Media News

Book Club Information 2008 - 2009

I am very excited about the book club, and look forward to seeing your child there.  Book Club will start in September and will be forfourth and fifth grade students.  The students will come to the media center at dismissal where  we will have a snack for the students.  Please make sure your child has read the book before coming so that you will be ready to discuss the story with the group.  Between five and ten students will be selected from the group to participate in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl.  The selection of the students on the team will be based on attendance and knowledge of the books read.More information about the Helen Ruffin reading Bowl can be found at http://www.dekalb.k12.ga.us/hrrb/ The list of books we will read is also on this website under the "Elementary Booklist" link on the right hand side.  The selection of the students on the team will be based on attendance and knowledge of the books read. 

Book Club Dates 2008 - 2009

All days are Mondays.  Book Club times are from dismissal time until 3:15.

September 29

October 27

November 17

December 15

January 12

March 2008 Author

During the month of March we will celebrate Dr. Seuss as America recognizes "Read Across America" on Monday, March 3.  After we honor Dr. Seuss, we will learn about Tomie dePaola and enjoy reading some of his books.

April 2008 Book Club

K-2 book club will meet Monday, April 21.  Please ask your child to bring their favorite book.  We will wrap-up the year by creating our own book.

3-5 will meet on Monday, April 28.  Your child may bring their favorite book to share.  I hope the students will get some ideas for summer time reading.  We will also preview the books for next year's Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Competition Team.

March 2008 Book Club

K-2 will meet Monday, March 24.  The kindergarten and first grade students should read a book by Dr. Seuss before they come.  Second graders should read a book by Dick King-Smith before they come.

3-5 book club will meet Monday, March 31.  The students should read a classic novel before they come.

February 2008 Book Club

The K-2 students will not have a meeting during the month of February. 

The 3-5 students should read a book by Avi.  We will meet Monday, February 11.

Atomic Learning

Teachers, if you have not tried Atomic Learning you should check it out.  This tool will give you step be step instructions for software help, while you are following along.  If you are in the middle of a project and forget how to do the next step, Atomic Learning can walk you through.  At school, go to the support page.  Click on Instructional Technology on the left-hand side.  Atomic Learning will be a link on the right-hand side of the new page.  You do need a password to get in.  See me and I can get you started.

January 2008 Author of the Month

In January we will learn about Jan Brett.  She travels around the world to do research before writing her books.  In addition to drawing pictures to support the main story, she includes borders on the side of the page that have pictures adding additional information about the supporting characters, and sometimes gives a preview as to what will happen on the next page.  We will also learn how Mrs. Brett uses her pets and the people around her to pose as the characters in the books.  It is fun to look at the real person or pets photographs and compare them to what she has drawn in the book.  Jan Brett has a fantastic website.  You can visit it at http://www.janbrett.com

January 2008 book club

We will not have a book club meeting in January.  The ten students that were chosen to represent Addison in the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl will meet to practice on Monday, January 14.  The actual county competition is on Saturday, January 26 at Osborne High School.  You are invited to support our students at this county competition.

December 2007 Author

This month we will learn about Lois Ehlert.  She uses items from around the house to create collages.  We will do this same activity, after we read the book Snowballs.  We discuss how she uses the triangle to create animal faces in the book Mole's Hill.  After reading the book the students will be given  the outline of an animal with a triangle face to create a picture.