With the short week before Fall break, I'm reading to K-2nd grades this cute story, The Little Ghost who Lost Her Boo, by Elaine Bickell. "Little Ghost went out in the middle of the night and flew up to someone to give them a fright...she opened her mouth - but her boo wasn't there! All that came out was a rush of cold air." And so the story begins with Little Ghost losing her Boo and searching through the book to find it. She tries an owl, a ...
Week of 10/11
This week we are reading a fun origin story about how pencil got together with eraser. It's one of our Beehive Book nominees for 2022 in the picture book category. We vote in each class after I read it, and so far, many kids are loving it! Pencil loves to draw landscapes, cityscapes and seascapes. But when eraser comes along, he always changes the drawings. This makes pencil mad, until he gets trapped in a maze and needs eraser to get him ...
Advanced Learner Program Testing Window
The testing window for placement in Granite School District’s Advanced Learner Programs for the 2022-2023 school year will be October 4th - December 10th for grades 3-6, and January 3rd - March 10th for grades K-2. Testing at Upland Terrace will occur on November 16 & 18 for grades 3-4 and 5th graders entering junior high next year. It is not necessary to have your child tested each year. However, children who want to be considered for ...
Week of Sept. 27
This week we are thrilled to welcome back the Story Cupboard Book Fair to the Upland Terrace library! There are so many great books to choose from, it's one of my favorite weeks of the year. We have two options this year - in person and online. The Book fair will be open in person on Wednesday, 9/29 and Thursday, 9/30 from 4 - 7:30 p.m. to conincide with SEP conferences. There will be a sanitizing station outside of the library and masks are ...
Week of 9/20
This week I am introducing the first of our Picture book Beehive Book nominees for 2022. Swim Swim Sink is a delightful story by Jenn Harney about a little duck who can't swim! He follows his mother duck and siblings right into the water, but instead of swimming like them, he sinks. So he tries a variety of funny ways to stay afloat, including water wings, scuba gear, a jet ski and stilts. But the solution comes in a much simpler form - this ...
SEP Conferences
Week of 9/13
The last few weeks in the library we have been going over routines and rules about book care, where to find good fit books and how to check in/check out. This week we are finally getting to the good stuff - reading books! I'm excited to be sharing with students this beautiful book by Phung Nguyen Quang. It's the story of a boy taking his first solo journey in a small boat on the Mekong River -but it's not obvious where he is going! I ask ...
Welcome Back to Upland!
LIBRARY TIME STARTING SOON It's so fun to see everyone in the halls and classrooms again and I am working hard to get the library ready for students! I'll be dropping by every classroom the week of Aug 23-26 to say hi to students and get them excited about the library. Regular library time will begin Monday, Aug. 30. I just put in my first book order of the year (do you love new books as much as I do?!) and I'm working on my new theme for ...
Registration Day!
Last Week of School!
This has been a very different year for all of us, but we made it! Thanks to everyone for participating in the library this year and bringing your library books back before Field Day! And don't forget to sign up for the county library summer reading challenge. You can earn free books and other prizes just by reading, playing, creating, connecting and enjoying the summer. Click here for more info: summer reading 2021 ...
