Media Center

                                                 

Welcome to the Queen of Angels Media Center web page. Here you will find links to reading activities and recommended titles. You will also be able to find links to online databases that we subscribe to that have remote access and other helpful sites throughout the year.

* Summer 2010 Reading Lists
* What's New
* Kid's Book Review
* Production Studio
* Policies and Procedures
* Birthday Book
* Online Resources
* Guidelines

If you have any questions about any items regarding the media center please feel free to come by and speak with Sue Van Rooyen. She can also be reached by email at svanrooyen@qaschool.org or by phone at 770-518-1804 ext. 112.

Be a library book reviewer!

When you read a library book, fill out a "Kid's Critique Review Form" and let your friends know what you think. Print the form, fill it out and bring it to the Queen of Angels Catholic School Media Center. Once a month, we will randomly draw a name from the book reviews submitted and invite that student to share their review on the WQOA Morning Show.

Click here to download a copy of the "Kid's Critique Review Form"

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Production Studio

This short video contains a listing of the forty-six books of the Old Testament accompanied by students saying the names of the books to a rhythmic beat. Click here to watch the video.

Media Center Policies and Procedures

The media center is open every school day and available to all students at Queen of Angels. See below for our hours, general information, and checkout policies.

Hours:

* Monday:      8:10 - 3:45
* Tuesday:      8:10 - 3:45
* Wednesday: 9:10 - 3:45
* Thursday:     8:10 - 3:45
* Friday:         8:10 - 3:45

Checkout Policy

Kindergarten: 1 book for 1 week
1st-4th grade: 2 books for 2 weeks
5th-8th grade: 4 books for 2 weeks

* Students are expected to return books on time and take care of them while they have them.
* Students stamp in their agendas when books are due.
* Overdue notices are sent out regularly to remind students if they have an overdue book.
* Students are not permitted to check out a book if they have an overdue book or over their limit.
* Students will be billed for the cost of a book if it is lost or damaged while checked out under their name.

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Birthday Book Program

The birthday book program allows you to donate a book to the media center in honor of your child's birthday. We place a nameplate in the book and the birthday child is the first one to check out the book. Their name is also placed on the scrolling news kiosk in the school. If you are interested in donating a birthday book please contact Mrs. Van Rooyen svanrooyen@qaschool.org or Mrs. Harkins mharkins@qaschool.org in the media center.

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Battle of the Books

Battle of the Books is an archdiocesan reading competition for students in grades three through six. Each team consists of at least three but no more than four members. The teams are required to read approximately 20-25 books from a list prepared by the media specialists of the participating schools. In the spring there is a school wide contest between teams on each grade level. Teams will be expected to identify the title of a book in response to a clue given by the moderator. If they answer correctly within 30 seconds, they receive two points for their team. If they are able to identify the author of the book, they receive an additional point for their team.

The grade level winners from the school wide contest go on to compete in the finals against other schools in the archdiocese. The Queen of Angels school-wide competition is usually held after spring break. The final archdiocesan competition is held the first week of May. The winning 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th grade Queen of Angels Catholic School teams travel to the host school on the day of the contest. The contest is a wonderful opportunity for our students to meet children from other schools. The students from all the participating schools have lunch and recess together and have time to interact and get to know each other. The focus of the contest is reading, trying your best, being a responsible team member, cooperating with others and being a good sport. Battle of the Books is a fun learning experience for our children and we encourage 3rd-6th grades at all reading levels to participate.

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General Information

General Guidelines for a “Works Cited”

• Put all entries in a single list under the title “Works Cited” at the end of the report.
• Quadruple space between the “Works Cited” title and the first entry.
• Order entries alphabetically by author’s last name, or, if author is not given, by the first important word in the title, excluding “a,” “an,” and “the.”
• If more than one work by an author is cited, do not repeat the author’s name, but use three hyphens and a period (---.) for the author’s name in the second and subsequent entries, and alphabetize the works by the first important word in each title.
• Indent all lines of each entry five spaces, except the first line, which is flush with the left margin.
• Double-space.
• Use a period at the end of each entry.
• Paginate the works-cited section as a continuation of your text.
• Underline the titles of works published independently—books, plays, long poems, pamphlets, periodicals, films.
• Use quotation marks to indicate the titles of short works that appear in larger works. (i.e. Article titles)
• Use Arabic numerals except with names of monarchs (Elizabeth II) and except for the preliminary pages of a work (ii-xix), which traditionally use Roman numerals.
• Separate author, title, and publication information with a period followed by one space.
• Abbreviate the names of months except May, June and July

Evaluating a Web Site

Using the World Wide Web is like becoming a detective. You must learn to check out Web sites for clues that will tell you if the site is a good one, an O.K. one, or a poor one. Anyone can put a site on the Web, and it is not illegal to put incorrect information on the Web. A good detective will know how to look for clues to determine what type of site they are looking at.

A good Web site has information you can trust. Here are some characteristics of a good Web site:

• You can easily find who wrote or sponsors the site.
• There is an e-mail or postal address for the author.
• The site loads easily, works the way it's supposed to, and has links that are all active.
• The information is easy to read.
• The site should be interesting and fun to look at and spend time on.
• There should be a date that shows when the site was made or updated.

Extremely good Web sites are good in all these things.

In the URL of the Web site you'll find a DOMAIN name. These domain names will often help you to decide who is sponsoring the site and where they are coming from.

The domain name ends in a suffix. The most common domain names suffixes are:

.com - commercial organizations
.org - usually non-profit organizations, but not always
.edu - educational institutions
.gov - government
.net - organizations involved in Internet services
.int - international organizations



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