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November 2010 Monthly Report
Program Highlights Grady Thrasher and Elaine Rabon, author & illustrator of the Tim and Sally series
visited students in PreK-3rd grade
25 Guests visited Barrow for guest reader day and read to every classroom in the
school
The Media Center supported the 5th Grade Veteran’s Day Luncheon with our space
and resources
5th grade Battle of the Books kicked off with an introduction to all 10 of this year’s
books and checkouts and reading began
Leader Librarians enrichment cluster purchased 108 new books for the media
center with a Foundation for Excellence grant and book fair profits. Books were
chosen by students by surveying the school, naming book categories, and meeting
with library vendors.
Multiple grades participated in informational writing and research units. Students
learned about effective searching, evaluating websites, and using various search
engines like Boolify, Yippy, Viewzi, Google, and Kigose.
One PreK class embarked on a weather forecasting unit that spanned 4 different
media center units and will culminate in students videoing their own weather
forecast
2nd grade students reviewed graphic novels and posted blog posts about their books
as well as reviews in Destiny
Andy Plemmons, Media SpecialistSharon Rockholt, Media Paraprofessional
Website: http://www.clarke.k12.ga.us/webpages/aplemmons
Blog: http://barrowmediacenter.wordpress.com
Barrow Media Center
Number of Media Center Patrons: 4005
Check Outs: 2,740
New Materials: 64
Facebook: 970 visits
Blog Visits: 229 visits
Media Center Website: 1,535 visits
Data Snapshots
Collaborative Lessons
Research-Encyclopedia Britannica online and Pebble Go
All 1st
Maps & Globes All KBook blogging & podcasting
Saxon 2nd grade spectrum
Paraphrasing All 5th
Thanksgiving Now & long ago
All K
American Heroes John Henry
All 1st
Light & Shadows
All 1st
Weather Forecasting
All PreK
Search Engines & Effective Searching
All 4th
Inquiry Learning 4th Grade
Spectrum
Google Earth 3rd Grade Spectrum
Habitat Research Pathfinder
All 3rd Grade
Leader Librarians Enrichment Cluster
12 students
grades 3-5
.
November 2010 Monthly Report
Barrow Media Center