January 2014
HMS Library Media Center
John Newbery Medal Month
This month has been exciting as we have prepared for the Newbery announcement on Monday, January 27th. It turns out we have 173 Newbery Medal and Honor titles in our library. That is a very impressive collection! Mrs. Jane Austin did a fabulous job keeping this library filled with award-winning books.
Students took the challenge of reading Newbery Medal and Honor books this month. Some students even read a more recent Newbery and an older Newbery to do a compare/contrast.
Students were pleasantly surprised to go through the list and see how many Newbery winners they have already read. They also started making "to read" lists for books that interested them.
In the first full week of circulation, 171 kids took Newbery books out! This means that about 1/3 of our population was reading Newberys!
We have Newberys dating back to 1924!
Sign to promote Newberys to kids and adults
A Way to easily Get Newberys back on display
What We've Been Learning
- John Newbery Medal and Honor books 1922-Present
- Summarizing
- Creating book recommendations using Tellegami or 30 Hands apps
- Search strategies
Creating Tellagami book recommendations
Writing summaries
I can statement
What needs to be included in summary
Example of a summary
Our Shelves Were Filled to the Brim with Newberys!
I can...
Search Strategies
Putting the Search Strategies into Practice
Ms. Wilson's Independent Research
Graphic Novel Gurus at Work
Artists in Training
Library Statistics
Between January 1-January 31
Total Books: 11,575
Total Circulations: 3,031
Total Holds Placed: 104
Featured Resource
- Tellagami
- 30Hands
To see examples of 30Hands, go to http://hamdpendmeadowslibrary.weebly.com and click on the technology tab.
Looking Forward
During the month of February we will be focusing on the Rhode Island Children's Book Award nominees. Students must read at least 3 to vote during the first week of March.
2014 John Newbery Medal Winner - Flora and Ulysses by Kate DiCamillo
It begins, as the best superhero stories do, with a tragic accident that has unexpected consequences. The squirrel never saw the vacuum cleaner coming, but self-described cynic Flora Belle Buckman, who has read every issue of the comic book Terrible Things Can Happen to You!, is the just the right person to step in and save him. What neither can predict is that Ulysses (the squirrel) has been born anew, with powers of strength, flight, and misspelled poetry — and that Flora will be changed too, as she discovers the possibility of hope and the promise of a capacious heart. From #1 New York Times best-selling author Kate DiCamillo comes a laugh-out-loud story filled with eccentric, endearing characters and featuring an exciting new format — a novel interspersed with comic-style graphic sequences and full-page illustrations, all rendered in black-and-white by up-and-coming artist K. G. Campbell. -from Amazon review