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= Read Week October 2013 =

=March 10-14 is Library Technology Week=

Library celebrates digital collections and technical services.

**Do It Yourself @ Your Library** is the theme for Library Tech Week this year.

Students are invited to demonstrate their creativity and share their digital works with LTW Evaluation Committee to win a cafeteria coupon for an ice-cream or its equivalent.

**Contest**


 * By Wednesday, March 12:**


 * Submit any digital project created by you this school year! It can be an avatar, digital story, iMovie, GarageBand, web site, or anything.

Send a link or a file to wbaislibrary@wbais.net to get a participation reward and win a prize. The Evaluation Committee (Mr. Green, Ms. Sargent-Beasley, Ms. Ilana, Mr. Panna, and Ms. Bee) will look at your work against the following **criteria** //__Purpose:__// student process and final product reflect a thorough and insightful understanding of the aim of this creative process

//__Originality:__// the product should be rich in uniqueness and novelty,

//__Playfulness and experimentation__//: the product should reflect playfulness in experimenting with options, attempts of manipulations where needed and appropriate,

//__Absorption in creative process__//: enthusiastic and productive engagements, created independently

(Click here to find and use tools to create them).


 * QR Code Scavenger Hunt: Students and teachers are invited to the library to read QR codes using our ipads and discover library materials. Find them! They are hidden around the library!
 * Have fun seeing a robot created by the Robotics crew in action. Join us during your lunch time (11:30 - 1:30) Wednesday – Friday.
 * [|Vote for your favorite technology].
 * Watch teachers and students using technology in class.

All projects (files or links) should be sent to wbaislibrary@wbais.net

Winners will be announced after March 13.


 * Other activities:**


 * Tuesday, March 11**

1:00-1:30: QR code sushi Scavenger Hunt in the Library. Come find the codes and the clues and if you get the right answer, you get sushi!


 * Wednesday, March 12**

1:10-1:30: Falcon Academy invites HS students for a presentation about Robotics and sharing iBooks


 * Thursday, March 13**

1:00-1:30: Falcon Academy crew will demonstrate **iBooks** to teachers and parents in Teachers' Lounge. **Come and see the students' demonstration!**





= Read Week, October 15-19 2012 =

toc ** Dare to Read for Fun of It! **
**Fact:** Those who read for fun have better test scores and are more likely to succeed in the workplace! (ALA)


 * Awesome things come from the library **

Displays of books in a variety of formats Check audio books in iTunes!

Monday October 15
Vote for one of ten most popular at WBAIS books Display of book covers and bookmarks made by elementary students advertising their favorite books.
 * [|I Vote for Books!] **
 * [|Scavenger Hunt] ** opens
 * Guest Readers ** during the elementary library classes
 * Build-a-Potato Book Character Gallery **See the fantastic book characters created by the elementary classrooms, a la Mr. Potato Head.

Tuesday, October 16
Wear a T-shirt with graphics Collect scores in Scavenger Hunt
 * Wrap up in Words **
 * Story Lunch ** Grade 3 students are invited to enjoy a story with their lunch in the library today!
 * Reader's Theater ** Grade 5A for early elementary classes

Wednesday, October 17
Keep working on your score in Scavenger Hunt
 * Story Lunch ** Grades 1 & 2 students are invited to enjoy a story with their lunch in the library today!

Thursday, October 18
**READ-IN** Demonstrate your support for reading! Join us for a 15 minute "read-in" on the quad lawn outside the elementary school office at 9:15.
 * READ YOUR SOCKS OFF DAY! ** Elementary students should wear crazy or mismatched socks.
 * Reader's Theater ** Grade 5A for early elementary classes

** Visiting Author on Skype **
Author of //The Gospel According to Larry//, //Vote for Larry//, //Fault Line//, //Multiple Choice// and //My Life as a Book//. Her last two novels MY LIFE AS A BOOK and MY LIFE AS A STUNTBOY are often used in classes and availble in Hebrew! You are invited to join students of Ms. Ben-Ozilio class in the library, 8:00 AM
 * Janet Tashjian **, author of several books for young adults, will visit our High School students via Skype this morning.

** Dress Up Day **
Dress up like your favorite character Grade 6 - Fantasy Grade 7 - Horror Grade 8 - Mystery

** [|Scavenger Hunt] **
Submit the sum of the numbers you have found on pages to mbrodsky@wbais.net Winners will get prizes on Tuesday, October 23.