THE TOOLBOX

The resources on this website will stay active for a while, but to find Sandra Childs’ newest website of resources and links go to THE FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL TOOLBOX .  Sandra is now the Instructional Specialist at Franklin High School. Please visit her there!  Or visit her on her Costa Rica blog and travel with her!

Thank You Jackson!

Thanks so much and Good Luck –As  of June 30 I will no longer be the Jackson Library Media Specialist.  I will be working as Franklin High’s  Instructional Support Specialist (Literacy Coach). I love being a teacher librarian and hope to return to a library position as soon as possible. It has been a great pleasure working with and serving your students.  And thanks for all the parent help this year—in the library and from home. Feel free to contact me at sjchilds@pps.k12.or.us . The current library website will stay up until September. Stay tuned to find out who will be staffing the library for 2011-2012!

June 2011

See Jackson’s 2011 Slam Poetry Video! Click HERE!

Jackson Library 2010-2011

Unsung Hero Picture Books: Ms. Gunderson’s 8th graders investigated activist heroes and turned their research into picture books. They read them to elementary students and now you can read them here!

MULTNOMAH COUNTYPUBLIC LIBRARY SUMMER READING 2011!Game Cards distributed this week through Language Arts teachers.  Check out HOW TO PLAY   & BOOKLISTS ! Student suggestions can be found at Jackson Picks Page

The Final Check In Cha-Cha

All Library Books due no later than 5/27 and all Textbooks and Lit Set Novels  due 6/3. Check-in Schedule can be viewed HERE to see when your student’s class is turning books in and important end of year dates.  For full explanation of rewards and consequences, policies and procedures –See  Letter and End of Year Policy .   Log in at Catalog to see if record clean. 8th graders must have clear record by June 7 9am to attend Oaks Park Event!

May 2011

Click HERE   to see pictures and read comments about Wendy Mass and Roland Smith’s  library visits via Skype on May 9!   Thanks PTA! Wendy Mass  is the author of 11 Birthdays, Every Soul A Star,  LeapDay, Jeremy Fink and the Meaning of Life, A Mango Shaped Space, 12 Finally, Heaven Looks A Lot Like the Mall.  Roland Smith is the author of Zach’s Lie, Peak, Elephant Run, Storm Runners, Sasquatch, and The Captain’s Dog.

WHAT’S MY LINE?  NAME THAT POET! CONTEST WINNERS-Tied for 1st place: Michaela T-K- grade 8 & Sucdi A., grade 6. Tied for 2^nd place Evelyn B., grade 6 & Addison H. Congratulations and come get your prizes!

Winners! Alexandra, Zander,  Elena from Ms. Hayter’s class were semi finalist winners in the  Letters About Literature Contest. To enter, students in Ms. Hayter’s class wrote a personal letter to an author, living or dead, explaining how that author’s work changed the student’s way of thinking about the world or themselves. The Oregon Library Development Services sponsored the event in our state.  Congratulations Kids!

April 2011

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEVERLY CLEARY!  April 12 is DEAR Day to celebrate (Drop Everything and Read!)

Statement of Charges and Checked Out Books:  EVERY CHILD RECEIVE S A LETTER/LIST BY APRIL 8 . Turn in any late books or pay for any lost ones NOW  to have a clean record See-  Letter and End of Year Policy 

April is Poetry Month!  See Poetry Month Links   and put a poem in your pocket! Or hear/watch some top picks for poetry audio and video –poets reading their stuff!

*PSU Flash Fiction Contest! The winner gets a full weekend pass into the Write to Publish writing conference ($100+ value) and 2 new books published by Ooligan ($30 value), and the opportunity to read on stage at the conference. This conference is for all ages 

Apirl 22 is Earth Day! Try a little Digital Detox! Screen Turn off Week is April 18-24. Or try going No-Screen once a week. Go to Global Footprint Links on Pathfinders Page for good information.

3:15! is here  Patrick Carmen takes reading to a whole new level! Download the app for your smart phone or listen , read, and watch the first episode online. Listen, Read and Watch in fifteen minutes or less.

 *School Library Journal Battle of Books Winner: THE RING OF SOLOMON
by JONATHAN STROUD

*2011 ORCA Winners Statewide “Amulet.  Book 1, The Stonekeeper” by Kazu Kibuishi “Elephant Run” by Roland Smith “Hunger Games” by Suzanne Collins  See 2012 ORCA nominees http://www.olaweb.org/mc/page.do?sitePageId=109508