What's New in the LMC
January 2020
Read Around the World!
Put on your exploring hat and adventure boots, our school-wide annual reading program sponsored by the Kane County Cougars and Six Flags Great America is about to begin.
Each individual explorer (student) goal is 360 minutes or six hours of reading between January 10th and February 7th. All students who reach this goal will receive a ticket for Six Flags Great America Amusement park to be used in the summer and a ticket voucher for a Kane County Cougars’ baseball game on May 9th at 1:00 pm or May 25th at 1:00 pm (includes a drawstring bag, hot dog and soft drink).
On the last day of each week, students will turn in his/her reading log. New this year… each class will have a class goal for minutes of reading. Each week, when the reading log sheets are turned in, their class hot air balloon will move across the White Eagle world map in the LMC. The faster each team reads, the faster their class hot air balloon will move through the world. Each class that achieves its goal will have an ice cream sandwich party at the end of the program. So, visit a library near you, grab a book, and get ready to Read Around the World!
Click here for extra tally sheets.
Battle of the Bluestems
Do you want to have some fun? Reading?? Prizes?? Get a team together and battle it out for the champion of Bluestem! If you would like to participate, get a team together and pick a name. Your team can consist of 2, 3, or 4 players. Your teammates can be any 3rd - 5th grader at White Eagle.
A good idea when choosing your teammates: They should be people you can work well with in a team atmosphere. Teammates are required to have read at least 5 of the books for your team. At least one of your teammates should have read any books that you or the other teammate have not, so your team will be able to answer questions about ALL the books. Remember the more books your team reads, the better prepared your will be!
Here is how the battle will work: You and your teammates will answer questions about the books on the list. The top 2 teams that accumulate the most points with correct answers during the White Eagle school battle will advance to the Crosstown Battle at Builta Elementary on March 12, 2020. Right now we have 15 other schools that will participate in the Crosstown Battle.
Important Dates:
· Team Slips turned in no later than Monday, February 3, 2020.
· White Eagle Bluestem Battle on March 9, 2020 from 3:45-4:30 p.m.
· Crosstown Battle (other District 204 elementary schools) March 12, 2020 at Builta Elementary School 4:45-6:00 pm.
Please return the permission form below to me no later than Monday, February 3, 2020.
Good Luck and BATTLE ON!
Battle of the Bluestem permission form. One per teammate is needed.
Metra Train Safety Poster and Essay Contest: All Grades
Metra is proud to announce the Fourteenth Annual Metra Safety Poster Contest. This year's theme is "Obey the Signs" and it encourages being aware and following signs when around trains and railroad tracks
The Safety Contest is a key part of Metra's ongoing effort to increase public awareness of lifesaving railroad safety practices. One first, second and third place safety poster contest winner will be selected from each grade, K-12, and awarded the following prizes:
First Place: iPad
Second Place: $250 Gift Card
Third Place: $100 Gift Card
All posters should be done on white paper that is the size no smaller than 8 1/2 inches x 11 inches and no larger than 12” x 18”. The winning designs will be featured in Metra’s safety calendar, website, station displays and on weekend passes.
Students can also enter the Annual Metra Safety Essay Contest for your chance to win an iPad. Contest participants are asked to describe in 300 words or less why it's important to “Obey the Signs" when near trains and railroad tracks. Essays containing fictionalized information will be disqualified. There will be a first place awarded in each of the essay contest's three divisions: Grades K-4, 5-8 and 9-12. The first-place winners in the essay contest will receive an iPad.
See the link below for more information, rules and previous year’s winners. Special congratulations to our White Eagle Winners last year:
3rd Grade - 2nd place Gia Choudhary
Kindergarten - 3rd Place Neil Choudhary
3rd Grade — Essay Honorable Mention Arvind Narayan and Aarohan Jai Anand
Poster Entries Due to Mrs. Vieira by Friday, Jan. 24th or online through Metra by Friday, Jan. 31, 2020.
Creation Station:
New To Do:
Quiver App Masks and Scenes
BeeBot Challenge Cards
Design an OZOBOT maze
Click and Create Cubes
All the Time Fun!
Weave on our school loom… over, under, over, under
Play OSMO
Program Dash: Use a challenge card!
Squigz, Legos, Pipe Cleaner creations, Rainbow Loom and more!
Check Out Our New Books!
Thank you to everyone who shopped at our fall book fair. Be sure to check out some of our new books purchased thanks to all your support. All proceeds from the book fair go directly back to the library! Check out a few below…
Hi, Jack!
Meet Jack: He lives in a tree house. His interests include snacks, petty theft, and lipstick graffiti. Jack also loves his friends, he just has a funny way of showing it sometimes . . .
Jack Blasts Off!
When the Lady is mad at Jack, she decides to send him and Rex on a one-way trip to outer space. While she enjoys some rare peace and quiet, Jack and Rex get into trouble, resulting in their exile to the dark side of the moon. After an alien chase and some snacks, Jack and Rex get blasted home to Earth. But will the Lady take naughty Jack back?
Who is the Mystery Reader?
In Who is the Mystery Reader?, Zoom Squirrel tries out a new superpower with help from a mysterious Mystery Reader. But will the Squirrel pals ever find out who the real Mystery Reader is? Do you know more about reading than the Squirrels do? You will by the end of this book!
Unicorns 101
Unicorns! You love them, but how much do you really know about them? Join Professors Glitter Pants, Sprinkle Steed, Star Hoof, and Sugar Beard, plus their trusty lab assistant, Pete, as they reveal mind-blowing unicorn facts never before available to the public! For example:
* Buttercup Sparklecheeks was the first unicorn to trot on Pluto!
* At one time in history, there were dino-corns! and more...
I Want a Dog
The Copley County Animal Shelter has an aardvark, a lizard, a goose, a weasel, and plenty more. But do they have a puppy? The girl with her wagon is ready to adopt a dog—not an aardvark, lizard, or goose! Can the shelter manager help her to find her perfect pet?
Arrr, Mustache Baby!
In this swashbuckling tale, Mustache Baby and Beard Baby work hard to recover stolen treasure and convince baby buccaneers Captain Kid and Short John Silver to go legit. But when the scallywags refuse to play nice, Billy and Javier see red and go rogue, turning into bad guy pirates themselves.
Hilde Cracks the Case: Tornado Hits!
Real-life crime reporter Hilde Lysiak is starring in her very own early chapter book series — inspired by real news stories she has written! In this fifth book, a tornado hits Selinsgrove! Hilde and her sister/photographer Izzy set out to uncover its path and report on the damage. No one is hurt, but the sisters find a strange clue: There are fish flopping all over Orange Street! Where did the fish come from? Hilde is about to discover something WILD!
The Last Firehawk Series
A terrible darkness is spreading across Perodia. Thorn, a powerful vulture, is using dark magic (and his dark army of spies!) to destroy the magical land. A young owl named Tag may be the only one who can save it! Tag dreams of one day becoming a brave warrior, but he is small . . . In this first book, Tag and his best friend — a squirrel named Skyla — meet the last firehawk. Together, the three friends learn about a magical stone. Could this stone be powerful enough to defeat Thorn?
Ranger in Time Series
Meet Ranger! He's a time-traveling golden retriever who has a nose for trouble . . . and always saves the day!
Ranger has been trained as a search-and-rescue dog, but can't officially pass the test because he's always getting distracted by squirrels during exercises. One day, he finds a mysterious first aid kit in the garden and is transported to the year 1850, where he meets a young boy named Sam Abbott. Sam's family is migrating west on the Oregon Trail, and soon after Ranger arrives he helps the boy save his little sister. Ranger thinks his job is done, but the Oregon Trail can be dangerous, and the Abbotts need Ranger's help more than they realize!
Video book trailer for Long Road to Freedom.
Video book trailer for Race to the South Pole.
Eerie Elementary #10: The End of Orson Eerie?
Eerie Elementary is hosting a haunted house for the town's Eerie Day celebration! But mad scientist Orson Eerie has his own plans for this creepy holiday. Pumpkins attack and Sam gets trapped in a hayride maze! Can the hall monitors find a way to save their school and the rest of the town? Will they finally defeat this mad scientist FOR GOOD?
New Soccer and College Football Titles
Minecraft Master Builder: Dragons
Mac and Mac, who love pie and hate making their beds, are hollow-headed. "See in here? Nothing! Zippo! Nada!" Mac explains. That’s why they're so easy to fool—and their clever friend Meatball isn't afraid to take advantage of that fact.
Dog Man Fetch - 22
Petey the Cat is out of jail, and he has a brand-new lease on life. While Petey's reevaluated what matters most, Li'l Petey is struggling to find the good in the world. Can Petey and Dog Man stop fighting like cats and dogs long enough to put their paws together and work as a team? They need each other now more than ever -- Li'l Petey (and the world) is counting on them!
The Adventures of Max Crumbly #3: Masters of Mischief
When we last left our courageous hero, Max Crumbly, and his trusty sidekick Erin, they had just finished foiling the plans of some bumbling thieves. But Max and Erin were trapped in a smelly, dangerous dumpster of doom and about to be discovered by the last people they wanted to find them.
Now in this latest installment of Max’s journals, Max and Erin face foes both new and old as their misadventures continue. Can the two friends avoid detection—and detention!—while keeping South Ridge Middle School safe from bullies and criminals?
Click here to watch a video book trailer.
Remarkables
One minute they’re there: laughing and having fun at the house next door. The next minute, the teens are gone. Like magic. Marin can’t believe her eyes. Who are they? Can anyone else see them? What makes them so happy?
Marin is lonely in this new town of hers and eager to figure out more. Then she meets Charley, who reveals that he knows about them, too.
He calls them the “Remarkables.” Charley warns her to stay away from the Remarkables—and him. Charley and Marin both have painful secrets they’re holding on to, but could solving the mystery of the Remarkables help them both?
Allies
June 6, 1944: The Nazis are terrorizing Europe, on their evil quest to conquer the world. The only way to stop them? The biggest, most top-secret operation ever, with the Allied nations coming together to storm German-occupied France.
Welcome to D-Day.
Dee, a young U.S. soldier, is on a boat racing toward the French coast. And Dee -- along with his brothers-in-arms -- is terrified. He feels the weight of World War II on his shoulders.
But Dee is not alone. Behind enemy lines in France, a girl named Samira works as a spy, trying to sabotage the German army. Meanwhile, paratrooper James leaps from his plane to join a daring midnight raid. And in the thick of battle, Henry, a medic, searches for lives to save.
In a breathtaking race against time, they all must fight to complete their high-stakes missions. But with betrayals and deadly risks at every turn, can the Allies do what it takes to win?
Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky
Seventh grader Tristan Strong feels anything but strong ever since he failed to save his best friend when they were in a bus accident together. All he has left of Eddie is the journal his friend wrote stories in. Tristan is dreading the month he's going to spend on his grandparents' farm in Alabama, where he's being sent to heal from the tragedy. But on his first night there, a sticky creature shows up in his bedroom and steals Eddie's notebook. Tristan chases after it—is that a doll?—and a tug-of-war ensues between them underneath a Bottle Tree. In a last attempt to wrestle the journal out of the creature's hands, Tristan punches the tree, accidentally ripping open a chasm into the MidPass, a volatile place with a burning sea, haunted bone ships, and iron monsters that are hunting the inhabitants of this world. Tristan finds himself in the middle of a battle that has left black American folk heroes John Henry and Brer Rabbit exhausted. In order to get back home, Tristan and these new allies will need to entice the god Anansi, the Weaver, to come out of hiding and seal the hole in the sky. But bartering with the trickster Anansi always comes at a price. Can Tristan save this world before he loses more of the things he loves?