2nd AR GOAL PERIOD

The 2nd AR Goal period is now underway.  The goal period will end on December 14.  So keep reading and working towards meeting your individual reading goal.  The reward for the 2nd AR goal will be a trip to the bowling alley.

Parents if you would like to check your students AR goal visit Accelerated Reader Home connect at:

https://hosted314.renlearn.com/99249/homeconnect/

Log in with the same user name and password as your students use to access AR at school.

Until next time.... Happy Reading!

1st AR GOAL REWARD

18 students met their first AR goal at CCMS. Accelerated Reader, is a self motivated reading program that allows students to accumulate points based on the number of books they read during each 9 weeks. These students enjoyed a reward party, with snacks and a movie for their hard work.

Bethney Sears earned the most AR points during the first goal period, with 100 points. Way to go students, keep up the hard work!

October Theme and Author of the Month

The October library theme is Mystery and Science.  Read any book centred on that theme, complete the AR test, and qualify for the October drawing.  Winners of the October drawing will be awarded a gift certificate to Pizza Hut.

The author of the month for October is Lois Lowery.  Lois Lowery is an award winning of author of books such as The Giver, Attaboy Sam, and The Willoughbys.  To learn more about Lois Lower check out her blog at:

http://www.loislowry.com/bio.html

Read any Lois Lowery book during the month of October to qualify for the monthly drawing!

September Library Drawing Winner

Candi Staten was the winner of the library drawing.  To qualify for the drawing Candi read one of the award winning bluegrass books and completed the AR Test.  Candi received a gift certificate to Pizza Hut for her hard work and effort.  Way to go Candi!! 

Until next time... Happy Reading!!!

The "All for One" books homeroom competition has ended, the results are in, and CCMS students proved why they are the best around. Each homeroom collected spare change during week of the fall book fair. The spare change was donated to help schools effected by natural disasters, as well as purchase books for their own homeroom. Total CCMS students donated nearly $300.

The winning homerooms were:

3rd place--Ms. Kristen Rowe's 8th Grade Homeroom

2nd place--Ms. Amber Ferguson's 7th Grade Homeroom

&

1st place--Ms. Brittany Smith's 6th Grade Homeroom.

Ms. Brittany's homeroom raised more than $120 in spare change, all of which goes to purchase books for her homeroom and to help schools around the nation that are affected by natural disasters. Way to go CCMS, we are so proud of your willingness to help others

Pictured above are the students from the winning homeroom. They raised enough money for each student to have a book. Great job 6th graders!

CCMS FALL BOOKFAIR

The CCMS Fall book fair is coming!!! The book fair will begin September 27-October 4th. The book fair will be open each day from 7-3 with the exception of Friday September 28th and Thursday October 4th. On September 28th the Book fair will be open until 6:30 PM, and will close at the start of the annual Missoula Children's Theater Performance. On October 4th the Book Fair will be open during open house and will close at 6 PM. Come out and support the CCMS book fair!!!

Kidsreads.com

I came across this website when looking for a biography of an author. Kidsreads.com has lots of neat reading resources. There are biographies of hundreds of authors. The site has reviews of the latest books. The site also has a feature called Books on the Screen, that takes a look at some of the newest movies that evolved from some popular books. A newsletter is available for both parents and kids about the latest reading news. There are even contest that students can get involved with to win free books. Check out kidsreads.com it is well worth your time.

http://www.kidsreads.com/

LOOK WHO GOT CAUGHT READING!!

Photo Contest Winners: Below 2nd Place photo entered by Rylea Beth Guffey

Winning Photo, Entered by McKenzie Pruitt.

The library Get Caught Reading Photo Contest has concluded! The winner is....

McKenzie Pruitt 1st place, winning a $25 dollar gift certificate to the fall book fair.
Rylea Beth Guffey 2nd place, winning a $5 gift certificate to the fall book fair. Good job ladies and congratulations!

September Author of the Month

The Author of the month is Phyllis Reynolds Naylor. She has written more than 135 books including the well known Shiloh and the more recent hit, Faith Hope and Ivy June.

TO learn more about the author of the month click here.

Any student that reads a book by the author of the month will qualify for the September drawing for a gift certificate to Pizza Hut.

So get busy reading students! Until next time...Happy Reading.

September Library Theme

The library theme for the month of September is, The Bluegrass Books. Read one bluegrass book and complete the AR Test to qualify for the September Drawing. The winner of the September drawing will receive a $5 gift certificate to Pizza Hut. If you read all 10 bluegrass books by May 1st, you will get to join in the Bluegrass Party at the end of the year. There are 10 Bluegrass Titles in the library, they are:

Addie on the Inside

The Fourth Stall

A Monster Call

The Apothecary

The Prisoner of Cell 25

Legend

Okay for Now

Same Sun Here

Steve Jobs: The man who thought different

True Sort of...

Look for the pink Bluegrass Symbol on the spine of the book.

Until next time...Happy Reading.

August Winner

The winner of the August Drawing was Dustin Shoopman. Dustin received a gift certificate to Subway. Congratulations Dustin, keep up the hard work!

Library Reminders and Deadlines

The deadline is quickly approaching for the library Get Caught Reading Photo Contest. Remember the photo must be the work of the student and must center around the theme Get Caught Reading. All entries are due by 2:40 on September 4th. This is a great opportunity to win $25 gift certificate to the October Book Fair at CCMS.

Also don't forget about the monthly reading theme and the author of the month contest. Read a fiction book or a book by author Matt Christopher to qualify for this months drawing.
Until next time... Happy Reading!!!

The Bluegrass Books Have Arrived

The 2012 Bluegrass books have arrived at the CCMS Library. The Bluegrass Books are award winning books chosen by students around the state. Look for the pink Bluegrass Emblem on the books in the library.

Students who read all 10 Bluegrass Books and complete the AR test will get to participate in the Bluegrass Party at the end of the year. There are only 2 copies of each book so don't wait...hurry in to the Library and get your copy and start reading. Until next time...Happy Reading.

Get Caught Reading Photo Contest

In keeping with the library theme, Get Caught Reading, the CCMS Media Center is sponsoring a photography contest. Students may take pictures of a person or a group of people that Get Caught Reading! Images must be appropriate for school. Be creative and think about all the ways people could get caught reading. The picture must be printed as either a 4X6 or 5X7 and turned into Ms. Nathalie no later than September 5, 2012. Entries should not be framed, but should be pasted onto a piece of card stock paper. Place your name on the back of your entry. The CCMS Faculty will judge the entries and the winner will receive a $25 dollar gift certificate to the book fair in October. So students.... get your cameras out and catch someone reading on camera. Until next time Happy Reading!!!

August Theme

The library theme for the month of August is Favorite Fiction. Be sure to read your favorite fiction book, complete the AR test, and register with Ms. Nathalie for the monthly drawing.

CCMS Library August Theme

The August theme for the CCMS Library is " Favorite Fiction". Students who read any fiction book and complete the AR test with 80% or better will be entered into the monthly drawing. There are several new fiction books in the library media center, including 39 Clues, War Horse, One Crazy Summer, Storm Runners, Underdog and MUCH MUCH MORE!!! So...stop by, pick up a good fiction book and GET CAUGHT READING, to qualify for this months drawing.

Author of the Month

During the 2012-2013 school year the CCMS Library will feature a different author each month. The author of the month for August is Matt Christopher. Matt Christopher has written more than 100 fast paced sports novels. To read more about Matt Christopher click the link below:

http://www.mattchristopher.com/content/author.asp

Students who read a book by Matt Christopher and complete the AR Quiz with 80% of better will be entered into the monthly drawing.
Remember students to make a it a great year and "GET CAUGHT READING".

Get Caught Reading!!!

The 2012-2013 school year is about to kick off, and the CCMS Library has some great opportunities in store for students.  The theme for this year is Get Caught Reading!  In keeping with that theme there are going to be photography contest, reading contest, poster contest, and much much more for students to get involved in.  Drop in the Library Media Center and check out all of the new reading activities that the 2012-2013 school year has to offer.  Make it a great year, and remember to Get Caught Reading. 

Congratulations to....

The 4th AR Goal period has ended and student participation for this goal period was higher than any other goal period!  Total, there were 28 students that met their AR Goal for the 4th 9 weeks.  Congratulations to all 28 students for their hard work. 
Two students, Keylee and Darian, also were the only two students at CCMS to meet the requirements to be a Bluegrass Reader.  To be a Bluegrass Reader, students had to read 7 of the 10 award winning Bluegrass Books and complete the AR test.  Congrats to Keylee and Darian for their hard work!

Great job students!  The new Bluegrass Books will be at the CCMS Library at the start of the next school year.  For the 2012-2013 school year students will be required to read all 10 books to recieve to be rewarded.

Look for pictures from the AR and Bluegrass reward party soon!  Until next time....Happy Reading!!!

Return or Pay Up

The school year is quickly coming to an end.  If you still have library books out you need to return those as soon as possible.  If a book is checked out in your name and it is not returned, you will have to pay for the lost book before you will recieve your final grade card. So look in your lockers, under your bed, in your desk, in the gym, the cafeteria, and even on the library shelves to locate any book that you may have misplaced.  And remember, just because you are going to be on summer break does not mean you should take a break from reading.  Visit the public library and pick out a good book to read during the summer, or 2 or 3.  Just remember to read.  Until next time....Happy Reading!!!

2013 Bluegrass Books

The 2013 Bluegrass Book Master List has been released.  The award winning books are:
Steve Jobs
True...(Sort of)
Same Sun Here
Addie on the Inside
Apothecary
Monster Calls
Fourth Stall
Okay for Now
Fault in our Stars
Divergent
Between Shades of Grey

Look for these titles in the CCMS library in the next few months.

Literacy Month In Pictures

Story Teller Pam Holcomb

Trivia Winners for Day 1

#1 Library Patron enjoying a good book!

Free Books!

The Hot Rod mascot, Axel comes to CCMS.

Trivia Winners Day 2

AR Bowling Reward Trip!

Literacy Month Comes to An End

March has been jammed packed with literacy, competitions, give aways, and all sorts of fun literacy activities. As the month ends and students begin their spring break, many will leave feeling as if they have accomplished a great deal. That is in fact, because they have!

The 8th grade reading team made up of seventeen 8th graders won the Student -Teacher Read Off. The 8th graders accumulated 317 points during the month of March.

Megan Samson was the winner of the iPod Shuffle. She was the top reader for the month of March. During literacy month she accumulated 124 AR Points. The iPod Shuffle was donated by Wade Flowers and State Farm Insurance. Two students, Sam Franklin and Keilah Coverstone, completed book reviews and qualified for a free personal pan pizza.

Noah Young was the winner of the monthly library drawing, also receiving a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Last, several students also received 2 free Hot Rod Baseball tickets for participating in the Hot Rods Reading contest.

The first annual literacy month at CCMS was a huge success. Way to go CCMS, but don't stop reading because literacy month has ended, continue to make reading part of your every day activities.

Until next time...Happy Reading!!!

Reading Madness

March madness is in full swing at CCMS. Yet, the competition isn't basketball, although we are pulling of UK and U of L in the NCAA, the compeition is Reading. Each grade level and the teachers formed reading teams in early March to see who could accumulate the most AR points duruing literacy month. At the close of the 3rd week of March the standings are:

8th grade has 278.4 points
7th grade has 231 points
6th grade 211 points
Teachers Team has 569 points

Points will be totaled for the final time Thursday March 29th, at 10 AM. The winning team will be announced that afternoon. Great job CCMS....Keep working towards being the winning team. Until next time Happy Reading!!!

iPod Give Away

As part of literacy month, students have the opporunity to win a FREE iPod Shuffle. Wade Flowers, and State Farm Insurance is donating an iPod to be given to the student that accumulates the most AR Points during the month of March. As of today there are several students that are working towards winning the iPod Shuffle.

In first place is Megan with 90.3 points.
In 2nd palce is Keilah with 59.9 points.
3rd place is Rachel with 53.6 points.

There ae several other students that have 30 plus points. Good Job CCMS. Keep up the good work.

Until next time....Happy Reading!

Student Book Review

During literacy month students have the opportunity to submit book reviews to the library blog. The following blog is by 8th grader Keilah.

Flowers for Algernon Book Review
By
Keilah

Want a suspenseful sci-fi but don’t know where to look? Flowers for Algernon may be what you’ve been waiting for. Written by Daniel Keys, this fiction story describes one man’s (Charlie Gordon) long and treacherous journey to a genius I.Q. Charlie has always been mentally handicapped and has an IQ of about 60. He had a difficult childhood; parents unsure of what to do with him, and a sister who practically disowns him. When Charlie is in his 30’s he is recruited for an experiment. Scientists tell him that he has been chosen to experience an intelligence increase that might possibly make him a genius. The experiment had been tried on a mouse in the lab named Algernon. Charlie is told to keep progress report updates of how much he has learned. As Charlie becomes smarter he begins to notice women in a whole different light and falls in love with a teacher and scientist, Alice Kinnian. Alice isn’t ready for a relationship and this troubles Charlie. He continues to read, learn other languages, test Algernon, and write progress reports. In the midst of all this Charlie learns something that could change his life forever. Will he be able to keep his intelligence, or will it start to slip away day by day?
Because of the many sexual references and language, I would recommend this book to those 15 and up.

Hot Rods Tickets

Literacy week is in full swing. To kick off the week students were visited by a special mascot from the Hot Rods Minor League Baseball team. Our very own CCMS Panther and Hot Rod Mascot, Axel went head to head in a dance off competition. The entire student body agreed that our very own Panther was hands down the winner.

During the month of March the Hot Rods are giving away two free tickets to any student that reads 3 books and completes the AR test. To register for your tickets read any 3 books, complete the 3 AR test with 80% or better, then register with your Language Arts Teacher. Until next time...Happy Reading!

A.R. Students take a trip to the bowling alley

13 CCMS students met their AR goal for the 3rd goal period. These students were rewarded with a trip to the bowling alley. As you can see from the pictures, everyone had a great time. Everyone agreed that it was worth their hard work and effort to get to join in the fun. The last goal period of the year is now underway and will end on May 4. If you have questions about your goal see Ms. Nathalie in the library. Until next time...Happy Reading!

iPOD Shuffle GIVE AWAY!!!!

Since March is literacy month, there are some big prizes to be given away to the students of CCMS. Thanks to Mr. Wade Flowers and State Farm Insurance, the student that reads and has the most AR Points at the end of March will recieve a free iPod Shuffle. Now that's something worth working for!!! Get busy reading students and make that iPod yours. Happy Reading!!!

Literacy Week at CCMS

March 5-9th is literacy week at CCMS. There are several extra activities planned for each day to promote literacy among students at CCMS. On Monday we will have a visitor from the Hot Rod's mascot to talk about free baseball tickets. On Tuesday students and teachers will participate in D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything and Read). On Wednesday special guest Ms. Liza Turner, and the gang from the public library, will visit students at CCMS and talk about some new programs at the local library. Thursday there will be a school wide assembly with an Applachain Story Teller. Finally, Friday will be book give away day. Several books have been donated to Cumberland County students and every student will leave with free books. Look for more information concerning literacy week and literacy month in the hall ways at CCMS.

Don't forget the student teacher read off. The teachers are busy reading and taking AR test are you? Until next time... Happy Reading!

Student Teacher Read Off

The library theme for the month of March is "TEACHER STUDENT READ OFF". All 3 grade levels are in the process of forming reading teams. If you are a 6th grader and would like to sign up see Ms. Brittany, 7th graders see Ms. Amber, and 8th graders can sign up with Ms. Dillard. The teachers are also currently forming a reading team. The goal is for your team to accumulate the most AR points during the month of March. And yes...Teachers will also have to take the AR test and accumulate points. There is a prize! The winning team will recieve a pizza party at the end of March. And of course, the teachers can also recieve the pizza party if they read and accumulate the most AR Points. You must sign up with the designated teacher, read, and complete AR test to be eligible for the pizza party!

Common sense says that either of the student teams could easily beat the teacher team. There are only 15-20 teachers and there are 215 students. It would be a shame for the teachers to win. So students...don't be put to shame and let the teachers beat you! Get started reading now and claim the prize for your reading team. Until next time...Happy Reading!

February Library Drawing Winner

Congratulations to Trey Scott. He was the winner of the February library drawing. Trey won a free personal pan pizza and a gift certificate to the Tastee Freeze. Great Job Trey, keep up the good work! Sam Franklin and Levi Owens also won a free personal pan pizza for their participation in the February library contest. March has great things in store for students of CCMS. Until next time, Happy Reading....

Literacy Week

March 5-9 is Literacy week at CCMS. In fact there are lots of suprises for the month of March. Theres going to be guest appearances by a special mascot, teacher/student contest, prizes, free books, and much much more. Stay tuned for more information as March approaches. Until next time...Happy Reading!

February Library Theme

February is Black History month. To celebrate black history, the theme for the CCMS library in February will also be black history. Read about any African American; sports stars, politicians, explorers, scientist, or any other famous African American to qualify for this months drawing. The winner of the February drawing will recieve a gift certifcate to Tastee Freeze. Everyone that participates will also recieve a free personal pan pizza from Pizza Hut. Remember to complete the AR test over your book, and see Ms. Nathalie in the library to qualify. Happy Reading....

What a party..

The 2nd AR party for students that reached or surpassed their AR goal, was held on January 13th. Total, there were 21 CCMS students that reached their goal for the 2nd goal period. Students enjoyed cookies, chips, sodas, and the movie, Dolphin Tale. Fun was had by everyone, as you can see in the pictures.

The 3rd AR Goal period will end on Febuary 24th. The reward party for this goal period has something new in store, so work hard toward meeting your goal so you can join in the fun. If you have questions about your AR goal see Ms. Nathalie in the library. Happy Reading!

January Drawing Winner....

Caleb Guffey is the winner of the January library drawing. Caleb will recieve 2 gift certificates to Pizza Hut and a gift certificate to Subway. There were 3 students that participated in the January contest; Caleb along with Levi Owens and Doug Willis. Congratulations Caleb.
Happy Reading!

January Library Theme

Happy New Year!
2011 has passed quickly and as we start 2012, lets begin with a grerat book. The theme for the January library reading contest is, "A New Year, A New You". Read any book about health, nutrition, exercise, or diets to qualify for the January library drawing. See Ms. Nathalie in the library to register.

Make 2012 a memorable year, and enjoy each moment!
Happy Reading! :)

Decmeber Winner

The winner of the December library drawing was Timothy Jensen. Congratulations Timothy, keep up the good work.

Total there were 26 students that participated in the Decmeber library reading contest. This was the highest student participation yet for this school year. Great job CCMS, keep up the great work. :)