Students at Rio Rancho Elementary School are scheduled to visit the library on a regular basis. This allows every child the oppotunity to regularly check out books. In addition, there remain many open, available times for classroom teachers to bring their students for projects and extra activities.

Q: When does my child come to the library?

A: Children can come to check out books everyday.  The library is set up so there is open check out every day.  What this means is if your child finishes a book every night, they could come in everyday and get a new one.  They don't have to wait two weeks to get something interesting to read.  Students also come to the library for lessons or activities as their classroom teacher schedules them with the librarian, these lessons and activites can then be tied directly to what is happening in the classroom.  Research shows that when children learn library skills in context they are better able to retain those skills and transfer that learning to other areas.

Q: When are my child's books due?

A: The scheduled due date is two weeks after the day a book is checked out.  If the student needs the book for a longer period they just bring it back to the library on the due date and it can be renewed for two more weeks.  If they finish it early, they can turn it in during open check out and get an new one.

Q: What if my child loses or damages a book?

A: We are constantly teaching students about the proper "care and feeding" of library books but if one accidently gets misplaced or damaged, we are required by State and District policy to collect a replacement fee.  This cost depends on the cost to replace that particular book.  Students are provided with "book notices" through out the year identifying when books have not been returned and the cost to replace them.

Q: What if I pay for a book and find it later?

A: The library keeps a copy of book reciepts for up to a year.  If you find a book within that time frame and return it, we will be happy to refund the replacement fee.  Be sure to keep a copy of your reciept as well.

 

Kid-Friendly Surf Sites and Homework Help:

ALA | Great Web Sites for Kids a list maintained by the American Library Association

Ask for Kids

Awesome Library

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/student.html

DibDabDoo - Search engine with a database of a million adult reviewed sites for kids and teens.

Fact Hound - Cool sites and books arranged by grade and subject.

Infoplease Homework Center

KidsClick!

http://www.kidskonnect.com/

KidSpace at the Internet Public Library

http://www.ipl.org/div/kidspace/

Multnomah County Library Homework Center

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/

Surfing the Net with Kids a site with hundreds of kid-friendly sites organized by topic

BJ Pinchbeck

http://school.discovery.com/homeworkhelp/bjpinchbeck

http://www.surfnetkids.com/

WordCentral.Com

http://www.wordcentral.com/

Miscellaneous for Children

Between the Lions, Get Wild About Reading, Stories, Games, Songs, etc.

http://pbskids.org/lions/

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence

http://www.free.ed.gov/index.cfm

Links to Federal kids' sites along with some of the best kids' sites from other organizations all grouped by subject.

http://www.kids.gov/

Preschool and Kindergarten Fun

http://www.multcolib.org/kids/linksyng.html

ThinkQuest Library - Over 6000 student-created Web sites

Websites for Children Who Love to Write

http://www.multcolib.org/kids/writers/youngwriters.html

 

Author and Series Pages:

*Jan Brett's Home Page

The Official Eric Carle Web Site

*The World of Beverly Cleary

Tomie DePaola.com

*Mem Fox

A Biography of Wanda Gag

Meet Kevin Henkes

Fun & Games

Ezra Jack Keats Home Page

Into the Wardrobe: a Web site devoted to C. S. Lewis

Lemony Snicket

The Crockett Johnson Homepage

Junie B. Jones

The Page at Pooh Corner

75 Years of Winnie the Pooh

*Dav Pilkey’s Extra Crunchy Website o’ Fun

 

Useful Sites for Parents:

100 Picture Books Everyone Should Know

http://www.turningpointschool.org/summerreading/100picbooks.htm

Encarta – Find Basic Information on a Topic

http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/departments/elementary/

Good Books For Children

The Horn Book Children's Classics List

http://dpi.state.wi.us/rll/wrlbph/horn.html

Internet Safety Sites

http://www.multcolib.org/kids/internet-safety.html

Kid’s Top 100 Books

http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/kidsbooks.html

 

Help Your Students Get the Most Out of Homework

http://www.nea.org/parents/homework.html

 

History Channel

http://www.history.com/media.do

NEA: A Parent's Guide to Helping Your Child Learn to Read

http://www.nea.org/parents/readingmattershome.html

Parent Previews movie and video game reviews and recommendations

http://movies.go.com/parentpreviews/

PlanetEsme.com  “A Www.onderful World of Children’s Literature”

http://www.planetesme.com/

Reading Tips For Spanish Speaking Parents

http://www.colorincolorado.org/

Snopes.com because you can’t believe everything you read

http://www.snopes.com/

 

Teachers' Top 100 Children's Books

http://www.nea.org/readacross/resources/catalist.html

Trelease on Reading.com  the official Jim Trelease web site

http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/