by Margot SIMONDS | Aug 26, 2021 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Library
How much fun it has been this week seeing familiar student faces and meeting new ones! In ECC and lower primary we read the amazing “All Are Welcome” book by Alexandra Penfold and Suzanne Kaufman. The illustrations are just so lovely, and the message is...
by Margot SIMONDS | Aug 18, 2021 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Library
Hello ABIS community! I am Margot Simonds ( Ms. Margot) and I am the Teacher Librarian/Information Literacy specialist here at ABIS. This is my second year and I am excited to share all the work that has been going on to get the library ready for students and...
by Margot SIMONDS | Jun 17, 2021 | Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Library
It has been a fun last few weeks during the primary Information Literacy classes as we finished up our group novel reads. Upper grades really enjoyed finishing up the first Skeleton Creek mystery book with it’s jump scare videos! Old Joe Bush scared us a few...
by Margot SIMONDS | Apr 1, 2021 | Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Library
Spirit Week was a lot of fun this week in the library! We even had a visit from Ms. Frizzle from the Magic School Bus books on Wednesday. I think the week may have tired out the grade 5s!!! .
by Margot SIMONDS | Mar 25, 2021 | Grade 7, Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Library
Our 7th-grade student librarians have been putting some hours in at the library! This week they started to tally up their hours and some of them have clocked over 26 hours volunteering for their service-as-action project since January! That is impressive, and it is...
by Margot SIMONDS | Mar 18, 2021 | Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Library
This week the library has been hopping, with books coming in and out, a new Scholastic Book Order opening ( see more below) and students talking lots about reading. We are still working hard to organize and get the library up to date. There are quite a few...
