Back to School

Welcome back to school everyone!! I hope you had a great summer and read a lot of good books and magazines. Please let me know what you read and if I should purchase a copy for our LRC collection.

Please remember to visit the Book Fair next week. It is open Tuesday through Friday during the day and during the 6th and 7th grade curriculum nights.

See you on Tuesday, September 6th when we officially open for the school year!

End of the Year!!!!

Can you believe that it is almost the end of the year? With the end of the year, comes the time to return all library materials to the LRC. Please return anything you have checked out to the LRC by Friday, May 20th!! If you have any questions, please stop by the LRC and talk to Mrs. Perrin.

Author Visit - Mr. James Deem

Yesterday, the 6th graders were treated to a presentation by award winning author Mr. James Deem. He spoke to all the students about how he became an author, the process of writing non-fiction vs. fiction, his research process and the ancient civilizations he has studied. He had many great stories and interesting pictures that included many dead people! COOL!

After the presentations, 26 6th graders were treated lunch with him. They asked a lot of great questions and had their books autographed.

We have copies of his books in the LRC...so come up and check them out!!

Spring Break

Have a great SPRING BREAK everyone! Enjoy, relax and read a good book!

BOOK FAIR!!!

Everyone is getting excited around the Woodland LRC because next week is our Scholastic Book Fair! We are so excited because there are many great books to buy and these books would be perfect reading for your upcoming spring break.

All students will have the opportunity to visit the book fair with their language arts classes. Students can also come down during advisory or after school to make purchases. Our LRC gets a percentage of the book fair profits and I use that money to buy even more books for our collection!!

Congratulations to the 2011 Woodland Green Battle of the Books Team. This past Tuesday evening, they took 1st place at this year's competition. Awesome job!!

Mrs. Perrin is very proud of ALL of this year's team members and the dedication they gave to their teams. She is already looking forward to next year!

And the winner is...

Thank you to the 144 voters who helped chose the 2011 Rebecca Caudill winner for Woodland Middle School. Here are the results:

1st - Hunger Games
2nd - Fablehaven
3rd - Found
4th - 11 Birthdays
5th - Notes from a Midnight Driver

As schools around the state send in their results, the votes will be tallied and we will soon know which book was voted #1 by students across Illinois!!