Step Inside Your Vincent Elementary School Library

We are Reading Up a Swarm!

mission vision values

Mission

It is our mission within the Vincent Elementary Library Media Center to provide ALL students with an inviting, dynamic, learning environment as well as the appropriate resources to enhance learning, literacy and engagement throughout our school.

Vision

Our vision for our Vincent Elementary Library Media Center is to equip our students with the materials, knowledge, and skills needed to be curious, passionate, respectful learners who explore, connect, evaluate and create.

Values

At Vincent Elementary in our Library Media Center we have deep rooted, core values for student success and enjoyment of literature; those values include:

  • Learning - Teacher guided as well as self-paced student activities encouraging our scholars to step out of their comfort zone and employ knowledge and skills to further their learning.

  • Innovation - Innovative practices fostering student engagement and acquisition of knowledge and skills through opportunities such as Maker Space, STREAM Learning and Technology

  • Collaboration - Collaboration amongst patrons scaffolding creativity and illustrating higher order thinking skills. Providing occasions for students to synergize; elaborate on thoughts and ideas, solve problems, answer questions, and demonstrate utilization of the Engineering Design Process.

  • Philanthropy - Students will draw upon new experiences and prior schema to work together for the greater good of our school and community.

What We Have To Offer Students

Everybody -

These books are often labeled with an “E” to indicate that they are “easy” or for “everybody." These books more often than not are picture books geared for the preschool and primary grade audience. However, many books in this classification are enjoyable for older readers as well! In our library these books do indeed have a capital E and the first three letter of the author's name on the spine.

Fiction -

Fiction writing is narrative writing that involves elements created entirely by the author and contains (some or all of) the following: characters, setting, plot, conflict, point of view, and theme. Characters are the people, animals, or aliens in the story. Readers come to know the characters through what they say, what they think, and how they act. These are typically chapter books and are not usually checked out by students until they are ready in both fluency and comprehension. Fiction books have a capital F and the first three letter of the author's name on the spine.

Non-Fiction -

Non-fiction is a popular category with all ages of students; it is written work that describes real events. Some examples of non-fiction include fact books about animals, outer space, history, sports, gaming , poetry, dinosaurs and so much more. Non-fiction books are categorized by the Dewey Decimal System and have their classification number and the first three letter of the author's name on the spine. Below you will see a chart of the Dewey Decimal System.

Biographies -

A biography, also called a bio, is a non-fiction piece of work giving an objective account of a person's life. A book about a single person's life and work, but probably with a great deal, too, about their family and friends, relations and children, colleagues and acquaintances. The word 'biography' means 'life-writing'. The main difference between a biography vs. an autobiography is that the author of a biography is not the subject. These are identified by a capital B with the first three initials of the persons name under it, not the author this time.

Graphic Novels -

Graphic novels are a HUGE hit in our library. They are similar to comic books because they use sequential art to tell a story, but are the same premise as a chapter book. A graphic novel is characterized by having a clear beginning, middle, and end, characters, detailed story and of course, the graphics. In our library graphic novels have a capital GN and the first three letter of the author's name on the spine.

PlayAways (Read-to-Me) -

PlayAways are very similar to MP3 players, they are small handheld devices that contain one story on the player. All students have to do is plug in their headphones and enjoy listening to an audiobook of their choice. We currently have 69 PlayAways in our library collection and will be adding 44 more titles this school year. These books are labeled as fiction but are housed in their own section of our library where even our youngest patrons run to as soon as they get the chance!

Finding "Just Right" Books

At the very beginning of the school year, Mrs. Mac shared the story "GoldieSocks and the Three Libearians" by Jackie Hopkins with the students. This book gave way to students discovering not all books are the book for them. They now know to use the Five Finger Rule when searching for a book that they are interested in to make sure they can read it fluently and comprehend what they are reading; thus leading to a lifelong love of reading.

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