The winner of the 2024 Book Madness is The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes.
IT'S OUR 10TH ANNUAL BOOK MADNESS!!
How did you pick the Sweet 16? These books are among the top 16 most circulated books in the LLC since the beginning of the school year.
Who can vote? If you’ve read the books (or WANT to read them), you can vote ONCE in each round by filling out the Form which will be on the LLC website. If you haven’t read the books, they are available to check out in the LLC or on Sora.
When does the tournament begin? We are loosely following 2024 NCAA Tournament Dates. Your votes must be submitted by midnight for each round. The Sweet 16 votes are due 3/18, the Elite 8 votes are due by 3/25, the Final 4 are due on 4/1, the Championships are due on 4/8.
Now that we've earned our No Place for Hate designation, help us build on last year's accomplishments.
🤩Thank you for a super day together!
Author, poet and actor
Charles Waters
visited SRMS on
4/11/24
Join us for year three of One Book Two Schools!
This December: Anyone can code!
Celebrate CS Ed Week / Hour of Code all month long!
CS HOUR OF CODE Choice Board s (teacher).pdfTeachers - pick one!
*In Class Independent Work
*In Class with Teacher
*In the LLC (email us)
WELCOME BACK TO WHAT WILL
SURELY BE A SPECTACULAR YEAR!
Follow us on social media and join our Google Classroom for LLC updates and to stay informed (links & class code above).
We believe in letting our students control their destiny in the LLC. Literally, using our Destiny Catalog, students use the self checkout station to check out their own books.
Our LLC is totally genrefied, both fiction and non-fiction. This makes it very easy to find a book or genre and to recommend one to a friend.
We are constantly adding new books to our collection and featuring them on display, on social media and in our "First Page Friday" segment of the SRMS Morning Show. Find out what's happening using the inks above.
Alan Gratz is one the most popular authors in our LLC. His stories educate, inspire, and foster empathy around important topics such as history, social justice, and cultural diversity.
Using Destiny, our students can search our catalog, review books, mark their favorites, and put them on hold from any device 24/7.
Next to "New Books" and "Nutmeg Nominees," we have rotating displays featuring books that appeal to our SRMS community. "Barbenheimer" has been very popular since the movies came out this summer.
@SRMSLLC TEAMS UP WITH THE RIDGEFIELD LIBRARY TO PROMOTE SUMMER READING!
Once again, Scotts Ridge Middle School and the Ridgefield Library are teaming up to promote our Summer Reading Program!
Summer is the ideal time to pick up a book of your choice and relax, and it’s a great way to prevent the “summer slide.”
This year’s theme, “All Together Now,” celebrates the diverse perspectives represented in literature today.
Check out our Book Suggestions, and '2023 Summer Reading tab, including a list of the most popular and new titles recommended by SRMS students, staff and librarians.
We encourage parents to assist in the selection of appropriate and challenging selections.
Have a wonderful summer and happy reading!
Spring 2023-24
We're so excited to have met and listened to author Torrey Maldonado and RHS Student Ambassadors at our April Assembly!
SRMS & RPMS One Book Two Schools. Click here to access info about this inter-district Book Club.
May 11, 2023
Our theme for this year is
"Proud to be an Ally."
For over 20 years, No Place for Hate, a student-led K-12 school climate improvement program, has helped build learning communities of inclusivity, respect and equity and SRMS is well on its way to becoming a No Place For Hate School!!
Tell us about a time when you were proud to be an ally.
Participate in this special day by responding to this Form:
Example below
Prove you're a Jennifer Nielsen fan!
The first 10 students from each grade who correctly answer these trivia questions can have lunch with her on May 3!
The 2023 Book of the Year is
"A Good Girl's Guide To Murder" by Holly Jackson
HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS:
Elite 8:
A Night Divided by Jennifer Nielsen moves onto the Final 4. She will be visiting SRMS in May. Let's see if her book can move onto the Championship against A Good Girl's Guide to Murder by Holly Jackson. Historical Fiction vs. Mystery. Both genres are very popular.
No surprise that the Keeper of the Lost cities series by Sharon Messenger secures its place vs. Starfish by Lisa Fipps. To be fair, although Starfish is a new book, its popularity speaks for itself.
Sweet 16:
The most popular ADVENTURE book is "Charlie Thorne & the Last Equation" by Stuart Gibbs with 55.3% of the vote
The most popular HISTORICAL FICTION book is "A Night Divided" by Jennifer Nielsen with 53.9% of the vote. These 2 books now compete in the Elite 8.
The most popular MYSTERY book is "A Good Girl's Guide To Murder" by Holly Jackson with 60.5% of the vote
The most popular HORROR book is "The Girl In the Locked Room" by Mary Downing Hahn with 51.3% of the vote. These 2 choices now compete in the Elite 8.
The most popular FANTASY series is "Keeper of the Lost Cities" with 52.6% of the vote.
The most popular DYSTOPIAN/SCIENCE FICTION book is "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman with 59.2% of the vote. These 2 books now compete in the Elite 8.
The most popular REALISTIC FICTION book is "Star Fish" by Lisa Fipps with 51.3% of the vote. This was a tie and needed a tie-breaker.
The most popular GRAPHIC NOVEL is "Truly Tyler" by Terri Libenson with 56.6% of the vote. These 2 choices now compete in the Elite 8.
Winter 2022-23
Fall 2022
These books are on display in the LLC and available for checkout. Select this link to view the list.
Spring 2022
SRMS students, we hope you find time to relax and keep on reading this summer! Here's a list of new and popular books @SRMSLLC to give you ideas. You can also check our Reading tab for book suggestion links. Participate in the Summer Reading Challenge by going to the Ridgefield Library website and registering. Have a wonderful summer!
Love, Mrs. Johnson & Mrs. Shiller
@SRMSLLC CHOOSES THE 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR!!
Thanks to the students and staff who participated in the 2022 Book Madness!
The mystery "One Of Us Is Lying" by Karen McManus is our '22 Book of the Year! It has been a consistently popular book, mixing mystery, suspense, drama and romance.
(PS- Don't miss the sequel, "One Of Us Is Next." The 3rd book, "One of Us Is Back," is coming in 2023.)
IT'S MARCH!
TIME FOR OUR 8th BOOK MADNESS!
Winter 2022
Fall 2021
Winter/Spring 2021
Our 3rd Community Read-aloud of What Lane? by Torrey Maldonado culminated with his virtual visit!
Some of our students and staff attended via Google Meet or watched live in the LLC.
What a great way to celebrate Read Across America Day! We learned about the author, his inspiration for writing, "how we can be better allies when we see things aren't right", and about a forthcoming sequel to What Lane?!
Fall 2020
Click HERE to see how our community, along with classrooms around the world, has come together to read books addressing racism.
Introducing BOOKFLIX!!!! Never be without a book. Search and reserve your books and we can deliver them to your classroom!!!
Spring 2020
Copy of W2RW PV clip for Morning Show.mp4We had so much fun on Wednesday 5/20 with author Paul Volponi! He discussed his new book, "That's My Team," and then hosted a Staff vs. Students Challenge where Paul posed questions from his book. See the whole video and learn more about Paul's books on our Author Visit page!
Although we weren't together in the LLC last month
SO MUCH still happened!
Students, our GClassroom code is above. Join in the fun!
SRMS Students Celebrate Earth Day!
In honor of Earth Day we asked SRMS students to write a story celebrating the Earth.
We are proud to share the @srmsllc Earth Day ebook with you!
Voting is open for 2020 Nutmeg Awards!
Voting is has been extended until May 7!
The Nutmeg Book Awards encourages children in grades 2-12 to read quality literature and to choose their favorite from a list of ten nominated titles. There are four divisions: Elementary (grades 2-3); Intermediate (grades 4-6); Middle School (grades 7-8); and High School (grades 9-12) which are jointly sponsored by the Connecticut Library Association (CLA) and the Connecticut Association of School Librarians (CASL). The Nutmeg Committee is comprised of children's librarians and school library media specialists who are members of our sponsoring organizations.
Winter 2019
Have you read our 3rd quarter literacy newsletter? If you didn't see it arrive with your student's Team Newsletter, read it here!
Fall 2019
October 2019
September 2019
August 2019
Spring 2019
SUMMER IS AROUND THE CORNER...
SRMS is teaming up with the Ridgefield Library for our 2019 Summer Reading Program, "A Universe of Stories," celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. Here's our letter to SRMS families. For suggested book titles, click HERE.
THE NUTMEG BOOK AWARDS ENCOURAGES CHILDREN TO READ QUALITY LITERATURE AND THEN VOTE FOR THEIR FAVORITE BOOKS TO BECOME AN OFFICIAL NUTMEG TITLE.
THANKS TO THOSE SRMS STUDENTS WHO VOTED FOR THE 2019 NUTMEGS.
THE NUTMEG COMMITTEE IS COMPRISED OF STUDENTS, CHILDREN'S LIBRARIANS AND SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALISTS. THE LISTS ARE SPONSORED BY THE CONNECTICUT LIBRARY ASSOCIATION (CLA) AND THE CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL LIBRARIANS (CASL).
April 2019
March 2019
March 2019
We started with the Top 16 most circulated books and your votes nominated the 2019 BOOK OF THE YEAR!
THE HUNGER GAMES!
If you haven't read it yet come get a copy!!
Winter 2018
Let's crush this! Who is your favorite book character?
On the LLC entrance whiteboard write the character, book & why..
SRMS BOOK GROUPS had an awesome #virtualbookchat with @JRMSRedding @JohnReadLibrary discussing @SullivanStories "The Bitter Side of Sweet" #srmsctreads
Fall 2018
Giving thanks for a long weekend with family and friends & good books! Can't wait to discuss both of these books with SRMS BOOK GROUPS on 11/28! @MitaliPerkins @JasonReynolds83 #srmsctreads
OCTOBER MAKER CHALLENGES!
First CPDinVR!!!! Some 6th graders gathering around Emily Shiller as she joins @steve_bambury 'Live From Dubai' broadcast in VR. Students are SO READY for Virtual Reality!!!
SRMS CELEBRATES BANNED BOOKS WEEK!
I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU READ LAST SUMMER!
What did you read this summer? Swing by and tell us!
NEW YEAR, NEW READING GOALS! FIND THESE SCHOOL LIBRARY JOURNAL BEST BOOKS OF 2022 IN THE LLC!!
(Click the book icon for info)