Thanks to everyone who purchased books at our Scholastic Book Fair! Without your help we would not be able to support our Accelerated Reader program or add much needed books and equipment to our inventory.
We were able to purchase a display case for the "Everybody" section with the Scholastic Dollars that we earned along with replacement books for our 500 section!
Students in grades 2-5 have been learning about the Cobb Virtual Library. Mrs. Harp taught students to access CVL from home. 2nd graders are working on a report about the Creek and Cherokee Indians. During the lesson, students learned the difference between a database and an online encylopedia by searching both World Book Kids and Kids Info Bits. Both of these sites offer audio for the articles that may be slightly above some students' reading level. After the lesson students had the opportunity to practice accessing the site and exploring the information on World Book and Kids Info Bits.
5th and 4th grade students learned how to create a workspace on Britannica Online Elementary. This is a great tool for saving articles, images and timelines. During the lesson, students 1st created their own workspaces, then created a timeline using the new timeline feature. 4th Graders created a practice timeline using explorers as the topic while 5th graders created ones about American inventors.
We hope that all of you will use this valuable tool. Students were provided with the login information and passwords for home use. The site can be accessed from the Ford Homepage http://www.cobbk12.org/ford or directly using the URL http://cvl.cobbk12.org . There are many resources available on CVL including access to Destiny, our online card catalog. If you haven't before, please check it out.
Grayson Paul Webb was born on July 30th at 1:39 pm. He weighed 6 lbs. 11 oz. and was 20 inches long. Grayson's parents are Rachael and Michael Webb of Greer, SC. Our family is so excited about our new little grandson. Grayson is our 5th grandson! Thanks to Mrs. Bales and everyone at Ford for keeping the boat afloat while I was enjoying midnight duty with the little man!
Students are going to love Destiny's new empowerment options for patrons. Yes, empowerment folks! Students in grades 2-5 will be taking control of their "Destiny" while learning more and more about the wonders of the media center. Listed below are some of these new features.
