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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Welcome to the 2007-2008 School Year!

Hello!  Welcome to Wacona's Library Blog.  In the past couple of years, I've used this blog to list new books in the library.  That was helpful, but a bit on the boring side.  This year, I wanted to try some new and different things, so I'm starting with this blog.  I'll still use it to tell you about new books, but you'll also find other information here as well.  So I hope that you will check back often and feel free to leave a comment if you'd like.


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Tuesday, November 21, 2006
New Books

The following books are AR books:

Jonathan and His Mommy

Annie Bananie

All By Myself

Eyes, Nose, Fingers, and Toes: A First Book All About You

A Chair for My Mother (A child saves money to buy a new chair for her mother after their house burns down.)

Amelia’s Fantastic Flight

Amelia and Eleanor Go For A Ride

H is for Horse

From Foal to Horse

Snowmen at Christmas

June 29, 1999

Little Horse

Little Horse on His Own

My Friend and I (A child breaks his friend’s toy and they quit being friends.)

Now One Foot, Now the Other (A little boy helps his grandfather learn how to eat and talk again after a stroke.)

Sports Math

 

Jan Brett Books:

Beauty and the Beast

Christmas Trolls

Daisy Comes Home

The First Dog

Goldilocks and the Three Bears

The Hat

Hedgie Blasts Off! (Not AR yet)

Honey…Honey…Lion!

Trouble with Trolls

The Umbrella

Who’s That Knocking on Christmas Eve?

 

Books with no AR test:

I have a Horse: Learning the H Sound

The Mysteries of Harris Burdick

The Hating Book (A book about 2 friends who get in a fight)

Adoption is for Always

I Like Me

Frederick Douglass

Frederick Douglass: Leader Against Slavery

Frederick Douglass: The Last Day of Slavery (picture book)

The U.S. Congress

Government: How Local, State, and Federal Government Works

National Government: Kids’ Guide

State Government: Kids’ Guide

State Government

State and Local Government

Local Government: Kids’ Guide

The City Council

Life on the Equator

Latitude and Longitude

Appalachian Mountains

Rocky Mountains

The Mississippi River

The Ohio River

The Hudson River

The Colorado River

The Rio Grande

Conservation and Natural Resources

Natural Resources: Using and Protecting Earth’s Supplies

The Young Zillionaire’s Guide to Producing Goods and Services

The Young Zillionaire’s Guide to Distributing Goods and Services

The Young Zillionaire’s Guide to Buying Goods and Services

 

 

Books related to Math:

100th Day Worries (AR)

Mummy Math: An Adventure in Geometry (AR)

Using Math to Conquer Extreme Sports

Using Math to Design a Roller Coaster

Using Math to Solve a Crime

Using Math to Conquer Extreme Sports

The History of Money

Around the World with Money

All About Money

Making Money

Earning Money

Saving Money

Spending Money

Save, Spend, or Donate? A Book About Managing Money

In the Money: A Book About Banking

Taxes, Taxes! Where the Money Goes

Money Math

Animal Math

Weather Math

Working at the Farmer’s Market: Solving Money Problems Using the Four Math Operations

Math in Our Solar System: Applying Problem-Solving Strategies

Map Math: Learning About Latitude and Longitude Using Coordinate Systems

Sir Cumference and the Sword in the Cone: A Math Adventure

Sir Cumference and the Great Knight of Angleland: A Math Adventure

Sir Cumference and the First Round Table: A Math Adventure

Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi: A Math Adventure

What’s Your Angle, Pythagoras?

Math-terpieces: The Art of Problem-Solving

On Beyond a Million: An Amazing Math Journey

ABC Math Riddles

Only One

 

 

New Books in the Teacher Resource Room

Marvelous Multiplication: Games and Activities that Make Math Easy and Fun

Fabulous Fraction: Games and Activities that Make Math Easy and Fun

Dazzling Division: Games and Activities that Make Math Easy and Fun

Measurement Mania: Games and Activities that Make Math Easy and Fun

Wacky Word Problems: Games and Activities that Make Math Easy and Fun

Delightful Decimals & Perfect Percents: Games and Activities that Make Math Easy and Fun

Groovy Geometry: Games and Activities that Make Math Easy and Fun

50 Problem-Solving Lessons (Grades 1-6) by Marilyn Burns

A Collection of Math Lessons (Grades 1-3) by Marilyn Burns

A Collection of Math Lessons (Grades 3-6)

180 Think-Aloud Math Word Problems

15 Fun-to-Sing Math Learning Songs & Activities

Alice in Pastaland: A Math Adventure

Covered  Wagons: Hands-On Projects About America’s Westward Expansion

Take Me To Your Liter: Science and Math Jokes

Teaching with Favorite Jan Brett Books

 


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Monday, October 16, 2006
New Books!

The following books are from the Magic Treehouse series.  These are AR books.

 

Afternoon on the Amazon

Buffalo Before Breakfast

Civil War on Sunday

Day of the Dragon King

Dingoes at Dinnertime

Dinosaurs Before Dark

Dolphins at Daybreak

Earthquake in the Early Morning

Ghost Town at Sundown

Good Morning, Gorillas

High Tide in Hawaii

Hour of the Olympics

The Knight at Dawn

Midnight on the Moon

Mummies in the Morning

Night of the Ninjas

Pirates Past Noon

Polar Bears Past Bedtime

Revolutionary War on Wednesday

Stage Fright on a Summer Night

Thanksgiving on Thursday

Tigers at Twilight

Tonight on the Titanic

Twister on Tuesday

Vacation Under the Volcano

Viking Ships at Sunrise

 

The following books correspond to Georgia Performance Standards and do not have AR tests.

 

Ancient Greece: 40 Hands-On Activities to Experience this Wondrous Age

Clean Planet

Dirt

Dirt: The Scoop on Soil

Down to Earth

Environment at Risk: The Effects of Pollution

Environmental Awareness: Land Pollution

Environmental Awareness: Air Pollution

Environmental Awareness: Water Pollution

Everybody Needs A Rock

Exploring Mountain Habitats

Fight Air Pollution

Habitats

Heat

Heat

Magnets (First Science)

Magnets (Compass Point Phonics Readers)

Magnets: Pulling Together, Pushing Apart

Magnets (First Step)

Poisoned Planet:  Pollution in our World

Pollution and Conservation

Protect Natural Habitats

Soil

Stories in Stone: Rock Art Pictures by Early Americans

 

 


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Monday, September 18, 2006
New Video Set

We now have the following set of videos available for checkout in the Teacher Resource Room.

Video Title

Summary

Poetry Day

Between the Lions video; sound of ai

Trains and Brains and Rainy Plains

Between the Lions video; sound of ai

Teacher's Pet

Between the Lions video; sound of long e

The Good Seed

Between the Lions video; sound of long e

Tweet, Tweet

Between the Lions video; sound of long e

Good Night, Knight

Between the Lions video; sound of long I

The Spider and the Lie

Between the Lions video; sound of long I

Zoop! Zoop!

Between the Lions video; sound of oo

Why the Baboon's Balloon Went Ka-Boom!

Between the Lions video; sound of oo

The Last Cliff Hanger

Between the Lions video; sound of short a

Rats

Between the Lions video; sound of short a

Oh, Yes, It Can!

Between the Lions video; sound of short a

Piggyback, Piggyback

Between the Lions video; sound of short a

The Ram in the Pepper Patch

Between the Lions video; sound of short a

The Sad Dad

Between the Lions video; sound of short a

Quest, Quest, Quest!

Between the Lions video; sound of short e

The Hopping Hen

Between the Lions video; sound of short e

Pebble Trouble

Between the Lions video; sound of short e

Red Hat, Green Hat

Between the Lions video; sound of short e

Farmer Ken's Puzzle

Between the Lions video; sound of short e

The Chess Mess

Between the Lions video; sound of short e

Little Big Mouse

Between the Lions video; sound of short I

Something Fishy

Between the Lions video; sound of short I

Five, Six, and Thistle Sticks

Between the Lions video; sound of short I

Clickety-Clack, Clickety-Clack!

Between the Lions video; sound of short I

Icarus's Wings

Between the Lions video; sound of short I

To the Ship, To the Ship!

Between the Lions video; sound of short I

The Fox and the Crow

Between the Lions video; sound of short o

Bobby the Hopping Robot

Between the Lions video; sound of short o

The Lost Rock

Between the Lions video; sound of short o

Stop that Chicken

Between the Lions video; sound of short o

But, Mama, But…

Between the Lions video; sound of short u

Humph! Humph! Humph!

Between the Lions video; sound of short u

The Lucky Duck

Between the Lions video; sound of short u

Bug Beard

Between the Lions video; sound of short u


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Wednesday, August 30, 2006
New Books

 

The following books are AR:

The Magician’s Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia Book 1) AR: 5.4

Prince Caspian (Chronicles of Narnia Book 4) AR: 5.7

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia Book 5) AR: 5.9

The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia Book 6) AR: 5.7

A Secret Party in Boston Harbor AR: 5.2

Young Patriots: Inspiring Stories of the American Revolution AR: 5.5

Sunset of the Sabertooth (Magic Treehouse #7) AR: 3.0

 

The following books are not AR:

King George III

Where was Patrick Henry on the 29th of May?

Benedict Arnold: Patriot or Traitor

John Cabot and the Rediscovery of North America

Thomas Jefferson: Author of the Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson: Let Freedom Ring

The Battles of Lexington and Concord (We the People)

The Boston Tea Party

The Battle of Trenton

George Washington: Discover the Life of an American Legend

The Declaration of Independence: The Story Behind America’s Founding Document

Vasco Nunez de Balboa: Explorer of the Pacific

How to Draw Hanukkah Symbols

How to Draw Christmas Symbols

Who’s Who in a Public Housing Community

Crispus Attucks: Hero of the Boston Massacre

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

A Time Line of the American Revolution

King George III: English Monarch

Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Photo-Illustrated Biographies)

The Hopi

John Cabot

Juan Ponce de Leon

John Adams

Benjamin Franklin: American Inventor

The French and Indian War: A MyReportLinks.com Book

If You Were There in 1776

Land Ho! Fifty Glorious Years in the Age of Exploration

Let It Begin Here! Lexington and Concord: First Battles of the American Revolution

 


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Monday, August 28, 2006
New Books

The Louisiana Purchase

John Adams (Profiles of the Presidents)

The Woodworkers (Colonial People)

Benjamin Franklin (Heroes of the American Revolution)

The Blacksmith (Colonial People)

Valley Forge

Explorers of North America

Patriots in Petticoats (Heroines of the American Revolution)

Juan Ponce de Leon (Famous Explorers)

John Adams: Second U.S. President (Revolutionary War Leaders)

Inuit (Native American Peoples)

America in the Time of Pocahontas (The story of our nation from coast to coast from 1590 to 1754)

Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began

John Adams (Photo-Illustrated Biographies)

Cartier (Exploring the World)

The French and Indian War (We the People)

The Battle of Monmouth

Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence

Colonial Life (Historic Communities)

Henry Hudson

The Revolutionary John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

The Battle of Yorktown

The French and Indian War (A Primary Source History of the Fight for Territory in North America)

...If you lived with the Indians of the Northwest Coast

(The books listed above are not AR books.  They correspond with Georgia Performance Standards)

 


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New Books

The Louisiana Purchase

John Adams (Profiles of the Presidents)

The Woodworkers (Colonial People)

Benjamin Franklin (Heroes of the American Revolution)

The Blacksmith (Colonial People)

Valley Forge

Explorers of North America

Patriots in Petticoats (Heroines of the American Revolution)

Juan Ponce de Leon (Famous Explorers)

John Adams: Second U.S. President (Revolutionary War Leaders)

Inuit (Native American Peoples)

America in the Time of Pocahontas (The story of our nation from coast to coast from 1590 to 1754)

Liberty! How the Revolutionary War Began

John Adams (Photo-Illustrated Biographies)

Cartier (Exploring the World)

The French and Indian War (We the People)

The Battle of Monmouth

Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase

Give Me Liberty! The Story of the Declaration of Independence

Colonial Life (Historic Communities)

Henry Hudson

The Revolutionary John Adams

Thomas Jefferson

The Battle of Yorktown

The French and Indian War (A Primary Source History of the Fight for Territory in North America)

...If you lived with the Indians of the Northwest Coast

(The books listed above are not AR books.  They correspond with Georgia Performance Standards)

 


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Thursday, August 24, 2006
New Books

The Boston Tea Party

The Milliner

The Colonial Cook

George vs. George: The American Revolution as seen from both sides

Indians of the Great Plains

Battles of the Spanish-American War

Book of the American Revolution

John Hancock: President of the Continental Congress

(These are not AR books. They go along with Georgia Performance Standards)


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Tuesday, August 22, 2006
New books

Christopher Columbus

The Kwakiutl Indians

Benjamin Franklin (American Lives)

Benjamin Franklin (Photo-Illustrated Biographies)

Boston Tea Party (Adventures in Colonial America)

Colonial Women

Thomas Jefferson (Heroes of the American Revolution)

A Slave Family

(None of these books are AR.  They correspond with Georgia Performance Standards)

 


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Monday, July 10, 2006
Battle of the Books

For those of you who want to get an early start, I've added the list of books for the 2006-2007 Battle of the Books competition.  You'll find a link on the Media Center website.  The title, author, and AR level is given for each book. 

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