The Ginormous Joke Book In The Universe

On title page: A Laugh Factory quality product
Summary: Includes more than five thousand additional goofy gags, clever comebacks, and treacherous tongue twisters along with riddles, one liners, puns, and more. A companion to The biggest joke book ever (no kidding)

The School's Cool Joke Book

Who knew that school was so fantastically funny? this rib-tickling book is packed full of jokes about silly students and crackpot teachers.

The Animal Antics Joke Book

Who knew that animals were so fantastically funny? This rib-tickling book is packed full of jokes and about daffy dogs, kooky cats and peculiar parrots.

My Nominations for the 2012 Edublog Awards

My Nominations for the 2012 Edublog Awards are:http://edublogawards.com/nominate/
 
I wouldn't mind nominating Favona School Library Blog for Edublog Awards  -- This is my first attempt creating a Library Blog. Would love to have feedback on how this Blog is doing or what can be improved. Feedback would be great!

I would like to also nominate these sites:
Blog:  http://www.literacyshed.com/
Best Open PD: http://www.globaleducationconference.com/
Library/Libraries: http://schools.natlib.govt.nz/
Best Open PD: http://www.library20.com/
Best Open PD: http://www.classroom20.com/
Best Open PD: http://moodle.wikieducator.org/
Library/Library: http://slanzawiki.wetpaint.com/
Educational Wiki: http://jacquisharpwebsites.wikispaces.com/
Educational Wiki: http://googledocsclassroom.wikispaces.com/Sites
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Web Tool: http://www.slideshare.net/sharpjacqui
Blog: http://sharpjacqui.blogspot.co.nz/
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I love lemonade

 Other Title: Little Baa Baa & Quirky Turkey in I love lemonade
 Other Title: Little Baa Baa and Quirky Turkey in I love lemonade
At head of cover title: Little Baa Baa & Quirky Turkey in
Sequel to: Baa baa smart sheep
Summary: After being tricked into eating Little Baa Baa's 'smarty tablets', Quirky turkey decides it's payback time. But has Quirky got what it takes to pull the wool over Baa Baa's eyes? (Back cover)
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

Knock Knock Jokes

Hilarious, fascinating and entertaining collections that are perfectly pocket-sized for hours of take-anywhere fun! Each Pocket Pal title is jam-packed with 224 page of easy-to-read text, with comical full-colour illustrations throughout.

'Knock knock!'
'Who's there?'
'Disco!'
'Disco who?'
'Disco-ver the best collection of knock knock jokes ever!'
With Pocket Pal: Knock Knock Jokes, you'll have everyone in stitches with the funniest knock knock jokes out there!

Truckery Rhymes

Featuring ALL of the classic rhymes EVERY Truck will know, like...
LITTLE DAN DUMPER
PETER PETER PAYLOAD EATER
THREE LOUD TRUCKS
THE WHEELS ON THE TRUCK
ROCK-A-BYE MIXER
RUMBLE, RUMBLE, MONSTER MAX
SWING AROUND WITH ROSIE
... and many, many more!

How do you make a Skeleton laugh? rib-tickling jokes, riddles, and rhymes

Summary: A side-splitting collection of jokes and rhymes, teasing tongue twisters, ridiculous riddles, loopy limericks, batty booklists, dotty definitions, excellent excuses, and much more besides

School Journal - October 2012

This material has come from tki.org.nz

School Journal October - Level 2 has now been processed and is now in the Senior Resource Room.

Stories

The Trouble with Shadow by Julia Ballard
Uncle Tino by Jane Davitt Va'afusaga
                                   

Articles
Living Fossils by Sue Gibbison
Dances of Samoa by Toleafoa Avauli Peter Setefano

Poem
Tuatara


http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/Literacy-Online/Teacher-needs/Instructional-Series/School-Journal/TSM-2012

Heroes of the Titanic

On April 14, 1912, the world's largest ship struck an iceberg and sank into the Atlantic Ocean. More than 2,200 people were abroad. Ow, you can relive the fateful voyage of the Titanic through the stories of those who were there that fateful night. Their tales remind us that a person of any age and from any walk of life can become a hero.

Polar Lands

Contents: Ends of the earth -- Frozen features -- Light and dark -- Tundra in bloom -- Adaptable animals -- Who eats what? -- King of the ice -- Long-distance travel -- Life in polar seas -- Sea mammals -- Crowds of penguins -- Inuit people -- Herder's life -- Polar exploration -- Modern life -- Scientific research -- Protecting wildlife

Velocitchy-Raptor

Other Title: Velocitchyraptor
Summary: Arg, the most evolved neanderthal boy in his tribe, rescues a baby velociraptor from a quetzalcoatlus nest. Arg hides the baby, despite being allergic to the velociraptor, in order to get it safely to the secret valley
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

Out in the Ocean

New Zealand author

Out in the ocean,
underneath the dazzling sun,
Lived a playful mother dolphin
and her little dolphin one.
'Flip!' said the mother.
'I flip!' said the one.
So they flipped above the waves,
underneath the dazzling sun.

Go swimming out in the ocean and see who else you can find as you count from one to ten.

Harry and the Dinosaurs -- They Flying Save!

1st Australian ed
Harry thinks he's too old for his bucketful of dinosaurs, but they think the's wrong! he looked after them when he was little and now they want to stick by him forever...
When a mysterious set of plastic dinosaur cards appears on his key-ring, Harry discovers he can call on an army of Back-up Dinosaurs. Just a rub with his finger calls up some Monsters -sized muscle!
Dangerous dogs are worrying sheep near where Harry lives. He calls on Charlie, Siri and Jack to help investigate. But it's going to take a rather special flying friend to save the day!

The Bumper Book Of Jokes over 2000 Jokes

Laugh yourself silly with The Bumper Book of Jokes, packed with riddles and giggles for every occasion. This super-sized book includes hilarious jokes about everything from dinosaurs to vampires, so you will be smiling, smirking and snorting in no time at all.
With over 2000 jokes there are hours of fun for the whole family. Rib-ticklers, rip-snorters, belly laughs, howlers...
The Bumper Book of Jokes is the book with the lot!

Ridiculous Riddles

Why will this book make you giggle and laugh out loud again and again?
Because it's filled with tons of riddles, each more ridiculous that the last! Get a load of these and just try to keep a straight face...

Horrid Henry's Hilariously Horrid Joke Book

Laugh your way through the year with Horrid Henry as he presents 365 of his most hilariously horrid, fiendishly funny, wonderfully witty jokes - one for every possible occasion and every single day of the year!

Ten-Second Tongue Twisters

Quick!
You have just ten seconds to say any of these loony tongue twisters three times without slipping up. Bet you cant' keep from giggling while you try these.

The Gargling Gorilla

Tim was a kind and brave boy. He wasn't afraid of vultures or wolfhounds, or even giant rabbits. But he wasn't so sure about the gorilla, gargling in the kitchen!

Mister Whistler

Other Title: Mr Whistler
Summary: Absentminded Mister Whistler always has a song in his head and a dance in his feet. In a rush to catch the train, he is so distracted he loses his ticket. Is it in the bottom pockets of his big coat or the top pockets of his jacket? Perhaps he slipped it into his waistcoat. Where is Mister Whistler's ticket? (Publisher)
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

Stowaway Monster

Includes factual information about reptiles
Summary: A young stowaway on a ship has a dragon shaped birthmark that begins to sting.  He meets a sailor on the ship with a dragon tattoo and this tattoo and a secret cargo on the ship hold the secret to the stowaways identity

Board Rebel

Mason Jenkins hates everything about his new town. All of his friends are back in his old city. Then he discovers the Curves, the most amazing place ever to skateboard. Unfortunately, on the same day he finds the Curves, he meets Benjamin Parsons, the resident bully. And the locals aren't happy that Mason's been skateboarding all over town. Can Mason make friends and still have fun doing what he likes to do? Or has he been doomed to a life without skateboarding?

Cosmic Bounty Hunter

Features Superman, The Man of Steel, who defeats aliens and Super-villains, and rescues Lois Lane anmd Jimmy Olsen. Kid's favourite super hero comics turned into easy-to-read chapter books.

Meat and Protein

Acorn.
In Meat and Protein, children learn about meat, fish, eggs, beans, and nuts and where these foods come from. They find out how eating meat and other protein-rich foods can help us to stay healthy.

Classic Kiwiana : an essential guide to New Zealand popular culture

Kiwiana is a name that identifies quirky objects and images that have endured changing fads and trends to become our icons, stored in the memories of generations of New Zealanders and recalled with amusement and affection. This book from the authors of the very first Kiwiana Book, New Zealand, New Zealand, is a unique collection of images, distilled from thousands of possibilities, which draws together some of the more colourful threads of our national character. From Number 8 wire to Swanndri, from Weetbix to Wattie's, Classic Kiwiana helps explain life in a country of 40 million sheep, four million people - and a drink that is world famous in New Zealand.

The Man From The Land Of Fandango

Summary: The man from the land of Fandango is coming to pay you a call! He wears a hat with a tassel and a polka-dot tie - and he juggles and bounces and dances with bears, bison, baboons, kangaroos and even dinosaurs. He's wonderful and amazing - so watch out for him, and watch carefully - because he only appears every 500 years
New Zealand author

Make 'em laugh

Cover subtitle: jokes, riddles and rib-ticklers

The jokes and riddles in this book cover a lot of territory. There are jokes about vampires, ghost and witches; things to make you laugh about school days, farts, animals and insects; and crazy knock knock jokes about every subject under the sun, including cannibals and lepers. There's even a couple of off-the-wall words of wisdom. Something for every kid to enjoy in the schoolyard!

The Whopping Great Big Bonkers Joke Book

What is the definition of a snail? A slug with a crash helmet. What sound do hedgehogs make when they kiss? 'Ouch!' This book features jokes that include knock knocks, animal quackers and monster madness.

Jeremy Strong's Laugh-Your-Socks-Off Classroom Chaos Joke Book

 Other Title: Laugh-your-socks-off classroom chaos joke book
 Other Title: Classroom chaos joke book
"Starring Miss Pandemonium, Captain Blackpatch and Siggy the Viking. Did somebody say VIKING? Arrrrrrrggggggh

Horse Hijack

Ella's horse, Silver Banjo, the Olympic showjumping champion, has been stolen! Mission fox are on the trail. But how will they get past an iron gate, an electronic lock, a huge stonewall and a pack of guard dogs?

Snake Escape

Summary: Jordan, Harry and Myrtle are on a mission to rescue an escaped pet snake. Bella is a giant hungry python who's spied a cockatoo for breakfast. Can Mission Fox save the day

Panda Chase

Summary: When a truck tips over on the way to the zoo, Mission Fox has to recover Pingwu, the missing giant panda. But when Myrtle tries to help, Pingwu ends up in a water-filled quarry. How will they get him out

Go Goanna

Summary: The goanna's claws clung to Jordan's arm and its big, scaly tail dropped over his face. Harry and Jordan are taking Myrtle to the school's Pet Olympics. But after they stop to perform a Mission Fox rescue on the way, nothing goes to plan. Can Mission Fox cope with a large runaway goanna, a very cross principal and a tall tree with a small, scared boy in it

Zebra Rampage

Harry and Jordan Fox are on a chairlift ride at Nullambine Zoo when they spy a baby zebra in danger. It looks like a Code Bright Red mission. Can they outrun a charging zebra and outsmart a river of hippos in time to save the baby's life?

Dolphin Rescue

There's no rest for Mission Fox - not even when they're on holiday! Off the coast of Reef Island, Harry and Jordan spot a baby dolphin in trouble. But is Mission Fox a match of a ring of hungry sharks?

School Journal September 2012

This material has come from tki.org.nz

School Journal September - Level 3 has now been processed and is now in the Senior Resource Room.

Stories

North by Adrienne Frater
Tarakura of the Rangitaiki Plains by Bernadine Ngaheu
The Bull Run by Paul Mason
                                   

Articles                                        
Mary Anning: Fossil Hunter by Barbara Dobson
The Dinosaur Hunter by Norman Billbrough
Jellyfish by Wendy Matthews

Poem
Last Act by Greg O'Connell

http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/Literacy-Online/Teacher-needs/Instructional-Series/School-Journal/TSM-2012

Madison Moon and the hot-air balloon

Summary: Tired of the stress and being stuck in traffic, Madison Moon buys a hot-air balloon and takes to the skies. But when everybody else decides to do the same, she goes back to her car, leaving them to fight for space in the wild blue yonder. A story in rhyme
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

Stop That Stew!

North American ed
Summary: On the way in his little red car to share a big pot of stew with his friend, Mr. Winkle is unaware of the long procession forming behind him. A story in rhyme
New Zealand author; New Zealand illustrator

The Great White Man-Eating Shark - a Cautionary Tale

Puffin picture story books
Summary: Greedy to have the cove where he swims all to himself, Norvin, who looks a bit like a shark, pretends to be one, scaring off the other swimmers and enjoying the resulting happy aquatic solitude, until he is discovered by an amorous female shark.

School Journal - August 2012

This material has come from tki.org.nz

School Journal August  - Level 2 has now been processed and is now in the Senior Resource Room.

Play
A Closer Look by Philippa Werry

Poem

Awa by Greg O'Connell

                                   
Articles                                        
What a Disaster! by Katie Furze
How to Make Kutai Fritters by Charlene Mataio
Kutai by Ross Calman

Story
Kutai Fritters by Charlene Mataio

http://literacyonline.tki.org.nz/Literacy-Online/Teacher-needs/Instructional-Series/School-Journal/TSM-2012

Marimba Mania: Music for Middle School

INDEX:

Foreword --Prelude  --Tango --Sakura  --Makazica  --Aeolian Melody --La Bamba  Latino  --Dabaduba Dah  --Recorder Piece  --Perpetual Motion  --Indigo Blue --Song 4 U --Fizzy pop 

The accompanying CD contains a digitally remastered recording of all 12 pieces listed in the index, in the order listed. These tracks are computer generated recordings and therefore are not intended to represent what a live performance would sound like. In choosing the various digital instruments for this recording I have used sounds that render each part more easily distinguishable.
These recordings are included simply as an aide to learning and to assist those teachers and students who prefer to listen as they read the score. You may also find these recordings useful for students to play along with as they work towards internalising their respective parts. The arrangements used are simply suggestions and should not be followed religiously. Both teachers and students should feel free to arrange their performance as they see fit.

CORRECTION:
Latino on page 15 Part 1. "Latino Yeah" should begin in bars 2 & 4 not 1 & 3 scored.

Website: http://www.vosa.org/paul/sales_folder/marimba_mania.htm 

Sam Vole and his Brothers

Another wonderful picture book from the makers of the Big Bear and Little Bear series. Sam wants to do something on his own, but everywhere he goes, his big brothers go too! He goes collecting grass...but Arthur and Henry go with him and they collect more than he does. It's the same with nuts, and daisies...so one morning Sam sneaks out very early and goes voling on his own. But then he realiZes that he misses his brothers if they're not there! This charming story by an award-winning team will appeal to every younger sibling who occasionally feels overshadowed.

The Great Piratical Rumbustification

Summary: Yo ho ho! All across the city, the pirates are getting restless and long for a party. So when a retired pirate comes to babysit for the Terrapin family, they are in for quite a surprise
New Zealand author
First published: 1978

Watch Me!

Dolphin Paperbacks
A delightful collection of favourite stories to stir the imagination. Here's a boy who travels the world in bounces, another who meets a ghost, and Toby and Claire whose aunt is a witch!

Each new chapter is full of fun and surprises. Mahy adeptly mixes the fantastic and the familiar to give a fresh read which readers will want to pick up again and again.

Watch Me! was originally published as The Third Margaret Mahy Storybook and is a companion volume for Wonderful Me! and Wait for Me! Illustrated by Peter Bailey

Wonderful Me!

Witches, mermaids, dragons, a boy who plays the violin and a girl who finds a dinosaur egg - all these and more appear in this book of stories and poems by one of the great writers of children's books.

Wonderful Me! is originally published as The First Margaret Mahy Book and these much-loved stories have appeared in many anthologies. As fresh and new as when they were first written, they are perfect to read aloud. Drawings by Peter Bailey.

The Man Whose Mother Was A Pirate

Sam was an ordinary person who wore an ordinary suit and ordinary shoes. He worked in a neat office writing down figures all day. But Sam's mother was a PIRATE!

Kaitangata Twitch

TV tie-in, New Zealand
What happens to a girl who has dangerous dreams? What if the land itself punishes those who would harm it? Now adapted into a major, 13-part TV series, this spell-binding supernatural thriller was written by internationally acclaimed New Zealand author Margaret Mahy.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever

Summary: Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he's innocent! Or at least sort of.The authorities are closing in, but then a surprise blizzard hits and the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the snow melts he's going to have to face the music but could any punishment be worse than being stuck inside with your family for the holidays? (Publisher)

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days

 Other Title: Dog days
Summary: In the latest diary of middle-schooler Greg Heffley, he records his attempts to spend his summer vacation sensibly indoors playing video games and watching television, despite his mother's other ideas

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Greg Heffley's Journal

 Other Title: Greg Heffley's journal
Being a kid can really stink. And no one knows this better than Greg Heffley, who finds himself thrust into high school, where undersized weaklings share the hallways with kids who are taller, meaner, and already shaving.
Luckily Greg has his best friend and sidekick, Rowley. But when Rowley's popularity starts to rise, it kicks off a chain of events that will test their friendship in hilarious fashion.

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules

 Other Title: Rodrick rules
Whatever you do, don't ask Greg Heffley how he spent his summer holidays, because he definitely doesn't want to talk about it.
As Greg enters the new school year, he's eager to put the past three months behind him... and one event in particular.
Unfortunately for Greg, his older brother Rodrick knows all about the incident. And secrets have a way of getting out... especially when a diary is involved.