Eagleton Elementary School Library

Our library will be hosting the a Reading Safari Scholastic Bookfair Monday, August 25th until Monday, September 1st! The book fair is a great way to get excited about reading, so be sure to visit. There will be a book fair flyer and a letter going home with all students this week.

In library classes, we will learn about some of the authors and illustrators who created the books that will be at our bookfair. To see a sample of the videos we will be viewing, click here.

Book fair hours are: 7:30 a.m. - 3:15 p.m daily. Students, don’t forget that you must get go to class and get permission from your teacher BEFORE visiting the bookfair in the morning. Teachers, please send only two students at a time in the morning, as it can get crowded!

We’re also open Tuesday night from 5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m., so you can shop during Open House.

Prices at the bookfair are very reasonable, starting at around 50 cents for erasers and bookmarks. We will also have a selection of $1-$3 clearance books. Most regular paperbacks begin around $3.99. Tax is added to all prices. To figure the price with tax, just multiply by 1.0925. Proceeds from the bookfair help fund our library. Click here to see a sampling of the books available.

Parent volunteers would be appreciated to help students shop during the school day, and to help set up on Friday, August 22nd after school. Please contact Rebecca Dickenson at 980-1455 or at rebecca.dickenson@blountk12.org to volunteer or for more information.

Lots more information about the bookfair is available through our school’s book fair homepage. Click here to visit!

Here’s a blog written by a 12 year-old American boy living in Beijing that focuses on the Olympics.
http://kidsblogs.nationalgeographic.com/you-are-here/beijing/

And here’s NBC’s official page–there’s a lot of info here, and even some video of events that you can watch
http://www.nbcolympics.com/

I’m really excited to begin a new year! We’ve got lots of fun things planned for our library, but I need your help.

Please take this survey so I can be sure to plan stuff you’re interested in.

When you’re done, you may either explore this page or play a game on the library’s quia page until everyone’s finished.

Remember our computer lab procedures:

• Quiet voices
• Ask 3 before me
• Library work only

I hope everyone has been enjoying their summer, and finding new books to read! Make sure you check out some of the summer events at the Blount County Public Library–you’ve still got time!

I’ve been reading, reading, reading, and planning fun things for library classes this year. Here’s a quick review of a great 4th or 5th grade chapter book series that I’ve been reading. We don’t have these in our library yet, but the public library has them.

I’ve just finished The Lightning Thief, and its sequel, Sea of Monsters, and loved them. The main idea of the story is that the main character, Percy Jackson, discovers that not only do all the ancient Greek gods exist, but he is the son of one of them. (Telling you which one would spoil the first book a bit, so I’m not going to). He goes to Camp Half-Blood, a summer camp for children of gods and mortal parents to learn to survive. The camp director is Dionysus, or Mr. D. On his way, he is attacked by the Minotaur. The adventures get better and better .

See you all soon!

You may pick up hardback pre-ordered yearbooks at Eagleton Elementary on Friday, June 13th between 4:30 and 6:00.   Any yearbooks not picked up at this time will be held for you until school starts in August.  All students that ordered paperback yearbooks received those before school dismissed.

If you did not order a yearbook, there are a very limited number of additional yearbooks coming with the orders. You may come on June 13^th to try to purchase a yearbook, or you may order a copy directly from the yearbook company by clicking the appropriate  link below.

Paperback ($15)  

Hardback ($25)