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Mrs. Stacy Ross
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ACCELERATED READER
Our Media Center supports the Accelerated Reader (AR) reading program. AR is a web-based computer program which provides students with reading practice and assesses their reading comprehension. There are three steps to using AR. First, students read a book that has an AR quiz. Second, the students take an AR reading practice quiz. Third, the students receive immediate feedback with quiz results and the teacher receives information intended to assist, motivate and monitor the student’s growth.
Sunshine State Young Readers Award (SSYRA)
The Sunshine State Young Readers Award is a statewide reading program for students. The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently. Independent reading helps students improve reading fluency and build stamina through high-quality books that encourage a love of reading. Sunshine State books are selected for their wide appeal, literary value, varied genres, curriculum connections, and/or multicultural representation. Check out the books we will be reading this year!
Battle of the Books (BOB)
Battle of the Books is a reading competition for 3rd through 5th grade students based on the Sunshine State Young Reader Award (SSYRA) books.
BOB team members work together to compete against other school teams to answer questions about the SSYRA books they have read. All team members are responsible for reading their assigned SSYRA books and meet every other Wednesday after school to discuss the books and participate in mock book battles.
We are looking forward to another great year! If your child is interested in participating in this year’s Battle of the Books, please return the form to Mrs. Ross by Friday, September 19th.
Battle of the Book Interest Form
Information Literacy
Information Literacy is not a course of study to be covered at one specific time in the curriculum. It is a process that is initiated with the student’s first introduction to the Media Center and continues through adulthood. Students develop information literacy skills most effectively through some meaningful experiences rather than through arbitrarily scheduled or isolated exercises taught at a fixed time. The information literacy activities provided by the library media program must be designed to connect with the needs and interests generated by classroom assignments. Collaboration between teachers and library media specialist is essential. (Information Literacy: Florida’s Library Media/Curriculum Connections)
