4th Grade students examine the credentials of information providers (authors, editors, organizations) for five different online sources and rank the trustworthiness and authority of these providers:
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8th grade students discuss their books during English/Library Literary Circle. The two books being discussed here are:
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
and
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson.
2016 Middle School Library DO YOU KNOW BOOKS Game Show will take place on Friday, May 13th, in the Martin Theater. All 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students are invited to participate in the contest. Read these books and answer multiple choice and short-answer questions to earn points! The winners from each grade will receive gift cards from Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, or iTunes.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman: Travel into an Alternative Universe with Lyra who goes on dangerous and exciting journey to save her friend who was kidnapped by a group of experimental scientists.
The Prince of Fenway Park by Julianna Baggott: Journey with Oscar into the past and try to break the secret of the curse that actually lies deeply under Fenway Park.
Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster: Accompany Milo into the land of quirky places like Digitopolis and Castle in the Air to rescue the princesses of The Kingdom of Wisdom.
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson: You can adventure into many different magical worlds with Henry through the hundred curious cupboard doors on his attic room walls.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: Take a nonsensical and head-spinning trip with Alice into Wonderland and meet all sorts of odd and funny characters along the way.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle: Follow Meg on a quest through the universe to rescue her father who mysteriously disappeared when working on a project based on the concept of Space & Time Travel.
2016 Middle School Library DO YOU KNOW BOOKS Game Show will take place on Friday, May 13th, in the Martin Theater. All 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students are invited to participate in the contest. Read these books and answer multiple choice and short-answer questions to earn points! The winners from each grade will receive gift cards from Barnes & Noble, Amazon.com, or iTunes.
The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman: Travel into an Alternative Universe with Lyra who goes on dangerous and exciting journey to save her friend who was kidnapped by a group of experimental scientists.
The Prince of Fenway Park by Julianna Baggott: Journey with Oscar into the past and try to break the secret of the curse that actually lies deeply under Fenway Park.
Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster: Accompany Milo into the land of quirky places like Digitopolis and Castle in the Air to rescue the princesses of The Kingdom of Wisdom.
100 Cupboards by N.D. Wilson: You can adventure into many different magical worlds with Henry through the hundred curious cupboard doors on his attic room walls.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll: Take a nonsensical and head-spinning trip with Alice into Wonderland and meet all sorts of odd and funny characters along the way.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeline L’Engle: Follow Meg on a quest through the universe to rescue her father who mysteriously disappeared when working on a project based on the concept of Space & Time Travel.
120 students in 4th, 5th, and 6th grade participated in this year’s Do You Know Books! A quiz show based on their knowledge of the titles chosen by the middle school librarians.
After several competitive rounds, the following students emerged as the top winners:
3rd Place:
Farnsworth House: Charlotte & Natasha
Noble House: Joshua & Graham
Vogelsang House: Lily & Zoe
2nd Place:
Vogelsang House: Gavin & Alejandro
1st Place:
Gordon House: Ellis & Gus
3rd Place:
Fedonchik House: Oliver & Max
2nd Place:
Neubauer House: Dylan & William
1st Place:
Perry House: Lily & Leyla
Congratulations!
The Middle School Library Game Show for 4th and 5th grade students, DO YOU KNOW BOOKS?!, will be back in the spring of 2014.
This year’s titles are all beloved children’s books that were adapted for the Big Screen:
| The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman  |
Holes by Louis Sachar  |
| Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien  |
The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien  |
| The Wizard of Oz by Frank Baum  |
City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau  |
Students in 4th and 5th Grade, once again, you can enter and compete in the Middle School Library’s Annual Game Show: Do You Know Books! This year, all the titles are the FIRST book in a series.
The date of the Game Show is March 18th, 2011. Read them all, answer up to ten questions correctly and win prizes! You can enter the show by yourself or with ONE partner. Official registration of Do You Know Books will start in March.
This is the list of books:
| AUTHOR | TITLE |
| Bosch | The Name of This Book Is Secret |
| Card | Ender’s Game |
| Collins | Gregor the Overlander |
| Coville | My Teacher Is an Alien |
| Coville | Jennifer Murdley’s Toad |
| Danziger/Martin | P.S. Longer Letter Later |
| Gantos | Joey Pigza Swallows the Key |
| Gutman | The Million Dollar Shot |
| Keene | Secret of the Old Clock |
| McKay | Saffy’s Angel |
| Pierce | Alana: the First Adventure |
| Riordan | The Lightning Thief |
| Rowling | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone |
4th Grade students examine the credentials of information providers (authors, editors, organizations) for five different online sources and rank the trustworthiness and authority of these providers:
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8th grade students discuss their books during English/Library Literary Circle. The two books being discussed here are:
Salt to the Sea by Ruta Sepetys
and
I’ll Give You the Sun by Jandy Nelson.
The 7th grade students visit the Middle School Library once a month to select independent reading materials under in various genres or themes. The theme for November was Young Adult Realistic Fiction. Each student picked out a YA novel. After having read the novel, each student analyzed the themes and literary elements common to most young adult realistic novels in a written paragraph.
They returned to the library and shared their books in a speed-summary activity. In randomly assigned pair, one student summarized his or her novel first in 45 seconds while their partners listened. They then switched roles.
After the first round, new partners were paired up and students had to summarize the same books but within 30 seconds. The final challenge was to produce a summary that captured the most essential parts of the novel in 15 seconds. This is to prepare for their next assignment: writing a pithy summary for a free-choice book — fiction or nonfiction. (Inspiration of the next assignment came from the very short annotations for American Library Association’s Notable Books for Children Lists.)
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