Menasha Joint School District - Spring 2015 - Author Visit, Read Digital Magazines for free, and much more!

Spring 2015 There is a lot of exciting news coming from the library this spring.  So this is the newsletter to read! New York Times Bestselling Author, April Henry, will be visiting April Henry will be visiting both the high school and middle school on Monday, April 27th.  She will be presenting, doing writing workshops, and even having lunch with a few of our students. Her presentation schedule will be: 9:30-10:30am in the high school auditorium 1-2pm in the middle school gym She will also be presenting on Sunday, April 26, at the Menasha Public Library during the Fox Cities Book Festival. At the Fox Cities Book Festival, Henry will give a presentation entitled, "A Knife to the Throat: True Stories about How a Mystery Writer Researches and Writes Her Stories." She says she does not have trouble inventing new mysteries, but the set pieces can be challenging to keep fresh. “For example, I have written probably a half dozen funeral scenes,” she explains. “It gets hard to think of a way to do it that isn’t a repeat of what I’ve done before.” April Henry is the New York Times-bestselling author of over a dozen mysteries and thrillers for teens and adults. continue » Staff and Students can now read magazines online for FREE Now students and staff can read magazines online for free.  There are a wide variety of magazines such as: Entertainment Weekly, Food Network Magazine, Car & Driver, Sports Illustrated, Newsweek, Zoobooks, Cricket, and many more!  There are different logins for elementary, middle, and high school students so you can feel safe giving the logins out.  Magazines can be read simultaneously, so you can use Flipster magazines and articles with your entire class. You can access Flipster through our link under Parent/Student links and then Libraries.  For a complete list of logins (must be signed into your school email to view) and magazines available click here. There is also a Flipster app available for both Android and iOs. Winner of the Golden Archer Award TeachingBooks.net | Common Core Standards Support Identifying exceptional and relevant books for your classroom, Providing ready-to-use instructional materials for each text, Exposing students to a range of text types, formats, and cultural perspectives, Analyzing books with qualitative and quantitative text complexity measures. Select your grade level band on the left to get started. continue » Fiction Read Alikes and Book Lists with Novelist Do you ever have students ask you for book suggestions?  Do they tell you they really liked one series or author and are looking for similar books?  Have you ever needed a list of books for a certain reading level or theme?  Well, then you need to try NoveList.  It's a fiction database that offers read alikes, author read alikes, and lots of lists of fiction books based on themes, reading levels, ages, etc. Projector and Document Camera Available from Public Library Many of you have asked to borrow projectors for conferences.  The Menasha Public Library now has three projectors and will soon have one document camera that you will be able to check out. ________________________________________________________________ Library Resources Guidebook Lists resources available through the libraries, along with library staff and contact information. Any questions or comments?  Contact Jennifer Peterson