Week 21: January 26-30

I know we’re all chomping at the bit for the upcoming holiday, but hold your horses! We still have another week of learning to explore!
虽然大家都对即将到来的假期翘首以盼，但请稍安勿躁！我们还有一周的学习探索时光呢！

Horse Hunt Challenge! 寻“马”大挑战来啦!

Introducing the Horse Hunt Challenge! Primary students are challenged to recite famous Chinese horse idioms or English horse proverbs. Think you can do it?
快来参加“寻马挑战赛”吧！小学生可通过背诵中文马字成语或英文马谚语参与挑战。你敢来试试吗？

Younger Primary G1-2 年级小学生

Let’s get ready for the year of the horse! Horses are strong, fast-running mammals that live in open grasslands. They live in social herds, communicate through body language, and are herbivores! Humans also special jobs with horses in transportation, work, and sports.
让我们喜迎马年！马是强壮善跑的哺乳动物，栖息在开阔的草原上。它们以群居方式生活，通过肢体语言交流，属于食草动物。人类还与马协作完成交通、劳动和体育等特殊工作。

Our world is an enormous, incredible place! This is Our World: From Alaska to the Amazon — Meet 20 Children Just Like You by Tracey Turney shows readers the surprising similarities and fascinating differences across different cultures around the world.
我们的世界是如此辽阔而奇妙！《这是我们的世界：从阿拉斯加到亚马逊——遇见20个和你一样的孩子》通过特雷西·特尼的讲述，向读者展示了世界各地不同文化间令人惊叹的相似之处与迷人的差异。

Older Primary G3-5 年级小学生

Cece Bell’s graphic memoir El Deafo tells about her hearing loss at a very young age and her experiences with the Phonic Ear, a very powerful and very awkward hearing aid. In this book the author/illustrator decided that the characters would all be rabbits, which gives the books a fun and endearing quality. After reading the first couple of chapters together we discussed other ways deaf children communicate including with sign language, lip reading and through reading and writing.
西西·贝尔的图像回忆录《大耳朵超人》讲述了她幼年失聪后，使用强大却笨重的“神奇耳”助听器的经历。在这本书中，作者兼绘者别出心裁地将所有角色设定为兔子，赋予作品趣味与温情。我们共读前几章后，还探讨了听障儿童的其他沟通方式，包括手语、唇语及读写交流。

A longtime classic and well-loved story, The Mitten by Jan Brett shows how one mitten lost in the snow can create a curious community. But what will happen when too many animals investigate this new treasure?

简·布雷特的经典之作《手套》是个备受喜爱的故事，讲述了一只遗失在雪地里的手套如何引发动物们的好奇与聚集。但当太多动物都想探个究竟时，会发生什么呢？

Secondary Library 中学图书馆

This week Ms. Claire worked with the middle school English teachers and offered a book talk lesson to showcase some of our new titles. This special lesson included an emoji-based game where students had to figure out which emojis matched which new book. At the end of the game, students were invited to check out new books for their upcoming winter holiday.
本周，董老师与初中英语教师合作开展了一场图书推介课，重点展示了部分新到馆藏。这堂特色课程设计了表情符号猜书游戏，学生需要根据表情组合猜出对应的新书。课程结束后，同学们纷纷为即将到来的寒假借阅了新书。