next Lunch Bunch

The next Lunch Bunch will take place on Monday, February 11. Miss Linda from the public library will be here to book talk some titles and teach you a craft. Don't forget to sign up in the Media Center!

Evaluating Websites Activity

Hi Ms. Sobieski's classes,

Here are the links for the evaluating websites activity.



Topic #1: Women and AIDS
Link 1: Global Coalition on AIDS
Link 2: AIDS Facts

Topic #2: the Holocaust
Link 1: Institute for Historical Review
Link 2: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Topic #3: September 11 terrorist attacks
Link 1: After 9/11
Link 2: National September 11 Memorial & Museum

Historical Fiction month

Looking for something to read? The library's genre of the month is historical fiction. Read books for prizes! Any fiction book that's set in a historical time period counts. Here are just some of the books available in our library:

Al Capone does my shirts by Gennifer Choldenko
The best bad luck I ever had by Kristen Levine
The book thief by Markus Zusak
Bound by Donna Jo Napoli
The boy who dared by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
Catla And The Vikings by Mary Nelson
Chains and Forge by Laurie Halse Anderson
Copper sun by Sharon Draper
Crossing Stones by Helen Frost
Cursing Columbus by Eve Tal
I Survived... series by Lauren Tarshis
Mississippi Trial, 1955 by Chris Crowe
Moon over Manifest by Clare Vanderpool
Once and Then by Morris Gleitzman
Riot by Walter Dean Myers
Ruby Red by Kirsten GierA Single Shard by Linda Sue Park
A stolen life by Jane Louise Curry
Three Rivers Rising: a novel of the Johnstown flood by Jame Richards
To Come And Go Like Magic by Katie Pickard Faucett
What World Is Left  by Monique Polak
Woods Runner by Gary Paulsen
Yellow star by Jennifer Rozines Roy

Research papers

Hi 7th grade researchers! 
Here are some links for websites that explore controversial issues. Remember, your best bet is to start with the Points of View database to find articles, since it will give you an overview and a pro-con debate on your topic. Then you can explore other websites and books. Please remember, Wikipedia/Wikianswers/YahooAnswers/etc. are not valid sources for research! Good luck!

Middle School Debate topics:

http://www.middleschooldebate.com/topics/topicresearch.htm

Controversial issue starter links:

http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/models/persuasion/issues.html

Hot Paper Topics:

http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Hot/hotindex.htm

Debateapedia:

http://idebate.org/debatabase

Food Insight: Hot topics in food and nutrition:

http://www.foodinsight.org/healthy-eating.aspx

Pro-Con.Org:

http://www.procon.org/

Social Issues:

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/sochc.html

Do you do GoodReads?

Hi there,

If you're on Good Reads, the library would love to friend you! Mrs. Pape's and Ms. Gregg's classes have already joined. Good Reads is a social networking site for books (like a literary version of Facebook). Keep track of what you've read and what you'd like to read, see what your friends are reading, get recommendations, and much more! Check it out: http://www.goodreads.com

Happy reading!
Ms. Emili

Mescal- Scientist sites

Hi Mrs. Mescal's classes!

Here are some websites to help you with researching your scientist. Please remember to write down the websites (and books) that you use on your graphic organizer. Good luck with your work!

Links for the ToonDoo directions and the graphic organizer are also located at the bottom of this page. If you lose your handout, you'll have to print another copy.

CyberSleuth Kids: Scientist biographies

http://cybersleuth-kids.com/sleuth/Society_and_Culture/Biographies/Scientists/index.htm

Factmonster: Notable Scientists

http://www.factmonster.com/spot/scibio8.html

Kids.gov: Inventors and Scientists

http://kids.usa.gov/teens-home/science/scientists/index.shtml

4,000 Years of Women in Science:

http://www.astr.ua.edu/4000WS/summary.shtml

Science Heroes:

http://myhero.com/go/directory/page.asp?dir=Science

Surfnet Kids: Science

http://www.surfnetkids.com/directory/Science/

 

Easy Bib:

http://easybib.com/

 

ToonDoo Directions

 

Graphic Organizer