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December 2007


What's Up in the LMC?

 
How does your family celebrate? Bring in a display to share a holiday celebration.

Fantasy Fun
The Genre of the Month is Fantasy

You have the book titles and call numbers, come up with their authors. Use the patron catalog to help you or just browse the shelf and earn 4 bonus books toward becoming a library lover :-)

How About a Little Gingerbread?

Fill in the important parts of any story on a gingerbread boy . Color him in and put him in the green bin. He will appear on the bulletin board of tasty cookies.

Attention Kids!
Contest!!!
Now it's your turn to express yourself!

Pick the entry form sheet on the circulation desk, fill in the information on the back and create a self-portrait. Be as creative as possible and feel free to use any medium you prefer. Check the poster in the LMC for prizes.
Deadline December 23rd.

December 18th, Part II of our 2007-2008 Storytelling Festival
Brian "Fox" Ellis
Welcome Brian "Fox" Ellis

Monarch Reading Time is HERE!
As you read a Monarch book, fill out a butterfly with your name, class, and the title.


Put your butterfly in the green bin and watch it fly to the bulletin board.

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Clow Cougars CARE
Operation Care Package
Congratulations for CARING

Getting ready for the holidays means helping people in need. Help us to decorate the trees in the LMC with books for needy schools.
Let's Say THANKS in support of our troops!
Click on this link with your mom or dad and send a thank you card.

 

Tyson ProductsContest
The annual box tops, Campbell's labels/UPC
codes & Tyson labels contest has begun!
Help your family and/or class win!
Watch the thermometer in the LMC go UP!



Pick up a new tracking sheet on the circulation desk!

Library Lovers

CONGRATULATIONS
LIBRARY LOVERS!!!

 Who will record our December circulation alert sounds?

Young Authors
Published authors, stop by and get your photo taken for the Young Author's bulletin board in the music room hallway.

 
Pick up a Jobsheet on the Circulation desk or print one from our website.

Webographers at Work!

Reminder...Webographer Wednesdays are for naming photos. Put disks and envelopes on Mrs. Frett's desk when finished. Webographers should be taking learning and teaching photos of their own classrooms, not others.
Pick up the Photo Contest flyer on the circulation desk.

Bright Ideas.....

*We should have more AR books
*Have a place for kids to just sit with each other in a circle and talk about books.
*The LMC needs autobiographies.
Make new suggestions either by adding to the suggestion box on the circulation desk or on our website at the Bright Idea section.

Grades 2-5

Rush to Read with THE Chicago RUSH
Click here for information on 2008 Rush season tickets
Read 4 books, take 4 Accelerated Reader quizzes, get at least 90% and WIN
a ticket to a Chicago Rush Football Game!!!

Staple the 4 quizzes together after your teacher sees them and write RUSH of the top sheet. Put them in the green bin and you will get them back with a Chicago Rush bookmark attached. That means that your name is on the list for a ticket :-)

5th Graders ONLY
Be a Book Angel!

Anderson's needs our help gift wrapping books for needy children.


If you're interested, sign up on the circulation desk to help this Sunday, December 9th from 10-noon at Anderson's. A permission slip will go home with details.

4th Graders ONLY
Please complete a psychological survey and put it in the green bin.

Morning Book Discussion for
3rd - 5th graders

In December, share your thoughts about
magical stories
Sign up in your classroom ASAP

Morning Book Discussion

In January, sign up to read and share
The Wright 3

3rd Annual "MyHome:
The American Dream" Contest

Answer the question -
What makes our house a home?

Be a grand prize winner and win a  $2000 cash prize!

Deadline December 7, 2007

Get Your Own
Official Web License

Follow the trail at http://pbskids.org/license/index.html and prove to us that you
know how to be safe on the Internet

Put your license in the green bin and we will recognize your efforts at What's Up!

Try your luck at
Understanding the URL Address LMCenter Activity

Pick up the sheet and visit these websites then follow the directions

Contest
The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

Choose your favorite caption from an illustration in the book written by Chris Van Allsburg. Use the caption as a first line or a last line in a creative story about the illustration. Stories will be judged on the following criteria: creativity, story elements, and grammar and spelling. Submissions must be received by January 15, 2008.

The winner receives a complete autographed set of Chris Van Allsburg books.
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/features/harrisburdick/

LMC Info
We have access to a new website database! Don't forget to use your search strategies :-)
Net Trekker
get the username and password in the LMC

Art Music PE
K



1st
2nd Kandinsky from http://www.latifm.com/artists/Kandinsky_Wassily.html 
http://www.latifm.com/artists/
Kandinsky_Wassily.html
3rd  
4th 4 Styles Box 

Impressionism, Surrealism, Pointillism, Cubism
5th
www.virginia.edu/.../undergr
admajor.htm


Accelerated Reader Recognition
In For Lunch Bunch!
Top Point Earners
Most Quizzes Taken
100%

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