WATAUGA WARRIORS LIBRARY
We here at Watauga are very lucky to have such a wonderful library!
The library contains an inventory of books, materials, and A-V equipment. The internet is accessible through the library.
A program is provided for all students in Kindergarten through Fifth grades. Each class has the opportunity to go to the library once a week for 50 minutes of library lessons and book check-out with the librarian. Library manners, skills (location and catalog strategies), literature appreciation, and comprehension are the main skills stressed during this time.
The library is available for check-out, return of books, individual and small group assistance, and help with Accelerated Reader in the mornings and afternoons each day.
The library works closely with classroom teachers to provide books and materials they request to enhance classroom instruction.
Accelerated Reader, a computerized reading management program has been implemented school-wide. Students in grades 1-5 can use Accelerated Reader in the classrooms and computer lab for quizzes on books they have read. To promote reading and library usage, there will be a reward trip at the end of the year for students who have acquired predetermined points by passing AR quizzes.
Watauga Library has purchased 7,246 quizzes from Accelerated Reader for Reading Tests. Use our AR Quiz Finder to see what books are available as AR quizzes. There are 251 quizzes over the "Reading Street" books, grades 1-5. AR does not record points for these quizzes, however the school will award 1 (one) point for every quiz passed.
READING REQUIREMENTS FOR 2009-2010:
Kindergarten - Read 100 Books duriing the year (25 a semester)
1st Grade - 5 AR points a grading period (20 Total)
2nd Grade - 10 AR Points a grading period (40 Total)
3rd Grade - 10, 15, 15, then 20 AR points (Total 60 for year)
4th Grade - 12.5 AR points a period (Total 50)
5th Grade - 15 AR points per period (Total 60 for year)
Please help your child remember to bring their books back each week.
Reading is so important to a child's education in all subject areas.
Ms. Robin, Librarian
Leave a Legacy for Years to Come
An opportunity is provided at any time for your child, loved ones, or friends to be honored and remembered over and over again. Our library has a list of books and Accelerated Reader tests that can be purchased and placed in honor or memory of a requested person or event such as the start of school, or birthdays. Each book that is purchased will have a special dedication placed in the front of the book. Book prices will vary. Accelerated Reader tests are approximately $3 each. Please contact me or the office if your are interested.
