Posted in Displays, Holidays, Reading, tagged bulletin board, Halloween, Library, Media Center, mystery, mystery display on October 13, 2015| Leave a Comment »
This year in addition to our Halloween decorations, I decided to create a mystery display to go along with them. I showcased some of our favorite mysteries in the library with footprints to lead students to the media center where they can check them out.
Halloween Links:
History
Lesson Plans
Activities
Science Projects
Posted in Reading, tagged adventure, fantasy, fiction genre, genrefication, Graphic Novel, Historical fiction, Horror, Library, mystery, Reading, science fiction, sports fiction on August 15, 2015| Leave a Comment »
With over 10,000 fiction books to choose from, it’s sometimes overwhelming for students to find just the right book. To make this process easier, I’ve divided the fiction section by genre. Our books are divided into Sports Fiction, Graphic Novels, Realistic Fiction, Science Fiction, Horror, Historical Fiction, Mystery, Adventure, and Fantasy genres. To figure out which genre best matches a student, I developed a short quiz to help narrow down areas of interest. The Fiction Genre Quiz has no scientific basis; it’s just for fun. Hopefully it will give students a starting place when searching for a good book. Huge thanks to http://www.readerpants.net for sharing her quiz so I could edit with our genres.
Posted in Displays, tagged Library, reading bulletin board, spring bulletin board on April 10, 2015| Leave a Comment »
Happy Spring!
Posted in Reading, tagged Contest, Halloween, Library, Reading on October 31, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Huge thanks to all the participants in the Candy Corn Pumpkin Contest. David King won with his guess of 150 pumpkins and was able to take home the entire jar. Thank you David, for being a great sport for the photo! 🙂
Posted in Displays, Reading, tagged bulletin board, Carly Rae Jepsen, Library, Media Center, Read Me Maybe, Reading, reading bulletin board on November 26, 2012| 2 Comments »
We’ve just completed our most current bulletin board outside the media center and I’ve already heard kids singing with our revised lyrics to Carly Rae Jepsen’s popular song. We had a lot of fun creating the giant-sized notebook paper. It was a challenge to create though! I’ve posted a sign asking for student doodle artwork to add to the board so please get to working on those doodles! Bring them by the media center so I can add them for you.
Posted in Media Lessons, tagged Library, Media Center, Orientation on August 5, 2012| 2 Comments »
Media Center Orientation Video
Visit the library’s page to play the review game at the bottom of the page. Good luck!
Posted in Newsletters, tagged Library, Media Center, newsletter on July 31, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Media Lessons, tagged Accelerated Reader, Book Exchange, Library, Media Center, Orientation, STAR Reading on August 19, 2010| Leave a Comment »
All students have completed media center orientation and it went very well. Language Arts classes watched an eleven minute video I produced on the policies and procedures we have in place to be able to use our library effectively. I talked to students about the Accelerated Reader program and the new incentives we have this year. I explained to students about our new Book Exchange that I have implemented this year. Students are encouraged to bring in old paperbacks for the book exchange. They may also borrow from those in the book exchange without having to check them out. I showed students how to use my blog and they were able to browse the site. After my discussion with each group, students were able to take the STAR reading test to find out their current reading level. At the end of the period, students were able to browse the shelves to check out books.
Posted in Newsletters, Reading, tagged Library, Media Center, newsletter on May 7, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Newsletters, tagged Library, Media Center, newsletter on February 8, 2010| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Media Lessons, Newsletters, Teacher Resources, tagged Library, Media Center, newsletter, November on November 1, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Newsletters, Reading, tagged Library, Melissa LeGette, National Library Week, READ Posters, Statesboro Herald, The Unicorn Girl on April 17, 2009| Leave a Comment »
Thanks to everyone for making National Library Week at WJMS a huge success. Many of our faculty and students came by to ask about our READ posters that have been placed around the school and are on the PowerPoint news program. I enjoyed creating the scenes and making the posters very much. I had many students who came by to ask me to create a READ poster of them. Unfortunately, I didn’t have the time to get many student posters done. Maybe next year I can have a better plan. Huge thanks to all of the volunteers who were willing to pose in some creative ways. 😮
Wednesday, Melissa LeGette came by to talk to classes about her book The Unicorn Girl. I was very proud of our students. They were well behaved and asked some great questions. Chloe W. won an autographed copy of The Unicorn Girl with her question, “Where do you get the inspiration and the ideas for your book?”. Check out my post on her visit.
The Statesboro Herald ran a contest called “How much do you know about your library?”. The April 17th paper had a series of 17 questions of which the answers were one of the libraries in Bulloch County schools. There will be prizes given and the contest ends April 24th. Contest
With the increased traffic in the media center this week, our book checkouts increased 50% from the previous school week. Keep reading WJMS!
Posted in Holidays, Media Lessons, Newsletters, Teacher Resources, tagged Library, Media, Media Center, newsletter on March 6, 2009| 2 Comments »
Life in the Library 