As No Child Left Behind is being revisited, please check out the SKILLs Act that requires a certified media specialist (instead of a crossing guard lady) in every school library. Only 60% of schools have a teacher-librarian. [begin sarcasm]Surprisingly [end sarcasm], those schools do lessons and other activities to enrich the learning experiences in the different subject areas.
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I got to hang out with P. J. Haarsma tonight at Barnes and Noble. His Virus on Orbis 1 is a fun read about kids running an entire spaceship until they are sold into slavery. Fans of Pendragon/Ender’s Game/Star Wars need to check it out. He’s really good friends with Frank Beddor (who was awesome when he visited our school) (and whose MMORPG cardsoldierwars.com just went into beta) and has a similar demeanor and personality. Â
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No, he is not my older brother. He decided to stand on a chair. I don’t know why.
This is for Pendola’s and Fraher’s 8th grade classes.Today you’ll be starting your D-Day blogs, taking on the role of a person involved in one of the biggest battles of World War II. You’ll be posting your writings in the Virtual Classroom for each teacher.Once you are enrolled, you can just go to core.gilbert.k12.az.us/virtualclassroom and log in with your school computer ID. If you have not used a Virtual Classroom before, you will need to set up your profile first.Â
“It’s nothing to worry about.”
It has been a while since I have read a book that has creeped me out SO much. Actual, physical chills. Unwind. If you’re not familiar with the book, it’s the near future (although they sell iPods at the antique store) and parents are now given the option to “unwind” their kids from ages 13-18. (“Unwinding” is donating body parts to people who would better use them.)
Bright Outlook
“How much do you know about the Heartland War?”Connor shrugs. “It was the last chapter in our history textbook, but we had state testing, so we never got to it.”
Bleak Future
I booktalked this book today. We already have 15 holds for this book and I think it’s gonna get bigger. This is a perfect introduction to books like Fahrenheit 451, Brave New World, Slaughterhouse-Five, and 1984.
“When pride comes, then comes disgrace; but with humility comes wisdom.”
We have been asked to create Valentine’s Day rose cards. Here is what we need:
This is the next big book, a la Lightning Thief and Ranger’s Apprentice. Vladimir is an 8th grade vampire searching for more information about his vampire dad and human mom.Very much alive
 The UndeadÂ
Not only are vampire books becoming more popular, this book would stand on its own, even if it wasn’t trendy to fear sunlight.Â
I love the new Destiny update for book checkout. Now we can see our top books being checked out (as well as the catalog being able to add starred book reviews – woo!).Here are our top ten books being checked out:
Continuing on with what we talked about the past couple of meetings with Flash, here is a platform game where the person turns around and a villain that is beatable.Provided by Magnetos from gotoAndPlay.it: Platform – saltas
Big news! I’d tell you I love you but then I’d have to kill you is finally back on the shelves. I booktalked this in August and today I checked in the first copy (of 15) that wasn’t on hold. And just in time. Ally Carter is visiting my library in February! (Woot)Â
Sharon Draper is a great author and Fire from the Rock is no exception. Sylvia is torn between changing the world and living a normal teenage life in 1957 Arkansas.
On Fire
Ice Cold
All in all a great book that students will love and Social Studies teachers will thank you for.
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