Media Matters
Chatham Middle School Media Center - Volume 2, Issue 3
Read it Forward!
Books that have an audio component
Great Resources
OpenEd is a k-12 resource library that integrates with Google Classroom. If you find a resource that you want to use in OpenEd, you can assign it to your students in Google Classroom. You can search by standards in OpenEd as well.
Beyond Powerpoint...
Thinglink - If you or your students are looking to create interactive presentations, Thinglink is a great tool. The teacher account provides 500 images. Thinglink allows users to "create interactive news photography, maps, posters, family albums, infographics, and more.
PowToon - Students can create an animated video clip that is up to 5 minutes in length for free!
Battle of the Books
6th Grade Battle Books
The Underdogs by Mike Lupica
How Angel Peterson Got His Name by Gary Paulsen
A Dog's Life: An Autobiography of a Stray by Ann M. Martin
Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key by Jack Gantos
Rump: The True Story of Rumpelstiltskin by Liesel Shurtliff
My Teacher is an Alien by Bruce Coville
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate
The Dark Stairs by Betsy Byars
The Breadwinner by Deborah Ellis
Riding Freedom by Pam Munoz Ryan
Ungifted by Gordon Korman
Escaping the Giant Wave by Peg Kehret
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
11 Birthdays by Wendy Mass
Because of Winn DIxie by Kate DiCamillo
7th and 8th Grade Battle Books
The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John Ritter
They Cage the Animals at Night by Jennings Michael Burch
Marley: A Dog Like No Other by John Grogan
Surviving the Applewhites by Stephanie S. Tolan
Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin
Shabanu by Suzanne Fisher Staples
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
When You Reach Me by Rebecca Stead
Chasing Vermeer by Blue Balliet
Al Capone Does My Shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
Sleeping Freshman Never Lie by David Lubar
Stormbreaker by Anthony Horowitz
Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Drums, Girls and Dangerous Pie by Jordan Sonnenblick
Uglies by Scott Westerfeld
October's Top Circulated Titles
2. A Mango-Shaped Space by Wendy Mass
3. The Recruit by Robert Muchamore
4. Wonder by R.J. Palacio
5. The Scorch Trials by James Dashner
6. Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family & Fighting to Get Back on the Board by Bethany Hamilton
7. Allegiant by Veronica Roth
8. Divergent by Veronica Roth
9. The Eye of Minds by James Dashner
10. If I Stay by Gayle Forman