Join us for our Fall Book Fair!

Save the date! The Fall Book Fair is coming, November 15-22.

The theme this year is “Reading Oasis: A Cool Place to Discover Hot Books!”

Teachers are welcome to dress up like an Egyptian on Friday November 15 and Monday November 18.

We will be having a teacher preview, please stop by for snacks & door prizes.

Jobe's Top Ten

Thank you everyone for voting for your favorite books during Teen Read Week. The official book titles of the 2013 Jobe’s Top Ten are:

1. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney

2. Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

3. The Giver by Lois Lowry

4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan

5. The Hobbit by J.R. Tolkien

6. Twilight by Stephanie Meyer

7. Bone by Jeff smith

8. Ninth Ward by Jewell Parker Parker Rhodes

9. Harry Potter by J.K. Rowling

10. Heroes of the Olympus by Rick Riordan

Congrats to the authors and thanks to all the students who voted! Don’t forget to stop by the library to check out these awesome reads!

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Mansfield ISD or Mrs. B. Smith are not responsible for the content on external sites or servers. Students make sure you have your parents permission to access external sites.

Celebrate Teen Read Week! October 13-19

Jobe MS students celebrated Teen Read Week by participating in literacy lessons on their right to read at their library.

Students also enjoyed listening to book talks on new books available in the library.

For more information on the Declaration for the Right to Libraries.

Teen Read Week- Seek the Unknown @ Your Library

Teen Read Week is celebrated every year in October. This year we will celebrate Teen Read Week from October 14th through October 18th by voting for our favorite books at Jobe MS. Please submit awesome titles that you think should be on the Jobe's Top Ten list. 

Voting will be open from October 14 to October 18. You can submit your favorite book title here or stop by the library today!

The top ten titles with the most votes will be named the official titles of Jobe's 2013 Teens' Top Ten. Winners will be announced the week of October 21st. Happy voting!

http://teenreadweek.ning.com/

Welcome Back

Welcome Back to School!

We missed you! 

Listed below are cool and free apps that you will find fun and helpful this school year. Just go to the App store on your device and download them.

DestinyQuest App allows you to connect to Jobe’s library catalog from the palm of your hand. Search for school library books anytime, anywhere! See Mrs. Smith for login information.

Gale AccessMyLibrary- School Edition App gives you access Gale Virtual Reference Library and Gale Databases which include current magazines, journals, encyclopedias, and more available 24/7. See Mrs. Smith for login information.

Easybib App is a citation generator that makes it easier to do citations for your projects.

Prezi.com App allows you to create and present beautiful presentation.

MackinVia App allows you to read your library’s eBooks on your device. You will need to set up an account at mackinvia.com. See Mrs. Smith for login information.

QR Reader allows you scan QR codes  and barcodes, which are commonly posted in the library and classroom.

Best Books for Tweens App helps you find books that you want to read next.

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 Mansfield ISD and Mrs. Smith are not responsible for the content on external sites or servers.

Summer Reading Ideas: Free eBooks & Audio Books

Summer time is here which means endless hours with books of YOUR choice. Check out the following reading lists to find your soon-to-be favorite books of this summer.

2013 Texas Lone Star Reading List

2013-2014 Mansfield ISD Battle of the Books Reading List

YALSA Best of the Best 

And if you are too hot to go outside, why not stay in and read or listen to some awesome books from the following websites on your mobile device. Email Mrs. Smith if you need help logging on.

Free Audio Books From SYNC YA: 

Free eBooks From Jobe Library

The New 2013-2014 Battle of the Books List

Are you thinking about joining Battle of the Books this fall?
 The titles on the new list will make great summer reads!

Grades 7 and 8

Title	Author	Publisher
Elephant Scientist	Caitlin O'Connell	Houghton Mifflin
Notorious Benedict Arnold	Steve Sheinkin	Square Fish
Pull of Gravity	Gae Polisner	Square Fish
Jefferson's Sons	Kimberly Brubaker Bradley	Puffin
Lions of Little Rock	Kristin Levine	Puffin
Breadcrumbs	Anne Ursu	Walden Pond
Ninth Ward	Jewell Parker Rhodes	Little, Brown
Apothecary	Maile Meloy	Puffin
Dead End in Norvelt	Jack Gantos	Square Fish
Bruiser	Neal Schusterman	Harper Teen

Free audio books from SYNC is back!

"SYNC offers free Young Adult & Classic audiobook downloads in the summer months to introduce the listening experience.

SYNC is a program that gives away two complete audiobook downloads–a current Young Adult title paired thematically with a Classic or Required Summer Reading title–each week to listeners ages 13+ while SYNC is in session.

SYNC is in session this year from May 30 – August 21, 2013.

Titles are delivered through the OverDrive Media Console.  You can prepare for the program by downloading the software to your desktop and whichever device you anticipate listening on.

 How Do I Sign-up?

Go to http://www.audiobooksync.com/

Go to the right column and sign-up to get notifications of when the FREE audiobook downloads are available.  You can alerts by text message, email newsletter, or by simply following the SYNC blog.

Signing up for these alerts will not send you the titles.  The alerts will simply tell you when and where the title is available to download."

http://www.audiobooksync.com/

The Book Fair Is ONLINE!

The book fair is coming to Jobe Library, May 13-17!

But why wait...shop NOW!

Go to scholastic.com/fair

• Send wish lists and eCards to family and friends.
• Find books for everyone, from preschool to adults.
• All purchases benefit the school.
• And- orders ship to school for FREE!

Book Fair is available online, May 1-15.

Book Fair will be available in the library, May 13-17.

Battle of the Books is almost here!

Congratulations to our campus winners of the Battle of the Books competition! 

These seven young ladies have the opportunity to represent Jobe Middle School in the district wide 2013 Battle of the Books Competition. Wish them luck!

The District competition will take place May 16 at Danny Jones Middle School.

Spring into a New Book!

Don't forget to stop by and check out the new books that have arrived this month!

Spring into a New Book! Book Display at Jobe MS Library

2013 Lone Star Reading List Winners

The 2013 Lone Star Winners have arrived. Stop by your library today!

For more information go to Lone Star Reading List.

March Reading Madness Book Display at Jobe MS Library

QR Codes in the Classroom

What are QR Codes?

-A QR Code (short for “Quick Response”) is a barcode that contains information that can be read by a mobile device’s camera.

-Smartphones and tablets have software that allows them to download a QR Code reader (scanner). -Some readers can be downloaded from the app store for free. MISD has a free reader (scanner) in the MISD App Catalog for the Staff iPads.

How do I make QR codes?

-Find a free QR Code generator online, ex.  http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ or http://www.qrstuff.com/

-Type in information or paste URL

-Save QR Code and post in your classroom, teacher website, etc.

How to use them?

-Create QR Codes for math problems, writing prompts, vocabulary, science videos, teacher’s website, lessons plans, assignments

-Post QR Code everywhere for students to access, in your classroom, doors, bathroom stalls J

For more information and ideas, go to

http://www.commoncraft.com/video/qr-codes

http://www.schrockguide.net/qr-codes-in-the-classroom.html

Try it out!

-Using your iPad or mobile device, download a App scanner or QR reader

-Using the app, scan the QR Code below and it should take you to the library website

Scan to go to Jobe’s Library!

Battle of the Books Club

Do you love to read? Do you love to read GREAT books?

Join us for the Battle of the Book Club!
 We meet in the library every Friday at 8:20 a.m.

"Pictures of Hollis Woods" by Patricia Reilly Giff

"Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins

"Savvy: by Ingrid Law

"Chasing Lincoln's Killer: by James Swanson