Resource Center
The Greeley Resource Center strives to provide an extensive information resource to staff and students. Classes visit the Greeley library and computer lab regularly beginning in Kindergarten. The intensive library skills program aims to provide children with a solid understanding of how to use a library, locate and navigate non-fiction and reference books, and understand the different genres of fiction available. All children enjoy being read to, and the library staff strives to share a wide variety of books with all grade levels.
Greeley's teachers utilize technology in planning and carrying out their curricula across grade levels. Although teachers make use of the technological equipment available in the classrooms, students also visit the computer lab regularly to learn new software programs and complete projects that supplement the grade level's curriculum. The goal of the Greeley Resource Center is to support the learning taking place in the classrooms and to expose staff and students to new information and technology available in the world.
Resource Center Director- Mary Ellen Schulz
RC Associates: Mrs. Donna Clark, Ms. Amy Deuble, and Mrs. Annalisa Soukup
Recommended Books for 2011-2012 by Grade Levels:
First Grade:
The Elephant and Piggie by Mo Willems
I Love my new toy! By Mo Willems
Too Many Toys by David Shannon
Tacky the Penguin series by Helen Lester
Actual Size, by Steve Jenkins
Bubble Trouble by Joy Hulme
The Mitten by Jan Brett
Never Take a Shark to the Dentist by Judi Barrett
Are you a Horse? by Andy Rash
Duck Rabbit by Amy Krouse Rosenthal
Toot toot zoom! by Phyllis Root
Help Me, Mr. Mutt! Expert answers for dogs with people problems by Janet Stevens
Knuffle Bunny free: an unexpected diversion by Mo Willems
Fly Guy Series by Tedd Arnold
Monarch 2010 Winner – Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
Monarch 2011 Winner - Rhyming dust bunnies by Jan Thomas
Caldecott Winner 2010 – The Lion and the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Caldecott Winner 2011 – A Sick Day For Amos McGee by Phillip C. Stead
Second Grade
Flotsam by David Weisner
Moose and Hildy series by Stephanie Greene
The Stink series by Megan McDonald
Martin Bridge series by Jessica Scott Kerrin
Amelia Bedelia series by Peggy Parish and Herman Parish
Mercy Watson series by Kate DiCamillo
Graphic Novels – Lunch Lady Series by Jarrett Krosoczka
Help Me, Mr. Mutt! Expert answers for dogs with people problems by Janet Stevens
Firehouse Light by Janet Nolan
Mr. Putter & Tabby series by Cynthia Rylant
Frog and Toad series by Arnold Lobel
Splat the Cat by Rob Scotton
Junie B. Jones series by Barbara Park
Oh, Theodore! Guinea pig poems by Susan Katz
Monarch 2010 Winner – Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
Monarch 2011 Winner - Rhyming Dust Bunnies by Jan Thomas
Caldecott Winner 2010 – The Lion & the Mouse by Jerry Pinkney
Caldecott Winner 2011 – A Sick Day For Amos McGee by Phillip C. Stead
Third Grade:
Encyclopedia Brown Boy Detective Series by Donald J. Sobol
The Ivy and Bean series by Annie Barrows
Pain and the Great One series by Judy Blume
Ramona series by Beverly Cleary
Sports series by Matt Christopher
Fantastic Mr. Fox by Roald Dahl
Dick King-Smith Books
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series by Betty MacDonald
Magic Treehouse series by Mary Pope Osborne
Boxcar Children Mysteries series by Gertrude C. Warner
Little House on the Prairie series by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Because of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
TIMES for Kids Almanac 2012 by Editors of Times for Kids Magazine
Bad Kitty Gets a Bath by Nick Bruel
Judy Moody Series by Megan McDonald
Adventures in Cartooning by James Sturms
Frindle by Andrew Clements
Fourth Grade:
Books by Andrew Clements (Extra Credit, The Jacket, Lost and Found, Lunch Money)
Poppy by Avi
Fudge series by Judy Blume
The Frog Princess series by E. D. Baker
The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
Books by Dan Gutman (Babe & Me, The Homework Machine, The Million Dollar Kick)
Dear America series by various authors
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
Sideways Stories from Wayside School by Louis Sachar
Allie Finkle's Rules for Girls by Meg Cabot
The Runaway Dolls by Ann M. Martin
The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
39 Clues (10 Books) by various authors, Book One – The Maze of the Bones by Rick Riordan
Charlotte’s web, E. B. White
Gregor the Overlander by Suzanne Collins
The Black Stallion by Walter Farley
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt
Adventure according to Humphrey by Betty Birney
Time Warp Trio by Jon Scieszka
The Spiderwick Chronicles by Tony DiTerlizzi
The Penderwicks by Jeanne Birdsall
The Sixty-Eight Rooms (Unlock the magic of the Thorne Rooms) by Marianne Malone
Children's Literature Recommendations
Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site
Children's Literature Comprehensive Database
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