tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50326990410780890932024-03-13T15:46:46.501-05:00Prairie Creek LibraryPrairie Creek LibraryErnie Cox http://www.blogger.com/profile/01636679051775675638noreply@blogger.comBlogger103125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-75202196201013911762017-04-27T12:58:00.002-05:002017-04-27T12:58:51.003-05:00Guys Read April<div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">
Here are the books we recommended this month. We finished our stop motion animation and will watch them next month. Next month is also our end-of-year pizza party - Monday, May 22.</div>
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Cracker by Cynthia Kadohata</div>
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Unwind series by Neal Shusterman</div>
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The Kane Chronicles by Rick Riordan</div>
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Big Nate series by Lincoln Pierce</div>
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Hogwarts Library series by J.K. Rowling</div>
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Jedi Academy series by Jeffrey Brown</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14524602567068456726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-73500247946819618372017-01-31T08:33:00.002-06:002017-01-31T08:33:39.432-06:00Guys Read January<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">The boys voted for several classics this month that they felt were action packed, along with some newer titles. We made book marks with our Guys Read Approved books for Creek students to from the library, and also put cards on shelves to advertise our favorite books.</span><br />
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Heat by Mike Lupica</div>
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Magnus Chase by Rick Riordan</div>
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The Wandmaker by Ed Masessa</div>
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Flying Solo by Ralph Fletcher</div>
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Kaleidoscope Eyes by Jen Bryant</div>
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The Testing by Joelle Charnonneau</div>
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Pax by Sarah Pennypacker</div>
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Hatchet by Gary Paulsen</div>
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The <span class="il">guys</span> voted a long list of books to <span class="il">read</span>. Plenty to keep us busy over winter break. The first two titles were nominated by our friends in Creek's Mock Newbery Club and are definitely worth a look! Have a safe and happy break! --Mr. Cox and Mr. Hora</div>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Snow White: A Graphic Novel by Matt Phelan</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Zane and the Hurricane by Rodman Philbrick</li>
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<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Trials of Apollo series by Rick Riordan</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">I Survived series by Lauren Tarshis</li>
<li style="margin-left: 15px;">Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz</li>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14524602567068456726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-35548879267654055512016-11-28T18:06:00.000-06:002016-11-28T18:06:50.601-06:00Guys Read November<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Guys,</span><br />
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Loot by Jude Watson</div>
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My Teacher Is An Alien by Bruce Coville</div>
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The Nest by Kenneth Oppel</div>
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Any Goosebumps book by R.L. Stine</div>
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Any story by Ray Bradbury or H.G. Wells</div>
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You did a great job with your ugly sweater decorating!</div>
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See you in December!</div>
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Mr. Cox and Mr. Hora</div>
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<b>October, 2016: </b>We shot candy corn catapults. The winner got vampire teeth! We made a list of books for November -- read 1 (or more!).</div>
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<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-10507029795062635012016-05-26T19:52:00.000-05:002016-05-26T19:52:05.260-05:00Guys Read approved summer reads!<br />
<b>May, 2016: </b>Guys Read enjoyed pizza, pop, and playing Minecraft at our last meeting of the year. Check out these <a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/qlekw3f" target="_blank">Guys Read approved books</a> we think you will like reading this summer. Happy Summer from Creek's Guys Read!<br />
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Tonight is SOAR to Creek night for our future 5th graders. In the library we have information about the Mock Newbery Book Club (I might need a better name for this club) as well as other cool information about Creek opportunities. <br />
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<b>What is the Prairie Mock Newbery Club</b>?<br />
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Club members use a version of the <a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/bookmedia/newberymedal/newberyterms/newberyterms" target="_blank">Newbery Book Award criteria</a> to pick the books we think are the most distinguished in 2016. Will we guess any of the titles selected by the actual Newbery Committee? I hope so!<br />
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Club members will read books from several lists and come to meetings to talk about them. We will discuss the qualities of the books, including theme, plot, and characters.<br />
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Our 16-17 building schedule is still in development but we likely will meet during lunch or possibly as an afterschool club. Depending on member interest we will meet 1 or 2 times a month.<br />
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Here are the 5 titles we will use to kick off our club meetings in August & September.<br />
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For more about these titles including descriptions, author interviews and readings, websites, and more visit <a href="http://www.teachingbooks.net/ql3dyer">http://www.teachingbooks.net/ql3dyer</a>.<br />
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Interested in joining this club? Send a note to Mr. Cox, Creek Teacher-Librarian, to get updates and reminders - erncox@crprairie.org<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14524602567068456726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-46807897306459387312016-03-08T13:11:00.002-06:002016-03-08T13:11:13.536-06:00Sneak A ListenThe Literary Lab Podcast is beginning production this week. We (Creek students and teachers) are excited to bring you into our conversations about books and writing. Take a listen to a bit of the conversation from Episode 0 with Miss Hanzelka.<br />
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This podcast is being built as we produce it. We still need a nifty podcast logo. I am still figuring out Soundcloud, getting into iTunes etc. Ernie Cox http://www.blogger.com/profile/01636679051775675638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-42233645399846577132016-02-26T07:33:00.003-06:002016-02-26T07:36:03.004-06:00February Guys ReadWe voted for <u>When the Game Stands Tall</u> by Neil Hayes. This is the true story of the de La Salle high school's 150 game football winning streak. We also picked the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan. Our activity this month was table hockey with plastic cups, spoons, and dice!<br />
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<b>January, 2016: </b>We picked "The Dead Gentleman" by Matthew Cody to discuss at our February meeting</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14524602567068456726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-22056310628692591272015-10-29T17:48:00.000-05:002015-10-29T17:48:34.179-05:00Guys Read OctoberGuys and Parents,<br />
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Thanks to Mr. Cox for bringing us snacks today! We enjoyed making book recommendations to hang in the library. We created paper figures and backgrounds for our stop motion animation videos. More next month! Invite your friends and bring ideas for new books you like to read.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14524602567068456726noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-56001412468000775782015-08-12T15:03:00.001-05:002015-08-12T16:50:18.876-05:00A New Year of Guys Read<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mr. Hora and I have enjoyed summer break. Each of us spent time with our families and friends. We also spent a good amount of time reading. As the summer comes to an end we are busy preparing for a new year at Creek. Polishing our shoes, dusting off the bow ties, and picking out book ideas for our Guys Read club.<br />
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Mr. Hora and I have been sponsoring the club for a couple of years. Last year we met after school on the last Thursday of each month. Our first meeting for the new year will be <b>Thursday, September 24, 2015 at 2:45 p.m. in the library.</b> We will have an informational meeting during the first week of school and emails will go to parents with more details and permission slips.<br />
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Oh yes! It is the <b>Spongebob Comics Annual-Size Super-Giant Swimtacular 2015</b>. It is <i>"48 pages of Far-Flung Futuristic Fiction For Fans of Funny Fish"</i> (see that use of alliteration!). </div>
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Great suggestion, Mr. Cox! I'm re-reading one of my favorites from the Guys Read series. It's <b>Guys Read: Thriller!</b> It's weird! It's mysterious! It's so good, it's scary!</div>
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We want to hear about books you enjoyed this summer. What should other guys be reading? Leave your ideas in the comments. Need book ideas? Look here: http://www.guysread.com/books/</div>
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<br />Ernie Cox http://www.blogger.com/profile/01636679051775675638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-7239266086298338952015-04-23T13:24:00.002-05:002015-04-23T13:24:35.865-05:00Fantasy rules with reality a close secondWe surveyed about half of our Creek students recently to see what genres are currently their favorites.<br />
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We'll be comparing these preferences to the collection stats to make future buying decisions. Thankfully we our fiction organized and cataloged by genre we can easily see what sections need developing.<br />
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<br />Ernie Cox http://www.blogger.com/profile/01636679051775675638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-8733646209634987962015-04-17T15:48:00.002-05:002015-04-17T15:48:45.148-05:00April 2015 Guys ReadHey, Guys!<br />
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Here are the books we're reading for April. Our next meeting is Thursday, April 30 from 2:45-4:00 p.m. in the Creek Library. <br />
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You have to bring a permission slip unless your parents already signed it. Ask Mr. Hora if you aren't sure about your permission. <br />
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The nominees for next year's Iowa Children's Choice Award. </div>
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More information coming soon about these books and authors.</div>
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<br />Ernie Cox http://www.blogger.com/profile/01636679051775675638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-6353685327055517922014-10-28T10:44:00.003-05:002014-10-28T10:44:27.347-05:00Bad Magic Book Review<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-19326078876749609902014-10-15T11:47:00.002-05:002014-10-15T11:48:09.456-05:00Dot Portrait GalleryOur amazing art teacher, Jody Klein, and her students celebrated <a href="http://www.thedotclub.org/dotday/" target="_blank">International Dot Day</a> by creating Dot Portraits. In addition to faculty and staff portraits you will find a couple of surprises. Enjoy this video tour of the gallery. <br />
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<iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/z161aQms4TU?list=UUv03mEsLC4nAnh375BVN8Tw" width="560"></iframe>Ernie Cox http://www.blogger.com/profile/01636679051775675638noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5032699041078089093.post-33751005788051995112014-10-08T10:32:00.003-05:002014-10-08T10:32:50.289-05:00Top Five Books - September 2014A video recap of the top five books checked out in September.<br />
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