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April 2011 Monthly Report
Program Highlights
Multiple collaborative poetry projects were finished. One 4th
grade class
participated in a Joyce Sidman collaborative project, and their work will be featured
before Sidman’s keynote speech at NCTE in the Fall.
The 1st annual media center poetry contest had 156 entries. Two top poems were
chosen in grades preK-1st , 2
nd-3
rd, and 4
th-5
th. Another 43 awards were given for
outstanding poetry in a variety of categories.
The UGA Athletic Association donated 12 poetry books to our collection and came
to work with students in various grades on writing poetry for Poem In Your Pocket
Day.
3rd
and 4th
grade held their Battle of the Books competition in the media center.
Our 5th
grade Battle of the Books team won 1st place at the district competition
against 13 other elementary schools. This is the 3rd
year in a row that our team has
placed 1st.
Poem In Your Pocket Day was held on April 15th
. Every class came to the media
center to read original and favorite poetry into our open mic. For the first time, the
event was broadcast live over the internet using Adobe Connect. We had parents,
family members, media specialists, and other educators who joined us online and
gave students feedback about their poetry. An additional reading session was held
on April 18th
to accommodate all classes in the school.
Our media center blog http://barrowmediacenter.com exceeded 10,000 visits since
its creation in 2008.
The 4th
grade began their annual author study of multiple authors that they will
present to the 3rd
grade to inspire summer reading.
Andy Plemmons, Media Specialist
Sharon Rockholt, Media Paraprofessional
Website:
http://www.clarke.k12.ga.us/webpages/aplemmons
Blog: http://barrowmediacenter.wordpress.com
Barrow Media Center
Number of Media Center Patrons: 3,475
Check Outs: 2,158
New Materials: 64 titles
Facebook visits: 233 visits and 197 “likes”
Blog Visits: 1,449
Media Center Website visits: 1,408
Data Snapshots
Barrow Blog Posts:
March Monthly Report
Autobiographical Poetry: 5th
Grade
Book Spine Poetry 2011
Joyce Sidman Poetry Study
PreK Poets in Action
UGA Poetry Support
Poem In Your Pocket Day: Live
Battle of the Books 2011 District
Champions
2011 Poetry Contest Winners
Poem in Your Pocket Day 2011
More Poem In Your Pocket Day 2011
First Grade Botanists
5th
Grade Poetry Contest Winners
GLMA Blog Posts:
Happy Poetry Month 2011
Poem In Your Pocket Day Live
Student Poetry Webcasts
Some of the many winners in our
poetry contest!
Collaborative Lessons
Photo Story
Poetry
1st grade Brewer
Shape Poetry K-Li, Boyle,
Carney
Shape & List
Poetry
PreK-Spurgeon
Joyce Sidman
Photo Story
Project
4th-Selleck
Book Spine
Poetry
2nd
-Brink, Yawn,
Sitler
4th-Freeman
Invention
Glogsters
2nd
-Spectrum
List Poetry K-Em
1st-Watson, Hart,
Stuckey
Community
Helpers
1st-Wyatt
Book Making K-all classes
collaborative
project with the
art teacher
Animal Poetry K-Li & Em
Author Study 4th grade-all
classes
Response to
Literature
K-Em & Li
1st-Hart, Stuckey
2nd
-Brink
Butterflies 1st-Spectrum
The media center
also supported
CRCT and
benchmark testing
for 2 weeks
.
Poem In Your Pocket Live Broadcast
Students loved getting involved with
the computer.
April 2011 Monthly Report
Barrow Media Center
Poetry Projects in
and out of the
library!