BookBytes

Here's what's happening @ EHUE Library

Q3, 2022-23

by M. E. Shenefiel, Librarian

sparking curiosity, creating connections, empowering learners

Battles of the Books

All Grades

sparking curiosity

Students in grades 4, 5, and 6 competed in separate battles to answer trivia questions about books that they had been assigned to read.

Grade 4 (27 teams)

1st- Book Bandits
2nd- Book Busters
3rd- Forest 5

Grade 5 (15 teams)

1st- Spinecrackers: Chapter 2
2nd- Fiction Addiction
3rd- Chronicle Conquistadors

Grade 6 (10 teams)

1st- Bibliophile Babes
2nd- The Novel Nerds
3rd- The Grim Readers

"The Battle of the Books is a SUPER fun night and I had so much fun. I regret not doing it last year." - Ryann M., Grade 5

Favorite Team Posters

Grade 4

Grade 5

Grade 6

Poetry Visualization (ELA/Library/ART)

Grade 6 Desert

creating connections

Connecting ELA to art, Mrs. Mahsoob's class created "Three Things" poems in ELA class as part of their study of Jacqueline Woodson's Locomotion. After the poems were completed the classes came to the Think Tank at the library to create a piece of artwork that would visualize thier poem. The words to the poem were part of the artwork. Students could create two dimensional or three dimentional artwork.

Learning Goals: Create a visual representation of a poem. Add multimedia components and visual displays to presentations to clarify information.

Independent Projects in the Think Tank

GATE- All Grades

empowering learners

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GATE students in all grades have been visiting the Think Tank for "Think Tank Thursdays."

Students were given the opportunity to investigate one of several projects: Sphero, Little Bits, Origami, paper circuits, Makerspace machines, video production, animation and stop-motion animation.

They started with tinering to learn about the activity. Then they planned a project wich they are currently completing. Students used library resources, tutorials and online guides to complete as much of the work independently as possible.

Read Across America Week

All Grades

Student and staff in all grades celebrated Read Across America week from February 27- March 3, 2023!

Planned activities included:

- - - School-wide DEAR time
    - Spirit Days
    - "Get Caught Reading" Raffle
    - Guest Readers
    - Read Across Eden Hall Story Strolls
    - "Big Red Book Cover" Contest Reveal
    - March Madness Book Bracket
    - Read Across America Digital Breakout Room

Cover art by Evelyn S., winner of the grade 6 "Big Red Book Cover" design contest, in collaboration with Mrs. Tronetti and the Eden Hall Art Department. This year's theme was the future.

RAA Character Raffle Posters.mp4

Resource Feature:

MackinVia Professional Collections

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Access professional resources through MackinVia, our ebook and audiobook platform. Kristen Rowe, our PRMS librarian has created this video to show you how to access the collection. For those that use MackinVia already, the process is slightly different than the usual means of access.

2022-23 Quarter 3

Library Stats at a Glance

New Titles To Try

Images and summaries from Destiny

Biography- Women Making a Difference

Lady and the Octopus : How Jeanne Villepreux-Power Invented Aquariums and Revolutionized Marine Biology

by Staaf, Danna

Follow the remarkable journey of Jeanne Villepreux-Power from her childhood in a small French village to her life as a naturalist in nineteenth-century Messina, Sicily, where she conducted groundbreaking research and invented aquariums.

Play Like a Girl

by Wilson, Misty; Wilson, David (ILT)

In this inspiring graphic memoir about teamwork, friendship, crushes and touchdowns, the author shares her experiences on the boys’ football team as she shows everyone what it means to play like a girl.

Annette Feels Free : The True Story of Annette Kellerman, World-class Swimmer, Fashion Pioneer, and Real-life Mermaid

by Mazeika, Katie

Meet "The Original Mermaid," Annette Kellerman! All her life, Annette wanted one thing: to feel free. As a girl she found freedom in the water, where she could swim without the leg braces she needed on land. As she grew up, Annette swam in Australia andEngland and America and beyond, performing synchronized swimming-which she invented!-and competing in swim races and diving exhibitions. But always she was bogged down by her heavy swim clothes. Clothes that only women had to wear, not men. So Annette designed her own swim costume. And then, she fought for the right to wear it-and for the right for all women to feel free

Cloaked in Courage : Uncovering Deborah Sampson, Patriot Soldier

by Anderson, Beth; Lambelet, Anne (ILT)

Disguising herself as a man and struggling to keep her identity a secret, spirited 18-year-old Deborah Sampson enlists in George Washington’s Continental Army to fight for her country, where she finds her true purpose.

Top 5 Titles

As determined by circulation statistics. Images from Destiny.