Morrilton Intermediate School
Media Center
Regina Erwin, Library/Media Specialist
National Board Certified Teacher
501-354-9480
Arlene Halbrook, Library Aide
The mission of the library media program is to enhance student achievement by ensuring that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information and by encouraging a lifelong interest in reading.
The Morrilton Intermediate School Library/Media Center has approximately 12,000 volumes for patron use. The students visit the Media Center weekly with their Literacy teacher. They are also able to visit the library at any time during the school day as needed. Teachers utilize the many services the media center offers, such as books on tapes or CD, videos, reference materials, transparencies, computer software, and teacher resources for remediation.
Our media center has 15 computer stations, which are all Internet accessible. These computers are used for OPAC (online public access catalog), Internet research, multimedia projects, and Accelerated Reader testing. We also have a SMART Board for instructional purposes.
LIBRARY RULES
Books may be checked out for two weeks and renewed when necessary. No overdue fines are charged. However, if a student loses or damages any library materials, he/she must pay for that item.
Playaway Audio Books: We have several titles of Playaway audio books students can check out. Students must check out the book along with the Playaway. Playaways can only be checked out for two weeks at a time - they will not be renewed. Before a student can check out a Playaway audio book, he/she must have permission from their parent or guardian because of the replacement cost in case of damage or loss.
EDUCATIONAL LINKS
The Encyclopedia of Arkansas History & Culture
GrolierOnline (for password and user name, contact Ms. Erwin)
Movie Reviews TV Show Ratings Video Game Review - Common Sense Media - Family entertainment reviews for movies, music CDs, video games, books, and web sites. Common Sense Media helps parents choose what is appropriate for their children.
Ben's Guide Ben Franklin's 300th Birthday
IPL Kidspace -The Internet Public Library - An online reference service
Scholastic.com Homework Hub - Offers homework help for all ages
ProQuest K-12 - Homework Help - Offers a lot of good links with beneficial information
Ask Kids - Allows kids to ask questions, plus offers study tools such as dictionaries and almanacs
FunBrain.com - The Internet's #1 Education Site for K-8 Kids and Teachers
Fact Monster Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help
Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition (for password and user name, contact Ms. Erwin)
The Department of Arkansas Heritage This site tells stories about Arkansas' heritage.
To search for books that have an Accelerated Reader quiz, click on the AR BookFinder icon. Morrilton Intermediate School has access to over 100,000 Accelerated Reader quizzes through RenPlace.
If you would like to take a practice quiz over a book you have read, follow the link to Book Adventure! Your parents will need to set you up an account.
Read, Click and Win with BookAdventure!
Each spring, students in grades 4, 5, and 6 from across Arkansas will vote on their favorite book nominated for the Charlie May Simon literature award. To be eligible to vote, students must have read or listened to at least 3 of the titles nominated.
We will blog on these books with other students!
The winning book for the 2010-11 Charlie May Simon literature award is Swindle by Gordon Korman.
The honor book is Lost and Found by Andrew Clements.
Charlie May Simon Children's Book Award
2011-2012 Reading List
All the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg
Also Known as Harper by Ann Haywood Leal
Comfort by Joyce Moyer Hostetter
Extra Credit by Andrew Clements
Mudshark by Gary Paulsen
News for Dogs by Lois Duncan
Peace, Locomotion by Jacqueline Woodson
A Season of Gifts by Richard Peck
The True Gift, a Christmas Story by Patricia MacLachlan
Wild Girl by Patricia Reilly Giff
Wishworks, Inc. by Stephanie S. Tolan
Zoobreak by Gordon Korman