I'm looking for a little insight. I have recently been informed by my principal that I will be teaching reading to a group of about 12 or 13 second graders for and hour and a half (!) EVERY day. I have my MLIS, and my school library endorsement is PK
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Every once in a while we get the first form (boys aged 11 ish) to partake in a competition to design our bookmarks. This year, we (the librarians) haven't been able to come up with an idea as of yet...
Does anyone have any ideas,...??
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I need a great resource or two to use when I or my staff needs to access a variety of genres of music for lessons. I need it to be free, no sign in, and easily accessed. I am presenty looking for jazz pieces, but will someday need something else. Tha
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I'm student teaching in a high school library, and we may be revising our Acceptable Use Policy in terms of email. Does your school allow students to access personal email (ex. gmail or hotmail)? Is this always allowed or only during certain hours,
Read more…My school does not require a library credential/degree and our current person is retiring. I would really like to switch into this library position. I have taught elementary school for twelve years and have a Masters in Teaching, but am wanting som
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Anyone have any ideas and resources for a decimals/fractions/percents unit asking “how can numbers help us to understand the challenges that children face around the world?”
The teacher says that her idea, so far "is for [the students] to find
As part of a graduate class I am teaching on multicultural literature my students have been asked to interview a teacher or librarian about their thoughts on teaching and having books on the following topics:
1. The truth behind how Ame
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I am a school media specialist at a junior high and I am trying to get our library department to work as one. I am also the district Library Coordiantor/Staff Developer. We have 17 librarians in 14 schools. Does any one know where I can find info
Read more…Hi. I am looking for ways to raise money or get supplies for my two elementary school libraries beyond the bookfair. One of my schools is Title I. The other isn't. I'm not sure where to begin to look for grants and funding that meet my needs. My
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I am new to the middle school world and have been invited by another teacher to put on an after school event for our afterschool club kids. I was wondering what sort of events you have hosted for National Read Across America day in your sc
Read more…Following are short summaries of the most common arguments made by researchers, teachers, parents, andstudents as to why using AR is counterproductive. Hence,The 18 Reasons Not to Use Accelerated Reader: http://penningtonpublishing.com/blog/reading/
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I'm a first year teacher for PreK and we don't have a library at our school. I have just started my master's in Instructional Technology and my Library Admin class requires me to ask Librarians questions regarding certain topics every week. I don't k
Read more…If you missed the Frontline documentary Digital_Nation: Life on the Virtual Frontier, PBS is very generous with their online content and makes the entire program available to stream at the website.
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Wondering what Presidents Day activities, if you plan to do any, would be fun and engaging for kids in a middle school library setting? Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks in advance.
Read more…I was hoping some people might have some ideas or successful policies. The library I run currently has two computers labs connected to us, and I have some teachers complaining about how often certain teachers end up scheduling the lab (ie hogging all
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