Eckstein Library » Library News http://ecksteineagles.org/library A Window to a Wider World Mon, 06 Feb 2012 09:00:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Eagle Readers Unite! http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/01/24/eagle-readers-unite/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/01/24/eagle-readers-unite/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:05:31 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=777 This Saturday, January 28, 2012, Seattle Public Libraries are sponsoring a City-wide Middle School Readathon.  Visit one of the branches listed below between 11am and 5pm and log hours of reading for Eckstein (families are welcome to participate as well)! 

Snacks and pizza will be provided and the Grand Prize is a Kube 93.3 sponsored dance!

Participating libraries include:

  • Greenwood
  • Ballard
  • Lake City
  • Douglas Truth
  • Southwest
  • Beacon Hill
]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/01/24/eagle-readers-unite/feed/ 0 6th Grade Eastern Hemisphere – Africa http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/01/24/africa/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/01/24/africa/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 18:42:20 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=732 Non-Fiction Bins are provided in your classrooms.  Below you will find some additional information for each Bin topic to supplement your research.  There is also an excellent selection of electronic resources, provided by Mr. Miller and Ms. Falls, for Heroes of Africa.

Politics/Government/War

Geography

Environment/Climate/Wildlife/Conservation

Health

Agriculture

Technology and Infrastructure

Resources

]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/01/24/africa/feed/ 0 7th Grade Book Groups – Responsibility and Success http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/01/13/responsibility/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/01/13/responsibility/#comments Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:58:47 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=750 Ms. Diederich, Ms. Gedansky, Mr. Baughn and Ms. Wynkoop will be presenting titles selections for our Responsibility and Success book group selections. 

For more information about book selections, be sure to check out Ms. Diederich’s Book Groups Website.

]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/01/13/responsibility/feed/ 0 The Fertile Crescent Empires http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/11/28/empire/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/11/28/empire/#comments Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:49:33 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=697 Below is an assortment of resources to help you find information about the Empires of the Fertile Crescent.  Each article comes from an electronic database provided by the Eckstein Middle School Library and contains a bibliographic citation at the end of the article. For usernames and passwords to acccess library databases off campus, please talk with your librarian or classroom teacher.

Akkadian Empire

Babylonian Empire

Assyrian Empire

Neo-Babylonian Empire

Challenge Choices:

Phoenician Empire

Persian Empire

Hittite Empire

Additional electronic resources are also available from the Eckstein Library as well as the Seattle Public Library.  For usernames and passwords to acccess library databases off campus, please talk with your librarian or classroom teacher.
]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/11/28/empire/feed/ 0 Ally Condie Was Here! http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/11/06/allycondie/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/11/06/allycondie/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:10:19 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=692 On Friday, November 4th, Eckstein Library, was able to host Ally Condie, author of the acclaimed Matched Series.

Promoting her latest book in the series, Crossed, Ms. Condie spoke in front of a captivated audience of 6th and 7th grade students from Ms. Poort, Ms. Evans, Ms. Gedansky, Mr. Baughn, Ms. Norman and Ms. Feris’ classes.

The Eckstein library now has 5 copies of each book in our library.  If you’d like to place a hold on a book today, just stop by the library
or e-mail Ms. Wynkoop, rlwynkoop@seattleschools.org.

A Special Thanks to the University Bookstore for making this event possible!!

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Our 7th grade students were riveted by your performances and we are so grateful for professionals, like the actors from Book-It Repertory Theatre, who continue to help educate youth.  

Eckstein Eagles salute you and celebrate our freedom to choose what books we’d like to read.

Thank you!

]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/10/27/bookit/feed/ 0 Danger Books! http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/10/18/danger-books/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/10/18/danger-books/#comments Wed, 19 Oct 2011 03:00:02 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=666 Book-It Repertory Theatre, in partnership with the NE Branch of the Seattle Public Library, is bringing Danger Books! to the Eckstein Middle School 7th Grade Students. In order to best prepare ourselves for this event we are going to explore or personal reactions to controversial content as well as work toward understanding the reactions of others.

Deadline (YouTube) by Chris Crutcher Deadline (MP4)
Wintergirls (YouTube) by Laurie Halse Anderson
And Tango Makes Three (YouTube) by Justin Richardson Tango (MP4)

At Eckstein Middle School we teach our students about choice.  We recognize that some of our books may include subject matter that would not be a good fit for all students and their families.  For this reason, we celebrate and encourage our students’ right to choose a just right book – a book that is a good fit for them, and their families.

American Library Association Data on Banned and Challenged Books

“At a time when book banning is back in vogue, libraries remind us that truth isn’t about who yells the loudest, but who has the right information.”
-President Barack Obama, 2005

]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/10/18/danger-books/feed/ 0 Thank You Maile Meloy and 3rd Place Books! http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/10/08/thank-you-maile-meloy-and-3rd-place-books/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/10/08/thank-you-maile-meloy-and-3rd-place-books/#comments Sun, 09 Oct 2011 03:08:48 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=647 Thank you to Maile Meloy and 3rd Place books for coming to talk with some of our 7th grade students.  Signed copies of The Apothecary will be on sale in the library for one week.  Students can bring a check for $18.65 made out to 3rd Place Books if they’d like to take home a copy.

We are so grateful for your time and support of our Eagle Readers.  Mr. Cavender’s, Ms. Gedansky’s, Mr. Baughn’s and Ms. Feris’ students were captivated by your stories and inspired by your successes!

Thank you!

]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/10/08/thank-you-maile-meloy-and-3rd-place-books/feed/ 0 Maile Meloy is Here! http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/10/06/meloy/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/10/06/meloy/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:28:07 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=636 Good readers use many strategies to find just right books.
Today, Ecksetin Middle School Library is proud to welcome Maile Meloy!

She is here to talk with us about her latest book, The Apothecary.

If you’d like to know more about Ms. Meloy’s book, check out her Website and her YouTube Book Trailer.

 

Some other new books you might like to check out include:

 

]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/10/06/meloy/feed/ 0 Curriculum Night Book Fair! http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/09/29/curriculum-night-book-fair/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2011/09/29/curriculum-night-book-fair/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 18:44:11 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=630 Eckstein Middle School’s Curriculum night is right around the corner.  On Thursday October 13, 2011 come walk the halls of Eckstein, meet your students’ teachers and don’t forget to stop by the library! 

The University Bookstore is sponsoring our 2nd annual Curriculum Night Book Fair from 5:30-9:00pm.  Bookstore staff will be on hand to help you with all of your book buying needs.  A percentage of all sales will benefit the Eckstein Middle School Library.

Questions?  Contact Ms. Wynkoop rlwynkoop@seattleschools.org

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