The Texas Bluebonnet Voting Results at OKE Are In!

Congratulations to all of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students at OKE who participated in the 2014-2015 Texas Bluebonnet Award reading program.  For the past three days, OKE students have been voting for their favorite Bluebonnet titles in our library.  Our final campus results are in! The most popular Bluebonnet book at OKE was Polly Holyoke's dystopian adventure The Neptune Project! That book was definitely a page-turner!

Here is how the nominees finished at our school:

• First Place: The Neptune Project by Polly Holyoke
• Second Place: Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Middle School by Kim Baker
• Third Place (tie): Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures by Kate DiCamillo and Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff

We have a special surprise in store for those students who read eight or more of this year's nominees and submitted their paperwork by the 1/21/15 deadline: the 2015 Bluebonnet Bash!  This year's Bluebonnet Bash will be held on Thursday, March 5th.  As always, it will be a surprise!

The OKE voting results  have been submitted to the Texas Library Association in Austin, where our votes will be added to the votes of students reading all across the state of Texas.  The state results will be announced by the Texas Library Association as soon as possible in February.  I will post the official winner in this blog as soon it is released.

The 2015-2016 Texas Bluebonnet Award nominees have already been announced--and it's not too early to start reading those titles.  To access next year's list, click here!  As always, happy reading!

Spring Book Fair Monday 2/23/15-Thursday 2/26/15

It's that time of the year again--the library will be hosting its Spring Book Fair from Monday 2/23-Thursday 2/26 in the library.  All students will have a chance to preview the book fair with their classes on either Monday 2/23 or Tuesday 2/24.  The Book Fair hours will be:

Monday, 2/23: 8:00 AM*-3:30 PM
Tuesday, 2/24: 8:00 AM*-3:30 PM and 4:30 PM-7:00 PM (during Art Night)
Wednesday, 2/25: 8:00 AM* 3:30 PM
Thursday, 2/26: 8:00 AM*-3:30 PM

*Please note: Book Fair is only open to students who are accompanied by parents before the Morning Announcements.  Students who will be shopping by themselves are invited to shop any time after Morning Announcements are over.

Proceeds from past Book Fairs have been used to purchase books, instructional materials, fund author/illustrator visits, library furniture, technology, and support reading incentive programs.  Thank you for supporting the OKE Library!

Library Closed 2/20/15 for Book Fair Set-Up

The library will be closed all day on February 20^th because we will be setting up for our Spring Book Fair.  Accelerated Reader testing will take place in the library before school on this date.

Library Closed/No A.R. Testing on 2/19/15 due to PLC

The library will be closed all day on Thursday, February 19^th due to a PLC.  There will be no Accelerated Reader in the library before school on this day.  However, students may take Accelerated Reader quizzes in their classrooms on this date.

Texas Bluebonnet Award Voting Begins!

OKE 3rd-5th Graders: All students who turned in their Bluebonnet forms by the 1/21/15 deadline will be invited to vote for their favorite book from this year’s Texas Bluebonnet Award nominees!  Voting will take place in the library from Monday 1/26/15 to Wednesday 1/28/15.  We will announce our school's winner on the Morning Announcements and in this blog!

Poet Brod Bagert to visit with all OKE Pre-K, kindergarteners and 1st graders!

Humorous poet Brod Bagert will be visiting with all Pre-K, kindergarten and 1st grade students at Kilpatrick Elementary on Friday, January 30, 2015.  Order forms to purchase autographed books are being sent home in the Wednesday 1/7/15 folder. If you would like to purchase an autographed book, please complete this form and return it to the OKE library by Friday, January 16, 2015.  You can learn more about Brod Bagert and his books at his website www.brodbagert.com.

All Bluebonnet forms due Wednesday, 1/21/15!

OKE 3rd-5th Graders: Don’t forget! If you are interested in participating in our school’s Texas Bluebonnet Award program (voting and Bluebonnet Bash), you must return your forms to the library no later than Wednesday, January 21st.  Extra forms are available in the library, or can be printed from this blog (see Texas Bluebonnet Award page).  Happy reading!

Library Closed all day on Monday, January 12th

The library will be closed all day on Monday, January 12th  to accommodate PLC’s.  There will be no Accelerated Reader testing before school on this day.  Students may take Accelerated Reader quizzes in their classrooms during the school day.  Thank you!