by Margot SIMONDS | Sep 2, 2021 | Grade 11 & 12 (DP), Grade 7 - 10 (MYP), Library
This week secondary students learned how to access the library homepage and request books during their Sunday advisory meeting. Students can log in, search for, and request books, and pick them up the next day. 12th grade math students came in with Ms. Baier to work...
by Margot SIMONDS | Sep 2, 2021 | ECC, Grade 1, Grade 2, Grade 3, Grade 4, Grade 5, Grade 6, Library
This week in the primary Information Literacy classes students have visited the new and improved library for the first time. The library feels like such a happy place when students are here! K1 and K2 students met one of our new library bookworms, “Dylan”,...
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!!! .
