Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Menasha District Library Newsletter - Read Like a Rock Star, Dinosaurs, Novelist Plus, and more

Read Like a Rock Star

 

If you haven't heard, we are doing a district wide reading promotion called, Read Like a Rock Star.  All students and staff in our district are invited to participate.  This month staff who enter will be put in a drawing for a Kwik Trip card.  How do you enter the drawing?  Simply read 15 hours or more this month, then head on over to theRead Like a Rock Star website to log your hours.  This month students will be entered into a drawing for a Culver's gift card, and in October students will be entered into a drawing for a Funset Boulevard Fun Pack for 4.

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Make Some Noise Menasha!
Here's a new program to our district and it goes a little like this.....
What: Read Like a Rock Star
Who: The entire district including students and staff
When: All school year
How it works: 
  • Each student and staff member will receive a VIP Pass from their school library.
  • Read 15 hours or more a month
  • Go to the website at the end of the each month to record your reading hours (staff has a special section on website)
  • Receive a stamp on your VIP pass from the school library
  • You can also do one of the monthly activities to earn a stamp
  • Fill up your VIP pass and get invited to a special rock concert at the end of the school year.
  • There will be monthly prize drawings for both students and staff.  Things such as t-shirts, a tablet, Funset passes, Kwik Trip cards, etc.
  • The website: http://goo.gl/xBqEl7 (or you can find it under Parent/Student links on the Menasha Joint School District Website)
C'MON, EVERYBODY... GET ON YOUR FEET
Help Spread the Word:
Hand out this sheet to students to take home (it's two sided):

Missed out on the shirt?

We have another shirt available for purchase!
Read Like a Rock Star. Campaign ends Wednesday, September 30. Help us meet our fundraising goal of 50 shirts!



Teachers Find Many Reasons to Use Picture Books with Middle and High School Students
At a time when the conversation about literature has been focusing on students reading increasingly complex texts, Amy Krouse Rosenthal's picture book called Duck! Rabbit! (Chronicle, 2009) might seem a bit out of place in a high school English class.



Dinosaurs are Here

Pebble Go has added Dinosaurs
Pebble go has added Dinosaurs to its database.  Students do not need a password to use Pebble Go or Pebble Go Next.  They simply go to parents/students links, click on the library, and then click on the Pebble Go links.

 
Read eBooks & Magazines 

Overdrive - Read or Listen to books.  Students use student id number and employees can get their library card number from library paraprofessionals.
Flipster - Read popular magazines.  
High School Level Magazines: Username: menasha Password: blue jay      
Middle School Level Magazines: Username: mwoodmiddle Password: ebsco      
Elementary Level Magazines: Username: clovisgrove  Password: ebsco


Match Readers with Books They Love

Novelist Plus

We now have a paid subscription to Novelist Plus.  Novelist Plus not only showcases the hottest books, it also offers author and title read-alikes.  Novelist plus includes fiction and non-fiction books, book lists, and other resources like Reader's Advisory.  It is for ages 0-Adult.
Username: menasha
Password: bluejay

Staff Read Like a Rock Star Incentives 





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