Media
We thank the Taylorsville Winfield Lions Club generously donating $250 towards new books for our media center. We were able to get some wonderful new books including these great reads:
Turtle in Paradise by Jennifer L. Holm
This is a wonderful historical fiction book about a girl who travels to Key West to stay with her relatives, which include the all boy members of the notorious Diaper Gang!
Griff Carver, Hallway Patrol by Jim Krieg
This is a histerically funny book in which the main character takes his hall patrol duties as seriously as the most hard boiled veteran detective. The author of this book has worked on a number of projects that have aired on the Disney channel.
Knuffle Bunny Free by Mo Willems
While traveling with her family to Holland to visit her grandparents, Trixie once again loses her beloved Knuffle Bunny.
Olivia Goes to Venice by Ian Falconer
On a family vacation in Venice, Olivia indulges in gelato, rides in a gondola, and finds the perfect souvenir.
The Winfield Media Center houses over 17,000 items, including books, magazines, videos, and professional journals. The media center has 10 computers available for student and teacher use. Applications include internet access to online databases for research, word processing, Kidspiration, and Microsoft PowerPoint. Students in grades 1 through 5 visit the media center once a week for 30 minutes, and kindergarten students visit the media center twice each week. In addition to checking out books, students are engaged in a variety of activities designed to strengthen their research and critical thinking skills. Areas covered include literature, locating and collecting data and information, organizing and interpreting data and information, and ethical sharing of information.
The TumbleBook Library is a collection of animated, talking e-books, TumblePuzzles, and TumbleQuizzes. Winfield Elementary has a subscription to Tumblebooks for our students in grades K-5 to enjoy at school and from home with their families.
http://www.tumblebooks.com/library/asp/home_tumblebooks.asp
Looking for some great resources to do research?
Check out the following databases! Subscriptions to these databases are free for students to access from home. Consider these sites for help with homework, research projects, or to explore topics of interest. See Mr. Vidmar, Mrs. Bricca, or Mrs. Lankford for usernames and passwords.
Sirs Discoverer - Full text article database for kids
World Book Online - Online encyclopedia
CultureGrams - Cultural reference source
Check out the following databases! Subscriptions to these databases are free for students to access from home. Consider these sites for help with homework, research projects, or to explore topics of interest. See Mr. Vidmar, Mrs. Bricca, or Mrs. Lankford for usernames and passwords.
Sirs Discoverer - Full text article database for kids
World Book Online - Online encyclopedia
CultureGrams - Cultural reference source
