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December
What's Up in the LMC?

Bring in a shelf top display of the holiday your family celebrates!

Joy of Giving

Draw and color a picture of a gift that you would like to give to someone special! We'll add it to our wall display.

Clow Kids Book Club
2nd & 3rd / 4th & 5th Graders
Sign up on the circulation desk

Kids in the club choose the book and the entire club reads it. Everyone who signs up, gets an invitation!

Recommendation Station
Write a recommendation on a lined post-it when you read and return the book

We'll put it on display and your friends can read what you wrote and check it out!
Get Library Lover initials for each one!

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Clow Cougars CARE
Winnebago County Animal Shelter & ADOPT NEEDS

Let's All be SOLDIERS' ANGELS

Send a Thank You Card or
New Year Greeting to our Soldiers

Andrea's Angels and Anderson's Bookshop

Looking for a home for your gently used books? Add them to our book tree!

The Book Fair is HERE!

Shop online with
The Anderson Book Fair Company

Genre Illustration Contest
And...last month's winners are...

	Photo taken by Webographer Konlin
December's Genre: FANTASY 1 winner per grade level QUALITY MEANS EVERYTHING!

READ, READ
as Much as You Can!
Books are GREAT says the
Gingerbread Man!

Add a gingerbread man to our bulletin board for each book you read this month!
Complete the Gingerbread Man Glyph too!

Dewey Lottery
And...the winner is...

What do you think the spine label should say on a new book? Examine the book for clues!
Everyone who solves the Dewey puzzle is a WINNER!

CONTEST Grades K-5

Design a QUALITY safety poster
Contest rules on the circulation desk

Calling all Clow
Young Authors

Stop by the LMC and get your picture taken for the Young Author bulletin board! Get your books ready for the Young Author Program.

Accelerated Reader Recognition

Earn a ticket to a Chicago Rush Football Game, take 5 AR quizzes with 90% or better!
Top Grade Level Point Earners
Highest Percentage Earners
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Illinois Go Green Contest
If every American changed their light bulbs to Energy Efficient bulbs, and turned down the thermostat 2 degrees in the winter, we could save 500,000 barrels of oil a day!
Which classroom changes the most light bulbs in October and November?

Collect the wrappers in your room and write your class name on each one. The class with the most, wins :-)
AND the WINNER is...

Clow Cougars Make a Difference

Help us earn $$$$ for new cameras
Please collect old cell phones & empty printer cartridges

Photo taken by Webographer Matt

Continue to Collect
Box tops, Campbell's labels/UPC codes & Tyson labels!

They're worth
$.10 each

Library Lovers

How do you become a Library Lover? Clow Kids want to know!

Bright Ideas.....

	Put note cards by the Dewey Wall so that you can write down the number.
	We should have a scanner nest too.
	Students should be able to check books out for research.
	We should have complete sets of series books.
	Bring a friend to lunch in the LMC for Library Lovers.
	There should be reading zones in the LMC.
	Students need to spend more time in the courtyard because we spend so much time making it better and never actually get to enjoy it.
	We should have more Dear America books.
	We should have a garbage can in the LMC.
	Get the Spy Force series.
	Get Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth.
	More books that will help us learn foreign languages in the LMC.
	More Choose Your Own Adventure books. Make new suggestions either by adding to the suggestion box on the circulation desk or on our website in the Bright Idea section.

Webographers
Webographers are working!

Name your photos ASAP and get them to Mrs. Frett!
Don't forget...Webographer Wednesdays!
Take Photos for our Yearbook!!!

4th & 5th Graders ONLY

	How do you know when someone else is on BlackBoard?
	Make suggestions to improve our online community like... We should have a homework blog where we can ask questions about our homework if we get confused.
	Post homework assignments and MORE
	Write the Clow Kids News with your friends

Be Safe on the Internet
Print a certificate and prove that you know how to be safe on the Internet!

Internet Safety Game to play for FUN!

LMC Info

	LMC Map Winners
	Shelf Caretaker Recognition
	Guess What Winners...
	4 NEW alert sounds with our circulation system
	Assorted LMCenter Activities


Photos taken by Webographer Maggie
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All clipart from Microsoft unless otherwise noted

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