The Toy Society!

As part of our 5th grade  Exploratory classes this year, these students met in the library on Friday mornings from Aug.-Dec. to design, draft patterns, and create toys by hand!

The Toy Society is a world-wide collective of toy makers – of varying skill levels– who make toys and leave them as gifts for perfect strangers.

When a member leaves a toy gift it’s called a “Toy Drop” and is posted on The Toy Society's website. 

Finders are invited, but not expected, to let The Toy Society know they have found a toy, and these notes are also posted on the site. But it’s not expected to hear back from finders; The Toy Society is about giving someone something and expecting absolutely nothing in return, which is a real rarity these days!

We are so proud of the imaginative toys our students were able to create and prouder still that they were happy to let them go in hopes that they would brighten the day of a stranger!

To watch for "Finders" stories, or to learn how you can become a member of The Toy Society, head to the website: http://www.thetoysociety.blogspot.com

Toy Society Drops Complete!

On Saturday, December 17, 2011 a small group of teachers, a Toy Society student and her family completed Toy Drops around the downtown area of Madisonville, KY. The Pride Elementary Toy Society hopes that each toy finds a good home and brightens someone's day!  "Finders" are encouraged to visit thetoysociety.blogspot.com to let the Toy Society know they have rescued a toy.

The Toy Society doesn't normally "drop" at a residence, but two of our droppers know the person who lives in this home and we knew this toy would find a good home with them!

My Father's Dragon

Have you ever thought reading was boring? Well think again! My Fathers Dragon is the best book ever!

It was the best ever because he went on many wild adventures!

A little boy's father finds an alley cat. Then one day the boys father decides to find a dragon captured on an island. Before he can, he has to go through a jungle and a river. He meets many animals and insects on his journey to get the dragon.

I hope you like my book. Thank you for letting me share my book with you.

by J.B., 4th Grade

Moda School Block Challenge

This terrific group of students(also known as the Quilt Block Team) has been meeting in the library to design quilt blocks for the Moda School Block Challenge during 5th grade Exploratory time. They worked together to design and create their blocks! These blocks will be entered into the School Block Challenge and will be displayed in the National Quilt Museum in Paducah, Ky. Way to go, Falcons!

CALLING ALL FALCONS

Read a great book lately? Don't keep it to yourself! Share your thoughts with your friends and fellow Falcons here on our book blog! 

You may submit your typed or handwritten book reviews in the library at any time! For examples of student book reviews, read some of the past student entries on this blog. I will be glad to help you get started as well!

I can't wait to read about your favorite books! 

P.S. Staff members, we'd love to publish your reviews! 

Drumroll Please......

The winner in our staff Pumpkin Parade was Mrs. Wyatt who submitted this spectacular pumpkin likeness of our favorite Chihuahua wannabe, Skippyjon Jones!

Pumpkin Parade!

I cannot think of a better way to reintroduce our Media Center Blog than by sharing some photos from our 2011 Pumpkin Parade! Students were asked to decorate a pumpkin to represent a character from one of their favorite books!

You did a GREAT job, Falcons!!

I'd also like to thank the following staff memebers for submitting pumpkins:
Mrs. Baldwin
Mrs. Blades
Mrs. Lester
Mrs. Holley
Mrs. Holt
Mrs. Gordon
Mrs. Wyatt

Your creativity blew us all away!

Check back soon to see which one of our teacher/staff entries is the winning pumpkin!

Where did we go?

Our Library/Media Center blog is currently on hold. In the meantime, please check out some of the fun links on the right.


Hopefully, we will be able to bring the blog back before you know it!

Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

All I can say is this is the best book ever! It includes Greek mythology and is it very long, but it is a great book. I'm reading book two now and I'llw rite a review later.

The story starts out when Percy Jackson goes to Yancy Academy in New York CIty. Percy is a trouble maker and gets kicked out of a lot of schools. Percy has dyslexia and a bit of a temper. He has to deal with Nancy Bobofh's bullying, portecting his scrawny friend Grover, not getting kicked out of school and trying to survive not getting killed by Mrs. Dodd's, his teacher. (I would recommend this book to fourth and fifth graders).

Grover turns out to be a satyr(half man, half goat) and tells him satyrs usually find demigods(sons and daughters of gods and goddesses) at schools. Then bring them to Camp Half-Blood. Percy went to Camp Half-Blood and met some new people. He met Annabeth Chase, a demigod of Athena, goddess of wisdome and battel, Luke, a camper who has been offered a quest a long time ago, Clarrisse, daughter of Ared, god of war and Chiron, the camp activities director who was Mr. Burnner, Percy's teacher. Chiron is a centaur(half man, half horse) but disguised himself as a teacher watching Percy and Yancy. Percy later discovers he is the son of Poseidon, god of the sea.

Will Percy complete the quest given by Chiron to retrieve Zeus' stolen lightening bolt and return it to Mt. Olympus before the end of the summer solstice? Will he survive a jump off the St. Louis Gateway Arch? Will he be fried by a fire-breathing Chimera? Will Hades bring terrible things into Percy's life in the Underworld? (Hades is the god of death)

With Percy being a water guy, will Zeus(lord of the sky) zap him out of an airplaine? Will Luke turn on Percy and worship Kronos as his leader? Will Grover get his searchers license to search for his god Pan, a quest that no other satyr has returned from alive?

Well, just read this amazing book! It's awesome!

Post by Irelane, 5th grade, Mrs. Blades' Class

We want to know....

Now that Halloween is right around the corner, we want to know...what are your favorite scary/creepy books to read this time of year?