How many R.L. Stine books does the Escobedo library currently own? Use the skills you have been learning in library to answer this question. The first person that submits the correct answer to this post will win a FREE poster. Good luck…
Name: Nicole Ouro
Date: 10-21-09
Title: The Hunger Games
Author: Suzanne Collins
Genre: Fiction
Brief Summary: Katniss Everdeen is a young girl who took the place for her sister in the Hunger Games. The Hunger Games is an event when kids from all 12 districts get two kids to play in a battle to the death. The only reason this happens is because a long time ago, all the districts tried to overthrow the Capitol for their cruel ways. The rebellion lasted for a long time, and by the end a whole district, known as district 13, was totally destroyed.In the story katniss must fake a love with the other contestant from her district, Peeta. She must fake the love to stay alive. Katniss is taken on a wild adventure making not only enemies but also allies. Read the book to find out more than I can tell you!
The first person who answers this question by responding to this post will get a FREE book.
List the titles of ALL the American Library Association Teens Top 10 List books for 2009.
Good luck…
Next week, October 19th- 23rd we will be celebrating Teen Read Week. Make an effort to spend some extra time reading. In addition, we will have some special activities taking place in the library during both lunches.
Monday- Movie Monday. Grab your lunch and join us a we watch Goosebumps. Popcorn will be served. Only those who were chosen by their English classes will be admitted with their pass.
Tuesday- Book Trailers. Don’t know what to read next? We will be watching several book trailers for various titles. Don’t know what a book trailer is? It is a commercial that is about a book (just like movie trailers).
Wednesday- Gaming Day. We will have 30 laptops set up so that you and your friends can play online games. *Make sure you eat lunch first in the cafeteria because no food or drink will be allowed in the library that day.
Thursday- Board Games. All of the Esco library board games will be set out so that you and your friend can play them. Be ready to play with Mrs. Baca too.
Friday- Book Swap. Clean out your book shelves at home because we will be swapping books. Bring your books in by Thursday October 22nd so that you can get your entry raffle ticket (one per book). Then come on Friday, October 23rd to get yourself some new books for free (1 per raffle ticket).
Each day you will have DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) time in your ELA classes. Make sure you have a SSR (Sustained Silent Reading) book so you can participate.
Finally, Friday, October 23rd will will have Dress Up as you Favorite Book Character Day. Here the catch- you MUST carry the book that has the character you are dress as ALL day with you. Be ready to give a book talk about it too. *Remember the school dress code will be STRICTY enforced!
Have fun teens/ tweens and read those books!
Would you like a FREE BOOK? If so, be the first to respond to this post by answering the question correctly-
How many library books have been circulated from the first day of school through today (10/14/09 at 9:00am)? If your answer is within 100 books you will win a FREE b0ok pick from Mrs. Baca. Good luck…
Now through November 1st you can take part in the Reading Rocks Program hosted by our community partner 98.5 KLUC and 840 AM KXNT. Pick up a Reading Rocks card from the library and earn FREE prizes. Here is what you need to do:
1. Read a book.
2. Go online to Mrs. Baca’s library blog (found on the Escobedo website- The Escobedo Library- Mrs. Baca). Fill out the Reading Rocks Book Summaries form(blog entry below- scroll down this page)- Click fIll out my form, then the form will pop up. Fill it out completely and submit.
3. Bring your Reading Rocks card back to the library to redeem your prize. 1st book earns a FREE 8oz. serving of frozen yougart at Golden Spoon, 2nd book a FREE pass for 30 minutes of game play at Gameworks, and the 3rd book a FREE kids meal at Tropical Smoothie Cafe.
4. If you complete your card, you have a chance to win the Grand Prize Pack for your grade. Not really sure what that is but I’m bet it is good. (Last year, own very own Emily A. won an iPod and a backpack full of other prizes.)
5. Completed cards will be entered into a drawing for admission to the Escobedo Rock Band Party. That’s right, the library will be rockin’ and rolling at our exclusive Wii Rock Band party from during 1st and 2nd lunch on November 20th. During that time we will play the hit game Rock Band and discover the next Escobedo idol. The library will be closed for lunch that day and only those 20 lucky winners will able to join in on the fun. Good luck!
Now why wouldn’t you want to participate? Come on down to the library and get rockin’…
Save the date: Friday, November 6th from 6:30-10:00pm. Escobedo will host its first Crystal Palce Skate Night for the 2009-10 school year. Admission is $7.00 and includes: a slice of pizza or hot dog, drink, skate rental, and a night of family fun. Hope to see you there…
*Don’t forget your flier or student id. If you do you will be charged full price admission with no food or drinks!
Do you want a laptop? How about a FREE LAPTOP? If so, why not trying to win a FREE laptop? Here’s the catch: read books on the approved list (list located on the side tab- Pages- Reading for Laptops Intermediate/ Young Adult) and complete a book review. The book review forms can be found in the Escobedo library. Good luck!
*Remember last year Emily won the Grand Prize from the Reading Rocks program. You could be a winner too… The program runs until May 1st so start working on that reading list.
Pizza and books, what a combination! Here’s the scoop… Set a reading goal with your ELA teacher, meet the goal and earn a FREE Pizza Hut Pizza. That’s all. Ask your ELA teacher for details or go to
Have you read the 2010 Nevada Reader, Young Adult nominated book Beastly by Alex Flinn? If not, you should! It is a great modern day Beauty and the Beast type story. What’s even better is that I just found out that a movie is in production based on the book. The star studded cast includes: Vanessa Hudgens, Mary Kate Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris, and Alex Pettyfer. Check-out this site for details and a link to the official movie site:
http://www.themovieinsider.com/m4477/1/beastly/
On September 15, 2009 I held a blog training at the Clark County Librarians Association meeting. The objective of the training was to define what a blog is and how it can be utilized in the library setting. We explored the Edublogs site so that each librarian would be equipt with the tools to start their own free blog at a later date. It was my hope that we can build a community of CCSD librarians that will use blogs to communicate with their students, staff, community and other librarians. Below you will find some tools that were utilized during that meeting.
Video- Blogs in Plain English by Common Craft http://www.commoncraft.com/blogs
Getting Started with Edublogs Tutorial http://help.edublogs.org/getting-started-with-edublogs/
Handout- CCLA- Creating a Library Blog
The best blogging site to use for your CCSD library is an
_Edublog_ because the school filters allow access.
To create your FREE Edublog goto __edublogs.org__.
Cindy Baca’s Blog address _http://bacace.edublogs.org_.
6 Ideas for a Blog Post (3 Mine/ 3 Neighbor)
1. Quizzes
2. Book Recommendations
3. Links
4. Highlight New Books
5. Publicity for Bookfairs, Special Events (i.e. Teen Read Week)
6. Rules/ Procedures
Fun Blog Widgets
FREE Online Polls/Quizzes- http://www.proprofs.com/polls/
Pollydaddy- http://www.polldaddy.com
Online Forms- http:/wufoo.com
Voki- http://voki.com/
Twitter Literature- http://www.kidderlit.com/
Library Thing- http://www.librarything.com/
Visit Tracker- http://www.clustrmaps.com/
Music Playlist- http://playlist.com
List of Library Blogs- http://www.onlinecollege.org/2009/07/07/100-best-blogs-for-school-librarians/
If you attended the meeting what do you think about blogs? Edublogs? Are you going to create a blog for your library? If you have one, would you like to share it with us? What training would be beneficial in the future? Thanks for your time!
Have you seen the new movie trailer for New Moon? Many people saw it during the MTV music awards on September 13, 2009. If you have not seen it or want to see it again, click the link below. It looks so good… Enjoy!
‘New Moon’ trailer: Fans are gearing up
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