More iPad Fun!

Our seventh grade students are finishing up a Science project creating videos on weather safety.  This was a perfect opportunity to have a group test the iPads by creating videos using iMovie.  Wow!  They created some really cool videos.  Check out the examples below to view how the iPads and iMovie gave them the tools to be very creative.

Teen Read Week is in Full Swing!

Have you been in the library and wondered what those students with the iPads were doing?  These kids are completing our library QR Code Scavenger Hunt as part of Teen Read Week.  Students are using the free QR Code Reader App to scan some fancy codes placed around the library.  When scanned, these codes take students to various websites where they will answer questions as part of our scavenger hunt activity.  The best part is that these students are the first to try out our new iPads!  Each student who completes the scavenger hunt will get a prize.  Check out these pictures to see the fun that you can have when you join in.

How else can you participate in Teen Read Week?

• Enter our scary story contest.  The top three stories will earn a Scholastic Book Fair gift certificate.
• Participate in our Bulldog Time All for Books competition. The classroom that raises the most money will earn a class pizza party.
• Add an appropriate comment to this blog.  (Make sure to leave your name).  All students who leave a comment will be entered into a raffle for prizes.  

Thanks you to all of our Teen Read Week participants!  We look forward to a fun week ahead.

Teen Read Week: October 15-19

Get ready for Teen Read Week, coming to your library October 15-19.  In celebration we have a variety of activities planned including:

• A QR Code Scavenger Hunt in the library.  Use one of our new iPads to scan some fun QR codes scattered throughout the library.  Complete the scavenger hunt questions and automatically win a prize!
• Participate in our Bulldog Time All for Books competition.  Bring in your loose change through Friday, October 19.  The Bulldog Time classroom that brings in the most money will earn a pizza party and $50 in Scholastic Book Fair classroom cash.
• Write a scary story.  Bring your scary story to the library by Friday, October 19 to be entered into our contest.  The top three entries will earn a Scholastic Book Fair gift certificate.  
• Leave a comment on this blog.  Every comment left earns an entry into our raffle.
• Shop the Scholastic Book Fair from Thursday, October 11-Wednesday, October 24.  

Visit the library or see the flyers in your classroom for more information.

Coming Soon: The Scholastic Book Fair!

The Scholastic Book fair will soon be setting up its store in our library!  Shop the book fair from Thursday, October 11-Wednesday, October 24 to help buy new books for our library.  The book fair will be open daily from 7:50 am-3:30 pm and during Parent-Teacher Conferences.

We will also be trying something fun this year to help raise more money for not only our school library but also for other schools in need.  Each Bulldog time class will be competing in a friendly All for Books competition.

Participating students will bring in loose change to their Bulldog time teacher.  The classroom that collects the most money during the competition period, October 8-19 will earn a pizza party AND $50 in classroom cash to spend at the Scholastic Book Fair.  Watch for flyers that will be sent home this week.

Want to find out more about our book fair and discover how you can shop the book fair online?  Click here to learn more.

See you at the fair!

Welcome Back!

Welcome to another great school year!  We hope that you will visit the library frequently to not only check-out books, but also to read magazines, complete homework using our computers, listen to a Playaway, browse leisurely, or try a Nook or Kindle.

What?  Kindles and Nooks?

Yes, you read that correctly.  We circulate Kindles and Nooks.  To check one out, you need to have a form on file signed by both you and your parents.  Pick one up in the library.  Click on this link to see a list of titles currently downloaded to the Kindles and Nooks.

In addition to Nooks and Kindles, we also have many ebooks for you to read on your computers or devices.  Imagine reading your favorite titles online at any time from anywhere!  Click here to access links to our current ebook selection.

How else can we assist you this year?  Your library is not just a great resource for books.  Here is how else we can help:

• Provide assistance with technology
• Recommend great websites and databases for your research
• Assist with organizing your research
• Help you cite your sources correctly
• Show you how to podcast, create videos, or complete a project using really cool websites

We look forward to working with you this year!

Thanks for another great year! It was an exciting year filled with great books and fabulous projects. For the Integrated Technology students' last project, they made vokis for next year's fifth grade students. They shared their tips for success and advice for easing into a new school year in a new building. Listen to some examples below. Have a great summer!!!

Skype 2 with Ty Allan Jackson

On World Read Aloud Day (March 7), students in Mrs. Young's Day 2 sixth hour Integrated Technology class met author Ty Allan Jackson over Skype to listen to him read from his book When I Close My Eyes. The students enjoyed the Skype so much and were so interested in reading his book Danny Dollar Millionaire Extraordinaire: The Lemonade Escapade that they decided as a class to read the book together and Skype back with Ty after their reading. On May 23, the students had the chance to talk to Ty about Danny Dollar and hear more about his new books and life as a writer.  The students had a wonderful time (despite some minor technical issues) talking with Ty and are now so excited to read his new book (due out in July): The Superdupa Kid.  They would like to give Ty a special thank you for so graciously taking his time to talk to them.  The students at New London Intermediate School are now big fans!