Celebrate Poetry @WOMS Library!
April is National Poetry Month
Let’s celebrate our favorite poets and poems all month long! Do you write poetry? Use the interactive tech tools in the flyer below to have some poetry fun!
Spring Tech Tools
Springtime is here! Let’s share some fun tech tools for you and your students to use.
Click on the flyer below and scroll down to see all the resources!
This week in the library…
In the news…
Round II of March Madness voting comes to an end.
Our week two winners are…
Overheard in the library…
“These are tough choices! Divergent or Lightning Thief?” Semi-final voting will begin on Monday!
The Wonder Board is our newest addition to the library. Stop by and pick up a wonder on the go! Have you wondered today?
The lunch time makers were back inventing with Little Bits this week!
We have also spent time watching the Bald Eagles in Decorah, Iowa. Thanks to the live webcam we have watched the mom lay two eggs, and we, along with the world, are patiently waiting on them to hatch. Bald Eagle eggs typically take thirty-five days to hatch. We are hoping to see the babies around April 14th. Stay tuned…
Happy reading, inventing and being awesome!
Vote for your favorite book!
Roughnecks Read 2016
“You’re never too old, too wacky, too wild, to pick up a book and read to a child.”
Dr. Seuss
WOMS celebrated Read Across America Day to commemorate Dr. Seuss’s birthday on March 2nd! The National Education Association began this special program to celebrate the joy of reading. Something magical happens when adults share the love of reading with young people. Anyone can participate in Read Across America by picking up a book, grabbing a few loved ones and reading.
WOMS invited community members and school leaders to read to our English Language Arts students in grades sixth, seventh and eighth.
Mr. Charlie Smith, Mrs. Suzanne Bardwell and Mrs. Linda Kennedy are pictured above.
Mrs. Karen Dickson, Mr. Michael Gilbert and Mrs. Mitzi Neely are picture above.
Mrs. Claire Koonce, Mr. Scott Floyd and Mr. Ronnie Hinkle are pictured above. Not pictured is Mr. Don Wayt, but his participation is greatly appreciated.
I would like to give a special thanks to our English Language Arts department for their help in making our Read Across America celebration a success-Jody Velde, Kim Iske, Stacy Shellhorse, Debra Cline, Cindy Coones, Chesley Kelley and Monica Floyd.
Have you met Library Lady?
Tired of students saying they don’t have time to come to the library? Bring the library to the students! 
Each week Library Lady pushes a cart of awesome books to the cafeteria at lunch. She rolls her cart to all the tables and visits with the students. You can’t miss her! She is always dressed in an outlandish costume. Watch out! She may make an appearance at your cafeteria soon!
News from the Roughneck Book Club
The Roughneck Book Club has been busy making plans for the spring semester. Currently, we are taking nominations for WOMS March Madness 2016. We will begin with sixteen books, and we will vote until we crown an overall winner. Make your nomination today!
We are also planning a WOMS Poetry Slam for National Poetry Month in April. We are inviting all poets and all who love poetry to come to the media center and participate. Stay tuned for more details.
Whose is ready for some WOMS Reader’s Theatre? Do you love dramatic readings? Mark your calendars for the month of May! The book club will host a reader’s theatre for the students by the students!
As always…happy reading!
Building a Nation of Inventors!
The Roughneck Tech Club met this week to invent, tinker and create with LittleBits circuits. Magnetic circuits allow students the opportunity to build foolproof circuits instantly. The students are only limited by their imagination!
My favorite part was the teamwork that occurred in each group. Motivated to create something awesome, the students shared ideas, parts and a great attitude! The students kept asking ‘what if’ questions, and trying to predict what would happen when they put different circuits together. Sometimes it did not go as planned; therefore, the students went back to the drawing board. They determined the problem and came up with a solution. The students were so focused on their inventions that I had to remind them to eat lunch!
Roughneck Tech Club Invents 2016
WOMS March Madness 2016 Nomination Form
Are you ready for March Madness in your library? Let’s nominate our favorite books, and see which one will be crowned the favorite at White Oak Middle School this year. At the beginning of March, we will create a sweet sixteen bracket. Every week we will need YOU to vote for your favorite books! Who will be the winner?