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What's Up in the LMC in February?

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Help to build our kindness heart, pay it forward with kindness, do a random act of kindness, whatever it takes to make someone feel good and we'll leave a chain trail!
Kindness strips will be in your classrooms and the LMC. Deposit them in the Kindness bucket and watch our friendships grow!

Space Out with a Good Book
Reading Incentive Program,
January 5-February 20

Click HERE
for an online copy

Spaced Out With a Good Book
The top reading class in each grade gets their astronaut for the next week and a planet patch is added to the astronaut's sleeve. Our goal is 4,530 hours!

Match Lincoln's qualities to book characters we know

Extra Credit for Music
Click HERE for the website

Pick up the listening lesson worksheet on the circulation desk!

Black History Month

Read a Biography

Would you like to go see
Jeff Kinney
author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw?

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

Saturday, February 7 at 2 PM
at Beebe Elementary School

Take a chance for a ticket. We have 2 to give away by Friday February 6th. Fill out the form on the circulation desk

Vote for your favorite Monarch nominated book!
You must have read at least 10 to qualify to vote.

 Monarch Award nominated books
Photo taken by Webographer Derek

Ballots will be distributed to classrooms. Teachers, please send extras to the LMC.

Here Comes the
SCIENCE FAIR!

Friday, March 20th


For ideas visit these sites...

Elmer's Science Fair
Canada Wide 2009 Virtual Science Fair
San Francisco's Exploratorium

Science Fair Project Resource Guide
ZOOMsci
Discovery Education
get the username and password in the LMC

Favorite Books So Far this Year
According to AR

2F Mr. Putter & Tabby Pick the Pears
2HE The Tale of Desperaux
2HX Henry and Mudge Get the Cold Shivers
3F Clifford at the Circus
3MA Stink the Incredible Shrinking Kid
3MO The Invention of Hugo Cabret
4A Ginger Pye
4S Caterpillars by Helen Frost
4V Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
5M HP and the Order of the Phoenix
5P Ginger Pye
5S HP and the Prisoner of Azkaban

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!

2nd Graders and Everyone Else Too! You can submit a book review online
Reading a magazine in the LMC
Photo taken by Webographer Alex
AND, you can read them here too!

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Clow Cougars CARE
www.marketday.com
Help Market Day
give us $250 in new books

Online orders need to be placed by
February 7th

Winnebago County Animal Shelter & ADOPT NEEDS




Let's All be SOLDIERS' ANGELS
Click above for a list of needed items

Send a Get Well Card to an injured soldier
Send an online thank you card to the troops

 

Willy Claflin
February 10th

Part II of Clow's Storytelling Festival

Naperville Reads

Dan Gutman
Click on Mr. Gutman's picture to learn more about him
Third graders will be seeing Dan Gutman on February 10th as part of the Naperville Reads Celebration

Dan Gutman

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

Genre Illustration Guidelines

 Non Fiction
 
 

February's Genre is Biography

 1 winner  per grade level
QUALITY MEANS EVERYTHING!

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

Play it SAFE on or near railroad tracks First Place: Notebook Computer
Second Place: $250 Gift Card
Third Place:
$100 Gift Card

The posters have been sent! GOOD LUCK!


Calling all Clow Young Authors

Clow Young Authors
Photo taken by Webographer Jacob

The PawPrints Publishing Center
Stop by the LMC and get your picture taken for the Young Author bulletin board! Get your books ready for the Young Author Program. They are due by February 6th to be considered.

Accelerated Reader Recognition
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Earn a certificate to an
Old Country Buffet Restaurant
Take 5 AR quizzes with 90% or better!

Top Grade Level Point Earners
Highest Percentage Earners

Clow Cougars Make a Difference

Please collect old cell phones & empty printer cartridges
Recycle!!!
Photo taken by Webographer Matt

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

They're worth
$.10 each
Contest for a class prize and family movie pass for student participation.

Classroom contest extended to February 27

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

 

Bright Ideas.....

We should have a place in the LMC where you can work on papers from your classroom or from the circulation desk.
Let teachers have a break and settle down with a good book during their lunch break.
We should have the Clow icon on the blue screen so we could click on that and it would lead us to Clow's homepage.
We should get more initials!
We should have recycling bins for water bottles.
If someone earns lunch in the LMC, can they bring pop?
We should have the full series of Warriors: the New Prophecy, #8, 9, 10 of the Pendragon books and Tomas Rivera books.
Get more SOFT chairs.
Make all of the Magic Tree House books all AR.
Make new suggestions either by adding to the suggestion box on the circulation desk or on our website in the Bright Idea section. Don't forget to include your name and class.

Animal of the Month

Northern Hairy-nosed WombatThe Northern Hairy Nosed Wombat
Photo from http://www.greenexpander.com/2007/10/01/the-10-rarest-animals-in-the-world/
Write a quality fact based story about a northern hairy nosed wombat and earn 3 initials on your library card.
 

 Webographers
Name your photos ASAP and get them to Mrs. Frett!

New cameras are HERE
Photo taken by Webographer Mrs. Frett
New cameras are HERE :-)
4th & 5th grade Webographers will be invited to stay after school to get them unpacked and set up.
Don't forget...Webographer Wednesdays!

Take Photos for our Yearbook!!!

3rd, 4th & 5th Graders ONLY
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We're working on an instant messaging type of tool and will let you know soon...
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. It's done :-)
Post homework assignments (3rd graders?)
Write the Clow Kids News with your friends

Be Safe on the Internet

 

 Internet Safety Game to play for FUN!

LMC Info

KINDNESS: Pass it on!
Recycle greeting cards in the LMC
Shelf Caretaker Recognition
Guess What Winners...
4 NEW alert sounds with our circulation system
Assorted LMCenter Activities

Art Music PE
Photos taken by Webographer Maggie
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