Library

Performing a kamishibai for students at SRES. Kamishibai is a wonderful Japanese storytelling art that I have incorporated into my teaching for many years.

I'm Dianne Clouet, and I have been teaching for 35 years in various schools in Vermont as well as in New Hampshire and New York City.

I have a BA in Dance and Human Movement Studies from Hunter College in NYC, an M.Ed. in Early Childhood Education at City College of New York, and I am currently studying library and media science at the University of Vermont.

I have been working with students as a Library Media Specialist for two years, and I began this interesting work here at WNESU.

At SRES I work with Grades K-4. At GES I work with Grades K-6.

I love helping students to become as interested in reading as I am!

Families can contact me at [email protected]

SRES Library Goals

Generating and building excitement about reading
Developing research skills in young children
Opening a range of genres to students' imaginations
Providing guidance for conversation and projects about key aspects of childrens' literature
Opening the world through stories and informational texts

Kindergarteners learn Mother Goose nursery rhymes, practicing the rhythmic language together with body motions and reading them in a number of Nursery Rhyme books. The kindergarten children also explore:

how to choose books that interest them
how to care for books in school and at home
how returning books is important to themselves and their friends
how the library is organized and how this helps them find books
books that make them laugh

In Grades 1 and 2, students learn

how the library is set up, and where and how materials are stored
Nonfiction by call numbers
Fiction organized alphabetically by author
Picture books and easy reader books organized alphabetically by author

how to use the digital search system to search for books and find topics and titles that may be new to the students
how to physically search for books using the information they are learning. These are complex skills that will be refined as the year progresses and as they move through the grades.
author studies

In Grades 3 and 4, students

practice and refine all lessons introduced in grades 1 and 2 about the physical and digital layout of the library, with increasing complexity
develop their tastes and preferences for media genres
explore new genres with guidance and encouragement
author and subject studies

All SRES students participate in library Maker Space activities. The Maker Space materials include paper, small boxes, glue, scissors, pipe cleaners, old magazines, marble runs, “Bee Bot” robots, origami and many other materials to choose from, experiment with and use creatively. During Maker Space time younger children work together cooperatively, expand their oral language skills (which are the underpinnings of reading and writing) while they talk and plan together, and practice hand-eye motor skills. During this time the older students work cooperatively and on solo projects, often using library reference books for ideas and inspiration. All while having fun in the library!