Our next Book Fair will be held the week of February 8th. Its theme will be 'Book Fair Diner'. The PTA will be hosting a 50's Diner on Family Night as well as a 50's dance contest. So go ahead and mark your calendars because Family Night will be February 11th.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Links of Interest- Parents
Parents, here are a few websites that might prove useful to you and your "growing in knowledge" child!
Links of Interest- Teachers
Teachers, here are a few more useful and educational websites for you to check out:
Links of Interest- Students
Here are a few more great websites just for students! Just click on the website name to go to a world of knowledge and information!
General Information- Mission Statement
The Mission Statement of Bennett Elementary School Media Center:
The mission of the Bennett Elementary media program is to contribute to the development of life-long readers and creative learners through a literacy and technology rich environment. Through sustained collaboration with classroom teachers and by crafting an authentic learning environment, the media staff of Bennett Elementary strives to facilitate student achievement and development of the vital skills necessary to locate, analyze, evaluate, interpret, and communicate information and ideas.
Work Orders
Click on the link below to access the Technology Work Order forms. Please remember that there are many work orders that we receive. We are working hard to get to everyone's work orders in a timely manner. Thank you for your patience!
Technology Work Order Form
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Books and More Books- ALA Award Winning Books
2009 Award Winning Books
Click on the link above to find out some of the Children book titles that received awards for 2009. There are many distinguished awards that are awarded such as the Newbery Medal and the Caldecott Medal.
General Information- Get to know the Staff!
Media Specialist: Mrs. Doubtfire
Mrs. Doubtfire has been Bennett Elementary’s media specialist for close to fifteen years. Prior to helping students fall in love with reading, she taught drama at both the high school and college level. She loves biographies, especially ones about Robin Williams.
Media Paraprofessional: Mr. Weasley
Mr. Weasley has been the media parapro at BES (Bennett Elementary School) for the past two years. In addition to currently working on his M.ED. in School Library Media, he enjoys playing Quidditch. He is currently reading Hogwarts, a History.
General Information- Media Center Scheduling
Teachers, if you would like to schedule a time for your class to come to the media center please stop by the media center and sign up for a time slot. Please sign up at least 24 hours before your desired time.
If you would like to bring your whole class to the media center for checkout please call ahead!
General Information- Check-in and Check-out Procedures
The media center is open from 8:30 am until 3:15 pm on all school days. Come by and checkout a great book!
Remember that Kindergarteners are only allowed to check out one book for a two-week period. First through fifth graders are allowed to check out two books for two weeks. Teachers are allowed to check out twenty books, or materials, for as long as is needed. However, out of respect for other teachers and staff members, we ask that you return materials in a timely manner.
Students, remember that you must bring your reading folder to the media center in order to checkout books!
Teachers, please send only four students at a time to the media center for checkout!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Big6 Question of the Week- Overview
The Big6 is a problem-solving strategy developed by teacher-researchers Bob Berkowitz and Mike Eisenberg. It is used by students as a research model. To learn more about the Big6, click here or on the Big6 logo in this posting.
Here's how the Big6 Question of the Week works:
- Every Monday morning, our students are introduced to a Big6 Question of the Week. The questions range in difficulty and across all subjects.
- Students find the answer to the question through their own research or with help from their teacher or parents. Adults in the school participate as well.
- Answers are recorded on Big6 answer forms and placed in the Big6 box which is located in the media center. Click here to access the "official" Big6 answer forms.
- On Friday, answer forms are pulled from the Big6 box to find the first student and adult with the correct answer. The correct answer to the question, the "winners" and a new question are all announced on Monday morning.
If you have any questions, e-mail Mrs. Doubtfire rdoubtfire@bennett.net
Interactive Reading and Writing, Oh MY!!
Would you like for your elementary students (and maybe even ESL students) to read books and write books online? This is a great site that allows you to read published books at various age ranges and write stories to be published on their site. And it is (a teacher's favorite word) FREE!!! (And no this is not owned by Google!) The membership is free, the resources are free and the hours of enjoyment, you got it, FREE!! You do not have to be a member to read the books. However, if you join, you can write stories and they will let you add books to your "bookshelf" to read later. Check out: http://www.biguniverse.com/
Friday, October 23, 2009
Books and More Books- OPAC
Here at Bennett Elementary School, we use an Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC) to catalog our books. Students can use OPAC to look up books that they would like to check out by subject, author, keyword or title. Click on the icon and it will take you to our OPAC site.
Author of the Month-November
Image was found at http://gfs.westport.k12.ct.us/lmc/authorvisits/Gutman/dan_on_books.jpg
Media Center Happenings-October 26th
At the end of September, we held our first Scholastic Book Fair of the 2009-2010 school year. I am happy to say that not only did we raise enough money to purchase a SMART-board for the Media Center. We also raised enough money to purchase a student response system as well. I just want to say thank you to all the parents, students and staff that supported our book fair this year.
This next week, I will be offering technology training to any parents that would like to attend. The technology training will take place in the Wireless Lab located within our Media Center. I will be going over different sites such as Galileo, Nettrekker, Bookflix, as well as some other websites that our teachers integrate into their lessons that you can use at home with your children. Please e-mail me or your child's teacher to sign up for a time slot.
Thank you for your continual support of Bennett Elementary School's Media Center!
Big6 Question of the Week-October 19, 2009
Big6 Question of the Week for October 19, 2009
In order to hatch, turtles must cut through the tough outer shell of their egg. What part of their body do they use to cut through the shell?
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