The Clarke County School District approved money for each school to purchase materials to update media center collections. The money focused on buying materials that met the new science and social studies curriculum. These orders are starting to arrive in our media center, and we are so happy to see them here. Here are pics of the first book order. Also, I did a book talk on one of new arrivals. Stop by and see what’s new.
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Halloween
Awhile back, I posted about some great things that you can do in the month of October. I also posted about how October is one of my favorite months. One thing I want to do with this blog is share things from my life so that families and students can get to know things that I’m interested in. My wife and I love to decorate for Halloween and Christmas. This weekend, we made a short video of our Halloween decorations to share with our families who live in Blue Ridge and Clayton, GA as well as Albertville, AL. I thought that I would also share it with you. I know that some of you do not celebrate Halloween and may not wish to view this video, bu that is ok. I also want to offer a warning that the music on this video might be too scary for some listeners!
September 11
Yesterday, some 4th and 5th grade classes came to the media center to hear stories that were connected with September 11th. We read Fireboat by Maira Kalman and The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein. We had some very powerful conversations about ways that we respond when tragedy strikes in our world. Many students had questions, comments, and connections to the September 11th tragedy. This could be a great opportunity to talk as a family about any stories you might have about responding to tragedy or memories of September 11th.
Mr. Plemmons reads Fireboat by Maira Calman. The story tells about a retired fireboat that sprang into action on September 11, 2001 to help firefighters pump water to the fires in NYC.
It’s a Panda Baby!
I’m writing this extra special post because I just watched Lun Lun, Zoo Atlanta’s Female Giant Panda, have her baby on the panda cam. Many of the students already know how much I love pandas. I followed Lun Lun’s first baby, Mei Lan, very closely with my third grade class 2 years ago. I just happened to logon to Zoo Atlanta’s panda cam tonight as I was working on my other blog post and I was so lucky enough to see her have the baby live. She is already being a great mother and protecting her new baby, which is just about the size of a stick of butter. You can watch panda cam by visiting http://www.zooatlanta.org/animals_panda_cam.php4
First Book Builder Order
Today we placed the first order of books from our book builder program. This program will run the entire year giving you opportunities to dedicate books for many different occasions. We will place an order at the end of each month. Thank you so much for this great start to the program. It is truly helping us to build our collection and get books that students and teachers are requesting. Here is a list of the books that are on their way:
| Title | |||||||||
| Adventures of Captain Underpants: an epic novel | |||||||||
| Bad dog, Marley! | |||||||||
| Because of Winn-Dixie | |||||||||
| Beginning, a muddle, and an end : the right way to write writing | |||||||||
| Boy who was raised by librarians | |||||||||
| Captain Underpants and the attack of the talking toilets : another epic novel | |||||||||
| Castle Corona | |||||||||
| Dare to be scared : thirteen stories to chill and thrill | |||||||||
| Dog diaries : secret writings WOOF Society | |||||||||
| Don’t let the pigeon stay up late! | |||||||||
| Escape! : the story of the great Houdini | |||||||||
| Great joy | |||||||||
| Igraine the brave | |||||||||
| Lightning thief | |||||||||
| Mabela the clever | |||||||||
| Marley : a dog like no other | |||||||||
| Mary Poppins | |||||||||
| Max’s dragon | |||||||||
| Max’s words | |||||||||
| Mermaids on parade | |||||||||
| Miraculous journey of Edward Tulane | |||||||||
| Savvy | |||||||||
| Scared witless : thirteen eerie tales to tell | |||||||||
| Shake, rattle & roll : the founders of rock & roll | |||||||||
| Skeleton man | |||||||||
| Tale of Despereaux : being the story of a mouse, a princess, some soup, and a spool of thread | |||||||||
| There’s a frog in my throat! : 440 animal sayings a little bird told me | |||||||||
| This book is haunted | |||||||||
| Today I will fly! | |||||||||
| Vile village | |||||||||
| You read to me, I’ll read to you : very short scary tales to read together | |||||||||
First Week
We had a wonderful first full week in the media center. The beginning of the week was extremely busy, and then checkout slowed down toward the end of the week. I hope to see students continue to come checkout books individually as well as with their class. I’ve attached a six minute podcast that talks about things we covered in orientation this week as well an introduction to our book dedication program, the Barrow Buddy Book Builders. Have a great weekend!
Welcome to the Media Center: My First Podcast
We’re Getting Ready
There are some changes coming to the Barrow Media Center, and the media specialist isn’t the only change. There are many new things to see, including our storytellin’ swamp in front of the Smart Board. I can’t wait for you to come in and check out what’s new. I’ll be posting more in this blog as new things come about in our media center. It’s going to be a great year at Barrow Elementary.
Mr. Plemmons, media specialist
Expect the Miraculous 