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Library Magazine Fundraiser
Log on to www.magtrak.com to track your order.
The Windsong Library kicked off their Great American Magazine Fundraiser on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday, May 26-28. Fundraiser packets and lime green directions were sent home with students on those days.
Students turned in Reach Out Books with 7 names and addresses of friends and relatives outside Windsong’s boundaries on Thursday, Friday, and Monday, October 29-30 and November 1. These students then chose a duck to fit their personality. Students wearing ducks will be given “treats” (prizes) in the cafeteria at the end of their lunch period on Friday, October 30, Tuesday, November 3, and Wednesday, November 4. The Reach Out Books is a one-time mail out, giving recipients an opportunity to renew or purchase a new magazine subscription AND support the Windsong Intermediate School Library.
Friends and family can renew or purchase new subscriptions by completing the order forms sent home with students and paying with exact cash or checks made payable to Windsong OR by clicking on the Support our School 24/7/365 logo above and paying with a credit card. Students will earn prizes for paid subscriptions submitted before the end of the school day or online before midnight on Wednesday, November 4.
You can continue to renew or order new subscriptions throughout the school year by clicking on the Great American Fundraiser Support Your School 24/7/365 logo. The Library will continue to earn 40% of the cost of every renewal or newly purchased magazine subscription ordered through this link. Renewals will be added on to the end of your current subscription and newly purchased subscriptions will begin after they have been processed, approximately 8-10 weeks.
All monies earned from this fundraiser will go towards the purchase of new books for the Windsong Library. Students have already been giving the librarian requests.
Read 100
Congratulations Emily Leonard, Ashlyn Sauer and Candise Tat for reading 100 stories.
Emily read 20,051 pages
Ashlyn read 20,277 pages
Candise read 15,257 pages
Mrs. Brisbay is issuing a challenge
to all her returning students and the 4th graders entering Windsong
for the 2009-2010 school year. She is challenging you to read
100 stories between May 14, 2009 and May 14, 2010. Mrs. Brisbay
is challenging herself to do the same.
Here's what you do: Use this
database to record the stories you
have read. Record all needed information on the form. If your
book is a collection of short stories, record the title of the
collection and the title, the author and the number of pages
of the story. When you reach 100 stories find the total number
of pages read, staple your pages together then turn your record
into Mrs. Brisbay (make sure your name is on it). Forms will be due on or before May 14, 2010. This program
is based on honesty! Happy Reading!
Battle of the
Books
Team Sign Up Forms will go home with students on Friday, November 6, 2009 and are due no later than Friday, December 4, 2009.
The Battle of the Books began in the early 1930s as a radio program sponsored by the Chicago Public Schools and the Carson Pirie Scott Department Store. In the 1970s, Joanne Kelly, a former participant and school Librarian transformed the program into a reading incentive program and schools have been adapting it for their needs ever since.
A list of 32 top quality, age-appropriate books has been selected. Students who are interested in participating will read a selection of books from the attached list. It is not necessary to read all of the books on the list to qualify for a team. Teams of four members will compete against each other during the school day to become the Windsong Battle of the Books Champs. Start reading now for the 2010 Windsong Battle of the Books.
Start Reading Now! Reading
List pdf Sample
Questions pdf Coordinator Informationpdf
Please note that "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney was mistakenly omitted from the list for the current Battle of the Books!
Windsong's 5th Annual Book Swap
Windsong Intermediate Library will host it's 5th Annual Book Swap in May to encourage summer reading. Students may bring books that are "in like new condition" and "of current interest" to the library to "swap" for a voucher once the dates are determined. Vouchers can then be exchanged for books in the swap.
In May 2009 close to 600 books were "swapped." Participating students went home with summer reading at no additional cost to parents.
Click here for further guidelines.
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Begin reading NOW for the 2009-2010 Texas Bluebonnet Award
"Read 5 and Decide!!"
Students must read or listen to the reading of 5 of the 2009-2010 Bluebonnet Nominees in order to vote in January 2010 for the book of their choice to win the Bluebonnet Award. To prove eligibility to vote, students will need a Bluebonnet Bookmark (available at the Windsong Library) OR the Official Student Reading Record from the Texas Bluebonnet Website complete with parent's initials by each book students have read or listened to AND parent's full signature at the bottom of the form. Students should also highlight the books for easy counting and write their first and last name and 2009-2010 homeroom teacher's name on either form.
Windsong had 239 students vote in 2008-2009. The top three favorite Bluebonnet Nominees were The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick (67 votes), How to Steal a Dog by Barbara O'Connor (52 votes), and One Potato, Two Potato by Cynthia DeFelice (22 votes). Across the state of Texas, 151,631 students voted. Voting statistics can be viewed by clicking here.
Click here for a copy of the 2009-2010 Bluebonnet nominee list.
Student Reading Record pdf
The Friendswood Public Library works in collaboration with Windsong's PTO and Liberian on the Battle of the Books. Copies of the BoB (Battle of the Books) and the 2009-2010 Bluebonnet books can be found at the Friendswood Public Library.
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Click on the links below to view the AR Reading Practice Quiz Lists.
View by Title pdf View by Author pdf View by Book Level pdf Additional AR Quizzes pdf
New AR Quizzes pdf
Click here to find these books and more in Windsong's library catalog!
Internet Resources
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