Congratulations to our campus Battle of the Books Winners!

The following students will be representing our campus in this year’s Mansfield ISD Battle of the Books Competition on April 29 at TA Howard MS.

Please congratulate them and wish them luck on the District wide middle school competition.

8^th Graders:

Casey 

7^th Graders:

Khalid 

Helen

Rachel 

Carter

Noah 

Welcome P.J. Hoover!

http://www.pjhoover.com/

Our visiting author, P.J. Hoover will meet with all 7th grade students. She will discuss her writing process, Greek mythology and the hero's journey in literature.

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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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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