Today, Gretchen and I went to The Thirteenth Summer book release party at Dog Eared Books. The author Elizabeth Thompson contacted me a couple of weeks ago and asked if I would help her find some girls to come to the party and read a copy of her book and pass it on to another girl. Several of our CMS students recieved the numbered copies of her book; Perrin, Mariah, Lydia, Essence, Talle, Gemma. Check out the pictures below!

6th Grade Invention Projects and New Books!

This week the students have been working on final exams Tuesday-Friday! Monday the 6th graders finished up their Invention Researh Projects we have been working on with an Invention Fair in the CMS Media Center. Check out the pictures...




We also recieved a HUGE Follett Order of new Fiction with a little new non-fiction. Last year I worked very hard (and spent a lot of money) to update the non-fiction. So, this year, we have spent a great deal of our budget on high-interest and mostly YA fiction titles to entice our readers as one of our goals is to promote leisure reading. Below are some pictures of the first classes to come in and check out the new books...




I did a lesson on writing a review using Destiny. So, once these kids finish reading the books, they will write reviews on them.

Reading Rocks Night and Book Fair

Thanks so much to everyone that came out for our Reading Rocks Family Night! We had over 300 student, teachers, parents and families in attendance. There were lots of games, performances and excitement going on that evening. We couldn't have done it without all the involvement of student and faculty! I am so proud to be part of such an awesome school family!

Our winning Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl team will compete at the district HRRB Competition at CSHS on Thursday, January 27th!

Teen Read Week and Upcoming Events

We had a great time during Teen Read Week! I received lots of awesome Read posters. I'll be sure to post the winning poster picture next week.

The winner of the gummy worm contest was Zach Meyers. He guessed 65 worms and there were actually 66! We will announce the winners of the Jittery Joe's gift card for book checkouts and the movie tickets for Read Posters Monday!

We have three HUGE events coming up soon. The first week in November we will have round 1 of the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl, the second week in November we will have our book fair, and the third week in November we will wrap up our book fair and HRRB Competition with the Reading Rocks Family Night at CMS! The evening will include music, fun, games, the final HRRB and a Reading Pep Rally! Bring the whole family for a night of excitement and fun to celebrate reading!

Way to go OWLS!

I am so proud of all the CMS students for the amazing job they did on summer reading! Over 100 students attended the Summer Reading Celebration last Thursday in the media center. We enjoyed pizza and ice cream and each other's company!

Check out these awesome book posters from the Summer Reading Assignments. These are for the books Dragon's Egg, Flush, and Invisible Man. Come look outside the media center to see all the cool book ads!

Summer Reading--New Shorter Assignment for Late Starters!

Hello again, CMS students, parents and friends! Already, the summer is almost over!

I am so proud of all the reading you students have been doing. Several students have completed their assignments on the blog and several others have emailed me about doing their assignments in other ways. I want to offer a little extra incentive to those of you who have done the WHOLE summer reading assignment of 10-15 responses and offer a little motivator to those of you who have not quite gotten started yet!

So, for those of you who have completed or will complete the 10-15 responses, I offer not only an Ice Cream Social, but also, lunch with the world famous (well sort of famous in Athens) Mrs. Hinger to discuss the awesome books you have been reading this summer! And here comes the good part....to those of you who have just gotten started, or have not started at all, I offer an Ice Cream Social if you will post or write at least 2 (or 3 if you are reading 3 books) 100-150 word responses about the books you have read (one for each book). Make sure in the responses you tell us what you like or disliked about the book and why (do not just write a summary. That is just downright boring).

You can respond to this post or look back at the previous post to read what your friends have been writing about all the awesome books they have been reading.

On another note, I FINALLY had a chance to read the Hunger Games series this summer! IT IS SOOOO GOOD! I can't wait for the next book to come out this fall!

See you in a few weeks! Feel free to email me or visit the CMS Media Center Website if you have any questions in the meantime hingers@clarke.k12.ga.us

Mrs. Hinger

It's Summer Reading Time!

OK guys, it is summer reading time now! I can't wait to hear about what you are reading. Remember, the more you read, the better reader you become. If you do your summer reading, you get to attend our Summer Reading Ice Cream Social the first week of school, so GET STARTED TODAY!

You should read one book from our summer reading list and an additional one or two of your choosing and respond right here on our CMS Media Center Blog. Just click below where it says comment and write about the books you are reading. If you do this 10 times over the summer then you are in! Remember, your responses should be 100-150 words and should include your first name and last initial and the grade you will be in next year (ex. Shawn H. 6th).

SUMMER READING LIST

Feel free to email me with any questions hingers@clarke.k12.ga.us

Summer Reading!

Hi Guys!

I can't believe this awesome school year is about to come to an end! I am so proud of all the reading the CMS students have been doing this year. We have celebrated in so many ways; we had a pizza party, we had a pancake breakfast, and we enjoyed a wonderful outdoor lunch and Rita's Ice Water with our friends.

Now, we are beginning to plan for next year and meeting our 25 book GPS Standard. One way you can do this and at the same time get your name on the list for the our 1st Reading Celebration (Ice Cream Sunday Party) next year is to do the summer reading!

You should read one book from our summer reading list and an additional one or two of your choosing and respond right here on our CMS Media Center Blog. Just click below where it says comment and write about the books you are reading. If you do this 10 times over the summer then you are in! Remember, your responses should be 100-150 words and should include your first name and last initial and the grade you will be in next year (ex. Shawn H. 6th).

SUMMER READING LIST

Feel free to email me with any questions hingers@clarke.k12.ga.us

I can't wait to read what you guys are going to write about the books you are reading this summer!

Mrs. Hinger

Book Fair Update!

The Spring CMS Book Fair has sold $2800 worth so far earning $700 for the CMS Media Program! We plan to stay open Monday morning to allow parents from the 6th Grade Awards program to stop by and help us break the $3000 mark.

Thanks so much to all of you that have supported our awesome media program!

Mrs. Hinger :)

Book Fair Next Week!

Our book fair is next week March 22nd-26th! Please come and support the CMS Media Program. We will be open each day from 8-4 and from 8-8 on Tuesday for the parent night!

Happy Snow!

Since we've had an afternoon off due to snow, I began to think about "snow reading". If you were snowed in for a few days with the power off, what would you like to have in your house to read?



I spent this snow weekend reading Pride and Prejudice. It was perfect timing to read this book with Sunday being Valentine's Day! If only we'd have a few more snow days to read some more Jane Austin. :)