January 2022 * Student Edition
LITERACY
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90 SECOND NEWBERY FILM FESTIVAL
Enter the 90 second Newbery Film Festival. Read one of Newbery Medal Award Winners (full list here). Students should make a short movie that tells the entire story. Max film length is 90 seconds. What will NOT qualify are trailers, video book reports, or summaries of the stories. TO QUALIFY, students should write a script and act out the story in 90 seconds. WHAT IS IT?
The Newbery award is almost 100-years-old. It is given to the author that is most distinguished in contibuting to children's literature.
PRIZES Winning entries will be showcased at the Tobin Center's Riverwalk Plaza.
Our own Hot Wells Film festival winning time recieve a pizza party.
Prizes of 1,500 to winner and 1,000 to honorable mention to the library of the winner's choice.
Official entries will be submitted through the Bibliotech site. Entries due Feb 21, 2022.
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Celebrations
UPCOMING EVENTS Hot Wells Newbery Film festival (January/February)
Read Woke Reading Challenge (February) BLOXELS Game Design Challenge
First Lego League Qualifier (March 19, 2022)
MAKER SPACE
Available in maker space is:
BLOXELS -- Video game design app. Students will be creating video games in the same vein as Mario Bros. by Nintendo. Student can design their main hero, the villain, and create artwork to decorate their game. They can add features to their characters like powers, life.
LEGO Spike Prime -- Students can create robots using the Lego Education tutorials. They will be using an iPad to program the Robot, create an obstacle course so that their robot can move around it.
SHPERO -- Students can practice their coding to move a plastic rolling robot around the room. It reminds me of a hamster ball or the car the boys were traveling around at Jurrasic Park.
Drones -- Practice you pilot skills with a drone. Try doing tricks with them or pick up the speed. Take aerial shots of different objects. The sky is the limit.
iMovie --Need assistance with shooting video and editing? I can help with the basics of camera shots, storyboarding, and editing videos that include intros, outros, music, and green screen. The Library space is available for student use every other week in the mornings at 8:05 a.m. and every day during 3rd lunch. Students who finish work from their teachers can also come and use the maker space. Student must have a pass to the library.
GO ON AN ADVENTURE
CONNECT THE STARS by Marissa De Los Santos and David Teague
A middle school boy and girl, each with a strong character have difficulty making friends—Audrey always knows when someone is lying, and Aaron has an indelible memory but no emotional intelligence. Audrey and Aaron develop an unlikely friendship in a wilderness camp. -- Provided by Kirkus Reviews
THE DONNER PARTER by Scott R. Welvaert
"In graphic novel format, tells the story of the Donner Party's struggle to reach California despite harsh weather and starvation"--Provided by publisher.
El hacha (Hatchet) by Gary Paulsen
Brian Robeson, de trece años, atormentado por su conocimiento secreto de la infidelidad de su madre, viaja en un avión monomotor para visitar a su padre por primera vez desde el divorcio. Cuando el avión se estrella, matando al piloto, el único superviviente es Brian. Está solo en la naturaleza canadiense sin nada más que su ropa, un jirón...
Fuente: Editorial
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