March - Women's History Month

Congratulations to our Global Reading Challenge team, I'm Sqeak, who did an amazing job representing Montlake at the finals. Although they were not the overall winners, they showed great team spirit and we are all very proud of them.

Here are some of my recent reads. Click on the book cover if you'd like to read a review and then maybe you could check it out from our library. Happy Reading!

You can see more book suggestions if you follow me on Instagram, where I post pictures of books @ Wolfpackbookbag. Also, read about the 2019 award winning books here.

I love our Sasquatch lunch time book group gatherings! Students eat lunch in the library and chat about the latest nominee. Our next meeting will be on Friday, March 22nd, when we'll be talking about Skeleton Tree. Students can also contribute to the Sasquatch conversations on schoology.

Sasquatch award

The Towner Award nominees are on display in the library and this week our 3rd through 5th graders will be looking at our fourth title, Shark Lady: The True Story of How Eugenie Clark Became the Ocean's Most Fearless Scientist.

Our K-2 students are enjoying the 20 titles selected in the 2019 Washington Children's Choice Picture book category. I'll be reading those to our younger students and inviting the older Wolves to see what they think of this year's selection.
book cover

This week I'll be reading Ice Boy, by David Ezra Stein and students can watch a video about the water cycle here.

Next time you're in the building, come upstairs and check out the Otter Wall of fame! We already have a few names on the wall - students from the K - 3rd grade who read all 6 nominees for the Otter Award. Otter book nominees

Technology

Let's try Interland
Get ready for Smarter Balance by taking a practice test.

Students will learn how to:

log on to computers using their unique username
create a password
find books using the library catalog
access online resources at school and at home
navigate schoology (3 - 5th grade)
participate in coding through code.org
engage in lessons to foster digital citizenship
explore the various functions of Office 365
Create a presentation using Sway (3 - 5th grade)
Create a short video using Flip Grid (4/5)
Use Spark Adobe to record a story (3rd)

Digital Citizenship
Montlake students are digital natives and our job is to help them navigate that world in a safe and responsible way. To that end, I will be using the Common Sense Media curriculum and other resources with all students throughout the year and making sure our technology lessons offer authentic opportunities to practice digital citizenship in the work we do.

Volunteer Information:

Volunteers keep our program going. In order to provide students with the highest quality of educational experiences it is necessary to rely on volunteers to support some of the ongoing non-student contact tasks like shelving of titles. If you are interested in attending and assisting in the library while your child is (or isn't) present please email Ms Rueth (dmrueth@seattleschools.org). Make sure you complete the required paperwork with Ms. Tiffany in the front office.

Volunteer opportunities include shelving, check in/out, book repair, special projects!

Library Catalog
Online Student Resources

Make use of a wide range of SPS supported resources by logging in via the Student Portal. Once a student has logged in using their unique username and password, they have access to many of the resources without the need to log in again.

Any sites that do require an additional log in, use the following:

username: seattlesps
password: access

Montlake Elementary also offers access to Lexia and IXL - two online resources that give students practice in reading and math skills. Students can log in using these links:
Lexia
IXL

Contact Info

Librarian: Donna Rueth
dmrueth@seattleschools.org
Phone: 206-252-3313

Library Hours

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
9:00 a.m. - 2:45 p.m.