Our first Game Day was a great success in the library. Students had a great time using some of our ancient gaming technology (the original Playstations!). To participate, students had to meet their reading goal for the 1st nine weeks. Get busy reading so that you can participate in our next Game Day coming up in [...]
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Game Day a Success in the Library
Posted in Reading, tagged Gaming, Reading on October 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Accelerated Reader Top Ten for February
Posted in Reading, tagged Accelerated Reader, Reading on March 7, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to the students who earned the most Accelerated Reader points in each grade for January. Students must maintain an 85 average on their quizzes to be included. I have the top ten lists posted on the wall in the media center and the PowerPoint news. All names on the list were placed in a drawing for five students [...]
Accelerated Reader Top Ten for January
Posted in Reading, tagged Accelerated Reader, Reading on February 2, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to the students who earned the most Accelerated Reader points in each grade for January. Students must maintain an 85 average on their quizzes to be included. I have the top ten lists posted on the wall in the media center and the PowerPoint news. All names on the list were placed in a drawing for five students [...]
So B. It by Sarah Weeks
Posted in Booktalks, Reading, tagged Agoraphobic, book review, booktalk, Mentally Disabled, Reading, sarah weeks, So B. It on January 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
So B. It by Sarah Weeks After spending her life with her mentally retarded mother and agoraphobic neighbor, twelve-year-old Heidi sets out from Reno, Nevada, to New York to find out who she is. Very good book from www.nancykeane.com Discussion Questions
Accelerated Reader Top Ten for August
Posted in Reading, tagged Accelerated Reader, Reading on September 3, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to the students who earned the most Accelerated Reader points in each grade for August. Students must maintain an 85 average on their quizzes to be included. I have the top ten lists posted on the wall in the media center. All names on the list were placed in a drawing for five students to win coupons for [...]
Fall Book Fair a Huge Success
Posted in Reading, tagged Book Fair, Contest, Media Center, Reading on November 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks so much to everyone for helping to make this book fair the most successful one we have ever had! We had record-breaking sales for this fair with fantastic participation from our students and faculty. The media center made over $725 and received over $425 in books. Andre’as W. won the skittles contest. He guessed there were 100,001 [...]
WJMS Book Club
Posted in Reading, tagged Book Club, Free Books, Reading, Reading is Fundamental, RIF on July 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Want Free Books? Coming in Fall 2009, WJMS will add a book club to our list of extracurricular activities. We will be receiving free books for students through the RIF program to use for the club. Meetings will be held after school with refreshments. If you are interested in joining for next year and/or have [...]
Accelerated Reader Top Ten for April/May
Posted in Reading, tagged Accelerated Reader, Awards, Reading, Top Ten List on May 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Congratulations to the students who earned the most Accelerated Reader points in each grade for April/May. Students must maintain an 85 average on their quizzes to be included. I have the top ten lists posted on the wall in the media center. The top student in each grade will receive a $5 Walmart gift card. In addition, all names [...]
Summer Recommended Reading
Posted in Reading, tagged Reading, reading list, Summer Reading List on May 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
According to a research study, if we can encourage our students to read 5-8 books over the summer the effects will be the same as going to summer school. Encourage your students to use the public library this summer. Recommended Reading Lists-all levels Carol Hurst’s Literature Site Nancy Keane’s List by Genre Middle School List [...]
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Posted in Booktalks, Reading, tagged booktalk, margaret peterson haddix, Reading, Time travel on May 10, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Thirteen-year-old Jonah has always known that he was adopted, and he’s never thought it was any big deal. Then he and a new friend, Chip, who’s also adopted, begin receiving mysterious letters. The first one says, “You are one of the missing.” The second one says, “Beware! They’re coming back to get you.” Jonah, Chip, [...]
67 New eBooks Added to Collection
Posted in Reading, tagged Charles Dickens, Destiny, eBook, John Steinbeck, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Reading, Robert Louis Stevenson, Shakespeare on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I have added 67 new eBooks to the library collection. The titles are mostly the classics such as those by Shakespeare, John Steinbeck, Charles Dickens, Robert Louis Stevenson, Jules Verne, and Mark Twain. For a complete listing of the books, I have placed the titles in a public resource list in Destiny, our library catalog. [...]
Melissa LeGette Visits WJMS
Posted in Reading, tagged Melissa LeGette, National Library Week, Reading, The Unicorn Girl on April 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »
To help us celebrate National Library Week, Melissa LeGette visited WJMS this week to talk to students about her book, The Unicorn Girl. The students did a great job of making her feel welcome. At each session, Melissa answered questions, told a bit about herself, and read a portion of her book. Questions were asked about publishing, [...]
Spring Book Fair A Huge Success
Posted in Reading, tagged Book Fair, Reading, Scholastic on April 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Thanks to everyone for helping to make the spring book fair a huge success. We had record-breaking sales for this fair and fantastic participation from our students and faculty. The media center made over $650 and received over $450 in books. Madison H. won the jar of Skittles with her guess of 1,056. There were 1,064 Skittles [...]
READ Posters for National Library Week
Posted in Reading, tagged National Library Week, READ Poster, Reading on March 26, 2009 | 1 Comment »
National Library Week is April 13th through the 17th. To help us celebrate and to encourage our students to read, the media center will be making READ posters modeled after those for ALA’s READ campaign. Many of these will be posted around the school and will show up on the PowerPoint news. If you would [...]
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau
Posted in Booktalks, Reading, tagged book review, booktalk, City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau, Reading on February 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau In the year 241, twelve-year-old Lina trades jobs on Assignment Day to be a Messenger to run to new places in her decaying but beloved city, perhaps even to glimpse Unknown Regions. from www.nancykeane.com Excellent book Can’t see the video below? Try this link.
Destiny’s List of Top Ten Books
Posted in Reading, tagged Destiny, Reading, Top Ten List on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The top ten books students have checked out at WJMS this nine weeks are listed below along with their check out statistics. Stop by the media center to check out one of our most popular books.~ 1. Encyclopedia horrifica : the terrifying truth! about vampires, ghosts, monsters, and more Gee, Joshua. 001.9 Gee 24 2. [...]
Tangerine by Edward Bloor
Posted in Booktalks, Reading, tagged booktalk, Edward Bloor, Florida, Reading, Soccer, Tangerine on February 9, 2009 | 15 Comments »
Are you a soccer fan? Check out this booktalk for Tangerine by Edward Bloor. Twelve-year-old Paul, who lives in the shadow of his football hero brother Erik, fights for the right to play soccer despite his near blindness and slowly begins to remember the incident that damaged his eyesight. from NoveList K-8 Very good book
Storm Thief by Chris Wooding
Posted in Booktalks, Reading, tagged booktalk, Chris Wooding, Reading, Storm Thief on February 1, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Listen to my booktalk podcast for Storm Thief by Chris Wooding. With the help of a golem, two teenaged thieves try to survive on the city island of Orokos, where unpredictable probability storms continually change both the landscape and the inhabitants. from NoveList K-8 Excellent book Can’t see the video below? Try this link.
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