WVMS Library Newsletter November 1, 2010 Volume 2, Issue 2
Pam Gasway, Librarian Lisa Neidlinger, Aide
Library News Book Fair Are you ready for our library’s Scholastic Book Fair? The Book Fair is a terrific opportunity to buy books for your home library. We’ll have books for younger children and some for adults too! Contents Book Fair
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Writing Contest
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YH Author Visit
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INSPIRE
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The Book Fair will be open Nov. 1519 for students to shop. If you’d like more information, including a preview of offered titles, check out our Book Fair website: http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookf airs/cptoolkit/publish/westvigomiddle
website and create a Wish List. You can use your credit cards, checks (made out to WVMS), or cash to pay for your purchases. Also, please call or email Ms. Gasway at the school if you can help out during our Book Fair. The Book Fair is a great place to buy gifts for the upcoming holidays!
Students will watch the Book Fair preview video the week of Nov. 8-12 during language arts classes. They will also explore our Book Fair
Writing Contest WVMS Library is sponsoring a writing contest in connection with the A More Perfect Union Bookshelf from NEH.
Upcoming Events Author Visit, Nov. 5 Writing Contest Book Fair, Nov. 15-19
Students may enter in 3 categories: poetry collection, fiction, or nonfiction essay. Their writing should be in response to the theme. The deadline for entries is Nov. 12. Prizes will be awarded in each category and include $20 Books-A-Million gift cards, $10 Books-A-Million gift cards, and new books. Students who are interested should see Ms. Gasway. All of the books are posted
in a public list in our school catalog, so students can easily see which books are on hand. Some books are also available from other schools if requested. Ms. Gasway shared the books Oct. 12-18, and she will revisit the writing contest with classes the week of November 1-5. Students are encouraged to enter their writings to win!
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Young Hoosier Author Visit & Contest James M. Deem, author of the 2010-11 Young Hoosier nominated book Bodies from the Ice, will visit WVMS on November 5th! Mr. Deem writes fiction and nonfiction books. His presentation will focus on his research and how he incorporates it into his writing. Bodies from the Ice examines the science of glaciers and looks at some of
the discoveries of the past that have been made as the ice masses move and melt, including the preserved frozen remains of Otzi, the oldest human mummy ever found in ice, believed to be at least 5,300 years old. Students will enter a contest using the author’s website and our library catalog the week of Oct. 25th. Prizes include signed copies of the author’s books. Entries are due Nov. 1.
INSPIRE Students will explore the databases of INSPIRE the week of Nov. 29-Dec.3.
“Today a reader, tomorrow a leader.” ~ Margaret Fuller
INSPIRE is Indiana's Virtual Library. INSPIRE is a collection of academic databases and other information resources that can be accessed by Indiana residents using any computer equipped with an Internet Protocol
(IP) address located in Indiana and a Web browser such as Firefox or Internet Explorer. It includes the following content: magazine and journal articles, websites, pamphlets, images, almanacs, library catalogs, and more. This is an important research tool!
Learn to read: read to learn.
We’re on the Web! http://metadot.vigoco.k12.in.us/metadot/index.pl?iid=9195
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