January Media News

Happy new year everyone! 

The students are back and ready to read! We still need VOLUNTEERS in the media center to help check out books, shelve them, and other odd jobs that I am challenged to get done so that I can spend more time planning lessons for the kids!  Please stop by to set up a regular volunteer time, or just stop in instead of waiting in your car at pick up time!

Book to Movie Recommendations

 It's true that the book usually IS better than the movie! Encourage your kids to read the book BEFORE they are allowed to see the movie.  Coming out or out in the theaters now is:

HUGO based on The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick

The War Horse based on the book The War Horse by Michael Morpurgo. 

The Adventures of Tin Tin, based on the book The Adventures of Tin Tin by Hergé.

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes based on the book The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle. 

The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn based on the Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer (Young Adult)

 Link: to How To Raise a Lifetime Reader

http://www.commonsensemedia.org/new/how-raise-reader?utm_source=newsletter01.12.12&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=feature1

Find out more about Battle of the Books!

Students form teams of 3 to 4 and divide a list of books that have been selected by local area media specialists from the Archdiocese. Students compete in a schoolwide event in the Spring, and the final competition takes place in May! This is a wonderful way to assure that your student reads all year.

Alternate Tuesdays from 3:00 - 3:30 are the times that Battle of the Books teams from 4th and 5th Grades meet in the media center.

 Here is a link to the Battle titles for each grade:

 http://www.sjnrcs.org/MediaCenter/BattleoftheBooks0708/tabid/544/Default.aspx

Birthday Books

     Check out the SJN website under Media Center, and find out how you can celebrate your child's birthday and also contribute to the school community!

Here is a link to more information:

http://www.sjnrcs.org/MediaCenter/BirthdayBook/tabid/545/Default.aspx

                                  DATABASE ACCESS 

If your student wants to do research from home, they will need to bring home the database passwords that allow them to go on to the database.  Every student has been given the passwords to take home.

Here is our newest database!

http://tfx.grolier.com/splash 

 

Michael Sullivan :

teacher, librarian, chess instructor, author, storyteller, expert on boys and reading.

http://www.talestoldtall.com/B4B.html

   Michael  has compiled lots and lots of books that are successful with boys!  Take a look at some of the many books that will appeal to the young male reader in YOUR family! 

Using the Dewey Decimal System

 When you take your student to the public library, encourage he or she to locate their own book by using the Dewey numbers, or the first three letters of the author's name in the fiction section.