Our media center has been buzzing with activity this year!
Our 6th Grade explored Elements of Fiction through writing
their own picture book, used SAS in Schools Technology to write
a short story, researched ancient Greece,and participated in Book Passes
in various themes.
Our 7th Grade have selected novels for book reports, researched Middle
Eastern Conflict using a Pathfinder and writing their problem/solution
paper on the topic.
8th Grade learned about a Colonial Trade through extensive research and
discovered hands-on non-fiction elements through interactive stations.
Our school-wide literacy initiative is moving ahead with lots of staff
development on reading, vocabulary and writing strategies. We are training
our staff to be highly qualified teachers who employ instructional technologies
for engaging, 21st Century lessons. So far this year, teachers have gotten
instruction or refreshers on SAS in Schools, Destiny OPAC, Today's Meet chat tool and SMARTboard training for our classroom SMARTboards. Every room has one now!
We just started a new method of getting books into the hands of our students.
Students in all grade levels visit our media center at least once each three weeks
to have access to text they choose. We share our reading experiences through
Destiny's rating system, displays and signs. Currently, our staff members are displaying "What I Am Reading" signs throughout the building. The idea is to share
great books and other forms of text with out students, showing them that literacy
lasts a lifetime!
Our Battle of the Books team is in full-swing, hoping to raise our
performance standing a few more notches this year! We are reading and
creating questions, then using technology to dig deeper. During our last
meeting, students used remote responders to answer questions about five
of the books on our list. We will be working with Voice Thread to summarize
stories after the winter break.
The Stage Crew has gotten their introduction to the audio and video equipment in our gorgeous auditorium. We will continue working toward the goal of working independently and effeciently to produce and broadcast in-school events.
We are excited to welcome 6th and 8th grade in December to explore the Middle
Ages and the world's Oceans through research and project-based learning. We have
guest speakers planned to talk about sound and technologies of video games. What
will January bring to our media center?
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