to do better in school.
3. Sharing a common book is a fun way to bring the school community together.

Can this count for the reading incentive program?

YES! Absolutely.

Speaking of the Dive into Reading program, a special congratulations goes to Mrs. Audley's class of first and second graders who reached 100% participation! There are several other classes that are very close to reading 100%. Keep up the great reading. The last day for reading papers is May 15th.

Goffstown Rotary Donates Books

2009-03-06T19:16:00.001-08:00

These children are enjoying new library books donated by the Goffstown Rotary Club. Thank you so much for your support. A special thanks goes to John Hikel who brought the books today. These books will be well circulated and enjoyed by many!

Celebrate Dr.Seuss' Birthday!

2009-02-26T14:05:00.000-08:00

Bartlett will be celebrating Dr. Seuss' Birthday. The cafeteria staff will once again serve Green Eggs and Ham. The PTA will have its spring book fair and Dr. Seuss Night. Please come and join in our celebration of reading at Bartlett.

Thursday March 5th from 6:00-8:00 pm.

Check out this video of NFL players reading Dr. Seuss!

Dive into Reading Update

2009-02-11T10:09:00.000-08:00

You can see our progress. We have had over 278 reading logs turned in so far. Keep up the good work. Our next raffle will be after February vacation. If you need a new reading log we have blank ones in the lobby of the school and also in the library.

Geometry on the Playground

2009-01-16T07:38:00.000-08:00

Last spring the Bartlett community built a wonderful new playground for the children to enjoy. My fourth grade math group took a geometry lesson outside and created this video. Enjoy!

Keep Reading!

2009-01-13T07:58:00.000-08:00

The graph you see reflects the number of reading logs turned in as of December 15th. We have over 175 reading logs turned in. Many children have turned in their third reading log already. The 100 day reader t-shirts have been ordered. If your child has not turned in a reading log yet, it is not too late to start. We are aiming for 100% participation this year. Keep up the good work!

Some of the Many Books!

2009-01-08T17:40:00.000-08:00

Student Library Aides

2009-01-05T07:55:00.000-08:00

A big thank you goes out to the ten students who served as Student Library Aides during the fall of this school year. These children go around to each classroom and collect library books and bring them back to the library, take the date due cards out and sort them so we can check them in. This is no small job. Since September we have checked out over 4500 books and materials. All of those books and materials need to come back! These children have hauled that many books over to the library. Thank you so much!

Jackson, Ryan, Madeline K., Samantha, Karissa, Megan B., Alyssa,
Julia, Hennessy, and Allison

What goes on in the library?

2008-12-07T18:30:00.001-08:00

This word cloud was made in "wordle" found on www.wordle.net. It illustrates some of the amazing things that I see happening in our library every day.

Fourth Grade Reading/Writing/Technology

2008-12-04T10:01:00.000-08:00

All of the fourth grade students at Bartlett have completed a huge language arts project and are helping me get the word out about the great books we have in the library at the same time! This book project involved lots of reading. Mrs. Crete's and Mrs. Rioux's classes read fiction books, and Mrs. Wards's class read non-fiction. Each student selected one book to nominate for the Bartlett Fiction or Bartlett Non-Fiction Book Award. The students learned how to write a persuasive essay. In the computer lab the students created a web using Kidspiration. They were able to add more details to this web and organize their ideas and publish it to a word document. Then they formatted the whole thing into Print Shop. In order to share with all of the third and fouth grades the books that were chosen, students each made a book commercial using iMovie. I am in the process of creating a DVD that will be shared among the classes so that they can vote for the books they want to be nominated for the Bartlett Book Awards. The nominees will be announced soon!

Just look at all of the technology skills used in this great project!

keyboarding
logging in
connecting to the resource drive
dragging to the desktop
saving to the desktop and my folder
creating/naming a folder
importing a graphic
selecting a printer
printing
copying/pasting from one program to another
adding title, transitions, clips, and audio to iMovie
editing audio

Great Work Everyone!

Bartlett Dives Into Reading Progress Report

2008-11-21T16:09:00.000-08:00

Today I was teaching a math group to some second graders and one student said, "I like Bartlett Dives Into Reading better than the Reading Rainforest." I asked him why, and he said, "I like having fish swimming around me in the cafeteria."

Indeed, as I write, there are 82 fish swimming in the cafeteria. We are off to a great start to the program with 45% of the students at Bartlett participating. On Thursday, we had our first lunchtime raffle. This was a lot of fun and hopefully motivated the students who haven't yet turned in their reading log to get one turned in. I will have another raffle before the break in December.

A special commendation goes to Mrs. Audley's class which has 75% of her students participating! Wow! Keep up the good work.

Bartlett Students Vote

2008-11-12T10:16:00.000-08:00

On November 4th, Bartlett Students were given the opportunity to participate in voting with their own elections. One of the items on the ballot was, "What color do you want the 100-day Reader T-Shirt to be?" It was a very close election with Lime Green earning one more vote than Cherry Red.

The reading papers have started coming in. So far over 50 students have turned in their first reading logs. There are now fish swimming around the submarines in the cafeteria! Our first lunch raffle will be next week. All children who have turned in a reading log will be entered into the raffle.

Visting Author

2008-10-29T12:25:00.001-07:00

Today all of the students at Bartlett had a chance to meet and ask questions of our visiting author, Jennifer Ericsson. Jennifer shared her picture books with the children and how she got her ideas for her stories. The younger children enjoyed meeting her cow who introduced her book, No Milk!

The older children had excellent questions about what it is like to be an author. We were all surprised to learn that the author can not talk with the illustrator about the book. One book, The Most Beautiful Kid In The World, took eight years from the time it was accepted to be published to when the book was ready for the shelf!

It was a lot of fun to take one of Jennifer's books, "The Most Beautiful Kid in the World," and create our own beautiful kids. The children had some great ideas and wonderful descriptions.

Jennifer's books are available in our library. We can't wait until her new book, "Whoo Goes There?" comes out this spring. Her visit to Bartlett was made possible by a grant from the CLiF foundation.

Thank you to Jennifer for a wonderful presentation. Thank you to the children for great listening and participation. And thank you to the Children's Literacy Foundation for making this possible. It was a memorable day!

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Bartlett Dives Into Reading!

2008-10-14T18:30:00.000-07:00

Today we kicked off the reading incentive program. Our theme is Dive Into Reading! Each child brought home a letter explaining the program. Click on the image above to view the letter. I encourage all of you to participate in this fun, exciting program. You will help your child become a better reader!

Thank You Parents!

2008-10-02T17:07:00.000-07:00

We had a successful book fair last week! The library and book room received $750 worth of new books. These are already in circulation and being enjoyed by the children at Bartlett! We also receive bonus points which I will redeem for additional merchandise for the library. Thank you so much!

Just so you know...we circulated 1200 books in the month of September!

The reading incentive program is coming! We will have our big all school meeting and kick-off event on October 14th.

Bartlett will also have a visiting author, Jennifer Ericsson, come to speak to all of our students on October 29th.

Happy Reading!

Our New Display Shelf

2008-09-19T12:45:00.001-07:00

The library has a lovely new display shelf that was purchased with points earned from our book fairs from last school year. Our fall book fair starts Monday. All the kids benefit from your support. Thank you so much!

Welcome Back!

2008-09-16T18:01:00.000-07:00

The information center at Bartlett is a GREAT place for students and staff and parents. We are open for business and are we busy! Already we have circulated over 500 books!

The students know the information center is a place of respect. They understand that when they come in to check out books there is often another class using the computer lab, researching, or even doing a math lesson. They also know that they need to respect the materials in the information center.

With the Bartlett Library circulating over 10,000 items last year the students learn about responsibility. I stress this in our library orientation. The books can only be circulated when the students return them.

Learning to be responsible for a library book is something that develops with your child. First graders are allowed to check out one book. They may keep it for one week. Second graders may check out two books, third graders, three and fourth graders may take up to four books at one time. We do not check out books over a child's limit, so if a child does not bring his/her book back he/she may not check out another one.

The Bartlett Library has received much support in recent years from the PTA, the Rotary Club, and the SAU. In addition to many books, proceeds from the PTA book fairs have purchased our beautiful rug and our new book display shelf. The points from the Campbell Soup Labels have provided new DVD's for our teachers to share in their classes. The Rotary Club has helped us tremendously in replacing our aging animal books. This community support has truly made a difference in creating a vibrant place for learning! Thank you so much! We are looking forward to a great year.

Reading Rainforest Results

2008-06-17T13:18:00.000-07:00

I think back to October when I put up the tree trunks in the cafeteria. They looked so odd with nothing on them. Eight months later and the students have transformed the cafeteria into a reading rainforest.

520 reading logs were turned in this year! We’ve enjoyed celebrating each child as he/she turned in a reading log. The students love hearing their names announced and having all the students in the cafeteria cheer for them. This year we had 73% of the students participate in the reading program. While no class reached 100% both Ms. Frisbie and Mrs. Stanhope were very close!

A big thank you goes to the PTA for funding this program. It would not be possible without their support. A special note of thanks goes to Christine Mable for her contributions of prizes for our raffles. These raffles helped keep the students motivated throughout the school year. Raffle days are exciting!
Congratulations goes to the students who read for 200-days!

Phoenix I.
Andrew C.
Sarah S.
Brooklyn R.
Mariah B.
Madelyne S.
Justin K.
Libby H.
Anthony C.
Alexis Y
Brianna M.
Kate S
Alexandria B.
Bailey L.
Samantha S
Hannah T
Allison L
Katelyn B.
Elizabeth H.

We look forward to next year!

Ms. Frisbie's Life Cycle Reports

2008-04-29T07:39:00.001-07:00

This movie was made by Ms. Frisbie's first graders. They researched, drew pictures and wrote about the life cycles of different animals. Then they imported digital pictures of their artwork into Kidpix as well as their text. Their reading was recorded in iMovie and this is the finished project. Enjoy!

Mrs. Crete's Book Commercials

2008-04-02T10:17:00.000-07:00

All twenty three students in Mrs. Crete's fourth grade class created a book commercial promoting a fiction book. These commercials were viewed by the third and fourth graders at Bartlett and voted on. Four were selected to compete for the Bartlett Fiction Award. Voting on the winners will be before April vacation.

Here are two samples from this project. Permission to use the image of the books seen in this video has been granted by Random House for the purpose of this educational project.

Enjoy!

Spring Stories from Mrs. Lavigne's First Grade Class

2008-04-01T06:58:00.000-07:00

This video was made by first graders in Mrs. Lavigne's class. They created a spring picture in Kidpix and then wrote a sentence about their picture. They recorded their sentence in iMovie. Music is from iMovie.

Bartlett History

2008-03-22T08:37:00.000-07:00

In gathering materials for a New Hampshire history project with our fourth graders, I found some clippings from the Goffstown News and Manchester Union Leader featuring Bartlett Elementary School. It was 45 years ago this month that the front of the building was a new addition.

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Spring Book Fair

2008-03-10T15:07:00.001-07:00

On behalf of the students and staff at Bartlett I'd like to thank all of the parents who supported the spring book fair last week. The book fair provides parents an opportunity to buy books for their children, and as a benefit a large percentage of the profits go to help the library. We were able to get $1000 worth of new books for the library, and book room. Some books will also be used as prizes for the reading incentive program. The children saw me gathering the books and can't wait to check them out of the library. Mrs. Larochelle and I hope to get these in circulation by the end of this week. Thanks again to all of those who helped work at the book fair and those who purchased books!

Mrs. Audley's Pond Habitat Projects

2008-03-06T17:00:00.001-08:00

The second grade students in Mrs. Audley's class researched, wrote and published reports about pond animals. They built models of their animal's home and shared them with the first and second grades. They created a slide show in KidPix and recorded their voices in iMovie. Music is from iMovie. What great work!

The Information Center

2008-03-06T16:13:00.000-08:00

Welcome to the Bartlett Elementary School Information Center. This is the place to be for finding great books and magazines. It is also home of our computer lab. Students of all grades come out to the Information Center to do research and create projects using the computers.
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