“There is more treasure in books than in all the pirates’ loot on Treasure Island.”
~Walt Disney
Our library is alive with learning! It is a warm, friendly, exciting, and fun place to be. Our students love books and reading. They are always interested in finding new adventures, going to new places, and learning new things through the many books and resources that are available.
“Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” ~Groucho Marx
Our Mission
The mission of the Winterpock Library is to empower students to become critical thinkers, enthusiastic readers, skillful researchers and ethical users/creators of information.
Fifth-grade students at Winterpock Elementary have the opportunity to participate in an exciting and motivational literature program entitled Battle of the Books. The intent of the program is to encourage recreational reading, to increase familiarity with authors and genres, and to have students experience the fun of a friendly competition as they recall information from each book. This program is voluntary and all fifth graders may participate.
Students must sign up for this program in the fall after our BOB Kickoff. Look for the letter and signup sheet to come home with students in September. Students must return signed participation forms to the library in order to participate. In order to qualify to be on a school competition team, students must read and pass quizzes with a score of 70% on 8 out the 20 books BOB books by January 29, 2021.
Battle of the Books is a program proven to motivate students to elect to read as a part of their daily lives, and we are very enthusiastic about offering this program to our students. Those who choose to participate and enjoy the pleasures and rewards from reading will certainly be winners in their own right. Please encourage your child to participate and show your interest by talking to him/her about the books, asking about their Canvas quizzes, and best of all enjoying the books with your child. BOB Parent
Students will take quizzes in Canvas on each book they read.
Join the Canvas Course:
https://mychesterfieldschools.instructure.com/enroll/HBMCYY
The 2020-2021 Battle of the Books Titles:
All students come to library once a week for 45 minutes for a library lesson and check out. We have an open check out policy at Winterpock. Students may come in on other days between 9:30 and 3:30 to return and check out new books.
Check Out
All students may check out two books at a time – 1 fiction book & 1 book of their choice
Books are due each week
Students may renew books by returning them and checking them out again
Students may request to have a book on hold. If books are lost or damaged, students will need to pay their replacement cost. There are no fines for overdue books.
Biography Bonanza
We are excited to roll out Biography Bonanza for third grade students. This fun program is designed to get students excited about reading and expose them to the biography genre. If your child would like to participate, please have him or her fill out the bingo sheet, complete the two activities, and bring the sheet and activities to the library. We hope this is fun and exciting for everyone.
Join Bark 4 VARC!!!
Fourth graders are being presented with a new opportunity to participate in an exciting and motivational literature program that is a spin off of the Virginia Readers’ Choice Program and Winterpock Elementary is now adopting this great program!. The Virginia State Reading Association encourages young readers to become better acquainted with contemporary books with outstanding literary appeal, to broaden students’ awareness of literature as a life-long pleasure, and to honor favorite books and their authors. This also supports our school’s goal of reading.
Chesterfield Reads
Chesterfield County has decided to mimic PBS and develop a list of 100 books everyone in Chesterfield County should read. The public library and the school system is partnering together to allow students to nominate a book. If a student would like to nominate a book, he or she should make a flipgrid video using the link below. The link will allow students to go to Flipgrid and record a brief 90 second recommendation for the book of their choice. Here are the rules:The Great Chesterfield Read is a riff of PBS’ Great American Read. Like the Great American Read, the Great Chesterfield Read “celebrates the power of reading…how we as readers are affected by stories, and what these books have to say about our diverse” community (PBS, 2018).Criteria for inclusion to division level:
Here is the link:
https://flipgrid.com/3097aea2
Library Staff
Librarian: Tami Witham
Itinerant Librarian: Kim Lepcio
Library Assistant: Maureen Gaff
