State Testing and Book Fair

Sorry it has been a couple of weeks since the last posting!  We have been very busy here at Goforth Elementary!  State testing has was given to the 3rd, 4th and 5th graders and everyone at the school is helping out to support our students and their success.  That includes bathroom monitoring, cafeteria monitoring, small group and relief for our teachers when they need it.  It is a huge collaborative effort!

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With that being said we are well into our 3rd day of our Scholastic Book Fair!  Our library has been transformed into a STORY LABORATORY!!!  Books are READIOACTIVE!!!

Students have been trying to guess how many READIOACTIVE COSMIC CHEDDAR CHEESE PUFFS there are in the jar.  The winner will be announced on Friday and they will win the entire jar of them!

Monday morning we hosted PASTRIES FOR PARENTS and we had a nice turn out from parents and students.  We also had early voting being held at our school.

Last Wednesday night was FAMILY NIGHT at the book fair!  We had the GOLDEN GRILLED CHEESE food truck and KONA ICE come and we showed a fun movie!

Both trucks were a hit!!

And a huge thanks to our PTA parent Mrs. Foreman, who jumped into the KONA ICE truck to help out!

I think that all our families had a great time!

Even Mrs. Noel, our principal, had some fun!

Our book fair that night was packed!  Thanks to all that attended and supported our library!

And it would not have been the success it was without all of the WONDERFUL volunteers!

A very special shout out to Mrs. Seybert, Mrs. Foreman and Mrs. Orff for all your help!

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!

The Clear Creek Education Foundation along with the support of our Alternative Academics Class led by Mrs. Julie Brightwell held a morning breakfast and business meeting in our beautiful library, yesterday.  The students came into the library Tuesday afternoon and covered our tables with beautiful white table cloths and festive decorations to welcome the foundation members.  It is because of the generous funds from the Clear Creek Education Foundation Grant program that we have Brightwell's Bistro every year at Goforth Elementary!  The library is a proud participant in this awesome program.

The Clear Creek Education Foundation and our students at a Farm to Table restaurant  in Houston called Haven

The CCEF provides unique educational opportunities in CCISD classrooms, encourage middle school students to explore career options in the sciences and engineering fields, encourage teachers to become    master teachers, match deserving students to local scholarships, enable and encourage high school students to be first generation college graduates, and support teachers in creating innovative lessons.  This group of leaders in our community do so much to support our district of students and educators.

Cabbage and Cauliflower planted as an inspiration  from the Farm to Table restaurant experience.  Students use their own grown herbs and vegetables to prepare dishes to share with their patrons at the Brightwell's Bistro!