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Mrs. ReaderPants: New school librarian? 10 things you should do first... Point you in a direction, but now, you are it.

Mrs. ReaderPants: New school librarian? 10 things you should do first...

A team of one. Uno. Solamente. Morris Jeff Community School Library School Theme. Oh, the places you can go in the MJCS library!

Morris Jeff Community School Library School Theme

Below you will find just a few books that we have available on travel. To find more selections, simply enter "travel" in the "subject" search bar of our Destiny catalog. A whole wide world awaits you on our bookshelves! Adventures On the Ancient Silk Road by Priscilla Galloway. Resources for School Librarians.

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Eight Middle Grade Novels Even Adults Will Love - Intentional Homeschooling. I have developed a love for mid-grade novels in the last few years.

Eight Middle Grade Novels Even Adults Will Love - Intentional Homeschooling

Generally middle grade novels are geared towards ages 8-12. They are around 30,000-50,000 words and don’t have any profanity, graphic violence or sexuality. There are a ton of novels that fit into this category and today I wanted to highlight some that not only your middle graders will enjoy, but I think you will as well. Think Little House on the Prairie in free verse, I just love this one: May B. Wistorical - THE STORY OF MICHAEL COLLINS: FOR 9-12 YEAR... 15 Life-Changing Middle Grade Books. User Guide Library. Books for Smart, Confident, and Courageous Girls.

Home. Classroom Library Organization Made Easy. Irish Newspaper Archive - Scoilnet. Schools in Ireland now have access to the Irish Newspaper Archive through the Schools Broadband Network. www.irishnewsarchive.com/ The archive gives teachers and students unrivalled access to primary source documents through national and local newspapers covering hundreds of years of Irish history.

Irish Newspaper Archive - Scoilnet

19 books to help children find hope and strength in stressful times: A librarian’s list. As an inveterate bibliophile, I naturally turn to books in times of stress, and because I’m a children’s librarian, those books tend to be ones written for kids.

19 books to help children find hope and strength in stressful times: A librarian’s list

Children, too, are seeking guidance as they navigate these challenging and sometimes confusing times. Books can help. Here’s a list of titles to nurture hope in kids and adults, while also inspiring them into activism to make that hopeful world a reality. Dewey Decimal Call Number Guide for the School... by Kathryn Garcia. UPDATED 09/12/16 If you have the original version, please go to your My Purchases page and download this new update.

Dewey Decimal Call Number Guide for the School... by Kathryn Garcia

Be sure to open ALL of the items in the zip file...PDF and editable PowerPoint. Now includes: SHELF LABELS AND SIGNS TO MATCH THE GUIDE and VERTICAL SIGNS WITH AN EDITABLE FEATURE. *Available in a Canadian version here:CANADA VERSION: Dewey Decimal Call Number Guide for the School Library. Non-Fiction Call Number Guide is intended to be helpful to school librarians as well as classroom teachers. It includes a guide for introducing the non-fiction section of the school library or media center to your students. Library Patch: Deweying It My Way. Isn't that the question??

Library Patch: Deweying It My Way

More and more libraries, both school and public, are ditching Dewey and modeling their nonfiction section after popular bookstores. They are grouping their books by major genre topics like animals, war, sports, etc. It has been creating lots of buzz in the library world over the last few years. Beyond Survival in a School Library. Giant Collection of Book Lists for Kids. Resources - Librarians Unite. Demco.com -  Search Results. Educational Materials - Resources (Preservation, Library of Congress) Artist: Lucy Jakub, 2015 Library of Congress Junior Fellow, Conservation Division Inspired by the original Be Kind to Books Club series created by WPA artist Arlington Gregg.

Educational Materials - Resources (Preservation, Library of Congress)

Read the Library's classic copies of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Robin Hood, Dracula, and Jungle Tales of Tarzan at Read.gov. Read stories of Cerberus, the three-headed dog guarding the mouth of the underworld, in the Library's copies of The Labours of Hercules, The Aeneid, and The Iliad on the Internet Archive. Related Materials Be Kind to Books Club bookmark series. 2nd Grade Library Lessons: Bullies and pie. Monday, November 5, 2012 Bullies and pie November is Speak with Good Purpose month HOT Questions:Without saying names, have you ever known a bully?

2nd Grade Library Lessons: Bullies and pie

What are some ways to avoid bullies? What is the difference from someone being mean and someone being a bully? Posted by Mrs. School Library Collection Development. Resources for School Librarians - Index "It does not matter how many books you may have, but whether they are good or not.

School Library Collection Development

" - Lucius Annaeus Seneca (3 B.C.-65 A.D.), Epistolae Morale Collection Development in General - Web Sites Information Access and Delivery - A guide for policy writing and collection maintenance by the Purdue University School of Library and Information Science. Dewey Decimal Classification System. 600 Technology (Applied sciences) 601 Philosophy & theory 602 Miscellany 603 Dictionaries & encyclopedias. Weedingbrochure. Weedingbrochure. Weeding your School Library - Bing video. List of Dewey Decimal classes - Wikipedia. The list of Dewey Decimal classes is structured around ten main classes covering the entire world of knowledge; each main class is further structured into ten hierarchical divisions, each having ten sections of increasing specificity.[1] As a system of library classification the DDC is "arranged by discipline, not subject," so a topic like clothing is classed based on its disciplinary treatment (psychological influence of clothing at 155.95, customs associated with clothing at 391, and fashion design of clothing at 746.92) within the conceptual framework.[2] The list below presents the ten main classes, hundred divisions, and thousand sections.[3] Class 000 – Computer science, information & general works[edit] Class 100 – Philosophy & psychology[edit] Class 200 – Religion[edit] Class 300 – Social sciences[edit] Class 400 – Language[edit]

Children’s Book Reviews and Recommendations. Buy Kids Books and eBooks, Read free Opening Extracts. Ditching Dewey: Choosing Genre Categories. One of my favorite things to talk about in library land is the genrefication of our library. I frequently get questions about this from folks who have read my blog posts or have seen me present. I blogged about the process all along the way, from the tagging my fiction books, to genre shelving fiction, to ditching Dewey in nonfiction. Those posts were basically my reflections and thoughts from when I made the move. For a while now, I’ve been wanting to write a more comprehensive blog post that I can share as a reference for people interested in genrefying their library.

After our AASL presentation, I realized that a series of blog posts would be the way to go. The first step in the process is to choose the genre categories that you will use. After the success I found with our genrefied fiction, I wanted to follow suit with our nonfiction. Dewey Pictograms. Reproducible images portraying collections within the Dewey Decimal Classification System, enabling people with disabilities, low literacy skills, etc., to better locate materials in the library's collection; these can be mounted on bookstacks or special mounts in the collection.

Many thanks to OCLC (all copyright rights in the Dewey Decimal Classification System are owned by OCLC; Dewey, Dewey Decimal Classification, DDC, OCLC and WebDewey are registered trademarks of OCLC) and to Oakland (CA) Public Library for making these images freely available. The resource is a result of a collaboration between the Oakland Public Library and the East Bay Learning Disabilities Association (EastBayl da.org), supported by the California State Library.

The 88 images were created by Shelby Designs & Illustrates (Oakland, CA) and the work was supported in part by the U.S. Introduction Pictograms for the Dewey Decimal System People with learning disabilities make up 17 to 20% of the general population. DDC 22 Summaries. The Dewey Decimal Classification System. Description: The purpose of this lesson is to teach students about the fundamentals of the Dewey Decimal System to enable them to locate books in the library. Many students are overwhelmed when entering the library because of the vast amounts of books on the shelves. School Library Signs and Labels for Primary. Bookmarks. A Mighty Girl's Ultimate Guide to Girl-Empowering Graphic Novels for Kids. Great books for all reluctant readers - Books Lovereading4kids UK. 25 Great Chapter Book Series for 8 to 12 Year Olds - Some the Wiser. 10 books to help boost young boys' reading. Ignite Her Curiosity: 25 Books Starring Science-Loving Mighty Girls.

Practical Librarian. Whole Building Design Guide. Designing Libraries - Planning school libraries.