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1. Jedi Academy
2. Guts
3. Penny and Her Marble
4. Baby-Sitters Club Bk 2
5. Baby-Sitters Club Bk 11

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Summer Reading with Prince William County Library

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Summer Reading with Prince William County Library

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https://youtu.be/mP4nNXqNE5o

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1. Guts
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Double Down
3. Penny and Her Marble
4. Baby-Sitters Club Bk 2
5. Heartstopper V.4

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books were checked out!

Top Checkouts by Grade Level
1. 6th Grade - 83 books
2. 7th Grade - 85 books
3. 8th Grade - 66 books

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539 books were checked out!

Top Checkouts by Grade Level
1. 6th Grade - 259 books
2. 7th Grade - 178 books
3. 8th Grade - 102 books

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There will be one more fair the last full week of school that will a BOGO (for those of you who don't know what that means, it's buy one get one free). We give up all the rewards for the library and use them instead to give the kids a free book so they have books in their hands for summer break.

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We ended up having a $6561 fair (they are usually around $5000) and we able to raise over $1800 for the All for Books charity.

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1. Baby-Sitters Club Bk 8
2. Baby-Sitters Club Bk 9
3. Baby-Sitters Club Bk 7
4. Brave
5. Smile

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1,079 books were checked out!

Top Checkouts by Grade Level
1. 6th Grade - 556 books
2. 7th Grade - 290 books
3. 8th Grade - 233 books

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The Library of Virginia is providing free eBooks to students through Junior Library Guild until 9/30/22. No login is required, but students must use the link attached to this pin to access the eBooks. JLG also offers some audiobooks as well, and all books rotate in and out of the program every 30 or so days.

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We have a display of books in the library about women in history and books featuring strong female protagonists.

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The second book fair will take place from March 25 to April 5.

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This month we are hosting a mystery writing contest. Submissions are due on March 31st and a winner will be announced April 19th.

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1. My Hero Academia V. 20
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Bk. 10
3. Guts
4. My Hero Academia V. 9
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid Bk. 16

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1,087 books were checked out!

Top Checkouts by Grade Level
1. 8th Grade - 424 books
2. 6th Grade - 336 books
3. 7th Grade - 327 books

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Share an important event in February related to Black History month including birthdays of important people to the movement.

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Our sticker board is back! This is essentially paint by numbers with stickers! Students AND STAFF can come in and add stickers to the poster to unveil this month's image.

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Our blind dates with a book our back! If you have a student who struggles to find a new book or judges books by their covers, have them take a look at our blind dates. Each blind date includes the genre of the book, a blurb, and/or a quote. Students can review their books for a prize!

Also, an activity for your class or individual students is to create blind dates for the library using books they love! See us if you'd like to collaborate with this!

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A great research resource in CANVAS. Please let us know if you want help navigating and incorporating this resource in your lesson.

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Find out who won the Newberry, Sibert, Printz awards, and more!

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1. Drama
2. Guts
3. Best Friends
4. Boruto V. 7
5. 7 Good Reasons to Not Grow Up

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650 books were checked out!

Top Checkouts by Grade Level
1. 6th Grade - 266 books
2. 7th Grade - 234 books
3. 8th Grade - 150 books

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We spent a day in Mr. Marvin's classes walking students through a research project involving the American Presidents. We curated a website of accurate and reliable resources to help students complete this project successfully as well as gave tips for finding information from these resources. If this sounds like something you would like to do with your students, feel free to reach out to us to put something together.

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Looking forward to some snow and ice? While we can't promise winter precipitation, we can promise you can read about some disastrous winter weather facts and books about them, including the Donner Party, in this slideshow.

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1. My Hero Academia: Izuku Midoriya Origin #1
2. Baby-Sitters Club 2
3. Guts
4.Boy-Crazy Stacey
5. Baby-Sitters Club 4

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938 books were checked out!

Top Checkouts by Grade Level
1. 6th Grade - 376 books
2. 7th Grade - 323 books
3. 8th Grade - 239 books

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In December, we are worked with sixth grade writing classes on a parts of speech review using fun Winter Mad Libs.

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Books and facts about the holidays.

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Padlet is the website I'm using for this news update. There is a free version, but it limits the user to three projects.

This is a great resource to use to have your students digitally collaborate or curate information.

See me if you want any more details or suggestions for how to use it! It worked well in my class last year, and I know it can work well for yours, too!

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1,049 books were checked out!

Top Checkouts by Grade Level
1. 6th Grade - 446 books
2. 7th Grade - 338 books
3. 8th Grade - 257 books

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Google Slideshow featuring some of our new books with an audio or video talk about them.

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Bring your class to the library to "taste" new books. Each table is given a name and has books about a certain genre or subject, or we can work with you to choose specific books. It's a great activity to get books in students' hands and promote a lifelong love of reading.

We would love to have you join us for a book buffet! Just reach out to us, and we will set one up for you.

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1. Guts
2. Sisters
3. Smile
4. My Hero Academia: Izuku Midoriya Origin #1
5. Ghosts

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Are you doing a research project with your students this year? If so, we are happy to show your students to access are amazing online databases and curate a website with other sources for their project. Check out some of the sites we've created this year!

https://sites.google.com/wething.org/american-indian-research/home

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During the course of your first couple of weeks in 7th grade Social Studies, you have learned about the states that make up America. Now it is time for you to take control of your learning and become an expert on a state of your choice.

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Looking for additional work for your students on the subject you are currently covering? Work with us to create a website with activities and readings for your students.

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Read about the candidates for the 2020 Presidential Election and take a quiz to see which candidate's beliefs align the most with your own.

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Total Grade Level Checkouts for 2021-2022

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Total Grade Level Checkouts for 2021-2022

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1. 6th Grade- 1,157 books
2. 7th Grade- 1,869 books
3. 8th Grade- 1,100 books

Total Number of Circulations
4,126 books

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If you want to bring your classes to the library, please go to the linked form to schedule time. Before filling out the form, please refer to our calendar on the website to see if the time is available.

PLEASE schedule your class at LEAST 2 DAYS prior to your visit.

If you want a lesson, event, or an activity, please give us at least a week's notice, so we can work with you to put it together.

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Please fill out this form indicating your name, class times, and if you would like to have book check out, a lesson, or if you would like us to curate resources for you (websites, books, etc.). We look forward to working with you and meeting your needs!

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If there's a book you think should be added to the collection for students to checkout please let us know by filling out the attached form, and we will do our best to add it to our collection.

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We want to hear from you! Is there a book, magazine, or other item you would like us to purchase for the library? Let us know!

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In the past, we have worked with multiple contents across grade levels to teach research skills. We also curated both physical and digital resources for these classes. If you want us to help do this with your students, please reach out at least a week before the lesson.