MEDIA CENTER NEWS

February, 2018

FEBRUARY EVENTS
FEBRUARY 3RD:  PART 1
OF GENRE CHALLENGE
ENDS
FEBRUARY 24TH: 
REGIONAL SPELLING BEE
FEBRUARY 26TH:  PART 2
OF READING CHALLENGE
BEGINS
MARCH 2ND:
STORYTELLER EVENT IN
THE MEDIA CENTER

During the month of February, students can

check out our Love & War book displays. 

Love & War These displays will feature historical fiction

books, in which the characters are  in

challenging situations during a historical

February Book Displays

time period.  Their challenges require the

courage to fight in a significant battle

personally or on a larger scale with a group or

organization.
Our love display, will feature books from our

Romance section. In these stories,  the plot

centers around a love relationship.

WHAT'S GOING ON?
Our Genre Reading Challenge is still going strong.  Part 1 of our challenge
Your creative

is due on February 23rd.  The first 25 students who complete part 1 of this
challenge, will be invited to a special event in the media center, featuring
stories by Josie Bailey. http://josiebailey.com/  The homeroom with the
research

most check outs during the first six weeks of this semester, will also be
invited to attend this special event.
project,

We are still finishing inventory for the Media Center.  If you have students
who owe fines and/or overdue books, please have them bring those items in
awaits.
to return, ASAP.

If you have not had a chance to, check out the following presentation,
please do so.  This presentation shows how I can assist teachers with Lucy
Calkin units.  If you would like to see a more detailed unit, please email me
& I can send an entire unit example to you.
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1F-
r94UmJt70XLuYGqbr0i8bAIXwYHZerTnzjM8a1oVI/edit?usp=sharing

Do you have an important research project coming up this semester?  If so,

help your students prepare now, by completing mini lessons that will give
them the research skills they need to follow our county adopted WISE
Research Method.