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  Mission Statement

The mission of the Oasis Charter Elementary School Media Center is to create a foundation of lifelong learning and make the media center the heart of the school.  It is our goal to encourage students to actively seek and pursue knowledge and promote reading as a worthwhile and enjoyable activity.

 

Students are responsible for the materials they check out from the Media Center. Students are reminded from kindergarten to keep library books in backpacks when not being read. There are two very important reasons for this rule. One, if the book is in the student's backpack, the book is available for reading at home as well as at school. The other reason for this rule is that it helps students keep track of their books. If books are overdue, the student can retrieve the book from the classroom and return it later in the day, thus allowing them an opportunity to check out a new book.   If the book is at home, outside of the backpack, it is more likely to be lost or forgotten. Please help us remind students of this rule.

 

 

What if there was ONE thing you could do that would absolutely improve your child’s ability in school? What if it were free? Well, there is! Research has shown the single most important activity for building the knowledge for eventual success, is reading aloud to children. Jim Trelease, national reading expert and the author of The Read-Aloud Handbook, states that reading aloud to your child “conditions the child to associate reading with pleasure, creates background knowledge, and provides a reading role model.” I hear many parents say, “Sure I know I should read to my child, but who has time?” What if I told you it would take only 15 minutes a day? 

 

The Oasis 21-Hour Reading Club is designed to increase student enthusiasm for reading. Here’s how it works: Each child (grades K-2) will receive a reading log. Every time you read to your child, or your child reads at home (not during school hours), you or your child can record the title and number of minutes on a reading log. I encourage you to spend the majority of this time reading with your child so they will receive the maximum benefit of this program. Children reading alone are left without guidance, when they encounter an unknown word. Please be sure to review pages after reading, to insure your child comprehends the book’s message,

Other Reasons Reading With Your Child Is Important

 

- stimulates your child’s imagination

- develops your child’s interest in reading and in books

- improves your child’s listening skills 

- builds vocabulary

- helps your child to understand stories and “book language”

- creates a bond between you and your child

- provides your child with a positive role model

Each reading log is designed to record 3 hours worth of reading no more, no less. Children should return the completed log as soon as three hours are recorded. One log every few weeks will get them to their final goal. If you choose to read a harder chapter book to your child, simply count the number of minutes you read to them. If your child is participating in the Book It Program, the time they read at home can be counted toward the 21-Hour Reading Club. For each 3-hour reading log returned, the student will receive a reward. Rewards will be sent to the child’s classroom within the week.

 

 

 

 

 

Turning in reading logs which are inaccurate will not make your child a better reader and will teach them to be dishonest. So please make sure you verify what your child is reading. Ask them questions about what they have read or listened to, and make sure they understand the book’s message.

21 Hour Reading Club Form

 

Reading Programs Sponsored by the Media Center       

 

21-Hour Reading Club for students in grades K-2

Research shows that children’s reading levels improve when they read at home and are read to by their parents.  The Media Center implemented the 21-Hour Reading Club in order to encourage this together time at home.  Children are given incentives for every three hours of reading performed at home.  Simply complete the form with the reading time and return it to the classroom teacher.  Incentive prizes will be sent to the child’s classroom within a week. Along with prizes for 3, 6, 9, 12, and 15 reading forms, students will receive an invitation to the Ice Cream Sundae Party for 18 hours, and for 21-Hours of reading, children will receive an award at the Awards Ceremony.  Reading logs can be found in the Media Center and online at the school’s website under Media Center. 

 

Please assist your child in achieving these goals.   

 

 

AR Sleep Over for students in grades 3-5

Children are rewarded for reading beyond their classroom assigned AR level for a particular quarter.  During the fourth quarter, children spend the night at the school celebrating their reading achievement with food, fun, and little sleep.

 

 

Family Reading Nights

 

Every other month, students and parents are invited to spend the evening at the Media Center.  During our evenings everyone enjoys center activities; to include literacy games, story time, craft, author visits, and family reading. 

 

  

Sunshine Young Reader Awards for students in grades 3-5  

 

The Sunshine State Young Reader's Award (SSYRA) Program is a statewide reading motivation program for students in grades 3-5. The program, cosponsored by the School Library Media Services Office of the Department of Education and the Florida Association for Media in Education

 

 

 

(FAME), began in 1983. The purpose of the SSYRA Program is to encourage students to read independently for personal satisfaction, based on interest rather than reading level. Sunshine State books are selected for their wide appeal, literary value, varied genres, curriculum connections, and/or multicultural representation. Students are encouraged to read these books in order to improve their reading fluency.

 

Results for 2008-2009 Election on April 3, 2009

 

Volunteers

 

All volunteers are welcome! Volunteers are needed to help shelve the huge number of books that are returned daily. We also use volunteers to help process new books and materials as well as keep our shelves organized so students are able to find what they are looking for. This is a great way for parents to become familiar with the materials and resources we have to offer.   

 

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MEET OUR TEACHERS:

Rhonda Gamboa

Room No: 258

 

 

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Rhonda Gamboa	This is Mrs. Gamboa’s fifth year of teaching.   She started teaching in 2005; the first year Oasis Charter Elementary School opened.  After two years in the classroom, she moved to the Media Center.  Mrs. Gamboa is a true Floridian, born in Plant City and now lives in Bokeelia with her husband Spencer.  She enjoys reading and traveling.

 

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