Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year Sauceda Middle School DECEMBER 2016 Mr. David Mr. Ricardo Soria, Librarian Ramirez, Librarian Clerk Phone: 956-464-1349 Hours of Operation: Monday – Friday 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. CAMPUS DATE TITLE YPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION Sauceda Middle School Library   Nov. 28-Dec. 9, 2016 “Give the Gift of Knowledge” The ILC will be decorated with “Give the Gift of Knowledge” Christmas spirit. The Librarian, Mr. Soria, will share the read aloud of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” and have students do 3 activities. 1. Write a paragraph saying, “why we should be nice to others”. Students will provide at least one reason, give at least one example, and provide details. 2. Students will try to do a drawing of the Grinch. 3. Students will cut out and color a mask of the Grinch. Dec. 12-16, 2016 Testing @ ILC *Top Teams Treat *Students that Met the 6 Weeks Goal get Rewarded Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year Solis Middle School DECEMBER 2016 Ms. Erica Esqueda, Librarian Ms. Jessica Vega Herrera, Librarian Clerk Phone: 956-464-1650  Hours of Operation: 7:30 am to 4:30 pm. Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year CAMPUS DATE TITLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION Solis Middle School December 1st to December 30th Game Days in the Library: Boggle Activities: Every Monday and Wednesdays are game days in the library. We are moving on to Boggle this December. Board games are available to students all day on these days. Boggle is best for middle school and remediation, although honors and advanced classes get awfully competitive. Students will reinforce basic spelling skills. Students will use critical thinking skills to create short words. Students will form plural words. Students will learn hundreds of short words they never knew existed. Students will learn homonyms (for example: gnu, hie, hae, ken, gait, lief, etc.). December 10th Donna ISD Parade  Activities: Library staff and student library ambassadors from 6th to 8th grade will be participating in this parade to showcase their school's wonderful achievements. Donna ISD is banning together to share with family, friends and neighbors the great things that are happening at our schools. Make sure to come celebrate with us and support our hard working children and school faculty and staff. December 12th to December 16th Fall Book Fair Activities: Book fair sales will take place during regular library hours. Those who purchase items will be entered into a raffle to win great prizes.   For more than 30 years, Scholastic has been providing students, teachers, and parents with access to thousands of affordable books and educational products. These in-school events encourage reading, which leads to success inside and outside the classroom. All proceeds go to purchasing more resources for the Solis Library. Multicultural Holiday Celebrations Activities: Books depicting the different holidays will be displayed in the library as well as our bulletin board. Discussion held with community members. Do your students celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Three Kings Day? Maybe they celebrate St. Lucia Day or Ramadan. December offers great opportunities for teaching about our multicultural world. December 5th to the 9th Hour of Code: Unplugged Activities: Everyday this week the library will be hosting activities that deal the fundamentals of computer science without the need of computers. Topics that will be addressed include: Algorithms, Binary, and Computational Thinking. https://code.org/curriculum/unplugged The Hour of Code is a global movement reaching tens of millions of students in 180+ countries. Anyone, anywhere can organize an Hour of Code event. The Hour of Code takes place each year during Computer Science Education Week. The 2016 Computer Science Education Week will be December 5-11, but you can host an Hour of Code all year round. Computer Science Education Week is held annually in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer Admiral Grace Murray Hopper (December 9, 1906). December 16th Ugly Sweater Contest Activities: To get in the holiday spirit the library is encouraging students to wear their ugliest Christmas sweaters. Student will be judged during their lunch periods for 'Most Ugly Sweater' and a winner will be announced at the end of the day. Are you wondering how the whole ugly Christmas sweater party trend began? Christmas sweaters have been around since the way-back days after WWII, when knitters first put moose and snowflakes into their patterned sweaters.Now there are ugly Christmas sweater contest to add some humor to your holidays.

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year Hours of Operation: 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Todd Middle School DECEMBER 2016 Ms. Laura Nora Bernal, Librarian Ms. Lorena Zuniga, Librarian Clerk Phone: 956-464-1800 CAMPUS DATE TITLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION W.A. Todd Middle School Oct.1-Oct.28 Original Scary Story or Original Poem about Autumn Writing Contest Students will write an original scary story or an original poem about autumn. Teachers will select the top 10 stories/poem by grade level to be judged by the librarian. Awards will be given to 1st to 3rd place by grade level. Stories and winning author’s pictures will be displayed on the monitor in front of the office and in the library. Oct. 31-Nov.18 What I Am Most Thankful/Grateful For Students will write an original story or poem about what they are most thankful or grateful for. Teachers will select the top 10 stories/poem by grade level to be judged by the librarian. Awards will be given to 1st to 3rd place by grade level. Stories and winning author’s pictures will be displayed on the monitor in front of the office and in the library. Nov. 28- Dec. 14 The Best Christmas Ever or an original poem about Winter Students will write a story about the best Christmas they had or an original poem about winter. Teachers will select the top 10 stories/poem by grade level to be judged by the librarian. Awards will be given to 1st to 3rd place by grade level. Stories and winning author’s pictures will be displayed on the monitor in front of the office and in the library. Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year Veterans Middle School DECEMBER 2016 Ms. Kathy D. Mendoza, Librarian Ms. Ana Teresa Nava Regino, Librarian Clerk Phone: 956-464-1350 Hours of Operation: 7:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. CAMPUS DATE TITLE TYPE BRIEF DESCRIPTION Veterans MS December 1-16 Reading Lights up your mind Book Display Book Display of seasonal books with Christmas Lights. December 1-16 Christmas Bingo    Game Students will fill out a bingo card, getting each square verified by the library staff. Once a student makes “bingo” they will get a wrapped book as a present. Christmas Tree   Display Students will help decorate a Christmas tree displaying books from their favorite genre (voted on by students) and bring in items that represent the selected genre to use as decorations. Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year