08.20.07
Posted in For Teachers and Students at 10:32 am by Kitty Forbus
On Tuesday, August 28th, David M. Sargent, Jr. will visit Watwood. Mr. Sargent is a children’s book author from Fayetteville, Arkansas. He has written several stories about his furry friends, who will also visit our school! Mr. Sargent will share stories from his Doggie Tales series, his Feather Tails series, and his Best Friends series. He will have his books for sale and will autograph all books purchased. Look for more information to be coming home during the next few days.
You can click on his name below to visit his website.
David M. Sargent, Jr.
The following new AR tests have been added for his books.
Glenda Goose 4.3
Hoot Owl 5.0
Hummer Hummingbird 4.7
Kitty Hawk 4.9
Pammie Pigeon 5.0
Penny Penguin 5.3
Petie Pelican 4.3
Pinkie Flamingo 4.6
Sandy Sea Gull 4.9
Speedy Roadrunner 4.5
Storky Stork 4.4
Tin Wren 4.7
Tom Turkey 4.6
Vera’s Talent 2.2
Vicious Vera 2.4
Autumn’s Emergency 2.1
Buffy’s Anger 2.0
Buffy’s Haircut 1.8
Buffy’s Revenge 2.3
Emma’s Law 1.3
Guard Dog Mary 2.5
Portia’s Prank 1.9
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08.16.07
Posted in For Teachers and Students at 7:38 am by Kitty Forbus
Have y
ou read any good books lately? Are you reading one right now? Post a comment and recommend a good book to our readers. One lucky person will win a free book!
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08.15.07
Posted in For Teachers and Students at 9:31 am by Kitty Forbus
Welcome back for the 2007 – 2008 school year. I’m so excited to see everyone again. I truly believe each year we are together, things just get better and better.
Over the summer, I placed many new books on the shelves. In the Easy section you’ll find a lot of new low level AR books. In the Fiction section, many Caldecott and Newbery Award winning books found a home. The Nonfiction section grew in the 500s as some new dinosaur books have been added to the collection.
Come in and see for yourself all the books that are just waiting to be read!
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03.07.07
Posted in For Teachers and Students at 11:44 am by Kitty Forbus
That’s right! It’s time once again for the book fair, and we are in full swing, or swim, that is! Catch the reading wave and come join in the fun! The book fair will be open Wednesday, March 7th – Friday, March 9th and Tuesday, March 13th – Thursday, March 15th. The final day of the fair we will hold Fantastic Thursday! Anyone who brings in an adult to shop can register for prizes to be given away at the end of the fair. Over 70 prizes will be given away, so come in and register to win! See you on the Book Fair Beach!
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02.02.07
Posted in For Teachers and Students at 2:13 pm by Kitty Forbus
At the American Library Association’s Midwinter Conference in Seattle, Washington, the ALA literary awards were presented.
Susan Patron, author of The Higher Power of Lucky, and David Wiesner, illustrator of Flotsam, were the winners of the John Newbery and Randolph Caldecott medals, respectively. For more information on the recipients of these two awards visit http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2007/january2007/newbery07.htm
For a complete list of the ALA literary award winners visit www.ala.org/mw07winners
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Posted in For Teachers and Students at 11:53 am by Kitty Forbus
The following information is from the American Library Association:
Whether you’re looking for information on current leaders in the African-American community, black celebrities and popular culture icons, the history of slavery, or biographies of history’s most powerful and influential black leaders,these sites will help you find the resources you need:
Encyclopedia Britannica’s Guide to Black History http://search.eb.com/Blackhistory
Lessons to celebrate Black History Month http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson221.shtml
Black History educational resources from teachervision.com http://www.teachervision.fen.com/black-history-month/black-history/6602.html
Black History Month Lesson Plans http://www.lessonplanspage.com/BlackHistoryMonth.htm
Black History from Biography.com http://www.biography.com/blackhistory/
Black History Month resources from ReadingRockets http://www.readingrockets.org/calendar/blackhistory
African American World, by PBS http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aaworld
Celebrating Black History http://www.time.com/time/reports/blackhistory
PBS series “African American Lives” http://www.pbs.org/wnet/aalives/index.html
Culture & Change — Black History in America http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory
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Posted in For Teachers and Students at 10:34 am by Kitty Forbus
Amidst rumors of blogspot.com being blocked by some school systems, I have moved the site of our media center blog to edublogs.org. This is a blogging site for educators and should present no access problems.
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On Tuesday, August 28th, David M. Sargent, Jr. will visit Watwood. Mr. Sargent is a children’s book author from Fayetteville, Arkansas. He has written several stories about his furry friends, who will also visit our school! Mr. Sargent will share stories from his Doggie Tales series, his Feather Tails series, and his Best Friends series. He will have his books for sale and will autograph all books purchased. Look for more information to be coming home during the next few days.
