Happy Summer!!!
THANK YOU ALL! terrific book fair and loads of new books to process. I will also be adding the new AR tests as soon as they come in, new books, new tests.
You should all know the Book Fair raises funds for the library as well as giving us tons of free books. The spring fair provided us with over $1,600 worth of FREE books for the library!! It's a great way to help out the whole school while giving your child the gift of reading.
Check your child's backpack for the instructions on how to take part in the READ for The RECORD, a new and exciting way to keep reading this summer.
Thank you for your support!
Valerie Baldwin
Media Specialist
Felix A. Williams Elementary
More Important News
Again, and as always, thank you for your support with reading
Your book crazy Media Specialist,
Valerie Baldwin
The new 2010-2011 Sunshine books are everywhere, Barnes and Noble, the public library and our school library. Please check out the link below for more information and the list. We also have a list on bookmarks for all the students. We would like to encourage the parents to read them along with the kids, there are some good ones this year. If a parent reads one please send in a note with your child to give to me, the media specialist, and I will put them on my list. The students will have their names on a chart in the library and they get a sticker for each Sunshine Book that they read and take an AR test on and pass with an 80 % or higher. After reading 3 they will receive a Sunshine State Readers pencil and they will be eligible to vote for their favorite in the spring. After reading 8 or more they will be invited to our ice cream social at the end of the year. We will have a fun quiz and prizes. If they want to participate in our NEW Shine Book Bowl they will need to read at least 12 of the 15. More news on that coming this fall. For now, just start READING!
http://myssyra.org/ the brand new list is here!... This is the official site but here is the link for the 3-5 list we use here at school.
2010-2011 Sunshine Book List 3-5
Here are the other summer reading lists, some great books and series for all grade levels. Feel free to check out a year below or above depending on your readers ability, the point is just READ!
Elementary Summer Reading List
Middle School Summer Reading List 2010
NEWS YOU CAN USE
I will continue to hold Page Turners Night once a month for next school year. I would love for you all to come on by, read some books, take some AR tests and talk about books. I think we may even have some refreshments in the side room with some help for our terrific PTA!!
In addition to that 4th grade will be performing some Readers Theater for our listening pleasure on selected nights The dates of the Page Turners Nights are in your school calendar and listed here as well.
Dates : TBA
Keep Reading!
Mrs. Baldwin
Thank you to all of our library volunteers this year, because of you we have more time to read, plan, and teach in the library instead of just putting books away!
Thank you for you support!
Our new library catalog is available for viewing on the web. This is a great way to see if we have the book you are looking for before you come to the library. Also listed are some great author websites. The visual search is a work in progress so please be patient as we set up the various categories. Just follow the link below and choose Felix A. Williams Elementary.
Click here to see our school catalog! FAWE Card Catalog
Remember: K, 1 and 2 may check out one book for one week. 3, 4 and 5 may check out two books for one week. Students may always “re-new” their books if they are not finished by the due date. The AR computers in the Media Center are available for taking AR tests 7:30 – 2:15. There are updated AR tests on the AR link- look for new quizzes as of October 08. If you can't find a test just come and see Mrs. Baldwin and we will see if we can get it for your child. This goes for book recommendations as well.
See Mrs. Baldwin for grade level recommendations or check out the summer reading lists on this website. The lists stay basically the same from year to year but we do add new titles as we discover them. If you have read a great book that you think is missing from one of our lists, please let Mrs. Baldwin know so we can add it to the appropriate list. There are so many great books being released that we can't possibly read every book, (but I try!) for every grade level so we count on help from the kids, parents, teachers, other Media Specialists, and the American Library Association. We would really appreciate your input.
READING PROGRAM LINKS
Summer Reading Lists 2009 NEW!
ONLINE RESOURCES
What goes on in the Media Center?
The Media Center at Felix A. Williams Elementary School is designed to meet the needs of students, parents, and faculty by providing a wide variety of materials to supplement the elementary curriculum. Our goal is to promote reading and provide access to information. The Media Center is designed to provide a fun, friendly, learning, atmosphere. Students are welcome to visit the Media Center at anytime during the day for book check out and return. There is also scheduled book check out one time a week for each class.
The Media Center provides many instructional resources and services for teachers and students besides the library books you may see coming home. Some of these services include: Computer Lab on the Related Arts rotation, reference and research skills lessons for 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade during library scheduled block, story time and a mini lesson for k, 1st, and 2nd grade, AR assistance throughout the day, FCAT instruction for all groups, AV equipment and set up for classroom use, Professional Library materials for teachers, video and listening library, book sets, laminating, computer support throughout the school, maintenance and cataloging of the library collection, reading promotions using the Sunshine State Reader program, fundraising (for more great books and computers!) through Book Fairs and Magazine Sales, Sailfish News Network daily school news broadcasts, and the maintenance of this great website. Most importantly, the media center and its staff strives to foster lifelong love of literature and reading in all students that come through our doors.