Margriet Ruurs - Author Visit April 17th

Check out the wall by the library!

Scholastic Book Fair Luau April 23 - 27 Good Reads Contests Door Prize (no purchase necessary)

POEM IN YOUR POCKET Thursday, April 26th. Share a poem you memorized!!

Scholastic Book Fair

Scholastic Book Fair in the Primary & Middle Campus Libraries

This week ~ April 23-27 2012

Birth of a Book

Birth of a Book from Glen Milner on Vimeo.

Poem in your Pocket Day

April is National Poetry Month, on Thursday April 26th  Surrey Primary & Middle will Celebrate with a Poem in your Pocket! Rules (students & staff!): 1.       Choose a poem – any poem. 2.       Memorize it. 3.       Carry your poem in your pocket that day (photo copy or print it out) 4.       On Thurs. April 26 recite your poem once to a group. 5.       That day recite your poem at least two more times to two people and have them sign the back of your copy of your poem. 6.       Bring your signed poem to the librarian for a prize! ~   Need to find a poem?     Check our school or local public library: Poetry books are under Dewey Decimal #  811. ~  How long of a poem to memorize?             A good measure for age/ability would hold with as many lines times two as per grade level (reading level) with a minimum of four lines.                  Eg.   K-Gr.2  = four lines                               Gr.4 = eight lines                               Gr.7 = fourteen lines ~ It's a Fun Challenge!        & there will be some extra prizes to be handed out (pre campus/and or grade):          Longest Poem memorized, Most signatures of individual recital for the day, Original poems written & reciting the poem,  Best costume or use of props to enhance your poem....  Your librarians:   Harmina Jansen, Donna Klomps, Maria Vandenberg, Jen VanderBeek

National Poetry Month ~ April