Mrs. Leach's sixth graders are very excited about a collaborative blogging project with Ms. Haraz's classes in New Jersey. Mrs. Mellott contacted fellow Librarian Mz. Haraz after discovering she was looking for a school to blog with. Mrs. Mellott's blog is entitled What Are You Reading? And Ms. Haraz's blog is entitled Reading Reflections. Mrs. Mellot, Mrs. Leach, sixth grade LEAD classes and Ms. Haraz's classes will be blogging about books they have read and commenting on each others posts. Everyone is looking forward to seeing what their peers are reading in another state and discussing the books. Palmyra students are wondering about the New Jersey students and the beach while the NJ students are wondering about living near Chocolatetown, USA...but we have to discuss the books first.
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=340875 What Are You Reading?
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=178285, Reading Reflections
Friday, March 25, 2011
Monday, March 7, 2011
Book Fair Fever!
This year during Valentine's week the Palmyra Area Middle School library hosted a Scholastic book fair. Students had the opportunity to purchase books, posters and school supplies to support the library. Justin Bieber posters were a hit with the girls but students also showed their love for books with enough purchases for the library to earn over $2,000 in Scholastic dollars. Our Scholastic dollars will be used to purchase new books for the middle school library!
Horton and some other Dr. Seuss characters are on display in the library. The library celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2 with Mrs. Hoover reading her favorite Dr. Seuss book The Cat in the Hat. Mrs. Mellott read The Boy on Fairfield Street about Dr. Seuss's early years. Green Eggs and Ham was read to sixth grade lunch bunch book club and Mrs. Mellott was surprised by how many students could still recite many of the lines, "I do not like them Sam I am."
As part of Unified Arts Day for Eighth grade, author Debra Moffitt will be spending some time here at Palmyra Area Middle School on Friday March 11th. Mrs. Moffitt has written a series for middle school girls entitled The Pink Locker Society. Check out Mrs. Moffitt's website to read the first chapter of Only Girls Allowed and some other cool stuff.
http://www.pinklockersociety.org
Horton and some other Dr. Seuss characters are on display in the library. The library celebrated Dr. Seuss's birthday on March 2 with Mrs. Hoover reading her favorite Dr. Seuss book The Cat in the Hat. Mrs. Mellott read The Boy on Fairfield Street about Dr. Seuss's early years. Green Eggs and Ham was read to sixth grade lunch bunch book club and Mrs. Mellott was surprised by how many students could still recite many of the lines, "I do not like them Sam I am."
As part of Unified Arts Day for Eighth grade, author Debra Moffitt will be spending some time here at Palmyra Area Middle School on Friday March 11th. Mrs. Moffitt has written a series for middle school girls entitled The Pink Locker Society. Check out Mrs. Moffitt's website to read the first chapter of Only Girls Allowed and some other cool stuff.
http://www.pinklockersociety.org
Friday, January 7, 2011
Janurary
Palmyra Middle School library was pleased to host a high school student for a shadowing day, as this student plans on becoming a school librarian. :)
Mrs. Mellott read The Librarian's Night Before Christmas and The Giving Tree in Mrs. Leach's classes. Students wrote on scraps of wrapping paper something that they could give and an inspiring bulletin board was created.
Many new titles were purchased at the Scholastic warehouse sale and have been flying off the shelves.
The Lunch Bunch book club has started meeting on cycle days 2 and 3. Students bring their lunches to the library and discuss the books they are reading. Many students received new books for Christmas as well as a few Kindles. Here is a site using podcasts and web videos to get students excited about reading: www.bookwink.com
The library is continuing the reading promotion Fun Fridays:
January 14th There's snow better time to read: where white or snowmen shirts
January 21st Penguin Day: wear black and white
January 28th Chill out and read: wear scarves and winter hats
Mrs. Mellott read The Librarian's Night Before Christmas and The Giving Tree in Mrs. Leach's classes. Students wrote on scraps of wrapping paper something that they could give and an inspiring bulletin board was created.
Many new titles were purchased at the Scholastic warehouse sale and have been flying off the shelves.
The Lunch Bunch book club has started meeting on cycle days 2 and 3. Students bring their lunches to the library and discuss the books they are reading. Many students received new books for Christmas as well as a few Kindles. Here is a site using podcasts and web videos to get students excited about reading: www.bookwink.com
The library is continuing the reading promotion Fun Fridays:
January 14th There's snow better time to read: where white or snowmen shirts
January 21st Penguin Day: wear black and white
January 28th Chill out and read: wear scarves and winter hats
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