This just in............a follow up to Origami Yoda!!!

Original post from Tom Anglebergers blog:  http://origamiyoda.wordpress.com/2013/04/18/its-jabba-the-puppett-press-release-reveals-title-cover-and-plot-synopsis/

It’s Jabba the Puppett!!!!!! Press release reveals title, cover and plot synopsis! Coming Aug. 6!

Dark times have fallen on McQuarrie Middle School. When Principal Rabbski cancels art, music, and other elective classes to make time for a new program called FunTime, which is intended to raise standardized test scores, the students form a Rebel Alliance with the help of Origami Yoda. United, can they defeat the FunTime Menace and cope with a surprise attack from Jabba the Puppett?

JABBA THE HUTT SLITHERS INTO THE SPOTLIGHT AS THE STAR OF
THE SURPRISE ATTACK OF JABBA THE PUPPETT, THE FOURTH BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING ORIGAMI YODA SERIES BY TOM ANGLEBERGER.
NATIONAL LAYDOWN: AUGUST 6, 2013. FIRST PRINTING: 500,000 COPIES.

We're famous! In League City, that is......

CHANGE MAGAZINE featured Communities in Schools-Bay Area for the month of April. 

“The Mission of Communities In Schools – Bay area is to surround students with a community of support, empowering them to stay in school and achieve in life,” says Peter Wuenschel, PhD, and executive director of this non-profit organization.

The Bay Area group is part of a nationally recognized dropout prevention program that uses evidenced based-practices to coordinate services on 12 public school campuses in Clear Creek and Dickinson ISD.

 The Goforth Library had a picture of one our students, Cody Seybert in Mrs. Lambert's class, reading in our famous RED tub enjoying the CCISD winner of the Texas Bluebonnet nominees for 2012-2013.

You can pick up a copy at your local vendor in town or click on the link above!

For the love of Origami.......YODA

Tom Angleberger has become a popular author with our 3-5th graders since his first book, THE STRANGE CASE OF ORIGAMI YODA and  second titled, DARTH PAPER STRIKES BACK, third titled THE SECRET OF FORTUNE WOOKIE and a now a new book in the series titled ART2-D2'S GUIDE TO FOLDING AND DOODLING which will be at our upcoming Scholastic Book Fair

All this being said I had a student come in yesterday and asked me if I would like for him to fold me a Yoda?

Well.......OF COURSE!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta LOVE these kids!!!  I love it when they include me in their enthusiasm!

Have you ever wondered?

The Goforth Elementary Library is a very busy place every day!

With so many students coming to the library, we often have questions asked about what happens in the library...................

How many books are in the library?  

• 19,434

Who has checked out the most books?

• Top girl is a 5th grader in Mr. Rhoades' class                                                        
• Top boy is a 3rd grader in Mr. Blackburn's class

What class checks out the most books?

• that would be Mr. Rhoades' class
• second is Mr. Blackburn's class

What are the top 10 books checked out in the library?

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid:  the Ugly Truth  by Jeff Kinney
2. Diary of a Wimpy Kid:  Dog Days  by Jeff Kinney
3. The Wimpy Kid Movie Diary:  How Greg Heffley went Hollywood by Jeff Kenney
4. Diary of a Wimpy Kid:  the Last Straw  by Jeff Kinney
5. Diary of a Wimpy Kid:  Cabin Fever  by Jeff Kinney           (can you see a pattern?)
6. Diary of a Wimpy Kid:  Rodrick Rules  by Jeff Kinney
7. Today I will Fly!  by Mo Willems
8. Garfield Fat Cat 3 pack. Volume 1  by Jim Davis
9. Smile  by Raina Telgmeier
10. Diary of a Wimpy Kid:  The Third Wheel  by Jeff Kinney

How many books are checked out each month? 

• For the month of March there were 2,662 books checked out through the library. The library was only open for 12 days (due to spring break and closed on Fridays for Library Administration)  in the month of March! That's almost 225 books each day checked out to our students!
• 794 were Fiction
• 290 were Everybody Books
• 185 were the popular 500 series books (animal books ROCK!)

Happy Librarians' Day!

Today I was welcomed by all of 5th grade in the library to wish me a wonderful Librarians' Day!

I was overjoyed as they sang, Happy Librarians' Day To You (to the tune of Happy Birthday) and then handed me a beautiful plethora of cards and notes and a bouquet of handmade flowers!  

 

 It is so wonderful to work in a place where you know you are appreciated!