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Second grade knocked it out of the park again with their book character Thanksgiving Day Parade! @BerkmanAIA @LibrariesRRock

For Black History Month, we read Marvelous Mabel by Crystal Hubbard and then created a routine for our ozobot Mabel using our coding skills.

There were some crimes against books in the library. Officer Tello came to help us solve the crime. Pete the Cat, Pigeon, Piggy, and Gerald were all exonerated. Pig the Pug was caught red handed! @BerkmanAIA

We did book cheers in the library today after reading Hooray For Books by Brian Won. It was so much fun! @BerkmanAIA

Friday Enrichment cooking class—-today we made our own Bento boxes. I convinced the kids that cutting up cucumber into cute shapes makes it taste better 😂 @BerkmanAIA

After reading Night Tree by Eve Bunting, 2nd graders made some edible treats for wildlife. We also shared our family traditions with each other. @BerkmanAIA

We had a special visitor in the library today! Malley the tortoise showed up and PreK learned the difference between a turtle and a tortoise. @BerkmanAIA

Story time in the dark today with PreK! Read about nocturnal animals, went on a flashlight scavenger hunt, and then did some flashlight reading. @BerkmanAIA

So proud of Yeimilys, Yeraimilys, and Dustin! They did a fabulous job in presenting the new Texas Bluebonnet nominees at the Texas Book Festival. @BerkmanAIA

📚 Exciting news! The 2024-25 Bluebonnet Award Reading List is here, packed with fantastic books for young readers. Get ready for an adventure through stories that will capture your imagination and inspire a love for reading! 🌟#TxLA24 #txlacrt @TXLA

Application to be part of the Texas Bluebonnet Award committees are due October 1! docs.google.com/document/d/1eG…

If You Give Pig A Pancake performance today @BerkmanAIA for PreK through 2nd grades! AMAZING JOB Mr Garcia - 🥞 & Ms J - 🐷 Thank You Mrs Speck @BerkmanLibrary for organizing this Book Days production! @AprilNilson3 @WeAreBerkmanPTA @nancy_ag2000 @Enrich_RRISD @RoundRockISD

Felt so loved and appreciated today during National School Librarian’s Day. I have the best job! I get to be around books and adorable children every day. They keep me young and bring a smile to my face.

In honor of Women’s History Month we learned about code breaking hero, Elizebeth Friedman. Then we tried a little code breaking ourselves. @BerkmanAIA

Author/Illustrator Don Tate visited @BerkmanAIA today and inspired us to not give up!

We ❤️our Education Connection Literacy Partners! @BerkmanAIA

For Women’s History Month, PreK learned about astronaut Mae Jemison from reading Mae Among the Stars by Roda Ahmed, and blasted 🚀 into space. @BerkmanAIA

Check the leprechaun traps that Kindergarten made! @BerkmanAIA

So proud of The Berkman Bluebonnet Team! They did a great job representing @BerkmanAIA at RRISD’s Battle of The Bluebonnets.

Our books went on a play date! Everyone got a fiction book and then had to search for its matching non-fiction playmate. @BerkmanAIA @LibrariesRRock