Come to the Book Fair!

Summer Reading Celebration

Students who turned in their summer reading logs and/or sent a summer reading picture were invited to celebrate in the Media Center today.  Students were allowed to pick their own prizes - everyone could choose a hard cover book, two paperbacks, plus several "trinkets." Students who turned in both the log and picture received an extra hardcover book. AND twenty students had their name drawn to receive their choice of door prizes.  A good time was had by all!

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Back to School

We are back! The two big changes in the library this year are not things you can check out. Mrs. Shaw is now the Media Center Paraprofessional.  Mrs. King retired at the end of last school.  While we miss her, we are blessed to have Mrs. Shaw as she already knows the students and is quickly learning her way around the library.  The other change is that we have "gone green" and are no longer printing library cards for most students (kindergarten and pre-k do not check out yet and they might have cards). Students enter their student number (lunch number) on our new key pad. We can quickly look up students by name if they do not know this number, too.  So far, it is working very well and students seem to like it, too.

Summer 2015 Reading Pics

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We have had such a great time seeing what and where students and teachers are reading in the summer, that this has become an annual tradition. Whether your child participates in our summer reading program or not, please consider snapping a photo of your child reading this summer and email it to me. We will publish photos of students and staff enjoying their books on the Media Center Blog to encourage others to read. If the name of the book is not visible in the photo, please be sure and include it in the email! And if the picture is taken on a trip, try to include something in the background of the picture, so we will know where it was taken. It's always fun to see where our students and staff travel on vacation! Emailing a picture grants permission for use on the Media Center Blog. Students will only be identified by first name. Students will receive a special award for sending a picture (one prize per student). 

Students who complete and return a summer reading log will be invited to a Summer Reading Celebration when school resumes in August.  Forms and information were sent home with students the last week of school.  If you can't locate the form, the list may be written on any piece of paper or you can download it here.

Thanks!

Thanks to everyone who supported our BOGO book fair.  There were lots of great deals and I hope you were able to pick up some wonderful books for summer reading. Information about our summer reading program will be sent home with students next week. Pictured above: Monique is shopping the book fair to stock up on summer reading materials!

BOGO Book Fair

Our BOGO (Buy One Get One Free) Book Fair is coming on May 6th. We will be open during field days on the 6th and 7th, so if you are coming to watch your student either of those day, don't forget to stop in and see us!  We will close at noon on Monday, May 11th.  This is a great way to stock up on summer reading material!  Click here for more info!

Evaluating Web Sites

Fifth grade students have been learning how to evaluate websites. We use the simple to remember "Who,What,When,Where and Why?" method.  Even though we have lessons on the Internet and digital citizenship on a regular basis, it always surprises them somewhat to find out that they can't always tell a real website from a hoax on their own. When they used the 5 W's though, they did a better job of finding reliable sites that they can trust.

Brookwood Bird Cam

Update: 4/23/15
Sadly, a predator attacked the nest today taking off with three eggs and damaging the fourth. We have moved the camera to a classroom that is raising some baby quails.

Update: 4/30/15  We are NOT currently broadcasting. But if you click HERE, you can still watch some of the videos we recorded of the robin's nest. Look to the right of the video screen for a link to the recordings.



Our bird cam is live!


Live streaming video by Ustream


You can also watch it by clicking here. (FYI - There will be occasional commercials which we have no control over.I recommend just turning off the sound as there is not any sound for the bird cam.)

Donations Needed for the LFL

The Brookwood Library is working with the United Way to keep the Little Free Library (LFL) in Lakeshore Park stocked with books. If you have any books that you would like to donate, please send them to Mrs. Wagner in the Media Center. We can use all kinds of books - adult, juvenile, fiction, or non-fiction. Please send a note with the books that they may be used for the LFL. Thank you!

Kindergarten E-book added

Miss Hendon's Kindergarten Class has written an ebook and it can be accessed through our library's online catalog, Destiny Quest. The name of the book is "Colors at Lakeshore." Type the title in Destiny's search box, click on the book, and then click once again on "open" to read the book online. Enjoy!