Please Return Books!

I would like to have all books returned to the library as soon as possible. I'll be checking in with students before Christmas break if you still have a book signed out. Thanks!

Mrs. Dunn

Books Purchased

As was mentioned in a previous blog, the November Book Fair was a huge success! We were able to purchase many wonderful new resources for the library. Some are listed here:


Ninth Grade Slays
Eleventh Grade Burns
Amelia Rules
The Lightning Thief
Spiderman, Hulk, & Ironman
Framed
Trackers
Skeleton Creek (#3) “The Crossbones”
Slob
Whispers in Hiding
Racing Against Time
This Totally Bites
The Dead End
Mine for Keeps
The Kind of Friends We Used to Be
If the Witness Lied
The Clone Codes
Words That Start With B
Catching Fire
The Hunger Games
Dead is So Last Year
The Secret to Teen Power
A Dog’s Purpose
Drum’s, Girls & Dangerous Pie
The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner
Wereling
Alphas
Thunder Over Kandahar
Movers and Fakers
The Lab
Shattered
Cam Jansen and the Mystery Writer Mystery
Yuck! Stuck in the Muck
Nighttime: Too Scared to Sleep/Too Dark to See
Meet the Kreeps: There Goes the Neighbourhood
My Arctic 1, 2, 3
Oceans & Seas
Endangered Animals
Fantastic Feats and Ridiculous Records
Try This at Home
A Night in Santa’s Great Big Bag
Snowmen All Year
How to Draw Goosebumps
Adventures of Riley: Safari in South Africa
Fancy Nancy and the Late, Late, Late Night/Sensational Babysitter
Stars on the Court
Fire Fighter
Fireflies
The Magic School Bus Comes to It’s Senses
Olivia and the Haunted Hotel
Penguins
True or False: Birds
Pet Heroes
Lonesome George Finds His Friends
Astronaut Living in Space
True or False: Rocks and Minerals
True or False: Planets
Junior Buddy: A Jaguar’s Tale
Brady Brady and the Most Important Game
If You Give a Pig a Party
Thump, Quack, Moo
Howard B. Wigglebottom Learns It’s OK to Back Away
Howard B. Wigglebottom Listens to His Heart
Where is Home, Little Pip?
Dogs 101
Fox Walked Alone
101 Freaky Animals
Math Fables
The Best Goalie Ever
Big Chickens Fly the Coop
Trucks Roll
The Queen’s Secret
Too Much Stuff
Coyote’s New Suit
Callie Cat, Ice Skater
Dino-Hockey
When the Leaf Blew In
Move Over, Rover
Cool Dog, School Dog
Buttercup’s Lovely Day
Fire Fighter
Loud and Quiet
A Paddling of Ducks
Fancy Nancy and the Delectable Cupcakes
Silly Milly
Pinkalicious: School Rules!
Who Wears Glasses?
There’s a Mouse in the House
Snow Dog Marley
Dinosaur More!
Buzz Boy and Fly Guy
Baby Meerkats
Can You Feel the Force?
Let it Fall
Turkey Day
Dragon’s Halloween
The Littles and the Great Halloween Scare
Stories of Monsters
Is That a Glow-in-the-Dark Bunny in your Pillowcase?
Conspiracy 365 September
Conspiracy 365 October
39 Clues #9: Stormwarning
29 Clues #10: Into the Gauntlet
Top 10 Countdowns of the Biggest, Baddest & Loudest
Terry Fox
Poles Apart
Canada From Above
Scary Science
101 Freaky Animals
Polar Worlds
Mega Monsters: The Biggest & Baddest Monster Trucks
Dive Into Sharks
Fear This Book
Who’s In Charge?
Totally Horse Mad
Phieas and Ferb: Nothing but Trouble/The Chronicles of Meap
Keena Ford and the Second Grade Mix-Up
The Rink Rats
Muttley
Flat Stanley’s Worldwide Adventures
Sophie the Awesome
Magic Pony, A Dream Come True
The Amazing World of Stuart
BeastQuest: Arachnid the Spider King
Extras
Stories of Robots/Wizards/Pirates/Dragons
Ghostopolis
School of Fear
Shooting the Moon

NEW BOOKS!!!

Athena was very fortunate to be adopted by Coles Book Store for their Love of Reading program. We were able to purchase some great new books thanks to their donation!

Glass; Impulse; and Crank by Ellen Hopkins
Utterly Me, Clarice Bean; Clarice Bean, Don’ t Look Now; and Clarice Bean Spells Trouble by Lauren Child
Heartland #4: Taking Chances by Lauren Brooke
One to Grow On and Somebody Else’s Summer by Jean Little
Hamish X Goes to Providence, Rhode Island by Sean Cullen
Do Rabbits Have Christmas? by Aileen Fisher
A Letter to Santa by Gaby Goldsack
Mortimer’s Christmas Manger by Karma Wilson
Fancy Nancy: Bonjour Butterfly by Jane O’Connor
Just One Goal by Robert Munsch
Perfect Snow by Barbara Reid
A Very Marley Christmas by John Grogan
Sleigh Bells and Snowflakes: A Celebration of Christmas by Linda Bronson
Finding Christmas by Helen Ward
The Complete Horse; An Entertaining History of Horses by Cheryl Kimball
It’s a Book by Lane Smith
One Hockey Night by David Ward

Book Fair

This month's Book Fair was a huge success! Sales were more than $1000 better than last year's November Book Fair. We have earned more than $2000 worth of resources from Scholastic! Thank you to all students and parents for your support! A special thank you goes out to Mrs. Turner's grade 6 library helpers, and to parents Barb Thompson, Marianne Dehmel, and Lisa Murphy for volunteering. I would also like to thank Mrs. Bernard and Mr. Waugh for helping me pack up the book fair.

Book Fair

The Book Fair at Athena is rolling along! We've sold enough books so far to get 60% back in books for the library. Thank you for your great support! I would also like to thank parents and staff who have been helping out. The book fair is open Friday morning, Nov. 12th from 9:00-12:00. Stop in and have a look!

Magazines!!!

You can now sign out magazines for 3 days. Come and see me if you have any questions. Magazines that we regularly subscribe to are:

• Chick A Dee
• Pop Star
• The Magazine
• Owl
• Chirp
• National Geographic for Kids
• Car and Driver
• ATV
• Snowboarding
• Skateboarding
• Reader's Digest
  

Help Us Fill the Library With New Books!

Cole's Book Store in Summerside has chosen Athena as a school to participate in the Indigo Love of Reading Foundation "Adopt a School" program. This fundraiser continues until October 2nd. Visit Cole's Book Store at the County Fair Mall or the link on the right hand side of this blog for details! The students at Athena appreciate your support!

New Books!!!

There are a LOT of new books that have arrived at the library and
are ready to sign out. We have new fiction and non-fiction at a
variety of reading levels. You can find some of them on display
in the library.
Here is a partial list (there are too many to list them all!)


Fiction
• 16 from the series “Secrets of Droon”
• 10 from the “Candy Apple” series
• 3 “Allie Finkle’s Rules for Girls”
• Models Don’t Eat Chocolate Cookies
• The Total Tragedy of a Girl Named Hamlet
• 11 from the “My Story” series
• Lush
• 3 from the series “Ghosthunter”
• Death by Latte and Death by Denim
• 6 “Cabin Creek Mysteries”
• My Life in Pink and Green
• 6 from the “How I survived Middle School” series
• Gordon Korman’s Pop, The Toilet Paper Tigers, and Zoobreak
• Philippa Fisher’s Fairy Godsister
• Also Known as Harper
• the first 5 of a new series called “Conspiracy 365"
• Books 1-6 of “The Keys to the Kingdom”
• Willa by Heart and The Cupid Chronicles
• Clementine and Clementine’s Letter
• 1-4 of “Dragons of Deltora”
• a set of 34 short novels on current topics by Orca Publishers
Picture Books
• several new “Fly Guy” books
• When Dinosaurs Came With Everything
• Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late
• Bear Feels Scared
• Knuffle Bunny Too
• The Great Fuzz Frenzy
• I Can Be Anything
• Silly Tilly
• George’s Antlers
• Put Me In a Book
• Moon and Star
• Lost in the Snow
• Happy Feet
Non-Fiction
• Book of World Records
• Ripley’s Believe It or Not
• Ripley’s “Space”, “Wild Animals”, “Mighty Machines” and “The Human Body”
• MANY books about animals - sharks, dragons, dinosaurs, lizards, birds, bats,
and monkeys
• Books about wild animals, amazing animals, incredible animals, wild creatures
• books about Canada - the provinces, government, and dinosaurs
• lots of books about BMX, MX, and Extreme Sports
• First and Second World Wars

Welcome Back!

I hope that everyone had a great summer! We certainly did see a lot of sunshine. I can't wait to hear about some of your adventures! I am happy to be back in the library at Athena this year and I look forward to working with all of you again. There will be information about the library posted on the blog this year. I will update you on any new books that are in as well as any changes that are taking place.

Remember that on Thursday, September 9th, we will have children starting Kindergarten for the first time at Athena! Let's make them all feel welcome!

Have a Happy September!

Grade 5 Author Study

Hi to Mrs. Turner and Mr. Bernard's classes. We are going to be working on an author study about Gordon Korman. I'm sure that you have heard of him and you have probably read at least one of his books (he has written many of them!). There are some websites that you are going to need, and they are on the right hand side of this page. Good luck! I hope that you learn lots about Mr. Korman!

To organize your novel study, we are going to use the computer program called "Inspiration". I will show you how to use this program and you will have a chance to play and explore with it before we actually start your project. I will give you one piece of advice that you should stick to so you don't run out of time while completing your project - input all of your information before you experiment with colour, graphics and fonts!

Have fun with your creation! I can't wait to see your presentations!

Welcome to My Blog!!

I hope that you are enjoying your long weekend! Here is my first attempt at keeping you up to date online! Hopefully you'll check back on a regular basis to see what assignments we have on the go. If you have any suggestions as to what you'd like to see on here, just let me know in class.