Welcome to Our Library and Media Center

Welcome to All Saints Media Center! It is our belief that one of the most important gifts we can give our children is the love of reading.  We are happy to help your student explore the library and find a book that will be interesting and will fit their reading level.

 

The Media Center is open from 8:25 to 3:50 each day. Students may check out books during the 15 minutes before and after school times, on check out day during their Media class, or they may ask their teacher if they may come down another time during the day.

 

Destiny Online Card Catalog

Please click the following link to visit our online card catalog, Destiny.  You may use this site to search for books in our All Saints library.

 

Students in first through fifth grades may log in to their library accounts to see what books they currently have checked out and when they are due. Students may also rate their favorite books, recommend books to other students, make a list of titles they would like to read, or browse recommended lists made by teachers.

 

I will go over the instructions on how to use Destiny during media class and will send a letter home to students in grades first through fifth.  To log in to Destiny the student should use their Type To Learn log in information. In most cases the username is the first letter of their first name and their whole last name (with no spaces or capitals) and the password is their library number. 

 

Destiny Card Catalog

 

Resources and Favorite Links

Click on the links below to visit our favorite sites!

 *NOTE* Some student sites have advertisements.  Parental guidance is recommended.

 AR Bookfinder - Use this site to check to see if your book is an AR test book, the grade level of the book and point value.

Cedar Rapids Public Library - Check to see what's new at the public library! If you have smart phone or a device (such as a iPad, Nook, Kindle, etc) you may use your public library card to check out ebooks and audiobooks with their Overdrive App!

Iowa Children's Choice Award - Fourth and Fifth graders are encouraged to read books from this list compiled by Iowa librarians.

Lexile Book Finder - This is a good tool to use to find a book that is the right level for you.

Grant Wood AEA - Links to BookFlix, Britannica Online, iClipart and Trueflix, among other resources. You will need our username and password to access this site, please contact me if you would like this information.

 

Adopt a Book

Adopt-a-Book is an important way to grow our library with new and interesting books. We always have a selection of books available for adoption in the library. People adopt books to honor your student, family member or teacher by remembering a birthday, special occasion or just for fun.  Also, Adopt-a-Book is a wonderful memorial for a loved one.

To adopt you simply choose and pay for a book from our selection of titles.  Each book that is adopted for the library will be labeled with your name as the donor in honor of the person you choose.  Your student will also be the first to check out the book you adopt for them. When they are finished with the book, they will return it to the library where it will become part of our collection for other students to enjoy for years to come. 

We appreciate your generous support of our All Saints Library. 

 

Policies

• Be Safe, Be Kind, Be Ready!

• Voice level should be a level 1

• Please leave the library in the same or better condition than when you arrived.

 

• Book check out

The Media Center is open from 8:25 to 3:50 each full school day. Students are welcome to check out books during those 10 minutes we are open before and 15 minutes after school, during their Media Center check out days or even during the school day (as long as we do not have a class).

Books are due two weeks after check-out.  If you are not finished with your book, you may renew it for another two weeks (with the exception of current  Iowa Children’s Choice Award Books, these may not be renewed).

• Check out limits

Kindergarten and 1st grade - 2 books

2nd grade - 2 books or 1 book and 1 magazine

3rd grade - 3 books or 2 books and 1 magazine

4th and 5th grades - 4 books or 3 books and 1 magazine

Please note, students with excessive fines (fines greater than $2.00) or books that are overdue a month or more will be limited to checking one book out at a time until the fines are paid and/or overdue books are returned.

• Overdue Books and Fines

Fines for overdue books are assessed to students in grades 4 and 5 only and are. 05 cents per school day.

In an effort to help you help your student, email notices will be sent on Monday mornings to let you know if your student has an overdue book or any fines.  Please note, if the book is overdue, the body of the email will state “OVERDUE” indicating those books that are due back to the library. If your student has fines, the body of the email will state “UNPAID FINES” for those books that were returned late (overdue fines, of .05 cents a day, are for 4th and 5th grades only) or students may have fines for books that were lost or damaged.  I appreciate your help in getting overdue books returned in a timely manner.

• Damaged Books

If a book is damaged, please do not repair it yourself.  Have your student return the book to the Media Center with a note about the damage and we will fix the book if we are able. If the books cannot be fixed, you will be billed for the book.  Please do not buy a copy of the book for the library, we will take your funds and purchase a replacement book.

 

Accelerated Reader - AR

 

All Saints School Accelerated Reader 2021-2022

 

Welcome to the Accelerated Reader program. This program, although it uses the word “accelerated”, is for all students in grades one through five. It is a computerized management program that helps to check the reading comprehension levels of students as they read or are read certain books. All Saints has access to hundreds of thousands of tests in reading levels from first grade to high school. All Saints adopted this program more than twenty years ago because we believe that reading is a very important skill for our students to master. The ability to read increases a student’s success in all other academic areas.

Students select and are read books that have a test available. You may check the availability of tests from home by visiting the following website: www.arbookfind.com. As students develop their reading skills, they are encouraged to read the books themselves. Test questions are 5, 10, or 20 multiple- choice questions. Advantage Learning Systems or teachers and parents of All Saints write these tests.

Parents wishing to review their student’s Accelerated Reader account should check with their student’s Reading teacher.

 

How Are Tests Administered?

 

All students may take tests:

 

• before school, between 8:25 and 8:35 in their classroom

• during Media class, as time allows

• in the classroom, as time allows

 

Semester Point Cycles

At the end of each semester, students must start over on achieving their minimum points. All grades carry over points only for Free Dress Day (FD2) certificates. A certain number of points are required EACH semester to earn incentives.

Free Dress Day Certificates

Students may only redeem their FD2 certificates on FRIDAYS. Teachers check student totals once a week and then students will receive FD2 certificates.

 

Minimum Points-Requirement for Sundae Party and Pizza Party

•The following is a list of incentives that students may earn.

•Students may earn a sundae party (first semester) or pizza party (second semester). The sundae party will be served with the school lunch. Students will receive ice cream and choice of toppings at no charge. The pizza party provides pizza, vegetable, dessert and a drink.

 

Meeting Everyone’s Needs

If parents feel that the point requirements are not meeting the needs of their student, special arrangements may be made with the reading teacher, student and parent as to adjusting the minimum point requirement.

Novels read as class assignments or read to the class that are on the Accelerated Reader test list are acceptable to test over and, in fact, students are encouraged to do so. Reading abridged classics or watching movies does not guarantee that students will pass these tests. Movies may leave out several critical parts in the book.

If you have any questions about the Accelerated Reader program, please do not hesitate to contact our media center or your child’s Reading teacher.