WG Pearson Middle Media Center

Battle of the Books, Jan 27

Hello BoB members!

Choose one of the following games to practice BoB questions and authors:

• BoB Battleship
• Authors Matching Games
• Who Wants to Be a BoB Millionaire? 
• BoB Matching Columns Game

October Monthly Report!

Check out what we’ve been up in the library in October!

To summarize:

• 431 books were checked out.
• 6th grade checked out the most this month! Nice job!
• 68 classes visited the library for reading and research.

BoB Meeting, October 21

Hi BoB members! During this week’s meeting, we will:

• Add books we’ve read to our book chart
• View book trailers:
• Mockingbird by Kathryn Erskine
• Road to Tater Hill by Edith Hemingway
• Play a hangman game with the book titles
• Log in to our Destiny Quest library catalog and review and recommend books!

August and September monthly report

Hey students, faculty, parents, and visitors,

Check out what we’ve been up to so far this year in the media center!

A quick summary of the stats for August and September:

Reading Stats

• 456 books were checked out
• I got 29 requests for books to be added to the library collection
• 8th grade checked out the most books!
• All 3 grade levels took the Scholastic Reading Inventory to learn their Lexile reading level. We will continue to use Lexiles to help us choose great books to read.

Research Stats

• 95 classes visited the media center
• 6th grade visited for: library orientation and book check-out, orientation to research, and ecosystem research
• 7th grade visited for: library orientation and book check-out, Excel and Glogster math project, All About Me culture brochure
• 8th grade visited for: library orientation and book check-out, NC lighthouse research, regions of North Carolina research, word origin research

Special Events and Misc. Stats

• The very helpful librarians at the Stanford L Warren branch of the Durham County Library came to sign students up for Durham County Library cards. We had 31 students apply for new cards! Thanks very much to Heather and Nicole for coming to visit us! See me in the Media Center if you didn’t get a chance to apply for a card.

Image credits and info:

• All photos are by me!
• Graph made using Create a Graph (excellent website for graphing, by the way)
• Durham County Library logo, durhamcountylibrary.org

First Battle of the Books Meeting!

Hi BoB members!

Today is our first meeting of the year, from 2:30-3:30 in the media center. I’m really excited to get started practicing with the team!

Today we will…

• Do an icebreaker/get to know each other activity
• Take a look at the BoB books
• Watch book trailers for the a few of the books:

• Moon Over Manifest book trailer
• A Single Shard book trailer
• Red Pyramid book trailer
• The Roar book trailer

• Play a game with the book titles
• And…eat some snacks : )

We will meet each Friday from 2:30 until 3:30, though February. See you there!

Welcome Back video!

If you liked the video I shared during library orientation, you can view it again! Also remember to visit Destiny Quest and use MyQuest to share book recommendations with your friends. (Your MyQuest log-in and password are the same as your DPS log-in and password.)

North Carolina Resources

original image licensed under creative commons

Hi 8th graders,

Here is a collection of North Carolina Resources I’ve put together to help with your social studies research! Don’t forget, we also have a collection of NC books in the Reference section, and you can always ask your friendly school librarian for help. : )

- Ms. Durbin

dayna.durbin@dpsnc.net

Streaming Video Resources for Teachers

Hi faculty members,

Although the district no longer subscribes to Discovery United Streaming, we do have access to some great (free!) video streaming resources. Below are ones I recommend:

• PBS Videos via NCLive (you will need a public library card to access)
• Google Video Search
• NeoK12
• WatchKnowLearn

Math

• Khan Academy

• MathTV (includes videos explaining math concepts in Spanish!)

Science

• NASA Multimedia Archive
• NatGeo (including videos on space, animals, and forces of nature)
• NOVA Online
• UntamedScience Biology
• Untamed Science Biodiversity

Social Studies

• Biography Channel 
• EASE History – Over 600 photos and video clips covering American history
• History Channel – video clips arranged by topic
• CNN Video Almanac – Important news events from the 80′s and 90′s
• NatGeo Video – click “People and Places” to view videos from various regions of the world

Current Events

• CNN Student News (excellent, 10-minute daily news program)
• Channel One (requires free registration)

If you’re searching for video clips on a particular topic, please feel free to contact me for help!

- Ms Durbin

dayna.durbin@dpsnc.net

6th Grade Social Studies – Intro to Research

Welcome, 6th graders! You’ll be visiting the Media Center during your social studies class this week and learning a bit about how to do research in the media center. Below are links to the resources I shared during class today:

• Introduction to Research Prezi (including True or False quiz!)
• Destiny Online Catalog

You will be coming back to the media center with your Language Arts classes in the coming days to get a more in-depth orientation to the Media Center and a chance to check out books!

Welcome Back! 2011-2012 School Year

Welcome back, Lions! I’m looking forward to seeing you all in the media center this year. Here are some exciting things to look out for this year in our library media and technology program:

• New books! We have great new titles from authors like Rick Riordan, Sharon Draper, Walter Dean Myers, RL Stine, and lots more.
• Expanded graphic novel collection – be sure to let me know which comic and manga series you’d like to see in the media center.
• Technology projects in your classes, like multimedia videos, podcasts, blogs, and more.
• Battle of the Books team!

Stay tuned for more information during library orientation in a couple weeks! You will be visiting the media center in your language arts classes. I look forward to meeting our new students and welcoming our “old” students back! : )

- Ms. Durbin, Media Coordinator