Thanksgiving to Christmas
What a great time of year! Basketball starting up football winding down to the playoffs! This also means back to school after the Thanksgiving holiday. Just remember students the days fly by in early December.
I'm expecting new books to arrive this week and next. I've got two orders from different publishers arriving. I'm gathering titles for a January order at the moment. If you have requests or authors of interest that I don't have in the collection please drop me a posting. Author name and or title is helpful!
In the holiday spirit I challenge students to read a holiday theme book. One of my favorites is from the Dear America Series "Christmas After All". A great Rosewater book that reminds us of what the 'season' is meant for. Check it out!
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Monday, November 14, 2005
1/3 - New Trimester - 2/3
Today is the beginning of the second trimester. As finals wound down last week we saw several books returned :) We have several still out!! :(
With the new semester brings new challenges for all. Here in the Media Center we're looking forward to the holiday season and the challenges ahead for the remaining two-thirds of the school year.
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Students remember after reading a book leave me some comments here on the blog site. Simply click the "comments" link at the bottom of this message or any message to leave feedback on the book you read; positive or negative. This not only helps me but also relays information to other students wishing, looking, or aspiring to read titles you've read.
Today is the beginning of the second trimester. As finals wound down last week we saw several books returned :) We have several still out!! :(
With the new semester brings new challenges for all. Here in the Media Center we're looking forward to the holiday season and the challenges ahead for the remaining two-thirds of the school year.
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Students remember after reading a book leave me some comments here on the blog site. Simply click the "comments" link at the bottom of this message or any message to leave feedback on the book you read; positive or negative. This not only helps me but also relays information to other students wishing, looking, or aspiring to read titles you've read.
Friday, November 04, 2005
Reading - Data
We've been spending this week getting rosters and student sub-groups arranged for the end of the Trimester. Come next week I'm hoping to generate reports from Reading Counts for all those interested. We've been assigning students to specific classes in our management program all week. By week's end I'm hoping to do some caparison with scores and data. Just getting students assigned to their specific subgroup is very time consuming!
We've been spending this week getting rosters and student sub-groups arranged for the end of the Trimester. Come next week I'm hoping to generate reports from Reading Counts for all those interested. We've been assigning students to specific classes in our management program all week. By week's end I'm hoping to do some caparison with scores and data. Just getting students assigned to their specific subgroup is very time consuming!
Book Review!
Today I received a shipment of books to preview. Several titles in Science, in particular Astronomy, Physics, and Biology. Also several Biographies and Social Studies topics. Teachers will be taking a look and giving suggestions.
We've been cataloging and adding books to the shelves at a pretty good clip. One new series in Reference I'm excited to announce is from Grolier; Pro / Con 24 volumes of arguments for and against. Each volume details a general topic, within each book are series of arguments. Good hard hitting stuff. While we've had several of these on the shelf for over a year our set is now complete with the addition of the final 6 volumes.
Today I received a shipment of books to preview. Several titles in Science, in particular Astronomy, Physics, and Biology. Also several Biographies and Social Studies topics. Teachers will be taking a look and giving suggestions.
We've been cataloging and adding books to the shelves at a pretty good clip. One new series in Reference I'm excited to announce is from Grolier; Pro / Con 24 volumes of arguments for and against. Each volume details a general topic, within each book are series of arguments. Good hard hitting stuff. While we've had several of these on the shelf for over a year our set is now complete with the addition of the final 6 volumes.
Thursday, November 03, 2005
At yesterday's faculty meeting I shared several resources with staff that our students have access to. A couple of these resources are items that are subscription based * that come from my budgeted funds. Here's a list of items mentioned:
- Facts.com*
- AP Multimedia Archive*
- Google Scholar
- Google Uncle Sam
On my website I have links to several search engines, Google being one. On the site I link directly to the 'advanced' search page for each engine. Students struggle with keyword searching and this page takes away some of that confusion.
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