1. Callaway elementary school media center
Welcome to the Media Center at Callaway Elementary School. I will be taking you on a virtual tour highlighting areas of interest.
Orientation

2. What can you do in the media center?
Check out a book
Research
Read a book
Read a magazine
Take an Accelerated Reader (AR) test
You can do many things while our media center is open Monday through Friday from 7:15am until 2:15pm. These include checking out a book, research for a project or a subject you are personally interested in, read a book or magazine, take an accelerated reader test, and many more.

3. Quiet zone
Please remember that our media center is a quiet zone. It is imperative to be quiet for those conducting research, reading or listening to a story in Clifford’s Corner.

4. Clifford’s corner Weekly story time
Clifford’s Corner is where weekly story time takes place for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and first grade. All story times are incorporated with non-fiction elements.
Weekly story time

5. Magazines
This area is dedicated to magazines including Ranger Rick, Sports Illustrated for Kids and many more. These are not available for check-out. Teachers, there are magazines here for you too which include Mailbox, Teacher’s Helper and many more. Teachers may check-out these.

6. Reference
This is the reference section. These books are used for research and are not available for check-out. They include World Book, atlases, periodicals and more.

7. Biographies
Biographies are books about someone’s life. These books are marked with “B” on the spine.

8. Non-fiction Dewey Decimal System
The non-fiction area is organized by the Dewey Decimal System. Non-fiction books are true books that are numbered from 001 to 999 and include the first three letters of the authors last name.
Dewey Decimal System

9. Fiction
Fiction books include chapter books like Captain Underpants, Magic Tree House, The Diary of a Wimpy Kid and many more.

10. Easy Reader Picture Storybooks
Easy Reader books are for everyone. These books include book levels for kindergarten through fifth grade. The call numbers begin with “E”.
Picture Storybooks

11. Student computers
Student computers are available to locate books using OPAC where you can search by author, title, subject or key words. Accelerated Reader tests can also be taken on these computers or on your classroom computers.

12. Circulation desk
This is the circulation desk. You will place your books to be checked-in behind the red bucket. You will check-out books at the front of the desk. You may check-out 2 books at a time and keep them for 2 weeks. Of course, you may return them early if you are finished. If you are not finished with your book within the 2 week period, you may come in and check-out your book again.

13. Media room
This is the media room which holds all VHS and DVD’s. Also, here is the media retrieval system in which video’s and dvd’s can be played on closed circuit. Teachers choose a video or dvd and sign up for a day and time for the video to be retrieved. The teacher can then access the video by phone from the classroom. This is best used when multiple classes are watching the same video since all classrooms have a vhs/dvd player in the classroom.

14. NewsRoom
The newsroom is located in the back of the media center. The morning news is broadcast by 4th and 5th grade students who are excelling in class. Mr. Fuller, our principal, is also a part of the morning news. Students learn how to be “behind the scenes” using equipment and how to “anchor” the news.

15. Book Fair Scholastic Book Fair
We will have a Scholastic Book Fair twice a year, once in the Fall and another in the Spring. Clifford is our special guest at each book fair. He enjoys spending time with our Callaway students.
Scholastic Book Fair

16. We look forward to seeing you in our media center
We look forward to seeing you in our media center. Last year students took 46,839 Accelerated Reader tests. Let’s Do it again Callaway! Come Visit us!