Library & Computer

Pawnee's Media Center
Pawnee Elementary School, OPS
7310 So. 48th St., Omaha, NE
Mrs. S., Media Specialist

Hours of Operation:

**Students with permission from their teachers can come select books before school begins or when school is dismissed.

Today is: Thursday,19 April,2007 Check this out!

Pawnee's Library Check-Out Site (OPAC)

Welcome to the PIC. Come in and select some books!

PIC STAFF:
Mrs. S. & Mrs. B & Mrs. K

Books are checked out for a period of one week. Books can be renewed only by the student who would like more time to read them. That student must see Mrs. S. or Mrs. B. with their book to renew it.
*Specific books that cannot be renewed because of their
popularity are: Junie B. Jones.

PLEASE RETURN LATE BOOKS. IF YOUR BOOK WAS DAMAGED PLEASE BRING IT BACK TO THE PIC AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!
WE might be able to fix it!

Lost or Damaged Books:
It's a "NO, NO, NEVER RULE" to eat by a book!
Can you name anymore "No, No, Never" rules?

Books that are lost must be paid for so a replacement can be bought. These books must be replaced. They are usually replaced at a higher cost as books are very expensive.
Damaged books must also be replaced if they cannot be fixed.

Circulation:

The PIC uses "Library Solution Circulation": WEBCIRC. With this new check-out system, a librarian or aide will be checking out the books.

The minimum books your child can have checked out is one book and the maximum is five. Please check with your child regularly to make sure their books are brought back within the one week period.

Units of Learning in the PIC:

In library, all classes will learn the layout of the library. They will understand the positioning of Easy, Fiction and Non-Fiction shelves. They will learn how to use any library in the future.

K-1: Students will learn the rules of selecting a book, the using of a shelf marker, the rules of "no, no never" for use with a book, and how to check out the book. Pure enjoyment of listening to books is provided along with reciting rhymes.

2-3: Parts of a book, the Dewey Decimal System and the differences between fiction and non-fiction will be discussed. The reference book, the dictionary, is studied. Literature is included with Golden Sowers, Caldecotts, Newberys and more outstanding books. The Big Three is practiced when research projects are studied.

4-6: The understanding of the BIG SIX and how to approach research is practiced. The make-up of reference books and when to use each is recommended. Special reference material is studied thoroughly using online references specifically. Literature appreciation is included with Golden Sowers, Newberys, booktalks, oral plays, Kamashibai creations and the student's listening skills of oral tellings.

Our PIC Helpers: Jacob and Luis

The Library:

It looks like any building
When you pass it on the street
Made of stone and glass and marble
Made of iron and concrete.

But once inside you can ride
A camel or a train
Visit Rome, Siam, or Nome,
Feel a hurricane,
Meet a king, learn to sing,
How to bake a pie,
Go to sea, plant a tree,
Find how airplanes fly,
Train a horse, and of course
Have all the dogs you’d like,
See the moon, a sandy dune,
Or catch a whopping pike.
Everything that books can bring
You’ll find inside those walls.
A world is there for you to share
When adventure calls.

You cannot tell its magic
by the way the building looks,
But there’s wonderment within it,
The wonderment of books

Ellen Roberts