Media Mission: Our mission is to inspire students to be the best they can be through experiencing the joy of reading for pleasure and the confidence in reading for facts and information. Successful learning begins with reading, and we promote all readers to be leaders!
Media Center Hours: Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. for students.
Students are welcome at all times throughout the day, whether in small groups, sent by the teacher, or as a whole class. Students K-2 may check out 1 book at a time and students 3-5 may check out 2 books.
Students are allowed to keep their books for two weeks. If a student needs to extend that time he/she may bring the book in and renew it for two more weeks. When the student's book becomes overdue, the computer will block the student from checking out anymore books until the overdue book is returned or financially replaced. When a book is 30 days overdue it is considered lost and must be replaced. Students are responsible for the books they check out. Overdue fines are not charged.
The Media Center will host two Scholastic Book Fairs every year. The first Book Fair will be during the week of Open House in September and the second Fair will be at the end of May. The Book Fair is a great way to promote independent reading and to help our Media Center improve its book collection for students.
Access our Media Catalog at home at
Students can also access our ebook collection through the Folletshelf link on our catalog page. Use the media catalog link above.
Use alpha code and birthdate to log in.
*visit the media center website at www.timbercrestmedia.wikispaces.com
Reading Counts Program
Timbercrest Media supports the Reading Counts Program. This is a motivational reading program that offers students the opportunity to take quizzes after reading books. The quizzes consist of 10 questions that enhance students' comprehension and reading skills.
As students take and pass the quizzes they accumulate points. There are goals we have set in the media center for students to achieve and when they do they receive award certificates and free books. Students may also appear on our daily news show to be acknowledged for their accomplishment.
This program is optional and should not be used for grades in the classroom.
Sunshine State Readers Award Program
15 books are chosen each year to support this motivational independent reading program for students grades 3-5. The media center offers awards and prizes for students who read the books and pass RC quizzes. Students can also recieve charms for a charm bracelet that correlate with each book and its' theme. At the end of the school year the Media Center has a "Sunshine State Reader" party for students who participated.
Visit the Sunshine State Readers Award Program website: SSYRA Program
Mrs. Bray's Top Ten Books
1. The Yearling by Marjorie Kinan Rawlings
2. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke
3. The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgeson Burnett
4. A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
5. The Thief Lord by Cornelia Funke |
6. Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli
7. Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
8. Redwall by Brian Jacques
9. Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
10. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by JK Rowling |
Third Nine Weeks--What Media students will be learning:
Primary students will:
Identify parts of books (title, author, illustrator, title page, front & back cover)
Identify parts of a story (characters, setting, plot, theme)
Answer questions about key details in a story.
Sequence events in a story.
Identify cause and effect situations after listening to a story.
Analyze characters after listening to a story.
Identify text features of non-fiction books (title page, table of contents, index, glossary)
Know the difference between fiction and non-fiction.
Take Reading Counts quizzes independently after accessing v-portal accounts (First/Second grade)
Intermediate students will:
Monitor their own ReadingCounts progress by analyzing individual RC reports.
Complete Edutyping lessons on a weekly basis. (Fourth/Fifth Grade)
Use all reference books and determine when they should be used. (Third grade)
Access online resources to research a topic.
Identify idioms and know their figurative meanings.
Explore figurative language in poetry and fiction. (alliteration, personification, similes/metaphors)
Practice making inferences after listening to fiction stories read aloud.
Media Intermediate Objectives
FIRST NINE WEEKS:
Students will:
*Become familiar with the Media Center/Take Media Tour
*Learn and practice using DESTINY (our online catalog)
*Access V-Portal accounts independently
*Be introduced to the Sunshine State Reader program/recognize award winning books
*Review the Dewey Decimal System and how it is used
*Review all genres and where they are located in the library
*Review & practice the Dictionary/Encyclopedia/Thesaurus
*Learn how to use online resources to find information
*Identify main idea & details while listening to a story
*Make inferences while listening to a story
SECOND NINE WEEKS:
*Introduce plot development & conflict analysis
*identify conflict analysis after listening to story
*Recognize plot development after listening to a story
*Make inferences while listening to story
*Learn and practice using the Atlas/Almanac
*Introduce online resources and how to find information online
*Identify cause & effect after listening to a story
*Identify text features in a nonfiction book
