GMS Media News
September 2015
Placing Books on Hold!!!
If you have signed up for a book during one of my book talks, or if you have come in and put a book on hold, we will be emailing you letting you know that your book is available. Please be checking your Google mail accounts!!! After we email you, you will have three days to stop in the library and claim your book! If you do not come in, we will move on to the next person on the wait list!!!!
Book Fair! Book Fair! Book Fair!
Our fall book fair will be from October 26th - 30th! I'm very excited about the great selection of books featured in the fall fair! There truly is something for everyone! This year, not only will we be hosting a physical book fair in the library, but we will also have an online fair with tons of exciting products for K-12! Our online fair will be open for shopping from October 18th thru the 31st! If you purchase online, your books will be delivered to you here at school! Follow the link to shop!
Overdrive: New and Noteworthy!
By now, everyone should be able to use Overdrive without any problems! If you are having trouble checking out a book on Overdrive, please come see Mrs. Scribner during Bengal Den!
Check it out! Check it out! Check it out!
September's most checked out book on Overdrive was The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney. It was followed closely by Rick Riordan's book, The Son of Neptune. Divergent by Veronica Roth came in third. Be sure to check those out!!!
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw by Jeff Kinney
The Son of Neptune by Rick Riordan
Divergent by Veronica Roth
September's most checked out books from our GMS library are:
The Testing
By Joelle Charbonneau
By Joelle Charbonneau
Sunny Side Up
By Jennifer L. Holm
By Jennifer L. Holm
Love Letters to the Dead
By Ava Dellaira
By Ava Dellaira
Book Club News!!!
Our 6th grade girls book club is reading Counting by 7s by Holly Goldberg Sloan.
Our 7th grade girls book club is reading Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead.
Our 8th grade girls book club is reading Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway.
Our GMS boys book club is reading I Am the Weapon by Allen Zadoff.
It's never too late to join one of our book clubs! We meet during Bengal Den, and most of our discussions take place on Google classroom!
Our 7th grade girls book club is reading Goodbye Stranger by Rebecca Stead.
Our 8th grade girls book club is reading Emmy & Oliver by Robin Benway.
Our GMS boys book club is reading I Am the Weapon by Allen Zadoff.
It's never too late to join one of our book clubs! We meet during Bengal Den, and most of our discussions take place on Google classroom!
World Book Online
You can access our school's World Book Encyclopedia Online from any device and from your personal computer at home. Just visit the link below! Our username is tigertigerhome and our passoword is studenthome.
Check out these new books!
Auggie & Me: Three Wonder Stories
For those of you who loved Wonder, here is the newest book by R. J. Palacio! You don't want to miss this new Auggie update!
Hit Count
This is the newest book by sports writer, Chris Lynch! If you love football, this one is a must!
Roller Girl
This book is for all my kids that loved Smile and Drama. Definitely, check out this new graphic novel!
Be a Piece of the Puzzle!
Feel free to visit the library during Free time Fridays or after lunch and help us work our giant puzzle! We just finished a 1000 piece Disney puzzle! Great job to everyone who puzzled with us!!! Our next puzzle has a fall theme!
A few of our finest puzzling away!
Our finished project!
Our next challenge!