Student Book Recommendation

February 20th, 2009

Katie S.

The Devils Arithmetic

By: Jane Yolen

 

In The Devil’s Arithmetic Hannah is on her way to celebrate Passover with her family, because they are Jewish. She didn’t want to go with her family because she didn’t really like her religion and heritages traditions. When she gets there,  they play a traditional game, by opening the door she travels through time, where she ends up in a small village located in Poland around the time Nazi’s were there. She gets put in a concentration camp and she finally realizes what her family went through.

 

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How Many…

February 19th, 2009

Here is a new question for you to answer for a PRIZE. :)
How many blog posts have been made to the Escobedo Library blog for this school year, including this post? Let’s see who has the best math skills. Reply to this post to submit your answer.
If your answer is right, you will come see Mrs. Baca for your FREE Baskin Robbins ice cream.

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What’s New

February 19th, 2009

Just wanted to share a few new additions to this blog- to the right you will notice another column. I’ve added a new Page called Book Trailers. Go to the links  to watch commercials about different books. Hopefully, you will find something new to read. I’ve also added a Twitter called Kidderlit. The first lines of young adult books are posted (different ones each day), if you see something that sounds interesting you can click it. Then a link will take you to amazon.com so you can find out the title of the book and gather more information. Many of the titles are ones the Esco library owns, so before you decide to purchase it, come see if we have it at school. So what do you think about the new additions?

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Poetry Jam Sign-Up

February 18th, 2009

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Bristlecone Sign-Up

February 18th, 2009

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Scholastic Bookfair

February 17th, 2009

The next Scholastic Bookfair is coming April 15th through the 29th. This will be we our last bookfair of the schoolyear. So start saving your money and come join us in the Escobedo library.

Check-out our Scholastic Bookfair Homepage at http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/homepage/escobedo

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Storytelling/ Poetry Club

February 17th, 2009

On February 24th we will start a five week Storytelling/ Poetry Club. It will meet each Tuesday in the library with Mrs. Baca from 2:15-3:00pm. This is a great opportunity for those interested in the Poetry Jam and/or Bristlecone Storytelling Festival to prepare for the events. Anyone can join. Hope to see you there.

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CCSD Bristlecone Storytelling Festival

February 12th, 2009

 

The Clark County School District storytelling festival is an exciting, voluntary program offered to fourth through twelfth grade students. The students practice skills that support the district English/ Language Arts/Reading curriculum through the use of storytelling. Students present thier stories to thier peers who in turn vote on the two best storytellers to represent our school at the region festival. The Esco Storytelling Showcase will take place on April 1st from 2:15-3:15pm in the Escobedo Library. Voting will take place at that time. The Northwest region festival will be celebrated on May 11th and 13th, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Students who are interested in this activity need to see Mrs. Baca for more details.

Guidelines for the festival:

The heart of The Bristlecone Storytelling Festival is the school‐wide celebration of storytelling. The region festival is a continuation of this celebration and being chosen by one’s peers is an honorary accomplishment.

Participating grade levels: Fourth through twelfth grades -Participant format: Solo or Buddy

Maximum time for performance: Five (5) minutes

School contacts/ facilitator: Mrs. Baca

Categories for storytelling: Fairytales, Folktales, Legands, Tall Tales, Fables, and Myths.

All stories must be retold from published material.
Student tells story to school facilitator before school‐wide festival.
The use of props, music, costumes and puppets is not allowed. The focus is on the story, not the storyteller. Storytelling is an oral tradition, not drama. At the Region Festivals, students will tell their stories at a stationary microphone.
Stories should be told free of negative stereotypical characterization; therefore, it is recommended that accents and dialects not be used unless it is an integral part of the story.
Listeners choose who goes to the school‐wide festival.

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4th Annual CCSD Poetry Jam

February 12th, 2009

The 4th annual CCSD Poetry Jam will take place April 30, 2009. The Poetry Jam ishosted by the CCSD Library Services Department and held at the West Charleston Library Auditorium from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Middle school students will perform their original poetry at this event. This night will be full of inspiration and educational entertainment. Escobedo MS will choose 5 lucky students to represent our school. The Esco Poetry Showcase and voting will take place on April 2nd from 2:15 to 3:15 pm. If you are interested, see Mrs. Baca for more details.

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Student Book Recommendation

February 12th, 2009

 

Title: The Perfect Shot

Author: Elaine Marie Alphin

Summary: Brian has the perfect life. He has the perfect friends and the perfect girlfriend, until a mysterious murderer kills his girlfriend, her brother, and her mom. When Brian has a mysterious encounter with the murderer, he is told he cannot give any information away or he will kill them. Will Brian tell the truth and risk his life or stay quiet for the rest of his life? Read the book to find out!

From: Sam Chirdon- This book is really good. It has a mystery and it has basketball.

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Escobedo Library Amnesty Week

February 2nd, 2009

Listen up- next week, February 9th through the 13th the Escobedo Library will hold an Amnesty Week. If you have any overdue books, you can turn them in and get your late fees removed- no questions asked. This will only happen during this week so collect all of those late books and get them back to the library.

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PBS Great American Authors Activity Pack

January 27th, 2009

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Sea Life

January 22nd, 2009

Sea life clips

For the next few weeks the library will have another Museum Without Walls display called Sea Life. A Giant Clam and Green Sea Turtle Shell are just a few of the cool items you can see. Come by to learn more about the creatures of the sea and then check out a book to learn more.

*** Bonus- If you can be the first to answer the following 10 questions correctly about Sea Life you will get a FREE $5.00 Boarders gift card. Submit answers by commenting on this post. Good Luck!

Who Am I?

1. I can grow to be about 400 pounds. I have flippers instead of legs to help me swim. I am on the endangered species list for people want by skin and shell. Who am I?

2. I’m a small fish with a pouch that I use to protect my eggs and babies after they hatch. Who am I?

3. I have a little baby animal inside of me. The mother animal hangs me on a piece of sea weed and leaves me to develop by myself. What am I?

4. All that’s left of me is my skeleton. If I have the right kind of skeleton, people can use me to wash things. Who am I?

5. People drill a hole ib me and blow on me like a horn. I’m made by a big snail. Who am I?

6. Most people put me in the bird cage for the bird sharpens his beak on me. I am really the inside shell of an octopus- like animal. Who am I?

7. I build a tube around myself that I live in. It protects me from being eaten by other animals. Who am I?

8. The animals in my group sometimes look like pin cushions although we have a hard shell (called a test) and sometimes have spines that stick out all over. We belong to the sea star group. Who am I?

9. I puff myself up with air to protect myself. It makes my spines stand up and animals can’t bite me. Who am I?

10. I am a tiny animal related to the jellyfish and I can sting just like they can. I like to have many neighbors and we all build houses that attach to each other to form a hard, rock-like mass. Who am I?

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Library Blog Training

January 22nd, 2009

I have been fortunate to have been asked to provide a training about blogs during Staff Development Day to the CCSD Middle and High School Librarians. This post is for those librarians that attended the training.

The goal for the training is to allow Librarians the time to understand the basics of blogging, explore blogs created by educators, and determine how they see blogs fitting into their Library.

1. Visit the blogs of Librarians online. Determining how you see blogging fitting into your Library.

 

Blogs through Edublogs:

Go to http://www.edublogs.org . Towards the bottom of the page, you will see blog links. Click around.

Go to http://theedublogger.edublogs.org and click on the link across the top of the page called Check Out These Class Blogs

 

Other great blogs:

http://integratingtechnology.edublogs.org/

http://lgeslibrary.edublogs.org

http://libraryzen.com/wiki/index.php?title=LISZEN

Blog Help:

http://a3wp.edublogs.org/files/2008/01/edublogs_01-29r-2008.pdf

 

Advanced users:

Enter your blog and create a post for your kids to visit with a picture or video. Include a higher level thinking question that the students will respond to.

 

Create a post with some information pertaining to content currently being studied. Create a poll at http://polldaddy.com that relates to the information provided.

Create a library quiz based on information on a previous lesson or skill taught in your library at http://www.proprofs.com/quiz-school/create-a-quiz.php.

 

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eBooks

January 21st, 2009

The Esco library is proud to announce the addition of 65 eBooks to their collection. eBook stands for electronic book. Here is how they work: Log into Destiny, do a keyword search: eBook (this can only be done at school). When you find a title that you like, you need to click on it and then select the option Check-Out. This will download the title into Adobe Digital Edition. Then you can read it at that computer. The copy will remain there for three weeks and then it disappears.  Pretty cool stuff! This technology is new to the district so there may be kinks along the way. If you encounter a problem, please come see Mrs. Baca for assistance. Happy eReading!!!

*At the right hand column of this blog you will find the list of eBooks available at Escobedo (under the Pages section). Please note, only one eBook can be downloaded and checked out at a time.

*See Mrs. Baca if you do not know your Destiny login information.

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