eBook Announcement

The Follett Shelf, which houses our virtual library filled with wonderful eBooks, will be unavailable from Thursday 11/28 through Saturday 11/30.  The company is relocating their servers to a new location, therefore all of the online service will be unavailable. Sorry for the inconvenience!!

I am thankful for...

I am thankful for GOOD BOOKS!  I love reading a book that touches my heart or makes me spend time thinking deeply about a certain topic.  I just finished Life As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer and am headed out to get the next book in the series The Dead and the Gone.  This book has made me think very deeply about what I would do if I thought the world was coming to an end.  What would I have to live without?  How would I survive?  Would I want to survive?

In this story, an asteroid hits the moon and actually forces the moon to move closer to Earth.  Since the moon's location has changed, tides are affected, volcanoes erupt, ash fills the air and climates change (and that is just the beginning!).

Miranda, the narrator, tells the story of this event through her many journal entries. Her journal entries tell the story of how Miranda and her family face the struggle of living in a world that has changed.  

April 4th
I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald’s still would be open.

What would your journal entry say?  

DIVERGENT SERIES: A MUST READ!!

If you are a fan of the Hunger Games series, then the Divergent series is a MUST read for you!  This series is set in a dystopian Chicago world, where the society is divided into five factions: Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent).  At the age of sixteen all citizens must choose a faction and pledge their allegiance for life.  Jam packed with action, adventure, intrigue, betrayal, and even a little romance, this series will keep you on the edge of your seat!!

6th Grade Lunch Book Club Begins!

This week, our 6th grade lunch book club will have its first meeting.  Students have already signed up and are very eager to begin listening to a great ghost story.  We will typically be meeting Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays in room C130 during 6th grade lunch.  As a group we will read and discuss the book, The Hunt for the 7th, by Christine Morton-Shaw.  This book is one of the twenty books nominated for the Rebecca Caudill award this year, so thousands of students across the state will be reading it also!  A new component of book club this year will be our online discussion in Moodle.  Can't wait to get started!!

Click here to watch the book trailer!

eBooks are here!!

The Woodland Middle School LRC is so excited to announce that eBooks are now available for student checkout!!  These eBooks "live" in our virtual library, the Follett Shelf, and can be read on most electronic devices.  Students check the books out to themselves at home on their own personal

device.  Directions are available on the LRC homepage.  Over 200 fiction and non-fiction titles are now available, with more to come in the near future!  If you have any questions about getting started, see Ms. Perrin in the LRC.

QR Codes:Your book has more to tell you!

QR Codes have arrived at the Woodland Middle School LRC! As you look around the LRC, you will notice that QR Codes have been added to the covers of many of the books.  Even thought they all look alike (just like the image at the left), they all have a unique code.  First, you must install a QR reader app on your devise.  They are free and easy to use.  Then you scan the code and see where it takes you!!

The LRC is open!!

The middle school LRC is open for business!  We are open from 7:30am - 3:30pm Monday through Friday when school is in session.  Tocome down during advisory advisory, students must get a pass from one of their teachers.  Students can use that time to return/check out books or use the computers.  Everyday after school, students can use the LRC for quiet study.  To attend, students must get a pass from one of their teachers and sign in at the desk.