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<span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Students in grades six through eight are required to choose one book to read from the master list below. Middle school teachers and administrators will also read one of these choices. When we return to school in the fall, each teacher will host a book discussion group for students who have read that particular selection. This model seeks to encourage students to read for the sake of reading, involve teachers across content areas, and cross grade levels to group students in discussion groups. While reading your chosen book, please fill out the attached sheet and be prepared to share during the book discussion groups. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On the web, via Serial’s official website or a cloud podcast player: </span><a href="https://serialpodcast.org/season-one" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">https://serialpodcast.org/season-one</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or </span><a href="https://shortorange.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">shortorange.com</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">. Written transcripts are available via the official website. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Michael Godsey cites additional benefits in his </span><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2016/03/the-benefits-of-podcasts-in-class/473925/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">2016 Atlantic article</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, saying “perhaps most satisfying to me, they [his students] were engaging in adult conversations with teachers, parents, and administrators who were listening to the same podcast.” In </span><a href="http://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/04/podcast-brain-why-do-audio-stories-captivate/389%2025/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">another Atlantic piece</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> about “the podcast brain,” writer Tiffanie Wen quoted Emma Rodero, a communications professor at the Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona, as saying that “listening, unlike looking at a written page, is more active, since the brain has to process the information at the pace it is played.” In the same aforementioned Atlantic article, Rodero explained: “Audio is one of the most intimate forms of media because you are constantly building your own images of the story in your mind and you’re creating your own production … and that of course, is something that you can never get with visual media.”</span></span></div>
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /><br /><span style="background-color: white;">We’re mixing things up a bit this year! </span><span style="background-color: white;">Listening to a story and reading a story do have lots of similarities. There are also lots of benefits to listening, including the fact that research shows students can listen to content two to three grade levels higher than they can read. Listening is also a huge part of the Common Core and a standard that we under-utilize.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span><i style="background-color: white;">Serial </i><span style="background-color: white;">will be a means to an end, and students who get invested in this story will have lots of opportunities to read and further their knowledge, whether it is the long Reddit strands, follow up interviews, or other crime non-fiction stories, there are lots of places we can point our readers to.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Join the fun! Big Library Read is the first-ever “global eBook club,” connecting readers around the world who read the same eBook at the same time. Over the past year, thousands of libraries, schools and millions of people around the world have embraced the program. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here’s how it works: Program sponsor, OverDrive, teams with noted eBook publishers to make two popular eBooks available to public libraries and schools for lending. During the two-week program, the Big Library Read titles are available to borrow through participating libraries and schools. It’s free and there’s never a waiting list during the program. All you need is a library card or student ID to get started reading in this international eBook club.</span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-76059301080678303722015-09-23T09:18:00.005-04:002015-09-23T09:18:49.158-04:00Library Catalog<div class="gmail_default" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">
The library has a public access catalog for all our materials. Students and staff have access to their own accounts to place hold requests, make renewals, see what you have checked out, and look at your circulation history. </div>
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<b>Students</b>: use your e-mail address as their username and your local student ID (on the top of your schedule, under your name) as your password, but once logged in, you can change your password to something you will remember. See me if you're having trouble logging in. </div>
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<b>Staff</b>: use your e-mail address as your username and your first name and last name as your password (ex. <a href="mailto:erinklemm@wbschools.com" style="color: #1155cc;" target="_blank">erinklemm@wbschools.com</a>, erinklemm). Once logged in, you can change your password if you would like. See me if you're having trouble logging in. </div>
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Another great feature of this system is that we have access to a network of libraries to share materials with. If we don't own a particular title, it's very likely that another library in the network does and we can order it! Items take about a week to arrive. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-2535780700637502032015-09-11T08:20:00.003-04:002015-09-11T08:20:49.107-04:00Post your book reviews!<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Did you read a great book this summer? Let everyone know about it! Respond to the survey below and the reviews will be posted online and in the library for others to read.</span><br />
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when she was fifteen, she almost paid the ultimate price. She was shot in the head at point-blank range while riding the bus home from school, and few expected her to survive. </span><span style="background-color: white; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Instead, Malala's miraculous recovery has taken her on an extraordinary journey from a remote valley in northern Pakistan to the halls of the United Nations in New York. At sixteen, she became a global symbol of peaceful protest and the youngest nominee ever for the Nobel Peace Prize.</span></div>
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<span style="vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Adam Braun began working summers at hedge funds when he was just sixteen years old, sprinting down the path to a successful Wall Street career. But while traveling he met a young boy begging on the streets of India, who after being asked what he wanted most in the world, simply answered, “a pencil.” This small request led to a staggering series of events that took Braun backpacking through dozens of countries before eventually leaving one of the world’s most prestigious jobs to found Pencils of Promise, the organization he started with just $25 that has since built more than 200 schools around the world.</span></div>
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Can't find your summer reading list? Follow <a href="http://www.wbschools.com/WBMHS/News/3324-2015-Summer-Reading.html" target="_blank">this link</a> to the school website for information and a copy of the list.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-39492490953670844232015-05-28T10:18:00.005-04:002015-05-29T07:37:54.229-04:00Free audiobook downloads all summer!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-26345065641690558642015-03-03T14:01:00.003-05:002015-03-03T14:01:59.854-05:00NoodleTools!<br />
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As we are now subscribers to <a href="http://www.noodletools.com/logon/signin?group=17219&code=6938" target="_blank">NoodleTools</a>, you all have access to create your own account. NoodleTools is a web-based student research service that helps you correctly cite sources in MLA, APA, and Chicago citation styles. Use NoodleTools throughout a research project to track your sources, take notes, create outlines, collaborate with classmates, write your paper (through Google Docs), and format and print your bibliography. </div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-57216285899632409592015-01-09T09:56:00.002-05:002015-01-09T09:56:48.243-05:00MSLA Bookmark ContestEvery year, the Massachusetts School Library Association (MSLA) hosts a bookmark contest for students in grades K - 12 to celebrate school libraries and the programs and services they offer. Students are invited to design a bookmark around a theme chosen by the MSLA. This year's theme is "Look what I discovered at my school library!". While designing your bookmark, think about the following questions:<br />
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See Mrs. Klemm or Ms. Zell to pick up an entry form or <a href="http://maschoolibraries.org/dmdocuments/BMK15entry2b.pdf" target="_blank">click here</a> to print one from home! Entries must be submitted to Mrs. Klemm by January 30, 2015. </div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-49039557268536144212014-11-20T08:27:00.000-05:002014-11-20T08:27:11.317-05:00YALSA's Teens' Top TenThe Teens' Top Ten is a "teen choice" list, where teens nominate and choose their favorite books of the previous year! Nominators are members of teen book groups in sixteen school and public libraries around the country. Nominations are posted on Celebrate Teen Literature Day, the Thursday of National Library Week, and teens across the country vote on their favorite titles each year.<br />
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The Media Center has a new catalog to search for materials in the library! You can access this on any device from any location with internet access.<br />
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Within the next few weeks, all students and staff with receive login information to access your account to renew items, see your circulation history, or place holds on items. If you don't receive information and want to start accessing your account, stop by the media center and I will provide you with the necessary information.<br />
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The new system allows us to borrow from other libraries within a network of public, special, and school libraries. This means if we don't own a book that you want to read, we can order it for you and it will arrive within a week!<br />
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If you have a strong opinion about one of the books and want to write a review, submit it to our <a href="http://wbreads.blogspot.com/p/submit-book-review.html" target="_blank">WB Reads!</a> page for others to read!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-35328067317729055552014-05-12T14:33:00.000-04:002014-05-12T14:33:28.536-04:00May NewsletterFollow <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwQZu0amsJfgbWtTbFJjbXZNQUU/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">this link</span></a> to read the newsletter for May. Catch up on new technology, summer programs, and more!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-87130743086978630502014-04-28T09:25:00.001-04:002014-04-28T09:27:12.234-04:00Scholastic Book Fair<br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-47266507731070051502014-04-14T10:09:00.000-04:002014-04-14T10:09:36.943-04:00Celebrate Your Media Center!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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The Media Center offers many of the amenities you would expect, such as research help, a computer lab, and a robust selection of fiction and non-fiction, but we also offer other amenities you might not know about!</div>
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Do you read e-books or listen to audiobooks? <a href="http://digitalcatalog.cwmars.org/39FA60CF-2E96-4205-BEDB-E406D6905D5E/10/50/en/Default.htm" target="_blank">Use your C/W MARS card</a> or <a href="http://www.bpl.org/general/circulation/ecards.htm" target="_blank">sign up for a BPL e-card</a> to access e-resources for free on your tablet, phone, or e-reader. The <a href="http://wbmediacenter.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Media Center website</a> also lists many other resources where e-resources can be obtained for free!</div>
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Want to keep up to date on current events and local news? We carry a variety of periodicals, including Time, The Week, Sports Illustrated, Teen Ink, Popular Science, and more, as well as The Banner. </div>
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Working on a project and need mobile technology? You can borrow a Chromebook for up to two hours- see Mrs. Klemm to check one out. While you're here, pick up your wifi password for use throughout the building.</div>
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Looking for a book to read, but not quite sure what you're looking for? Check out the frequently changing displays throughout the Media Center or ask Mrs. Klemm for a recommendation.</div>
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Interested in new technology or working with electronics? Stop by the Makerspace to test drive a Raspberry Pi computers or build a Lego Technic model. </div>
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April is National Poetry Month!</div>
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Inaugurated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is now held every April, when schools, publishers, libraries, booksellers, and poets throughout the United States band together to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture.<br />
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There are poems posted around the school by a variety of poets on many different topics. Take a minute to stop and read some of the poems- you might discover one that you really love! I've posted my personal favorite just outside the Media Center door- let me know what you think.<br />
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The Media Center has a large poetry section covering an array of emotions- happy, sad, funny, melancholy, love, despair, and more. Come in and discover the world of poetry!<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">To celebrate the official start to spring, a display of photos and books related to the </span><a href="http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/index.jsp?c_id=bos" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">Boston Red Sox</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, the </span><a href="http://www.aagpbl.org/" style="font-family: inherit;" target="_blank">All‑American Girls Professional Baseball League</a><span style="font-family: inherit;">, and baseball in general is available for viewing in the windows of the Media Center.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.933333); font-family: inherit;">Boston’s baseball history began in 1871 with the formation of the Boston Red Stockings (also known as the Americans and the Braves along the way). Though the Braves left Boston, first for Milwaukee and later for Atlanta, the Red Sox have stayed true to their local roots, remaining an enormously popular Boston fixture and giving birth to the Red Sox Nation. </span></div>
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The Boston Public Library has collected a wide variety of baseball-related memorabilia. While much of this collection contains print materials and must be seen in person, many images and memorabilia have been made available digitally in the past few years. A selection of photos have been displayed in the Media Center. Want to see more? Visit the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/boston_public_library/sets/72157627786676056/" target="_blank">BPL's collection of images</a>. </span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-44169736560122330192014-03-04T08:55:00.000-05:002014-03-04T08:56:08.453-05:00March is Women's History Month<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">During the month of March, the Library of Congress, National Archives and Records Administration, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Gallery of Art, National Park Service, Smithsonian Institution and United States Holocaust Memorial Museum join in paying tribute to the generations of women whose commitment to nature and the planet have proved invaluable to society. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Stop in to the Media Center to view our display or visit <a href="http://womenshistorymonth.gov/" target="_blank">Women's History Month</a> to read about, listen to, and view photos of these extraordinary women. </span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8686807931914799206.post-56367725772915205452014-02-07T13:08:00.000-05:002014-02-07T13:13:43.966-05:001924 Olympics<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">The first ever wintertime Olympics took place in 1924 from January 25 – February 5, in Chamonix, France. This </span><a href="http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1922-10-01/ed-1/seq-24/#loclr=blogtea" style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 50); border-bottom-style: dotted; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 23.799999237060547px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">article</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;"> from the 1922 Washington Times lists some of the events for the winter games, as well as for the 1924 summer Olympics. Are they the same sports that are offered today? Take a deeper look by researching the sports that have been included throughout the history of the winter Olympics and think about why particular sports might have been added or removed.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 23.799999237060547px;">Check out the display in the windows of the Media Center to find materials about the 2014 Olympic games, along with games of the past. Be sure to check out the constantly updated medal count to see how the United States is performing!</span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0