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Samantha Gibson
WOODLEAF ELEMENTARY
Zip Code: 27054
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Welcome to Woodleaf Elementary's Library page!




Media Specialist-Samantha Gibson


GROW-LEARN-DREAM-SUCCEED!!

Thank you to everyone that came and supported our Scholastic Book Fair! We made 113% of our sales goal! 

Important Dates and News:


October 28- Early Release Day

October 31-Required Teacher Workday 

November 8- Literacy Night 6:00-7:30

November 9- iRead t-shirt designs due

November 11-No School-Veteran's Day

November 16- iRead project due

November 21-25- No School

21-22- Required Teacher Training

23-25- Thanksgiving Break


2011-2012 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees: Picture Books

 

Barton, Chris. Shark vs. Train. NY: Little, Brown. 2010.
Brennan-Nelson, Denise. WillowChelsea, MI: Sleeping Bear Press. 2008.
Donaldson, Julia. What the Ladybug Heard. NY: Henry Holt & Company.2009.
Hill, Laban Carrick. Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, SlaveNY: Little Brown. 2010.
MacLachlan, Patricia. I Didn’t Do ItNY: Katherine Tegen Books. 2010.
Perry, John. The Book that Eats PeopleBerkeley: Tricycle Press. 2009.
Ramsey, Calvin. Ruth and the Green Book. Minneapolis, MN: Carolrhoda Books. 2010.
Rosenthal, Amy Krouse. SpoonNY: Disney/Hyperion Books. 2009.
Sattler, Jennifer Gordon. Sylvie. NY: Random House Children’s Books. 2009.
Sauer, Tammi. Mr. Duck Means BusinessNY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2011.
Stein, David Ezra. Interrupting ChickenSomerville, MA: Candlewick Press. 2010.
Willems, Mo. City Dog, Country FrogNY: Hyperion Books for Children. 2010.
 

 

2011-2012 North Carolina Children's Book Award Nominees: Junior Books

 

Angleberger, Tom. The Strange Case of Origami YodaNY: Amulet Books. 2010.
Appelt, Kathy. Keeper. NY: Atheneum Books for Young Readers. 2010.
Bemis, John Claude. The Nine Pound HammerNY: Random House. 2009.Gidwitz, Adam. A Tale Dark and Grimm. NY: Dutton Children’s Books. 2010. 
Kehret, Peg. Runaway Twin. NY: Dutton Children’s Books. 2009.
Law, Ingrid. Scumble. NY: Dial Books for Young Readers. 2010.
Lord, Cynthia. Touch Blue. NY: Scholastic Press. 2010. 
Scieszka, Jon. SpaceheadzNY: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers. 2010. Singer, Marilyn. Mirror, Mirror: A Book of Reversible VerseNY: Dutton Children’s Books. 2010.
 Van Cleve, Kathleen. DrizzleNY: Dial Books for Young readers. 2010.
 Vanderpool, Clare. Moon Over ManifestNY: Delacort Press. 2010.
 Wiles, Deborah. Countdown. NY: Scholastic. 2010.
 

NC Elementary Battle of the Books 2011-2012

Title

Author

How Tia Lola Came to (Visit) Stay

Julia Alvarez

The Penderwicks

Jeanne Birdsall

The World According to Humphrey

Betty G. Birney

The Summer of the Swans      

Betsy Cromer Byars

Dear Mr. Henshaw

Beverly Cleary

Extra Credit

Andrew Clements

Free Baseball

Sue Corbett

Kenny & The Dragon

Tony DiTerlizzi

A Strong Right Arm

Michelle Y. Green

Princess Academy

Shannon Hale

Turtle in Paradise

Jennifer L. Holm

Blue

Joyce Hostetter

Where the Mountain Meets the Moon

Grace Lin

Rules

Cynthia Lord

Hatchet

Gary Paulsen

The Cricket in Times Square

George Selden

I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912

Lauren Tarshis

The Dollhouse Murders

Betty Ren Wright



 Visit our Scholastic Homepage to shop for books from the book fair before, during, and after the book fair! 

Go to http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/woodleaf and click on the blue book that says Shop the Book Fair Online!


Please contact me if you have questions or concerns!

Email me!

School: 704-278-2203

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Websites:

Copyright:

http://www.cyberbee.com/cb_copyright.htm- for kids!

http://copyrightkids.org- for kids!

http:www.copyright.gov- for adults

Math practice:

firstinmath.com

Practice your weekly spelling words:

Spellingcity.com

Kidsspell.com



Math facts practice:

http://www.mathfactcafe.com

mathmagician

xtramath.org


Fraction game:
cross_the_river

Making Halves

Matching Fractions

Typing practice:

http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/

EOG sample questions (prepare for 3rd grade):

www.ncpublicschools.org/accountability/testing/eog/sampleitems/reading


Explore the white house:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/kids/

National geographic for kids:

http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/

Time for kids:

http://www.timeforkids.com


Poetry websites:

www.poetry4kids.com

http://www.gigglepoetry.com/

All About Books:

www.kidsreads.com

Christmas 

http://www.claus.com/reindeer/index.php

http://www.northpole.com/

   


 














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