Media Center Happenings Stop in to see what we have to offer! Books, Computers, Magazines, Research databases, etc…

E-books on Follett Shelf Come to the Media Center to learn how to access!

General iPad Tech Help Monday, Wednesday, Friday 12:15 – 1:15 Tuesday & Thursday 11:00 – 11:30

BOOK CLUBS Sign up today in the Media Center! Procedure: Sign up in the library and take a book to read Return to the library on the correct day with the book and enjoy a pizza lunch! Choose a book for the next time…

Grade 6 Book Club- Meeting October 14th

Book Club Grade 7. The first meeting for Grade 7 will be October 15th

Book Club Grade 8 Meeting is October 8 th

Opportunities for research at school and at home... Databases provide access to magazine articles, encyclopedias, newspapers, etc… that Students can use for homework or projects. Passwords are available online for remote access.

Home Access to Catalog and Databases

AUTHOR VISIT The PTO has once again generously offered to fund a visit by a well-known author. Mitali Perkins will visit the school on March 4th.

Parent Book Club- Read Young Adult Literature and discuss with the group and encourage child to read. Meets six Fridays at 12:15pm

Teams will begin forming in late November… Battle of the Books Sign up and take out a book from the list! The first meeting will be held in November Form a team of 5 students in your grade (if you don’t have a team of five we can create them also!) There is a list of books for grade 6 and a separate list of books for grades 7 and 8.

Battle of the Books. Back again this year! Students will form teams to divide and conquer a list of 15 titles provided by the New Jersey Association of School Librarians. Grade 6 Titles The Underdogs by Mike Lupica How Angel Peterson Got His Name and Outrageous Tales About Extreme Sports by Gary Paulsen A Dog’s Life : An Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesl Shurtliff My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate The Dark Stairs by Betsy Byars The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis Riding Freedom Pam Munoz Ryan Ungifted by Gordon Korman Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl 11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass Because of Winn Dixie by Kate DiCamillo Grades 7 & 8 Titles The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin Shabanu : Daughter of the Wind by Suzanne Fisher Staples Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick Uglies by Scott Westerfeld

Battle of the Books

You never know what you will find!

Library Student Advisory Group. Blog about a great book! Page can be found on the Media Center website. Join the advisory group for dessert during your lunch period or a snack during study hall! Sign up in the library today!

BOOK FAIR The annual book fair will be held the week of October 20th. Evening hours will be Thursday from 6:00-8:00pm. Students will visit the fair with their English classes.