Library Club Holiday Parties

During our holiday parties last week in after school Library Club, members decorated cookies and enjoyed hot chocolate, played games, and created crafts such as Rainbow Loom bracelets, duct tape projects, friendship bracelets, boondoggle, drawing and origami. Students consulted library books and taught each other how to make different crafts. Materials for all these projects will be available during our next Family Library Night on Wednesday, January 8th from 4-6pm for all students to enjoy with their families. Library Club members will also be available to assist with various projects. We hope to see you there!

Library Open for Students During Parent/Teacher Conferences

Nearly fifty WW students and their younger siblings visited the library on December 5th while their parents met with teachers for conferences. Students read independently and together, checked out books, and took 32 AR quizzes over the course of the day. We were happy to see how many students chose visit the library and read on their day off of school!

Track Your Child's AR Progress from Home

This week in library class students learned how to log in to their Home Connect accounts. Using Home Connect, students and parents can view reading goals, points, average percent correct, and scores on quizzes. Home Connect also links to the AR BookFinder, an online search tool that allows you to find out if there is an AR quiz available for a specific book, along with the level and points of that book. Please ask your child to show you how to log in following these directions: visit our library website http//wweslibrary.wix.com/wwlibrary, click on "For Parents" and then "Home Connect". Log in using your the AR username and password your child uses at school. We hope students and parents use this helpful resource to track Accelerated Reader progress from home.

AR Goals for Marking Period 2

Students have been setting their AR goals for marking period 2 in library class over the past week. Students will have until Friday, January 31st to reach their goal for marking period 2. Please ask your child what they selected for their new goal and why. After discussing the goal with your child, please sign and return the bottom portion of the blue reading goal reminder. If you have any concerns about the goal your child selected, please contact his or her classroom teacher or the librarian, Ms. Stokes.

Family Library Night

Family Library Night was held on Wednesday, November 13th from 4-6pm with our biggest turnout yet. Families choose free books to keep at home and checked out library books. At 5:30, third-grade reading specialist Mrs. DiJoseph presented on The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane and other books by Kate DiCamillo. Mrs. DiJoseph read this book with her daughter and they both agreed it was one of the best books they had ever read. If you couldn't make it, be sure to check out the book trailer for this highly recommended book. The next Family Library Night will be on Wed., January 8th.

First Open Library Night of the Year

Many families visited the library on our first Open Library Night of the year, which was held on Wednesday, October 9th from 4-6pm. Families checked out books and chose books to keep from the Book Exchange. Some students took AR quizzes and one student even reached her goal! Also, our Guest Reader, fifth-grade teacher Mrs. Djakovich, shared one of her favorite children's books, The One and Only Ivan, a heartwarming tale based on the story of a real gorilla named Ivan who lived an the Exit 8 Big Top Mall and Arcade. Find out more about this touching tale at http://theoneandonlyivan.com/.

Library Club

Library Club is a new after school club for interested fifth graders. Due to the large number of students who signed up, there will be a Wednesday Library Club and a Friday Library Club. Wednesday Library Club will begin on Wednesday, October 2nd. Due to the Early Dismissal Drill, Friday Library Club will begin on Friday, October 11th. Please click here for the schedule.

AR Informational Night

 Many families attended our annual AR Informational Night on Wednesday, September 18th. After reading the book Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I Don't!) aloud, students showed their parents how to take an AR quiz on an iPad. All students in attendance received a free book and a timer bookmark to track their twenty minutes of daily reading. Please join us next year if you missed it this year!

Back to School

Welcome back to another exciting school year! It is so wonderful to meet our new third graders and to welcome back our fourth and fifth graders to the library. All classes attended library class last week and received a library letter and contract. Please read these documents and have your child return the signed contract to the library. Please note that the signed contract must be returned before students may begin borrowing library books.

Please join us this Wednesday, September 11th, for Open House at WW. Be sure to stop by the library to choose a free book for your child.

AR Informational Night will be held on Wednesday, September 18th. Parents of third graders, and families who have not attended previously, are invited to attend with your child to learn about AR levels, points, and goals. Three sessions will be held, 6:00-6:30, 6:45-7:15 and 7:30-8:00, but space is limited to 40 participants per session. Please RSVP by Friday, September 13th. We look forward to seeing you at the library soon!

Battle of the Books

Seventeen fifth-graders competed in this year's Battle of Books. After reading the books Maze of Bones, The Westing Game and The Gollywhopper Games earlier this year, students competed in teams to complete challenges, like unscrambling character names and completing sudoku puzzles. Congratulations to Mr. Kosinski and Mrs. Djakovich's teams, this year's champions. At this morning's award ceremony, the champions were given trophies and all participating students were given goody bags and a book of their choice. Congratulations to all students who competed in this year's Battle of the Books!

Breakfast with the Principal

Twenty-five students attended a special “Breakfast with the Principal” this morning for earning 200 points or more, the highest recognition level in our AR program. This year’s breakfast was held at Monkey See Monkey Do... Children’s Bookstore in Clarence, where students enjoyed breakfast, learned about how a picture book is created from local children’s author Maria T. DiVencenzo, and selected a book to add to their home library. Congratulations, students!

You're the Tops!

On Friday, June 7th, we held our final You're the Tops parade and reception for students who have earned 150 points or more in Accelerated Reader. We honored twenty-two students who paraded through the school and enjoyed breakfast with their families in the cafeteria afterwards. Congratulations students on this outstanding accomplishment!

Fun & Free Summer Reading Programs

1. Get your child a library card at the local public library. It's free. Applications for Youth Library Cards are available at the library or at www.buffalolib.org under "Borrower Information" on the left sidebar.
2. Sign your child up for Summer Reading at the local public library and enjoy free programs with fun activities, storytelling, contests, crafts and more. Flyers are available at each branch with the specific activities planned for this summer.
3. Participate in the Woodrow Wilson Online Summer Reading Program. Have your child read 3 chapter books and submit book reviews through our school's online catalog, Destiny Quest. Students who submit 3 reviews of 25 words or more may select a free paperback book or poster when returning to school in September. Visit wweslibrary.wix.com/wwlibrary for complete rules and information.
4. Participate in the dogobooks.com Online Summer Reading Program. Have your child read 3 books and submit book reviews through www.dogobooks.com. Select books to read from a reading list of over 85 popular titles, submit 3 book reviews of 25 words or more, and select a free book from the prize list.
5.  Participate in the Buffalo and Erie County Public Library Online Summer Reading Contest at www.buffalolib.org under "All About Reading" on the left sidebar. Each book review submitted counts as an entry for a drawing for an amazon.com gift card. One gift card will be awarded at each participating branch.
6. Participate in the Barnes & Noble Summer Reading Program. Read any 8 books, record them in the B&N Summer Reading Journal, and bring the completed journal to a B&N store by September 3rd. Then choose one free book from the featured list.

Visit our library website at

wweslibrary.wix.com/wwlibrary

for more information about these programs and for summer reading suggestions 

Sidewalk Chalk Day

On Sidewalk Chalk Day on June 5th, students expressed their creativity and artistic talents by drawing the book cover of their favorite book on the sidewalks in front of the school. Students who met their marking period 4 reading goal also attended an ice cream social. It was a special day for all students to celebrate reading!

View more photos from Sidewalk Chalk Day here.

Local Author Visits WW

Zoie, a third grade student at WW, and her father, cooked up a magical story called How to Make a Butterfly from Scratch, which explains just what ingredients are needed and the perfect way to combine them to make a beautiful butterfly. Zoie and her father wrote the story, added illustrations created by local artist Jessica Saddleson, and published the children's book How to Make a Butterfly from Scratch. You can find out more about the book at www.ButterflyRecipe.com.


Third grade students learned about Zoie and her father's inspiration for writing the book, and the writing and publishing process when Mr. Kin visited our school on May 22nd. Third-graders prepared for Mr. Kin's visit by reading the book in library class and taking an AR quiz. Then, they created their own handprint butterflies from scratch to welcome Mr. Kin to our school.

View more photos from our author visit here.

WW Rocks on Read, Write & Share Day

As part of our third annual Read, Write & Share Day on May 17th, students and family members visited the "Rock & Read" book fair in the gym. Students choose books to purchase, had their faces painted, had souvenir photos taken, sang karaoke, and won prizes at "name that tune" bingo. Thank you to all who attended and make this year's book fair ROCK! 


View more photos from the book fair here.