Media Center Log in to the library catalog to see what you have checked out, to write reviews, place holds, or create lists of books you want to read! Click Login in the upper corner of the catalog screen. Your username is your 9-digit student ID number. (It's on your report card.) Your password is your birthday in this format: yyyymmdd. Do you need books at a specific reading level? See Mrs. 5 Things Every School Library Website Should Have I ran across this article the other day outlining the 5 "essentials" that every school website should have. Naturally, it got me thinking about my own library's web presence. I'm one of those nerdy people who actually really loves tinkering with web design. Don't get me wrong, I'm no code writer, but given a little time and a few tools, I can make, if nothing else, a huge mess good effort. Additionally, I probably spend more time than I should poking around other school library websites too - just trolling for inspiration and such. Now, I've been doing this long enough to know that the librarians who built the website described above are probably working their bifocals off. That said, who is? Seriously. More importantly, though, once these folks arrive at your site, does it provide them with an accurate and complete picture of what your library is all about? 5 Things Every School Library Website Should Have: A focus on teaching: If teaching is what you do, your website should reflect it.
» Choose Privacy Week 2015: Who’s Reading the Reader? OIF Blog April 30, 2015...10:04 pm Jump to Comments By Michael Robinson Chair, ALA-IFC Privacy Subcommittee(Crossposted from the Choose Privacy Week blog.) It feels like online privacy has taken a step closer to center stage in libraryland in 2015. For years, a number of librarians have been advocating that libraries and the ecology of vendors and publishers they do business with need to do a better job of protecting the online privacy of our patrons. Snowden’s revelations (was it just 2 years ago?) Last October we were confronted with the extent of data that Adobe’s Digital Editions collects about users and their reading habits. As online privacy moves more towards center stage, there are a number of encouraging trends: Libraries, vendors, and publishers must work together to tackle the issues of online privacy and develop practices that respect the core value of reader confidentiality. Michael Robinson is an Associate Professor at the Consortium Library, University of Alaska – Anchorage.
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Library Elementary Schools Wonderful Websites - West Genesee School District - Camillus, NY Back to Elementary Library Remember, surfing the Internet is a big job that requires big responsibility. The elementary librarians have found these sites to be safe and fun. A lot of them are sites made by the government or a trusted organization -- remember, anything that ends in .gov is a government site and is probably a good one. Even so, students should always talk to their parents about what they do on the Internet. Click here to learn more about Internet Safety from the FBI! Now have some fun exploring these Wonderful Websites! Kid's Sites Slime Kids - Find book trailers, games, author biographies and reviews. Fun-N-Games Brain Quest - Test your brainiac skills at the Brain Quest Website! Stories and Poetry Spaghetti Book Club - Click here for tons of book reviews by kids for kids. Computer Lovers Dance Mat Typing - Practice your typing skills with a fun typing game. Sports Fanatics SI Kids - Are you a sports lover? Social Studies Rocks Mad Scientists Art and Music Lovers I Love CNY
Kindergarteners Teach Us A Thing Or Two About Mindfulness In ‘Just Breathe’ Short Film Kids say the darndest things, and most of the time, they’re brutally honest. This short film called “Just Breathe” features a bunch of kindergarteners sharing their thoughts on what it feels like to be angry and mad and why it kind of stinks to feel that way sometimes. “You sometimes punch stuff and people when you don’t really mean it.” One kinderkid likens an angry mind to the glitter in a jar when it’s all shaken up and there’s no room for clear thinking. The kids then school us on how to take a moment, take some deep breaths, refocus, recenter, and let the glitter settle. The 4-minute film comes from a husband and wife filmmaker duo, Julie Bayer Salzman and Josh Salzman, whose son was learning about mindfulness in school. Julia explains via the film’s description: We made “Just Breathe” with our son, his classmates and their family members one Saturday afternoon. And they probably didn’t even need Elmo’s help. [Via Mindful.org] Earlier…
Information Skills Lesson Plans Resources for School Librarians - Index Menu for This Page: General Collections of Lesson Plans | The Dewey Decimal System | Reference Books and Web Sites | Worksheets | Research Methods and Reports | Miscellaneous and Holiday Lessons General Collections of Lesson Plans Library Skills Lessons - by Katy Punch on Pinterest Scholastic's Lesson Plans & Reproducibles - Lesson plans for grades K - 12. Yearly Curriculum for the library Library Lesson Plans - By Jennifer Francis of the Powell County Schools. Introduction to Library Use How to Care for a Library Books - This article from WikiHow includes many good points that you may want to include in your talk on book care. The Dewey Decimal System and the Catalog Huey and Louie Meet Dewey - A lesson plan from Education World. Reference Books and Web Sites All About Words: Dictionary Activities - Dictionary lesson plans from Education World. Worksheets and Online Tools Library Research Methods and Reports Miscellaneous and Holiday Lessons Up to Top
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Powell County Schools Easy Fiction Shelf Order Spine Labels - A book's address - Locating books on the shelves in the E section Students will: listen attentively and respond to a story. Students will be given a paper plate with a letter on the alphabet written on it. Optional challenge - Line up by their own last name in alphabetical order (first letter only). Programs - Hickey All Star Library Shelf Elves are 3rd-5th grade helpers that give up a recess once a week to come into the library and help shelve books. These people are a tremendous help to the librarian. There is an application that must be filled out, and it includes a set of shelving quizzes so that Mrs. Prather knows if a student needs any extra instruction on where things go in the library and how to shelve. This quiz is available at: These are 20 books chosen by a Texas librarian committee for children ages 2 years to 2nd grade. Hickey Students in Kinder through 2nd grade who read 10 of the 20 books and turn in the 2x2 form will get a special pencil. Last day to turn in sheet is January 20, 2017. Bluebonnet Books: The Bluebonnet Books are a group of 20 books chosen yearly by a Texas librarian committee for 3rd through 6th graders. This year's list can be viewed HERE. Hickey Students wishing to participate must fill out the following form: Bluebonnet Book List Form and return to the library by January 20, 2017.
Feminist Teacher Powell County Schools Review - What is the Library and what are the rules/procedures? Students will tour the library and learn that the library is the place to come for books to read and to find information about things (research). They will be introduced to rules and procedures and how they relate to our "Be your BEST" motto. They will see these expectations modeled and will practice them. Use inside voicesWalkShare/take turnsTake care of materialsShow repect to others Students will be given assigned seat to aid librarian in identifying students who are both present and absent (for safety and record-keeping purposes).