Monday, October 22, 2007
Favorite activities of Teen Read Week
Video conferencing between the Library and several Language Arts class was a big hit. Students took turns telling jokes they found in books in the LMC.
The "Gross Fact" bookmarks made in health class and the "trick" photography from computer class were also big hits!
Friday, October 19, 2007
Teen Read Party!
Today students connected Reading for Fun with science, health, home arts, computer technology and art as well as language arts. They had a great time doing it. See for yourself!
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Students Your Input is Needed!
If we get the opportunity to restructure/remodel/redecorate the LMC what kinds of things would you like to see and use? Furniture, equipment, decor? Your suggestions are welcome and needed in order to make a room that meets YOUR needs.
Please keep in mind that we are talking about the physical setting.
Your comments are reviewed by staff for appropriateness prior to posting on the blog. Please wait until the next day to see if your post made it. If not you may try again.
Please keep in mind that we are talking about the physical setting.
Your comments are reviewed by staff for appropriateness prior to posting on the blog. Please wait until the next day to see if your post made it. If not you may try again.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Thursday's Reading Trivia Contest (for those of you who want to get a head start
Print a copy of this posting, answer the questions and turn it in to the LMC on Thursday, October 18th. You will get a treat and be entered in the Daily Reading Raffle. Majority of answers must be correct to win.
Health classes Research Gross Body Facts! What fun.
Then they created bookmarks that will be passed out to the entire school at the "Read for the Fun of IT" party. Here are some examples:
Home Arts is Making Funny Food
Here are just a few. They will all be displayed in the library on Friday for the All-School party - - even Dr. Stevens "BigFoot"!
All-School "READ for the Fun of it!"
This morning for the first 30 minutes of our day, basketballs did not bounce, computers were off, science thermometers stayed in boxes, musical instruments were in their cases, pots and pans remained in the cupboard, and even textbooks stayed under desks. Every student and teacher here Read for the Fun of it!
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
What is a Rubber Chicken Doing in the LMC?
Come and find this pesky chicken Tell the staff what he is doing and you will get a treat and be entered in the daily Reading Raffle! Remeber he likes to hide and he moves around.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
All School I-Got Caught Reading For The FUN of It!
Throughout the week teachers and staff members will be passing out I-Got prize coupons to students who were discovered reading for the FUN OF IT! Follow the directions on the slip to receive your prize and be entered in the Grand Prize Drawing. Rules for getting caught:
- Appropriate time; before/after school, lunch/rec, free time, etc.
- May not be during class instruction
- You must actually be reading (not pretending)
- You may be reading out-loud to friends
- May not be a textbook or magazine
8th Grade "My Favorite Book Ever"
Write a short review of your "Favorite Book Ever".
Include:
You may include a jpg image of the book cover.
Use your first name only on the post.
To submit your review just click "Comments". You may either type your review or copy and paste it from your word processing document. Submit by Friday Oct. 19 to be entered in the raffle. Before your review appears on the blog it comes to me for approval. Wait at least an hour before you check the blog for your posting,
Don't forget to print a copy and turn it in to your LA teacher for credit, include your regular classroom paper heading.
Include:
- Title
- Author
- Quick summary
- Why it is your all time favorite
You may include a jpg image of the book cover.
Use your first name only on the post.
To submit your review just click "Comments". You may either type your review or copy and paste it from your word processing document. Submit by Friday Oct. 19 to be entered in the raffle. Before your review appears on the blog it comes to me for approval. Wait at least an hour before you check the blog for your posting,
Don't forget to print a copy and turn it in to your LA teacher for credit, include your regular classroom paper heading.
7th Grade "Say it Your Way!" Contest
Internet Slang Short Story Contest-- a humor-themed short story contest, written using internet slang & IM. Dream it up, clean it up, and submit your best story.
Every entry receives a small prize. Teen Advisory Board members will help with the judging and select the Grand Prize Winner. The winning story will be published on the Library Teen Read Week blog. Rules:
1. Writers must be current Glen Crest 7th grade students.
2. Short stories can be no longer than 500 words.
3. Slang MUST BE SCHOOL APPROPRIATE! A list of slang terms may be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases
BEWARE they are not all school appropriate
4. Stories must be typed and double-spaced.
5. Put the title and page number of your story on the top of each page.
6. Type your name, your age, the title of your story and your phone number or e-mail address on a separate piece of paper and turn it in with your story. Do not put your name on your story so it will be judged equally with other entries.
7. Turn your stories in at the LMC.
8. Deadline is Friday, Oct 19. No exceptions.
FYI
1. Wikipedia should NEVER be used as a resource for school assignments. Please discuss with your class why:
Wikipedia is a great place to start if you know nothing about a topic but you should verify any information you want to use in credible, reliable reference sources.
2. Internet Slang and IM abbreviations are not appropriate in school writing:
Every entry receives a small prize. Teen Advisory Board members will help with the judging and select the Grand Prize Winner. The winning story will be published on the Library Teen Read Week blog. Rules:
1. Writers must be current Glen Crest 7th grade students.
2. Short stories can be no longer than 500 words.
3. Slang MUST BE SCHOOL APPROPRIATE! A list of slang terms may be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Internet_slang_phrases
BEWARE they are not all school appropriate
4. Stories must be typed and double-spaced.
5. Put the title and page number of your story on the top of each page.
6. Type your name, your age, the title of your story and your phone number or e-mail address on a separate piece of paper and turn it in with your story. Do not put your name on your story so it will be judged equally with other entries.
7. Turn your stories in at the LMC.
8. Deadline is Friday, Oct 19. No exceptions.
FYI
1. Wikipedia should NEVER be used as a resource for school assignments. Please discuss with your class why:
- Not written by credentialed/authoritative authors
- Information is not reviewed for truth or accuracy before publishing
- ANYONE can edit any article
- Most High schools and Universities will fail the paper if Wikipedia is the source
Wikipedia is a great place to start if you know nothing about a topic but you should verify any information you want to use in credible, reliable reference sources.
2. Internet Slang and IM abbreviations are not appropriate in school writing:
- Internet slang is undesirable and intolerable in real world communications
- These bad spelling habits will stay with them. Eleventh- and 12th-grade teachers are forced to teach elementary grammar and spelling, because they are receiving English papers from their students where "you" is spelled "u," "are" is spelled "r" and the incorrect homonym of a word is used all too often.
- There is a time and place for brevity and coding, but if they are communicating with an audience who may not understand their abbreviations, it's better to write in the standard fashion.
- It could be confusing. The purpose of writing is to communicate, so it shouldn't be used if it gets in the way of getting a message across.
- There may sometimes be reasons to use the truncated language "authentically and purposefully" in a piece of writing, but that this should be a deliberate decision by the writer and should make sense to the audience.
6th Grade Cartoon Contest
2 of the Best!
In class you will be given this cartoon created by our new Art teacher Mr. Stachon or you may download it here. Write a funny caption about what is going on. Color it. Bring it to the LMC.
Your job is to create the funny captions, dialog for the cartoon.
Remember it must be school appropriate.
Turn it in to the LMC or your LA teachers by Thursday, October 18. Get a treat and be entered in the Daily Reading Raffle!
Winning cartoon will be posted here.
