Eckstein Library » Library News http://ecksteineagles.org/library A Window to a Wider World Tue, 22 May 2012 14:44:11 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 iPad Lab Intro – Leadership, Mr. Baughn http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/05/04/ipad-lab-use-log/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/05/04/ipad-lab-use-log/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 15:40:25 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=857 iPad Lab Use Log

iCivics

Exit Ticket

]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/05/04/ipad-lab-use-log/feed/ 0 Book Trailers! http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/04/27/book-trailers-2/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/04/27/book-trailers-2/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:42:59 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=851 MSP is next week and silence during testing is golden.  Stop by the library and pick up a great book to read!  Thanks to Ms. Gedansky and Mr. Baughn’s classes for selecting the following book trailers!

New Books!

Human .4 by Mike Lancaster

My Big Mouth: 10 Songs I Wrote That Almost Got me Killed by Peter Hannan

Graffiti Moon by Cath Crowley

Article 5: Compliance in Mandatory by Kristen Simmons

Fantasy:

City of Glass

Twilight

Uglies

The Alchemyst

The Giver

Realistic Fiction:

Holes

Stargirl

Al Capone Does My Shirts

Cuba 15

Paper Towns

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If you cannot attend, feel free to print this flyer and shop @ the University Bookstore May 10th – 13th.

Thanks for supporting our Eagle Readers!

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Thanks!

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Additional resources that may prove useful, when searching for Government Documents, include:

University of Washington Libraries
Government Printing Office
National Technical Information Service
Centers For Disease Control
Washington Secretary of State

]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/04/02/govdocs/feed/ 0 8th Grade Statewide Technology Survey http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/03/21/8th-grade-statewide-technology-survey/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/03/21/8th-grade-statewide-technology-survey/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2012 18:26:32 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=829 Click HERE to begin the survey. 

Your password is eagles.

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The Eckstein Library has all 4 books in the Furnace series available for checkout.  In addition, if you’d like to learn more about Alexander Gordon Smith and his books, he has a great website! 

Thank you again to Third Place Books and the charming and entertaining Mr. Alexander Gordon Smith!

]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/03/08/agsmith/feed/ 0 Golden Line – Worth a Thousand Words http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/03/08/golden-line-worth-a-thousand-words/ http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/03/08/golden-line-worth-a-thousand-words/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:50:03 +0000 rlwynkoop http://ecksteineagles.org/library/?p=816 Open the Golden Line Template,

  • SAVE AS (to your ECK_folder)
  • Type in your Golden Line AND author name
  • SAVE your document
  • Print your document 1 time.
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(Select or search for your country – recipe link in the right nav bar)

Spain-Recipes (Spain – regional guide on the right hand side)
donguijote.org
World Recipes
Latin American Network Info Center (left nav bar offers country links)
Las Culturas (*****)

Glossary of cooking terminology

]]> http://ecksteineagles.org/library/2012/02/16/spanish-recipes/feed/ 0 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
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