Media Center

5th Graders - Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl/Book Club about to begin!

Students who have been reading for HRRB over the summer and other students who expressed interest received sign-up packets on Wed. Sept 7th.  Parents - please make sure that you review the parent letter and sign the permission form.

Permission forms should be returned at our first practice on Wed., Sept 14th.  Our second practice will be Wed. Sept. 28th (from 2:15 to 3:15 pm on both dates).

Orientations with every classroom have been completed ~ We are ready to 'check it out!'

Every classroom has now completed the required orientation to inform and remind students of the rules and policies of our Media Center.  Fourth and Fifth grades have also created their own Destiny accounts and can save and maintain their own lists of books and websites which can be used for research, Rocket Readers, keeping track of books they've read in a series, etc.

Parents, did you know that you can view Destiny, our library collection, from home?  It lives inside of Cobb Virtual Library.  For K-2 parents, ask your child's teacher for the username and password.  For parents of 3rd, 4th and 5th graders, ask your student!

In Kindergarten, we connected to what they were learning in the classroom about our five senses through a story called Hello Ocean by Pam Munoz Ryan.  First Graders heard a non-fiction story called A Rainy Day by Sandra Markle as a preview of what they will learn about Weather & Seasons next week.  The Man Who Walked Between the Towers by Mordicai Gerstein was enjoyed by Second Graders who were intrigued by the unusual but true story of Philippe Petit, a young man who walked on a high wire between the Twin Towers in 1974. 

Third, fourth and fifth grades are busy checking out books to read for pleasure and as resources for their projects, book reports, etc.  It is wonderful to see everyone back in the Media Center ~ we are off to a great start!

Moving to another topic, our summer reading program has now concluded and students are coming to the Media Center to choose their surprises.  We started with 5th grade this week and anticipate working our way down to Kindergarten by the end of next week.  A new year of Champion Rocket Readers (sponsored by PTA) is underway; forms will be coming home on Friday, September 9th.  Make sure to read the letter to parents and monitor your child's progress.  If you lose your form, you may go the the PTA page on the Cheatham Hill website and print a new one.  We hope that you will encourage your child to participate and earn their way to the Breakfast of Champions next May.

Cobb Literacy Council gives Third Graders new dictionaries!

 

Donna Frankovsky, Volunteer Coordinator/Development Specialist of Cobb Literacy Council visited us the first week of school and provided complimentary dictionaries to every 3rd grader at Cheatham Hill ES.  She gave them a quick tour of and an introduction to their new dictionary.

These dictionaries become the students' property and they are strongly encouraged to use them during classroom activities and/or for their homework. 

Attention:  Parents of 3rd graders Ask your child how many letters are in the longest word in the English language.  (Clue: check the last page of the dictionary!)

This Dictionary Project was made possible through a generous gift from Cobb EMC. 

Cheatham Hill ES, Third Graders and Mrs. Buro send a big shout out to Ms Frankovsky, Cobb Literacy Council, and Cobb EMC!!  Thank you! 
 

Media Center Orientation

Welcome Back, Cheatham Hill Champions! Click below to listen to a message from Mrs. Buro, Media Specialist . . .

Book Club/Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl (HRRB)

Please remember to return your HRRB books ASAP so that others may have an opportunity to read another title.  20 questions/answers/with page numbers are due for each book that you have read - you may turn these in to Mrs. Buro or Mrs. Goebel in the Media Center.

We will begin practice after school on Wednesdays about mid-September - watch for more details!

We had a blast with our Dr. Seuss Birthday Bash! March 2nd, 2011

   
 Hillgrove High School Beta Club students (including some former Cheatham Hill Champions) stepped off their bus at 9:00 am ready to help us celebrate Read Across America Day and Dr. Seuss's Birthday!  Visiting our Kindergarten and a couple of Second Grade classes, they came prepared in Cat in the Hat attire and read books, played games, served refreshments and had FUN!  

A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to
Jane Roberts and Heather Kindschy, both Media Specialists at Hillgrove High School, for developing and coordinating this wonderful opportunity for our students to celebrate reading in a special way.  Thanks also to Natalie Feller (a former Cheatham Hill parent!) for chaperoning and helping serve refreshments.  The Hillgrove students helped create an exciting memory that will live on in the hearts and minds of our students for a very long time.   

   
   
Thanks again to Mrs. Roberts, Mrs. Kindschy, Mrs. Feller and Hillgrove Beta Club ~ hope to see you again next year!

MEANWHILE, back at the ranch, other classrooms and teachers were having fun as well!  Mrs. Buro and several classes enjoyed reading Hop on Pop together.  We talked about the fact that words can have more than one meaning.  "Pop" was the dad in this story, but "pop" can also mean "a fizzy drink" or "a kind of sound."   So we gathered around a circle made of bubble wrap, and after a drum roll and on the count of 3, we all HOPPED ON POP! 

   
Wow, it sounded like lots of little firecrackers! Mrs. Buro didn't have quite as much fun as everyone else since it is hard to jump when you have one foot in a cast.   :( 

Welcome Back!

What a beautiful week to have off ~ we hope that everyone comes back refreshed and ready to work!

We would like to remind students and parents of the importance of taking good care of our library books.  Food and liquids do not get along well with books, so please help your child(ren) remember to move books away when enjoying a meal or a snack. If you have preschoolers or pets, please help your child(ren) find a safe place for their library books at home.  When a book is lost or damaged while checked out to your student, we will advise you the cost of the book(s) and ask that you help us replace it.  An overdue book will keep your child from checking out another book and as well as keep others from enjoying it, so your help in returning them in a timely manner is greatly appreciated. 

Author Karen Beaumont will be visiting our school on March 7th courtesy of our wonderful PTA!  You may know her as the author of I Ain't Gonna Pain No More!  We are so looking forward to meeting her and learning about her experiences.

Don't forget that . . .
~Tumblebooks and TumbleReadables are available for your child(ren) at school and AT HOME (scroll down to the links at the bottom right corner of our Cheatham Hill homepage)! 
~Cobb Virtual Library, a collection of high quality databases, is available to students and their families 24/7.
~Destiny (inside Cobb Virtual Library) is available from home; Destiny's WebPath Express is a great kid-safe search tool!
~Links to more student resources are available on our Student Resource page (click on link from our homepage).

Contact your child's teacher or me for login information or more details!