April 2022 * Student Edition 🏛
LITERACY
National Library Week
Connect with the Hot Wells Library. We have recently received new books in the genres of Action/Adventure, Horror/Thriller, Historical Fictions, Relationships, and Realistic Fiction. Come a check out the new selection.
VIRTUAL LIBRARY
BOOK CLUB
Sixth grade student can compete in Battle of the Books. A citywide competition to be held at Leal Middle School on May 18th. Please come by the library and sign up to join.
7th and 8th grade students are invited to compete in the Book Battle Royale. Students will read from a list of 20 books and try to get as many trivia answers correct in a citywide event. Please come by library to sign up.
POETRY MONTH
April is National Poetry Month. Did you know that the first piece of published poetry was in 2100 B.C. It is the "Epic Tale of Gilgamish" which told the story of a hero from acient Mesopotamia.
As with other forms of writing it has evolved and now we can enjoy different styles such as Haikus, Limericks, Sonnets, and Odes to name a few. Authors such as Alexander Kwame and Jaqueline Woodson have written whole novels in verse.
This month cozy up to some poetry and delve into a poets words and emotions and cling on to the profound meaning.
Check out the SAISD Poetry Slide Deck and submit your own poem.
SAISD STUDENT FILM FESTIVAL
Get those creative juices going by submitting a film to the SAISD Student Film Festival. Compete in the categories for Animation, Fiction Short Film, or PSA.
The library can provide film technique, story development support and iPads to help you record, edit and publish your films.
Click the red button for more information.
SURVEY
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Book Suggestion/Sugerencia de libros
Top Library Patrons in March
De'Quveontae L 7th grade
Victor B. - 7th grade
Jayden D - 7th grade
Ethan H - 8th grade
Nehemiah K - 7th grade
Melanie B - 6th grade
Star G - 8th grade
Christian O - 7th grade
Celebrations
UPCOMING EVENTS
Academic Night (April 6th)
Club Photos (April ) 4 - 5 pm @ Competition Gym
Yearbook Sale (April 11th)
Book Royale (TBD)
Battle of the Books (May 18th)
SAISD Student Film Festival (May 11th)
MAKER SPACE
Come on into the maker space to tinker with:
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.
COMING SOON: 3D Printing 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.
Connect to the Hot Wells Library
These books are available at the library or the online reading apps Sora, Comics Plus or Learning Ally.
MACY MCMILLAN AND THE RAINBOW GODDESS by Shari Green
Sixth grader, Macy is not very happy about having to move at the end of the school year. Her mother is getting ready to remarry and the family will move to a new place.
Macy is differnt from other children in that she is deaf. That is why it was unexpected for her to find a friend a neighbor, Iris, who does not know sign language, and Macy is has difficulty communicating with her.
This friendship becomes important to Macy as it helps her face the upcoming changes.
Available at HW MS Library Call Number: FIC GRE Location: Relationships
THE ART OF MAYA AND THE THREE by Jorge Gutierrez
Students who love to draw may be thinking about how to turn their art into a career.
Read how Mr. Gutierrez was inspired to write and draw for the Netflix series that captues the beatity of the pyramids, the characters inspired by South American folklore and the gods and monsters inpired from Aztec, Mayan, Incan, and Caribbean mythology.
The drawings are amazing. Check out the details of the characters, settings, weapons and critters. They are sure to stimulate your own creativity.
Available on Comics Plus.
WINK/GUINO by Rob Harrell
Based on a the real life experience of the author Rob Harrell. He retells his experience going through 7th grade diagnosed with a rare eye cancer.
The graphic novel is an unforgettable, heartbreaking, hilarious, and uplifting story of survival and finding the music, magic, and laughter in life's weirdness.
Available on Sora
Available in Spanish
Hard copy coming soon the the library.
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