My name is Kimbra Power and this is my 17th year at SAS. Ms Joji, Ms Stella and I are your library team, and this is our 10th year together. My husband Simon and I have two daughters, Hannah and Mimi, and they both started PreK at SAS. My older daughter Hannah is now in her 2nd year of university in Melbourne, and my younger daughter Mimi starts High School this year.
Library Catalog To access your school library account, follow these instructions and before you begin, know your school ID number.
For students, this will be a 7-digit number, beginning with 235 following the letter P (for patron) You do NOT need to put the letter P in. That 7-digit number is your username AND password to access our school library catalog.
For parents, this will be a 6-digit number, following the letter P (for patron) You do NOT need to put the letter P in. That 6-digit number is your username AND password to access our school library catalog.
*Go to https://destiny.saschina.org/
*Under Elementary Libraries on the left of the screen, click on Shanghai American School Pudong Elementary. You MUST do this before you click on ‘login’, otherwise the site won’t recognize your ID number.
You are now looking at the PD ES catalog, and can search for books from here, in any of our 4 libraries, just by typing their name in to the search bar, where it says ‘Find’
*Click on Log in at the top right of the screen. Once you are logged in, you can put books on hold, renew books as long as you have nothing overdue, click on ‘My Info’, see your check out history and more.
Overdrive/Sora We use the Sora App to access our digital library, Overdrive.
*Download the Sora App.
*Open it and find your school by searching for Shanghai American School (even though it says the Puxi campus address, click on that, it is correct)
*Every student from grade 3-12 has their own Sora Account (with their school ID) If your child is 2nd grade or below, use YOUR ID number as a parent.
*Your ID number is your username and password, type those in, and you are good to go.
Elementary Databases Linked is a wonderful resource for you to bookmark regarding the huge amount of incredible digital resources you have access to. Details on how to log in to them can be found linked in the LibGuide. https://libguides.saschina.org/c.php?g=930560
While you’re looking at our LibGuides, check out this one showing some of our wonderful staff, volunteers, parents and students. https://libguides.saschina.org/c.php?g=922977
If you have any questions, you can reach me by e mail kimbra.power@saschina.org
Be well and have a terrific school year.
Roald Dahl would have been 100 years old this year, we are celebrating his birthday on Tuesday September 13th with a giant birthday cake, activities in the library and lots of Roald Dahl Read-Alouds. We’ll also have the excitement of 15 golden tickets being hidden in our picture books for any students to find, the students will then get to choose a free book from us to keep. What’s your favorite Roald Dahl book? If you’d like more information, check out this great website http://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/roald-dahl-100
今年是罗德-道尔诞辰100周年。我们将在他9月13日生日当天以“大声读”和分蛋糕的方式来庆祝。还有一个“寻找黄金券”的重头好戏。15张将分散藏在15本图画书里，找到黄金券的优胜者可以从我们的神秘奖品柜里任选一本作为奖品。你最爱的罗德-道尔的书是哪本？了解更多详情，请点击链接
Our author David Greenberg is visiting September 19th-23rd. Please see the schedule on Schoology or my blog http://sites.saschina.org/kpower
If you are interested in the Civil Rights presentation offered to grades 4th-12th please join the High School division in the PAC on Tuesday at 9.25 am. David’s father was the lawyer for Martin Luther King and this presentation is excellent. If you would like to join in on any of his poetry presentations, you are also always welcome, check the schedule for a time that suits you and talk to your child’s classroom teacher.
大卫-格林伯格将与9月19日-23日来访美校。查看具体日程表请转至Schoology或者我的博客。如果家长有兴趣出席他为四至十二年级所做的关于民权的演讲，请于9月20日早9：25移步演艺中心。格林伯格的父亲曾是马丁-路德-金的律师，这场演讲必定精彩绝伦。如果你对他其他的演讲感兴趣，请在查看具体日程表后告知您孩子的班主任您的出席时间。
Our Cardboard Challenge is coming up on October 14th, there are more details on my blog and Schoology. Please keep cardboard at your home for as long as possible as we don’t have a lot of space to store it, we will be collecting it in homeroom groups starting Monday September 26th so PLEASE start sending items in then; we are particularly after small boxes such as toothpaste/granola/tissue/cereal and LOVE cylinders like toilet paper rolls etc. There will be a daily prize for the class that brings in the most items and we will have boxes outside the Elementary Library for them to be dropped off. Again, check out my blog http://sites.saschina.org/kpower and type cardboard challenge into the search area at the top of the page.
纸箱大挑战”将于10月14日登陆，更多详情可在Schoology或者我 的博客上查询。由于我们的仓储空间有限，请帮助我们尽可能地收藏些纸箱。9月26日起我们将以班级为单位回收这些纸箱。最受欢迎的纸箱是类似纸巾盒、牙膏盒、麦片盒这样的小包装，或者是卷筒纸卷芯。回收箱就在图书馆正门靠近小学小学走廊的一边，每天回收的数字最多的班级会获得小奖品。点击我的博客链接输入cardboard challenge搜索更多信息。
I had such a great time presenting at Taipei American School last weekend. I was one of more than a dozen presenters speaking at The Tech-Integrated Library conference, with an audience of 70-80 other librarians and teachers from this region. Being with so many other inspired and inspiring educators, all there to learn about the same thing, was wonderful. Thanks EARCOS for allowing us have this valuable time together.
Here is a small sample of what I shared, thanks to those who participated in my session. I hope to see you again soon.
In avoiding preparation for Saturday’s Presentation in Taipei, I have gone back down the rabbit-hole of discussion after discussion, post after post and tweet after tweet regarding Sophie Blackall and Emily Jenkin’s A Fine Dessert.
I have A Fine Dessert on display as a contender for the 2016 Caldecott Medal; in good company with posts like these from Mr. Schu (Scholastic Ambassador for School Libraries), and here on the New York Times Best Illustrated Children’s Books of 2015.
I’ve enjoyed commentary from other reputable sources such as NPR and as always read through the comments after; with a mixture of those commenters agreeing with NPR’s heading of the book having either “award buzz” or “whitewashing slavery”. Reading posts here on Debbie Reese’s blog, led me down another interesting path that I recommend you all check out. Debbie posted a letter from Emily on October 29th;
This is Emily Jenkins. I like the Reading While White blog and have been reading it since inception. As the author of A Fine Dessert, I have read this discussion and the others with care and attention. I have come to understand that my book, while intended to be inclusive and truthful and hopeful, is racially insensitive. I own that and am very sorry. For lack of a better way to make reparations, I donated the fee I earned for writing the book to We Need Diverse Books.
After following the conversations and drama this book has stirred, and after reading this great post over at Library Girl’s blog just this morning, I know that more needs to be done with this beautiful book than just put it on display. Library Girl references Sandra Hughes-Hassel who “advocates for using book displays as an opportunity to affect social justice.” If I only displayed the book, I’d remain at Level 1; Addiditive Approach, whereas there are two more levels I should be seeing; Level 2; The Transformative Approach, or better still, Level 3; The Social Action Approach where I would be “taking action to educate others about why these texts are necessary.”
I’d already read A Fine Dessert to students in Grades 2,3 and 4…I will now read it through a more thoughtful lens; admiring it for not only it’s beauty, but also for the discussion it will promote, and the learning it will encourage.
WELCOME students to our amazing Elementary Library…
This really is one of the best libraries you may ever enter… in the world. We have a huge collection for you, of over 30,000 titles, and our ES Library in Pudong is the smallest of the four libraries at Shanghai American School, which by the way, contains THE largest English book collection in ALL of China. So you will never have to say you can’t find something to read while you are a student at SAS.
Our technology resources are growing all the time; we currently have 60 kindles, 60 ipod nano’s and 11 ipads all loaded with books, (some kindles have over 150 books on them) so there is no shortage of new reading material available. If there is a book you want to read, and we don’t have it in our Pudong Elementary library, check destiny to see if we have it somewhere else, like Middle School, or Puxi Campus. If you can’t find it there, let me know and I’ll order it for next year, as well as buying on kindle, audio or ibooks if it is available.
Students, please return your library books AS you finish them; do not wait until your library day to return books. Please return your books to your classroom library basket, OR to the plastic tub that will be in the main hallway as you enter school in the morning, by the back library door. We are NOT allowing you into the library before school at all. You are allowed 14 days for each book checked out, and one library cycle for technology, however, if you finish early, please return your item.
Students, this year we are making a real effort to use shelf markers in the library. You must pick up a shelf marker as soon as my mini-lesson is over, you must keep it in your hand as you walk through the library, using it to mark the place where you choose books from the shelf. You are not allowed to check out your books unless you have your shelf marker in your hand to return to Ms Stella and Ms Joji.
VOICES OFF IN THE LOFT
Students, when you go upstairs to the reading loft, you need your shoes, and your voices OFF up there… remember it is for the students who just HAVE to read RIGHT NOW, and FINISH their AMAZING book… or they won’t be able to stand it!
My happy face when you are quiet in the loft…
Guidelines for Check Out
EVERY student in Elementary must check out at least ONE non-fiction book each check out period.
Pre K-1st Grade you are to check out up to 5 books at a time. We’d like you to always check out ONE non-fiction book (at least). You are also allowed to check out one magazine or one DVD too, as well as fiction books in the Primary Library.
Grade 2-Grade 5 students, you guys can have UNLIMITED check-out privileges; so use your common sense and make sure you don’t check out more books than you can read.
Grade 2-Grade 5 students, like I said, your check out is unlimited, within that, you can check out a maximum of:
1 Graphic Novel
2 DVD’s
3 Books in a Series
Digital Check-Out
We will begin checking out technology after September 14th long weekend.
IPAD’s – one per class for fourth and fifth grade. These Ipad’s don’t have games on them, and you cannot take photos on them. They are full of books in the ibooks app, there is something here for everyone and the Ipad is a great way to read, with lovely interface and print.
IPOD’S-are available for third-fifth grade students on a first come first serve basis with a maximum of FOUR being checked out per class. The Ipod’s don’t have games on them, and we don’t want you putting your own games or music on them, they are for you to use on the bus, and at home, and have over 100 books on them.
KINDLES-are available for third-fifth grade students on a first come first serve basis with a maximum of FOUR being checked out per class. The Kindles are divided into TEN different accounts, so you need to check the front windows in the library to see what each set of kindles have on them, for example, Kindle number ones may have the Hunger Games series, but Kindle number fives don’t. We update the kindles regularly, tell me what NEW books you would like and we will do our best to upload them for you.
Kindle Instructions are on video here
Lunch-Recess Time Library Visits
Monday and Wednesday-Grades 2 and 4 are allowed to check out in the library during their lunch recess time. If the day is too hot/wet/polluted you are welcome to stay and read. If the day is fine, we’ll send you out to play once you’ve checked out your books.
Tuesday and Thursday-Grades 3 and 5 are allowed to check out in the library during their lunch recess time. If the day is too hot/wet/polluted you are welcome to stay and read. If the day is fine, we’ll send you out to play once you’ve checked out your books.
I can’t wait to greet you all in the library, with over 2,000 new books, bringing our collection to over 30,000 items, there really is something in our library for everyone!
Hey thrill-seekers
Do you like ice cream? Would you like to be eating ice-cream with your whole grade level one day next week?
If so, hand in all of your library books, pay any fines for lost books or electronics, and the first GRADE-LEVEL that is in the clear, (we check every day at 10 am sharp) will win an ice cream for every student… maybe even the teachers too!
You can check your library account to see what is checked out to you:
•Go to http://destiny.saschina.org/
•Click on Pudong Elementary Catalog
•Login with your Faculty, Student or Parent ID number (above your barcode on your School ID)
•The User Name and Password are the same, and any letters needs to be in all Caps, example (EXP#####)
•Once you have logged in, you should open the “My Info” tab. You then can view your current checkouts.
•If you have a lot of checkouts, you may have to click the show all button……….Then all you have to do is find the materials and turn them back in.
•If you can not log in, drop by the library and we can help
If you have lost library materials please come and talk with us about the situation, in most cases it will mean handing over 100 rmb per item, which you will get back in full, if the item turns up either in our inventory, or in your possession.
Oh, and Parents, if you’re reading… we’d still love you to volunteer if you’re in the library anytime next week… even 20 minutes would help us out.
The end of the year is fast approaching… which means Summer Vacation! Hooray…but before that we all have some work to do…
The library is starting its end of year procedures so please take note of these dates:
Monday June 1st-Very last check out date for Students, Parents and Staff
Wednesday June 3rd-ALL LIBRARY MATERIALS DUE IN from students and parents
Monday June 8th-ALL LIBRARY MATERIALS DUE IN from staff
You can check your library account to see what is checked out to you:
•Go to http://destiny.saschina.org/
•Click on Pudong Elementary Catalog
•Login with your Faculty, Student or Parent ID number (above your barcode on your School ID)
•The User Name and Password are the same, and any letters needs to be in all Caps, example (EXP#####)
•Once you have logged in, you should open the “My Info” tab. You then can view your current checkouts.
•If you have a lot of checkouts, you may have to click the show all button……….Then all you have to do is find the materials and turn them back in.
•If you can not log in, drop by the library and we can help
If you have lost library materials please come and talk with us about the situation, in most cases it will mean handing over 100 rmb per item, which you will get back in full, if the item turns up either in our inventory, or in your possession.
Parent Volunteers Desperately Needed
Parents, we REALLY need your help. We are doing a full inventory of almost 30,000 items in the ES Library in the next two weeks,
as well as teaching classes, checking out books, and checking in ALL the items checked out this year.
If you are on campus to:
*see your child perform
*enjoy a farewell party
*organize a sporting event
*attend a music event
*pick up your child
*drop off your child
*or ANYTHING at all… and can spare a couple of hours in the library we would be eternally grateful…
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY… just come in and we’ll put you to work within minutes.
Thank you in anticipation
Enjoy these last few busy, often emotional, few weeks and we hope to see you at SAS next year. If you are leaving us, please drop by the library to say good-bye, you will not be forgotten and will certainly be missed by many.
Before your child enters their next grade level, it would be wonderful for them to read the following great books that have made a splash in the literary world in 2015.
For lower Elementary Students who love art, I highly recommend the following delightful picture books. The Noisy Paint Box earned Caldecott Honor at this year’s American Library Association Awards and is a beautifully illustrated book by Barb Rosenstock and Mary GrandPre sharing the story of abstract artist Vasily Kandinsky. Also earning an Honor nod was the incredible Frida, by Yuri Morales, to learn more, and drop your jaw in awe, over the making of this book, check out this clip on Vimeo. Finally, a third book for aspiring artists is my favourite, The Iridescence of Birds: A book about Henri Matisse. It is so divine, I want to jump in the pages of this book and hug Henri’s mother for encouraging her child to experiment and find so much joy in his art. Bravo to Patricia MacLachlan and illustrator Hadley Cooper.
For older students, 4th, 5th and above, I’d love to see you read the whole Joey Pigza series, by Jack Gantos. Jack won the Newbery Award for Dead End in Norvelt in 2012
and children may also know his successful Rotten Ralph books. However it is the Joey Pigza series, started in 1998, that I’ve enjoyed the most; and students should also be impressed
that this series has taken almost 20 years to come to it’s climax, with the fifth and final book, The Key that Swallowed Joey Pigza being released just this year. Focusing on the main character Joey as he, and those around him, come to terms with his learning style, unique perspective on life and often humorous, yet bittersweet adventures, children and adults alike will find something to learn from Joey.
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