Pat Keogh
Pat shared some information about The Foundation for the Children's Books
Reading is alive and well!
Example of Rick Riordan author visit to Wellesley Middle school 650+ children came!
Books that adults might enjoy:
Show and Tell: Exploring the Fine Art of Children's Book Illustration by Dilys Evans - explains the ins and outs of illustration in children's picture books
Minders of Make believe by Leonard Marcus - shaping of children's literature
Fiction
Penderwicks on Gardem Street- by Jeanne Birdsall sequel to The Penderwicks, Dad starts dating;
Bad Kitty gets a bath- by Nick Bruel- follow up to bad kitty, graphics are lively, great for beginers to chapter books
Knights of the Lunch Table - by Frank Cammuso - good guys vs. the bad guys, entertaining
Waiting for Normal -Leslie Connor- a girl has one of the worse kinds of mothers, the mother is too concerned with chasing boyfriends than raising a child, the girls creates her own type of family (5th or 6th grade)
Love that Cat- by Sharon Creech -written in verse, same characters from Love that Dog, great for poetry
The London Eye Mystery- Siobhan Dowd- boy and his mom are moving to New York and stop to ride the famous ride and he dissappears (4th or 5th)
Did Fleming rescue Churchill- James Cross Giblin and Erik Brooks- story about false information found on the internet
Swimming with sharks -by Betty Hicks and Adam McCauley- series about sports, good when students are too young for Lupica
Toy Dance Party - by Emily Jenkins and Paul Zelinsky - read aloud for young children, fun to read
The year of the rat -by Grace Lin - story about a girl who has her best friend moves far away
Alvin Ho: allergic to girls -by Lenore Look and Leuyen Pham- a boy with many fears
The Runaway Dolls - by Ann Martin- when the family goes on vacation the dolls decide to have an adventure of their own
42 Miles - by Tracie Vaughn Zimmer - About a girl turning thirteen who lives in the city with her mom and country with her day
I love my new toy - Mo Willems- Easy readers for beginning readers, few words but great story
Green and Environmental books
One Hen - about micro-economics in Africa
Wangari's Trees of Peace: A True Story from Africa by Jeanette Winter
Planting the trees in Kenya by Claire A. Nivola
Both books tell same story through
Apple pip princess by Jane Ray - father challenges 3 daughters to change their environment
Silent music -by James Rumford - boy who loves soccer and calligraphy - about a boy in Bagdad and how he survives the war
Non-fiction
Independent Dames -Laurie Halse Anderson- colonial women in the American revolution, balloons and boxes of information, facts and myths about famous women
Raucous Royals by Carlyn Beccia - book about royal rumors, very graphic, the table of contents has pictures of royals instead of text
Duel: Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr, and the Future of America
by Thomas Fleming picture book true story of a duel vice president and secretary of treasury
Winter Trees -by Carole Gerber and Leslie Evans - factual information with skeletal forms of tree
Christo and Jeanne-Claude: Through the Gates and Beyond -by Jan Greenberg and Sandra Jordan Story of the transient art in New York City
America at War -by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Stephen Alcorn- poems about war, various poets and our history of war
African Critters by Robert Haas - good read aloud beautiful pictures
Our White House by Lee Bennett Hopkins and Stephen Alcornlooking in looking out - various authors
We are the Ship by Nelson Kadir - about the negroe leagues in baseball
Pizza, pigs and poetry by Jack Prelutsky- how to write a poem, author shows how an incident in his life helped him write a poem
Lady Liberty by Doreen Rappaport and Matt Tavares- biography of the statue of liberty, told through the voices of people involved in the project, beautiful pictures
Knucklehead: Tall Tales and Almost True Stories of Growing up Scieszka by Jon Scieszka - funniest book of the year, about a boy growing up with four brothers, every chapter is one page, author is interesting in literacy for boys, 106 page book
United Tweets of America by Hudson Talbott - picture book ABC by state
I, Matthew Hensen: Polar Explorer by Carole Boston Weatherford and Eric Velasquez- picture book, told in the first person,
Colonial Voices: here them speak by Kay Winters and Larry Day - a boy tells about the times right before the Boston Tea Party
Picture books
A visitor for bear by Bonny Becker and Kady Macdonald Denton- mouse tries to befriend a ornery bear
Knitty Kitty by David Elliott and Christopher Denise
On the Farm - by David Elliot - poetry
A taste of colored water by Matt Faulkner- about the segregation in the south
A couple of boys have the best week ever by Marla Frazee- 2 boys go to nature camp for a week, great pictures, wile nature camp is a bust...the visit with their grand[arents makes the trip worthwhile
The story teller's candle - how a librarians plans a play in NYC to get community onvolved
How to heal a broken wing by Bob Graham- use of color, only the little boy notices a small baby bird who falls out of the nest
That book woman by Heather Henson and David Small- a woman who traveled through Appalachia to bring books to children
Abe Lincoln crosses a creek a tall thin tale by Deborah Hopkinson and John Hendrix- story about a man who may or may not have saved Lincoln as a boy
Hounsdly and Catina by James Howe and Marie-Louise Gay- series, great language, easy reader,
One Boy by Laura Vaccaro Seeger - few words, black and red, author of Dog and Bear
Showing posts with label Conference. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Conference. Show all posts
Monday, November 3, 2008
Making your library the heart of your school
Presented by Mary Kelleher and Karin Kugel
Goal: To come out of the session with a working plan to make your library important in your school.
Example of Problems:
students not reading at grade level
narrowing the achievement gap
quality of open response answers
This session is using literacy to model the process of making the library important to the school.
Try to tie in all other library goals to the larger scale plan.
Our presenters attended a Big 6 conference over the summer. And we are all familiar with Big 6...so the seminar was structured around this research process.
1 Task definition: how can your library best support the neesds of your school
2. Information seeking: what resources will I use
3. Location and Access: how can I access these resources?
4. Use of Information: Action steps
5. Synthesis: How can I get others to buy into my plans
6. Evaluation: Was I effective in my actions?
Hints:
Set attainable goals
Set deadlines
Use resources
Always refer back to overarching goal
Make sure everyone knows about your mission and how it ties into the overall goals of the school.
Promote your programs
Put your library name on correspondence
Use vistaprint.com for professional looking library products
(you only pay for shipping)
Color code your newsletters
Handout for this session are on pages 119-126 in your binders
Goal: To come out of the session with a working plan to make your library important in your school.
Example of Problems:
students not reading at grade level
narrowing the achievement gap
quality of open response answers
This session is using literacy to model the process of making the library important to the school.
Try to tie in all other library goals to the larger scale plan.
Our presenters attended a Big 6 conference over the summer. And we are all familiar with Big 6...so the seminar was structured around this research process.
1 Task definition: how can your library best support the neesds of your school
2. Information seeking: what resources will I use
3. Location and Access: how can I access these resources?
4. Use of Information: Action steps
5. Synthesis: How can I get others to buy into my plans
6. Evaluation: Was I effective in my actions?
Hints:
Set attainable goals
Set deadlines
Use resources
Always refer back to overarching goal
Make sure everyone knows about your mission and how it ties into the overall goals of the school.
Promote your programs
Put your library name on correspondence
Use vistaprint.com for professional looking library products
(you only pay for shipping)
Color code your newsletters
Handout for this session are on pages 119-126 in your binders
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Middle School Job A-like
One of the things I like best about the MSLA Conference is the company. Where else can you find so many librarians to chat with!
During the Middle School Job-a-like we talked about how we survive. Some of our survival techniques are: being flexible, "Just Say Yes", dealing with change, and so many more!
We shared ideas for bringing groups to the library, especially the math teachers! We shared some of our favorite web sites- freerice.com, thinkfinity.com, and lots I am forgetting. If you were at the meeting and remember some others, please add them to the comments!
The topic of re-certification came up. We shared stories about the DOE and were encouraged to hear about positive experiences with the online re-certification process.
We discussed Web 2.0 and spoke about budget limitations, topics that are important to all of us. All in all it was a very positive, sharing, and informative group meeting.
The New AASL National Standards: Am I ready for the New 21st Century?
Presented by Cassandra Barnett
She is president-elect of AASL
She sat on the committee that developed these new standards
Purpose of the session:
To help teacher-librarians understand the standards
To show how we can implement these standards in our buildings?
Why new standards?
Explosion of literacies
Students mastery of multiple literacies
Complex societal communications structures
These new standards cover what we do as teacher-librarians. We do not know what kind of jobs our students will eventually do. Yet, we still need to prepare them for these future jobs.
There is a shift away from simply teaching our knowledge to our students. Instead we have to teach students how to direct their own learning and meet information needs.
21st Century Standards are made up of common beliefs, standards, strands, and indicators (benchmarks are currently being developed).
Everyone received the booklet with these standards in the MSLA bags. This is the key to understanding the standards. These are not national standards but guidelines for educators to ensure that students become information literate.
During the session, Ms Barnett went through the components of the standards. She explained the reasons for inclusion and compared them to the MSLA Standards.
Skills
Straight forward abilities that can be assessed when looking at students' actions and assignments.
Dispositions in Action
While you can teach an attitude about learning you can plan lesson and offer suggestions to help students truly think about their assignments.
Responsibilities
This may start in elementary school with book care. But it will grow into ethical behaviors, intellectual freedom, and safety procedures online.
Self-assessment strategies
With the abundance of information that students must deal with, the quality of student work has declined. Teachers must hold students accountable.
Ms. Barnett provided examples of implementing the standards in a classroom situation. These can also be located in you binder on pages 53-65.
Advice on collaboration
When you sit with a teacher to collaborate...have the teachers' frameworks and standards in front of you...and explain how you can help the teachers meet their goals for the students. Start small (one teacher at a time)...approach brand new teachers who may need suggestions and support.
Food for thought: What is one thing you can do in your library that will help you utilize these standards? (see implementation chart on page 59 and lesson planning template on page 61)
She is president-elect of AASL
She sat on the committee that developed these new standards
Purpose of the session:
To help teacher-librarians understand the standards
To show how we can implement these standards in our buildings?
Why new standards?
Explosion of literacies
Students mastery of multiple literacies
Complex societal communications structures
These new standards cover what we do as teacher-librarians. We do not know what kind of jobs our students will eventually do. Yet, we still need to prepare them for these future jobs.
There is a shift away from simply teaching our knowledge to our students. Instead we have to teach students how to direct their own learning and meet information needs.
21st Century Standards are made up of common beliefs, standards, strands, and indicators (benchmarks are currently being developed).
Everyone received the booklet with these standards in the MSLA bags. This is the key to understanding the standards. These are not national standards but guidelines for educators to ensure that students become information literate.
During the session, Ms Barnett went through the components of the standards. She explained the reasons for inclusion and compared them to the MSLA Standards.
Skills
Straight forward abilities that can be assessed when looking at students' actions and assignments.
Dispositions in Action
While you can teach an attitude about learning you can plan lesson and offer suggestions to help students truly think about their assignments.
Responsibilities
This may start in elementary school with book care. But it will grow into ethical behaviors, intellectual freedom, and safety procedures online.
Self-assessment strategies
With the abundance of information that students must deal with, the quality of student work has declined. Teachers must hold students accountable.
Ms. Barnett provided examples of implementing the standards in a classroom situation. These can also be located in you binder on pages 53-65.
Advice on collaboration
When you sit with a teacher to collaborate...have the teachers' frameworks and standards in front of you...and explain how you can help the teachers meet their goals for the students. Start small (one teacher at a time)...approach brand new teachers who may need suggestions and support.
Food for thought: What is one thing you can do in your library that will help you utilize these standards? (see implementation chart on page 59 and lesson planning template on page 61)
Monday, October 27, 2008
Counting Down!
Hi all,
Can't wait for the conference...it's the one time of the year we can focus on just ourselves and our colleagues. I am looking forward to seeing (and blogging about) some great programs and getting plenty of ideas to bring to our students.
AND...I can't resist one shameless plug...don't forget about the bookmark contest! The theme this year is "LEARNING FOR LIFE". Plenty more details to follow
Can't wait for the conference...it's the one time of the year we can focus on just ourselves and our colleagues. I am looking forward to seeing (and blogging about) some great programs and getting plenty of ideas to bring to our students.
AND...I can't resist one shameless plug...don't forget about the bookmark contest! The theme this year is "LEARNING FOR LIFE". Plenty more details to follow
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