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Help Your Child Get Ready to Read

Literacy Skill: Alphabet Letter Knowledge

Alphabet letter knowledge is when children understand that letters look different from each other, that the letters have names, and that letters relate to specific units of sounds or phonemes.  Research states that letter knowledge is the most important predictor of skills supporting reading success by linking sounds together to decode text.Most children are ready to recognize letters by sight long before they are ready to translate them into sound.

Homework Help for State Research

DC Public Library Resources

All DC Public Libraries own several books on individual states for homework help (Call numbers JUV 972 - 979, and 996) , as well as various useful encyclopedias, atlases, and other reference sources (General US call number is JUV 973).  Is the book you need on the state you want checked out? You might want to try Student Resource Center Gold, available online from the library, free to all DC Public Library cardholders. To get there:

Help Your Child Get Ready to Read

Literacy Skill: Narrative Skills and Comprehension

Narrative skills are using expressive language, including describing things, putting events in order and retelling stories.  These skills are important because they will help children understand what they are hearing and reading once they begin to read. An example of a narrative skill is the ability to tell what happens in a book either by listening to the text or “reading the pictures or visual art .”  Telling and sequencing events about a zoo or store trip strengthens this skill.

The Staff Is Reading ...

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter by Seth Grahame-Smith

Title Tidbits from the Children’s Room

Nowadays it does seem as a children’s librarian that there is a growing trend to use picture books as bibliotherapy, especially when it comes to discipline.  Daniel Zalewski, a features editor, at the New Yorker discusses this at length in his essay “The Defiant Ones,” in the October 19, 2009 issue.  Zalewski  reviews a fine sampling of titles (DCPL owns) that reflect the current parenting zeitgeist in an age where

Contemporary Awesome Girls Reading List

A.K.A Beyond "Junie B. Jones”

Looking for something to read after Junie B. Jones? Take a look at this list compiled by Rhona Campbell.These are in order from easiest to most difficult to read… 2nd-4th grade level: Barrows, Annie. Ivy & Bean books Harper, Cherise. Just Grace books Lowry, Lois. Gooney Bird Greene books Mazer, Anne. Sister Magic series

"Epic" Epics

Film Series at the Chevy Chase Library

Chevy Chase Library is proud to announce its March film series "'Epic Epics."  We will be screening three award-winning epic films: March 5: Titanic (1997) 193 minutesMarch 19: Lawrence of Arabia (1962) 221 minutes

Jane Austen, with Alterations

The DC Library now offers the first two books in the popular "Quirk Classic" series: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Sense and Sensibility and Sea Monsters.  Both books are "mash-ups" that add supernatural elements (namely zombies and sea monsters) to Austen's original text (and they blend together surprisingly well).

City Year Volunteers at Chevy Chase

On Saturday February 20th the Chevy Chase Library was pleased to host the City Year Volunteers. What is City Year?"City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time service, giving them skills and opportunities to change the world." - from City Year's Homepage

Happy Mardi Gras!

On Saturday the library celebrated Mardi Gras with floats (bookcarts), arts & crafts, bead tossing and refreshments!Here are a couple of happy parton's celbrating Mardi Gras in the library on Saturday!

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