Eagleton Elementary School Library

Lots of students have been asking for spooky stories lately. Here’s an online collection of ghost stories from the South. Please be aware that I have not read all the stories on this list, so use your own judgement about whether they are or aren’t too scary for you. http://themoonlitroad.com/category/tennessee/

The Eagleton Elementary Spelling Bee will be held during the first or second week in December (Dates coming soon!).  Your child’s teacher will hold a written spelling bee sometime before that to choose a classroom winner to represent their class in our school spelling bee. 

Resources for the School Spelling Bee:

• Study Tips
• SpellingCity – Quiz yourself, hear the pronunciation & play games with the words from the School Bee list.

Resources for the Regional Spelling Bee:

• Study Tips
• MySpellIT booklet
• MySpellIT website
• SpellingCity – Quiz yourself, hear the pronunciation & play games with the words from the MySpellIT booklet.

I know the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series is extremely popular here at EES.  (The library has multiple copies. . . but I never see them because they’re always checked out!)  Here’s an article about the newest books in The New York Times newspaper.  The article may be more for parents than students, though–it discusses Greg’s ethical choices: laziness, lying, etc.  You also might be interested in author Jeff Kinney’s website, linked under Authors & Illustrators on the right–> 

We don’t have the newest book, Dog Days, yet, but we will soon!

Newest Wimpy Kid Book: Coming SOON!

Happy Reading!

See if you can answer THESE QUESTIONS while we watch an interview with Tomie DePaola. He wrote the books we’ve been reading lately: Strega Nona, Jamie O’Rourke, The Knight and the Dragon.  In the video, he talks about when he decided to be an author & illustrator, about learning to read, and about art classes in his elementary school. 

When we’re done watching the video, you can find out more about Tomie DePaola. Check out the following links:

• Tomie’s official webpage
• Wikipedia article
• Amazon.com’s list of books by Tomie DePaola

EVERYONE: First, please click this link to take the survey.
Make sure you submit the survey, then close the window to get back to this page.

5th graders: When you’re done with the survey, use Kids Infobits under the reference center tab at the top of the page to look up information about your research topic.  Ms. Dickenson will have the password posted in the computer lab.  (If you have internet at home, you can use these resources at home too!  So keep the password!)

Everyone besides 5th graders: When  you are done, you may look at anything else on this page.