7 to Midnight Reading Celebrations

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7 to Midnight Reading Celebrations

• Survivor Beach Party

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Create a LeiIce-Breaker
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Beach Party Lock-inSchedule

• 700 PM Welcome and creation of Leis
• 730 PM Library Survivor
• 930 PM Coconut Bowling, Flamingo Toss,
  
• Beach Blanket Bingo,
  Scattegories,
• Survivor Brain Teaser
• 1100 PM Beach Banquet
• 1130 PM Prize Auction
• 1200 AM Head Home

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Materials Green Paper, Tape, Scissors,
String, Hole PunchTask 1. Use the library
catalog to locate books that would help you
identify tree leaves and find them on the
shelves. Write the call number on your sheet by
1. Pick up the envelope and take the task card
for your team.   
Survivor Beach Party2 Hours to Complete
Task 1. Leaf me alone!Leaves can be very
useful for survival! Make a hat to protect
yourself from the sun! Use the materials you
find here. Extra fish will be awarded for high
fashion leaf hats! When you are finished, head
for the circulation desk..The LIBRARIAN has some
questions for you!
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Materials Questions, Pencils StringTask
2. When is the next raft out of here?Your team
can work together to answer the librarians
questions. For each correct answer, she will
give you a log or some rope. When you have
collected enough, you need to build a raft if you
ever want to leave here! Ask the librarian to
write the number of questions your team answered
correctly by 2. When you are finished, go to
the computers in the fiction section.
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Materials First Aid Supplies bandages,
slings, safety pins Task 3. Accidents seem
to happen when you are marooned, so FIRST AID is
important to know! Use the library catalog to
locate first-aid books and go to that shelf.
Write the call number by 3.  
Task 3. Oh my aching head..Oh my, your team
is accident prone! One member has a head injury,
one has hurt her ankle, one a wrist, and the last
one needs her arm in a sling! Give each other
the necessary first aid with the materials
provided for your team. Then proceed to the
tables in the nonfiction area.
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Materials Paper Colored Pencils,
Rulers.Task 4 Where in the world are we?
Draw a map of the main floor of the library.
Designate the following items essential for your
survival in the library on your map. Reference
Shelves Fiction Shelves Biography
ShelvesCirculation Desk Copy Machine Magazine
ShelvesComputers Non Fiction Shelves Series
Book ShelvesEverybody Book ShelvesUse the
materials available on the tables to make your
maps. When you are finished, go to the computers
on the back wall and find the envelope 5 for
your team.
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Materials Beach Critters, Nets, Scuba
Gear-Flippers MaskTask 5 Fish are the one
thing you need to find tonight to get those great
prizes at the auction! Use the library catalog
to find a book on fishing. Go to that shelf.
Write the call number by 5 on your collection
sheet.  
Task 5 Gone fishingThere is more than one way
to catch a fishand many other water creatures!
Go to the 7th grade hallway outside of the LMC.
Elect one team member to be the flipper and the
others to hold the net. The object is to flip
those critters into the net before they skitter
away. Record how many critters your team
catches on the collection sheet by 5. When you
are finished go to the computers by the biography
shelves.
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Materials Chocolate Gold Coins in net
bagsTask 6 X marks the spotWho wrote the
classic novel Treasure Island? Write the
authors last name at 6. Find the book on the
shelf and pick up your teams envelope to
discover where your treasure is! When you find
it, head back to the computers by the reference
section. Look for your teams 7.

• Your treasure is hidden where you can find a book
  for your baby sister or brother. (Everybody
  Books)
•  Your treasure is hidden where you can read and
  listen to a book on tape.
• (Listening Station)
•  Your treasure is hidden where you drop off your
  books in the LMC.
• (In the Book Drop)
•    Your treasure is hidden among the biographies.
  (Biography Shelf)
•    Your treasure is hidden among the greenery.
  (In a plant in the LMC)
•   Your treasure is hidden among the animalsnot
  the real ones!! (Among the stuffed animals)

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Materials Brown Construction paper, tape,
gummy wormsTask 7Use the library catalog to
locate books that would help you identify bugs.
Write the call number by 7 on your collection
sheet. Go to that shelf to find your
materials.  
Task 7 Im not eating that!Well, maybe later
when you get really hungry these will look more
appetizing! You need to weave a little basket to
carry your critters. Use the materials provided
for your team. When you have collected the bugs
and critters, it is time to go to the fiction
computers and look for your teams Task 8.
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Materials constellation charts, answer
sheet, constellation booksTask 8Supposedly
you can figure out where you are by looking at
the stars. Find the constellation books. Write
the call number by 8 on your collection
sheet.  

• Task 8 Twinkle TwinkleIdentify the
  constellations in the folder! Write the names of
  the constellations on the paper provided for your
  team. Make sure your answers match the numbers
  on the constellations. Record the number of
  constellations that you got correct next to 8 on
  your collection sheet. When you are finished, we
  still need to work on food gathering, so go back
  to the computers on the back wall.

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Materials badminton racket, birdies, net Task
9 Find the shelf where the bird books are.
Write the call number by 9 on your collection
sheet. Go to the 6th grade hallway outside the
LMC to find your equipment.

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•  Task 9 Bye Bye Birdie
• Lucky for us there are lots of birds here
  if you can catch them. Use the bird catching
  equipment provided to see how many you can catch.
  Elect one team member to bat birds and one to
  catch them in the net. You get 1 minute to
  practice. All team members take a turn. BUT you
  only get one chance at each bird before it flies
  away! Record how many birds your team catches on
  your collection sheet. When youre through, go
  to the Biography computers. I think we better
  signal for some help

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Materials Sandpaper, mini-macaroni shells,
glue, French/English dictionaries Task 10 On the
table you will find the materials you need to
write a help message. BUT your rescuers only
know FRENCH! Use what you have learned to find a
French/English dictionary to find out what you
need to write! Record the call number on your
collection sheet.  
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• When you have all of your tasks finished, take
  them to the fish monger (librarian) to collect
  your fish.

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Additional Activities for the Evening

• Coconut Bowling - dont buy easy-crack
• Flamingo Toss
• Beach Blanket Bingo
• Scattegories
• Survivor Brain Teaser

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Additional Activities for the Evening

• Beach Banquet.
• chex mix
• kettle corn
• Little Smokies
• BBQ sauce
• Hawaiian Punch
• Watermelon, grapes, strawberries, fresh
  pineapple
• Auction