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Submitted by Ms Murray on Mon, 2007-03-19 11:05.

Welcome to Lincoln Hall Library

Submitted by Ms Murray on Mon, 2007-03-19 10:57.
Lincoln Hall Library serves approximately 450 students and faculty in grades six through eight.  Ms. Murray, the librarian, collaborates with the instructional staff to plan and co-teach a variety of units that incorporate a wide range of information literacy skills.  The library program also emphasizes the introduction of different literary genres through the Rebecca Caudill Young Readers Book Award program.  The library is open each school day from 8:00 to 3:30.

February

Submitted by Ms Murray on Thu, 2008-02-28 14:55.
Dr. Mau's seventh grade social studies classes have been researching a variety of countries in the library to become Asian travel experts.  The regions  they are covering include the Middle East and East, Southeast, and South Asia.  CultureGrams online database has been very useful in helping students to learn important foreign phrases and recipes for traditional foods in far-flung destinations such as Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Israel, and Pakistan.  Students are also busy creating colorful brochures of interesting tourist sites, maps, and timelines.

February

Submitted by Ms Murray on Mon, 2008-02-04 10:30.
Eighth grade Social Studies/Language Arts students have each adopted a role as an Ellis Island immigrant around the year 1900.  During two days in the library using CultureGrams online database and books, they created a moving narrative for their character, in which they savored memories of the smells, tastes, sounds, and sights of the "old country."  As a culmination, each student will dress as their character and experience entering America through Ellis Island on February 14.

January

Submitted by Ms Murray on Thu, 2008-01-31 14:00.
Sixth graders recently became experts on an ancient Middle Eastern or Asian civilization, using Timeliner software, websites, online encyclopedias, periodicals, and books during several days of research in the library.  Groups shared their new knowledge by giving speeches and showing their ancient maps and timelines.

January

Submitted by Ms Murray on Thu, 2008-01-31 13:50.

The 2008 Newbery and Caldecott Awards were recently announced.  The Newbery Award is given each year to the "author of the most distinguished contribution to American literature for children."  The Caldecott Award is given annually to the "artist of the most distinguished American picture book for children."  This year's winners are: 

Newbery Medal:

Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!  Voices from a Medieval Village, by Laura Amy Schlitz

Newbery Honor books:

Elijah of Buxton, b Christopher Paul Curtis

The Wednesday Wars, by Gary D. Schmidt

Feathers, by Jacqueline Woodson

Caldecott Medal:

The Invention of Hugo Cabret, by Brian Selznick 

Caldecott Honor books:

Henry's Freedom Box, illus. by Kadir Nelson

First the Egg, by Laura Vaccaro Seeger

The Wall, by Peter Sis

Knuffle Bunny Too, by Mo Willems 

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January

Submitted by Ms Murray on Thu, 2008-01-31 13:25.
The Lighted School House event on Thursday, January 31, will feature a slide-show with highlights from the library program at Lincoln Hall.  The science fair, Egyptian pharaohs, the Ellis Island immigration experience, the ancient Near East, and saving the earth are among the many topics researched so far this year by our students.  Please stop by and take a look.

November

Submitted by Ms Murray on Thu, 2007-11-15 13:53.
Seventh grade students are putting the finishing touches on their science fair research.  Ms. Cosier's classes are reading fantasy books, Ms. Nixon's students  are concentrating on science fiction, and Ms. Kotrba's classes are choosing either historical fiction or biography.

October 29, 2007

Submitted by Ms Murray on Fri, 2007-10-26 10:10.

The end of first quarter is coming on Wednesday, October 31.  Students, this is a good time to make sure that you have turned in any overdue books and paid for any materials that you may have lost.

Sixth grade students in Mr. Dupriest's and Mr. Salski's classes just finished their intensive research on ancient Egyptian pharaohs in the library.  They begin their presentations on October 29 in social studies class.  All students received instruction in how to access and use Encylcopedia Britannic Online and World Book Online by going to the Lincoln Hall home page, highlighting "Students", then "Library Resources", and then clicking the appropriate encyclopedia under "Recommended Links" on the left side of Ms. Murray's blog.  The District 74 technology staff has recommended using the Firefox browser when trying to access these sites from home.

October 22, 2007

Submitted by Ms Murray on Fri, 2007-10-19 13:32.
Sixth grade classes will be spending the week in the library in their Skills and Social Studies classes.  Ms. Murray will be co-teaching with Mr. Salski, Mr. DuPriest, Ms. Mate, and Ms. Creaves.  Our topics in Skills will be understanding and using the table of contents and the index of a book.  In Social Studies classes, students will apply their skills to research Egypt's most famous pharaohs and prepare an oral presentation.  In addition, they will be using online encyclopedias and the Internet. 
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