Holiday Movie Quotes: 12--the final one!

We made it, Gators!

Here's your last chance to win chocolate this year:

12. Faith is believing when common sense tells you not to. Don't you see? It's not just Kris that's on trial, it's everything he stands for. It's kindness and joy and love and all the other intangibles.

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Good Luck and Merry Christmas! Share your answer by commenting to this post, using your first name and last initial. I'll post answers to this post and the previous post later today.

Holiday Movie Quotes: 11

Only 2 more days, Gators!

Which means only two more chances to win chocolate from this contest! Here's today's quote:

11. It's Christmas Eve. It's-it's the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we-we-we smile a little easier, we-w-w-we-we-we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year we are the people that we always hoped we would be.

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Share your answer by commenting to this post using your first name and last initial. Later, check back in the comments for the correct answer and to see if you've won chocolate!

Good Luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 10

Happy Wednesday--3 days 'til break!

Here's a new quote for you to solve:


10. Charlie, stay away from those things. They're reindeer, you don't know where they've been. They all look like they've got key lime disease.

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Share your answer by commenting to this post, using your first name and last initial. Then, watch the comments for the correct answer and where to claim your chocolate if you are the first to answer correctly! Good luck!

New Books for Christmas!

Hey Gators!

We just got in a shipment of new books, just in time to check out over Winter Break! Here's a Photo Peach slideshow of some of them:
New Books for Christmas! on PhotoPeach

Holiday Movie Quotes: 9

Ho Ho Ho, Gators!

There's still chocolate to be won for the last two quotes and today's! Get your Jingle Bells on and give it a try!

9. If I live to be 100, I'll never forget that big snow storm a couple of years ago. The weather closed in and, well you might not believe it, but the world almost missed Christmas. Oh, excuse me, call me Sam. What's the matter? Haven't you ever seen a talking snowman before?

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Share your answer by commenting to this post, using your first name and last initial, then watch for new comments--one of them will give the correct answer and explain how to claim your chocolate!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 8

Last Monday of the year, Gators!

Celebrate with chocolate when you are the first to identify today's quote:

8. Happy birthday! Hey, I said my first words. But... But snowmen can't talk. Ha ha ha, come on now, what's the joke? Could I really be alive?

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

To win chocolate, comment to this post with your first name and last initial. Check the comments later for the correct answer and who gets chocolate today!

Good luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 7

Happy Chilly Friday Gators!

Just one week to go! Did you go home and do your Holiday Movie homework? Will there be a new winner? Stay tuned to the Library Blog to find out! Here's quote #7:


7. It came without ribbons. It came without tags. It came without packages, boxes, or bags.

Possible answers:
Titles:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Share your answer by commenting to this post using your first name and last initial, and then watch the comments for the correct answer!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 6

Wow it's been cold, eh Gators?

Brooke C has certainly thawed out--she's won another piece of chocolate for her correct guess of Elf for quote 5. Let's give her some competition, K? You can do it!!!

Quote 6:

6. Football? Football? What's a football? With unconscious will my voice squeaked out 'football'.

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

As always, share your answer by commenting to this post using your first name and last initial, then watch the comments to see if you won!
Good Luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 5

Holy snowstorm, Gators!

I'm a day behind and posting late as well! Better late than never, here's quote #5:

5. It's just like Santa's workshop! Except it smells like mushrooms... and everyone looks like they wanna hurt me...

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Give your answer by commenting to this post, using your first name and last initial. I'll write a comment verifying the correct answer.

Good Luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 4

It's Monday, Gators!

Here's your quote o' the day:
4. Look, Daddy. Teacher says every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings.

Possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Remember to use only your first name and last initial when you share your answer by commenting to this post. The correct answer/winner notification will be found in the comments to this post as well.

Good Luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 3

Happy Friday, Gatorland!

Our 1st two quotes now have answers! Click on the comments below each post to see what the correct answers were. (Hint--awareness of these answers will make each following quotes that much easier!) I'll always let you know in the comments when a correct answer is given, along with instructions for the winner to claim their prize! As always, give your answer by making a comment to the post, using your first name and last initial.

OK. Ready for quote #3? Here ya go:
3. We're kicking off our fun old fashion family Christmas by heading out into the country in the old front-wheel drive sleigh to embrace the frosty majesty of the winter landscape and select that most important of Christmas symbols.

The possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Good Luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 2

Hey Gators!

No answers for the first one yet...remember to send your answer by commenting to this post, using only your first name and last initial!

Here's the second quote:
2. No, no. I mean "Jingle Bells". You know, deck them halls and all that stuff. No, no, no. You don't get it at all. I mean "Jingle Bells". You know, Santa Claus, and ho-ho-ho, and mistletoe... and presents for pretty girls...

The possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

Good luck!

Holiday Movie Quotes: 1

Happy December, Gators!
Here's a little contest that will be running daily until break. Every day, I'll post a new Holiday Movie Quote, along with a list of 12 possible movies--each one will be used just once. Figure out which movie the quote comes from and tell us by commenting to the post. (One comment per person per day, please--use your first name and last initial to identify yourself--teachers can play, too!) There might just be a little prize for the first correct answer each day. It should get easier as it goes, because your options will be getting used up--you'll have to monitor the blog for those answers! Ready? Here we go!

The quote:
1. This is extremely important. Will you please tell Santa that instead of presents this year, I just want my family back. No toys, nothing but Peter, Kate, Buzz, Megan, Linnie and Jeff. And my aunt and my cousins. And if he has time, my Uncle Frank. Okay?

The possible answers:
A. Christmas Vacation
B. Home Alone
C. How the Grinch Stole Christmas
D. It's A Wonderful Life
E. The Santa Clause
F. Frosty the Snowman
G. A Charlie Brown Christmas
H. Scrooged
I. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
J. Miracle on 34th Street
K. A Christmas Story
L. Elf

(From: Colby Willen’s Word Blog)

Time to start voting for Blue Spruce!

Hey Gators!

Here's a quick video of the 20 nominated titles up for this year's Blue Spruce Award. You must read at least three of them to vote for this year's winner on the form that follows (Follow directions on the form and click submit to vote.):

Suggest A Book! (scroll to complete and submit)

Where the Wild Things Are

Do you ever feel misunderstood and want to escape? That's how Max feels in Maurice Sendack's book, Where the Wild things Are. This Friday, October 16, the movie based on the book will be in theaters!

Here are some links to whet your appetite:

About the book and movie, from Warner Brothers: http://wherethewildthingsare.warnerbros.com/#/About

A movie trailer from IMDb video:

http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi3225158169/

An interview with Maurice Sendak, discussing the controversery surrounding the book when it was written: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/114623-tell-them-anything-you-want-a-portrait-of-maurice-sendak/

(Movie poster from Warner Brothers, book cover from Harper Collins Publishing)

Lots of books have been made into movies. Do you think the books are better, or the movies? Tell us what you think by commenting to this post!

Banned Books Week

Hey Gators!

Do you think someone else should tell you what you should or shouldn't read? That's what Banned Books Week is all about. Sometimes people find a book in a library that they don't like, and decide that no one should read it. They contact the library and "challenge" the book. If they are successful in getting the book removed, the book has been "banned". The American Library Association feels you have the right to read what you want. Check out some of the challenged or banned books, and some of the reasons behind the challenges in the Banned Books displays in your MGMS Gator Library. Then, take a quiz to see how well you know the issues around the topic of Freedom to Read: http://www.kidspeakonline.org/iq.html

What do YOU think about banning books? How well did you do on the quiz? Tell us what you think by commenting to this post.

Kidsmomo!

Hey Gators!

I just found a great link on Twitter to an AWESOME kid's book blog: Kidsmomo! The home page has a video (posted 9/28) you can watch and try to guess what book it describes. If you can guess the title, you can ask your parents' permission to enter it on the site OR you can give your guess to the Library Goddess. If you're right, you'll win some sort of fabulous prize! (or not so fabulous--I guess you'll be the judge on that!) Anyway, here are some hints: MGMS has two copies of this book, it's the winner of the Coretta Scott King Award, and was a Newbery Honor winner. It was copyrighted in 2007.

BTW...Check out the site and its other videos and book lists and tell me what you think by commenting to this post!

What is YOUR Digital Footprint, Gators?

Hey Gators! Did you know that every time you create web content via email, blogs, social networks or wikis you leave a "digital footprint?"

View this presentation and then discuss what you think about it and YOUR digital footprint by commenting to this post.

(Digital Footprint slideshow above created by The School District of Palm
Beach County Library Media Services: http://www.palmbeach.k12.fl.us/)

Whaddya think Gators?

Have you ever taken information from the internet and had this happen to you? Check out these sites for authenticity and tell us what you think by commenting to this post: http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/
http://allaboutexplorers.com/home

Lost in a Book

Hey Gators!

Have you ever read a book that you couldn't put down? This summer I read one that ended up causing me to miss an appointment! I totally lost track of time while I was lost in the book. That book was Graceling by Kristin Cashore, a book new to your Gator Library this year. Check out a book trailer for Graceling at this link: http://www.amazon.com/gp/mpd/permalink/m34WM2E3L2INP4

You can find Graceling in with the other new books or on the shelves: FIC CAS.

I know I'm not the only one to get lost in a book....share your experience and the book you got lost in by commenting to this post!

2009 Newbery Winner--in your Gator Library!

Welcome back to the swamp, Gators! I read an amazing book over the summer--The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman. Do you know the story of The Jungle Book? The one that has a little boy (Mowgli) lost in a jungle and cared for by Baloo the bear? Baloo teaches Mowgli how to survive--bear style. In the Graveyard book, Bod--short for Nobody--is raised by the ghosts in the graveyard! They teach him to be invisible, how to haunt and other things needed to survive in a graveyard! The book starts with a murder, is set mainly in a graveyard, with danger always lurking nearby. So fabulous! No wonder it won the Newbery--an award for excellence in children's and young adult books. Look for it in the new books or under FIC GAI. You might also be interested in reading more about Neil Gaiman, who also wrote Coraline, from his website: http://www.neilgaiman.com/ or hearing him read the entire book, chapter by chapter here: http://www.mousecircus.com/videotour.aspx

April is Poetry Month!

Hey Gators!

Get your poetry game on using this cool and easy Poetry Maker from Scholastic:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/Writewit/poetry/poetry_engine.htm#

And then, check out the huge variety of poetry books in and around the 811's (Non-fiction). You'll find long and short poems, serious and silly poems, love poems and more!

Also, be watching for the poetry display coming soon to the Gator Lounge in your MGMS Gator Library!

Coming soon!

Hey Gators!

Teen Tech Week is coming to your Gator Library right after spring break! We'd love to put together a digital showplace of some of your tech-y masterpieces. If you've created a powerpoint, a glog, a wordle, a digital story, or something else digital, give us the link to the file and we'll place it in a wiki to celebrate all you tech-y gators out there! Also, if you have other ideas for celebrating technology during that week, be sure to let the Library Goddess know! Be watching this blog for cool tech-y tips and stuff between now and then, too!

Just "Press Play" Gators!

Be My Valentine

Happy Valentine's Month, Gators!

Check out the display in the lounge of "love" books, and the ribbon-tied booklet of other love titles you can find in your Gator Library! for more Valentine fun, try this word-drop game: http://www.storyit.com/wgames/valworddrop.htm

(The fun image in this post comes from flickr, "Valentine Girl" by Red Star

New Stuff in Libraryland

Hey Gators!
Check out some new improvements on the library website:
The booklists--logos have replaced the words to help the look of the page, and a new link has been added: "What Should I Read Next?" This new link helps you find a new book to read based on the kind of books you like. Not all books suggested will be in the MGMS Library, so use Marmot to check.
Web 2.0 Tools--A new tool has been added: Wordle. Wordle is an awesome tool that creates beautiful word clouds from text you supply. Link to Web 2.0 Tools, then select Wordle from that page for directions, an example, and a link to the Wordle site. Fun!

Do you ever feel like you don't get the attention you deserve? We have books here in the MGMS Library that feel the same way! Check out the table in the Gator Lounge for a collection of The Library Goddess's favorite books (that don't get checked out very often). Each book has a bookmark in it with a short description of the story. If you'd like even more info about these books, The Library Goddess is always happy to give book talks!

Happy reading, Gators!

Happy 2009!

Happy New Year's Gators!

A fresh year, a fresh quarter, a fresh start! Time to make a resolution or two for a better, happier, more hope-filled year! Do you have a resolution in mind? Share it with other gators--comment your resolution to this blog. Please don't use any specific names, keep it positive and school appropriate. Resolutions can be about any aspect of your life--school, home, sports, hobbies.....If it survives moderation, it will be found attached to this post! Let's grow for a great 2009, Gators!

Learn how to say Happy New Year in lots of different languages: http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/new-years-day/around-the-world.html