Watwood Media Center

Six Flags Read to Succeed

Kitty Forbus — Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:16:50 +0000

Once again, Watwood is participating in the Six Flags Six Hour Reading Club. This program is designed to enhance the language arts curriculum by encouraging students to read. Every student who completes six hours of recreational reading before February 22nd , tracks this reading time with a reading log, and submits the signed verification form will receive a certificate of participation in the program and a FREE ticket to Six Flags! Certificates and tickets will be given in May at Awards Day. The reading verification forms were sent home with students in December. See Mrs. Forbus if you need a new one. Happy reading everyone!

The Book Fair is Here

Kitty Forbus — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 17:54:16 +0000

Attention all!! The Scholastic Book Fair has arrived and will be open December 10th -14th during the school day. The Book Fair will also be open Tuesday, December 11th from 5:00-6:00 prior to the beginning of PTO at 6:00. As always, one day during the week is set aside to encourage parents, grandparents, and the like to shop with our students. Thursday is Terrific Thursday. Students who bring an adult to shop during the morning will be able to register for prizes to be given away Thursday afternoon. Prizes include books, posters, pencils, erasers, and much more. We hope to see you this week at the Scholastic Book Fair Blizzard!

Christmas Bookmark Giveaway

Kitty Forbus — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:01:36 +0000

To get you in the Christmas spirit, the media center will be giving away a free Christmas bookmark to anyone who posts a response on the blog or visits the media center and tells me you read about the giveaway on the blog. Merry Christmas and Happy Reading!

Image: “Christmas Decorations.” Dizzy Girls’ Photostream. 28 November 2007. 28 November 2007. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dizzygirl/2071705746/in/photostream/

Happy Thanksgiving

Kitty Forbus — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 20:27:20 +0000

I wish you all a very happy Thanksgiving! May you enjoy your time with family, never forgetting all that we have to be thankful for!

PowerPoint Books

Kitty Forbus — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:51:56 +0000

Special thanks go out to Miss Arrington’s father for the donations he recently made to our school. We really appreciate those in the community who support our school through their generosity. Of special interest to our teachers might be two books donated to the media center – PowerPoint Workshop for Teachers by Janet Caughlin and Step by Step Microsoft PowerPoint Version 2002. Come by and check them out!

Keep Those Books Circulating

Kitty Forbus — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 15:54:39 +0000

Circulation statistics in our media center show increases each year. Hooray! That means we are reading more and more books. The more you read, the more you know. Watching the books fly off of the shelves is a wonderful thing! Just remember when you finish reading the book to return it to the media center so that others can read it as well. Parents, check with your students on a regular basis to make sure they are reading and returning books. Overdue notices are sent to the homeroom teachers on a regular basis, so students are aware if they have books to be returned.

Got Pizza?

Kitty Forbus — Thu, 01 Nov 2007 14:29:51 +0000

I hope everyone is working hard to reach their AR goal for the second nine weeks. The reward for reaching your goal is a PIZZA PARTY! Many of you enjoyed last nine weeks’ ice cream social. Get busy reading and racking up those points!

Leo the Library Mouse

Kitty Forbus — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 14:24:23 +0000

Kindergarten students were introduced to Leo the Library Mouse this week. Leo lives in the library and helps teach students about book care. He has developed a coloring book that he shares with students to show them the proper ways to care for books. Students learn to wash their hands before reading a book, to use a bookmark instead of folding the pages of book, to do artwork on pieces of paper rather than in a book, to keep books away from younger brothers and sisters, and many more book care rules.

Locating Books in the Easy Section

Kitty Forbus — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:54:34 +0000

First grade students spent the week learning to locate specific books in the Easy section of the media center. They learned that books are shelved in alphabetical order by the author’s last name in both the Easy and Fiction sections. Students also identified the appropriate shelf to search if they had written a book that was housed in our media center.

The classes discussed some of their favorite authors and how to find books by that author. The students pictured are completing a cut and paste activity practicing alphabetical order.

Constitution Day

Kitty Forbus — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 20:29:06 +0000

Second grade students in Mrs. Logan and Mrs. Ritchie’s classrooms visited the media center during their Constitution Day studies. Students visited the website www.constitutionc en ter.org and completed an activity to restore the wording in the Bill of Rights. The activity allowed students to identify the rights that the people of Freeville were exercising in their daily activites.