Library    

 

Mrs. Johnson checks out library books

Kindergarten friends like to get new books  Students like to make things with Lego's  Mrs. Flanagan likes to share books with students UMS students play checkers after they choose their books   
 
 
The Union Memorial School library serves a population of 200 kindergarten to second grade students. All students have a scheduled weekly class visit for literature enrichment and information skills. Judy Flanagan, our full time librarian or Donna King Johnson, our part time library assistant, are always willing to help students and teachers find the materials they need. We love to "book talk" books and hopefully turn the UMS kids into lifelong readers. One of the programs we participate in is the Red Clover Book Program sponsored by the VT Center for the Book. We learn about authors by celebrating author's birthdays and reading their books. We also read books about people from around the world. Our goal is for the library to be an exciting place for UMS students to visit.

 

Our mission is: 

  • Promote literacy and a lifelong love of reading and books.
  • Ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information.

 

Library Schedule for 2008-09 school year
Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
Thibault Howard Kindergarten Literacy Jr. Great Books Kindergarten Literacy
Bryan   Anderson Helfrich  
  Jr. Great Books Mulcahy   Barnett
Marshall   Barnett Stevens Sorenson

 

     Check out these interesting sites:

MotherGoosePrograms.org

Yahooligans: 
 A "browsable index of the internet" designed for web surfers ages 7 to 12. Includes a guide to "search strategies" and a guide to citing web page sources.

 

Authors and illustrators

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators:
 One of the first, the most current, and the best of professional educational sites. Three sections: links to search engines, subject access(20 different topics), e-mail for updates, requests.

Carol Hurst's web site:
This is a collection of great books for kids, ideas of ways to use them in the classroom and collections of books and activities about particular subjects, curriculum areas, themes and professional topics.

 
 

  "When I look back, I am so impressed again with the life-giving power of literature. If I were a young person today,      trying to gain a sense of myself in the world, I would do that again by reading, just a I did when I was young."
 Maya Angelou

 

                        "Children are made readers on the laps of their parents."(1994)   Emilie Buchwald

 

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