Lougheed Sqworl Links

Follow the links to  Lougheed Pathfinders selected for you.
Great Search Engines
Podcasting
Video Creating
History and more!

Friday Fun: What Number Human Are You?

Where do you fit in our human population?
Use the calculator on this site to find out what number you are. The site gives information about Canada, gender, life expectancy and much more.
Friday Fun: What Number Human Are You?

Scholastic Book Orders @ your Library

November and December Scholastic Book Orders
@ your Library

STEP 1:   Pick up a flyer:

Arrow (Grade 4-6) or

Teen RC (Grades 7 and up)

 

Step 2:   Return the ORDER FORM to the library.

Use the Ontario ON column for the correct price.

Pay by CASH (correct change) or a cheque made out to

Scholastic Canada Ltd.

Payment must include your full name AND class.

 

Return your November and December Flyer order before December 14, 2011.

 

Thank you for supporting your school library!

 

Looking for Awesome!

Be part of the:
http://lougheedisawesome.blogspot.com/
We want you to collect AWESOME news, AWESOME events and AWESOME stories from around the school to submit to our blog.
Submit your AWESOME news including your first name and class and watch the blog for your post to be published.
AWESOME posts can be added as a comment to a post or given to Ms. Holwerda in the library.

Looking for AWESOME @ Lougheed

Be part of the:

The Look of Awesome @ Lougheed

http://lougheedisawesome.blogspot.com/

We want you to collect AWESOME news, AWESOME events and AWESOME stories from around the school to submit to our blog.

Hand in your submission with your AWESOME news and your first name and class and watch the blog for your post to be published.

Blog posts can be added as a comment to a post or given to Ms. Holwerda in the library.

Great Search Engines

.Try some of the following to get better search results:

Sweet Search is a search engine especially for students

Boolify.org will teach you to use boolean searches to refine the search.

Ask.com organizes information in context

Yippy.com clusters results and helps find related topics

browsys.com accesses a number of databases

Internet Public Library provides links to quality websites

50 matches.com provides links to sites that readers select

Search Cube is a cool visual search engine

Lougheed Red Maple readers welcome author of The Summoning

 Kelley Armstrong

Friday March 25, 2011

Successful Book Buying!

On March 10, twenty-five students, Ms Keller and Ms Holwerda travelled by bus to S & B Books and The Beguiling in Toronto to select books for the library.

 



We are just waiting to get the new books on the shelves!!!

New Forest of Reading SItes for parents and readers

How do I register? Teachers, students and/or parents just click on the links below and register! There is a sign up tab in the upper right corner.

We want readers participating so we have an extra incentive: a CONTEST! Visit the Reforestation sites to find out more.

When are these sites available? Right now! Come join in the fun, please visit:
www.silverbirchonline.ca <http://www.silverbirchonline.ca>

www.redmapleonline.ca <http://www.redmapleonline.ca> 
 

Add your favourites to our Wish List

Use the Wishlist to list the books you would like to see in the library.

Books Our Boys Like

The Legend of Zelda
Wizards of Mickey

Calamity Jack
Tiny Titans: Sidekickin' it
Ender's Game : Battle School
Shazam!
Missile Mouse
Strange Stories for Strange Kids
Power Pack. The kids are all right
Beowulf
Johnny Boo and the Happy Apples
Melvin Monster
Ninja baseball Kyuma!
MegaMan NT warrior

BBAT on Wednesday

WHO?  Boys only
WHEN? On Wednesday!
WHERE? @ the Library!
WHY? Help select NEW books! (choose from 87 sample graphic novels)
AND have a cookie!
photo © 2008 Nancy ~ | more info (via: Wylio)

Silver Birch Readers Club

The Silver Birch Club meets on Tuesday mornings at 8:30 in the Library.There are 22 registered readers in this year's program.
Readers are expected to read most of the 10 tiles to be eligible to vote on April 22 for their favourite book.
Students have been invited to join the Lougheed Silver Birch Wiki and comment on their reading and share ideas and comments with the expert readers.
Our expert Silver Birch readers are:

Archaeolojesters
by Andreas Oertel

Mr. Monic

Branded
by Eric Walters

Ms. Gionest

Dunces Anonymous
by Kate Jaimet

Mr. Adam

The Giant-Slayer
by Iain Lawrence

Mr. Vieira

Home Free
by Sharon Jennings

Ms. Osei-Aning

The Hunchback Assignments
by Arthur Slade

Ms. Lemcke

Neil Flambé and the Marco Polo Murders
by Kevin Sylvester

Mr. Kentris

Ortega
by Maureen Fergus

Ms. Lynch

The Present Tense of Prinny Murphy
by Jill MacLean

Ms. Demirden

Zoobreak
by Gordon Korman

Ms. Koningen

Red Maple Readers Club

The Red Maple Readers Club meets every Thursday at 8:30 in the Lougheed Library to exchange books, meet other readers and talk about the 2011 titles.
Forty -one readers share their impressions of the books they are reading with the expert readers on the Lougheed Red Maple Wiki.
This year our Red Maple Expert Readers are:

      The Agency: A Spy in the House  by Y.S. Lee

      Ms. Gunpath

      Ghost Ride by Marina Cohen

      Ms. Demirden

      Haunted by Barbara Haworth-Attard

      Mr. Husain

      My Name Is Henry Bibb  by Afua Cooper

      Ms. Aroso

      Nieve by Terry Griggs

      Mr. Boudreau

      Not Suitable for Family Viewing by Vicki Grant

      Ms. Keller

      Only in the Movies by William Bell

      Ms. Stawarz
      POP by Gordon Korman
      Ms. Copeland
      The Summoning by Kelley Armstrong
       Ms Gunpath
       Wounded by Eric Walters
       Ms. Stawarz

New Books!

These books are processed and ready for our readers to check out.

First shipment of new books has arrived!

We have new books ready for the shelves. Have a look at the four new volumes of the classic graphc novel TINTIN. Horowitz's Skeleton Key in Graphic novel form looks great too!