OUR LIBRARY STEPHANIE CAESAR

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME

MY GOAL IS TO HELP YOU AND PROVIDE YOU WITH RESOURCES TO GET OUR KIDS WHERE THEY NEED TO BE.

*TWENTY IN YEARS AS A CLASSROOM TEACHER

*FIRST YEAR AS A INFORMATION LITERACY SPECIALIST

*18 OF MY YEARS WAS IN THIRD AND FOURTH GRADE

*GALENA PARK/ALDINE

LIBRARY BOOK RETURN PROCESS

• A STUDENT/MYSELF/ASSISTANT WILL DELIVER A CRATE TO YOU THE DAY BEFORE YOUR SCHEDULED DAY.

• HAVE KIDS FILL CRATE WITH BOOKS AND RETURN IT IN AM THE NEXT DAY.

• THE CRATE WILL THEN ROTATE TO THE NEXT TEACHER.

• REPEAT

BOOK CHECKOUT

• STUDENT ID NUMBERS NEEDED FOR CHECKOUT

• KIDS WILL HAVE CARD WITH LUNCH # TO CHECKOUT

• KINDERGARTEN-FIRST GRADE = 2 BOOKS

• SECOND- FOURTH = 3 BOOKS

• DEPENDING ON CLASS/ STUDENT= 4 BOOKS

TEACHERS CAN CHECKOUT WITH YOUR ID BADGE

CLASS SETS

• WE HAVE OVER 50 SETS OF BOOKS TO USE IN YOUR CLASSROOM FOR WORKSTATIONS, LITERATURE CIRCLES, GUIDED READING, BOOK CLUBS, SHARED READING, OR INDEPENDENT READING.

• PLEASE CHECK THEM OUT AND USE THEM.

LIBRARY CARD CAMPAIGN

• GOAL- 100% OF STUDENTS WITH A HARRIS COUNTY PUBLIC LIBRARY CARD.

• PLEASE GET YOUR STUDENTS TO RETURN THE APPLICATION.

• EACH CLASS THAT GET 100% PARTICIPATION WILL GET A REWARD.(IDEAS?)

• PICTURES OF EACH CLASS WITH THEIR NEW LIBRARY CARD.

• TEACHERS TOO.

• GET CAUGHT READING CAMPAIGN- PICTURES OF STAFF AND KIDS

READING AROUND THE SCHOOL.

BOOK CHARACTER DAY

• A WEEK BEFORE HALLOWEEN, WE WILL HAVE BOOK CHARACTER DAY. STUDENTS WILL DRESS UP AS THEIR FAVORITE BOOK CHARACTER OR EACH CLASS CAN FOCUS ON ONE BOOK AND REPRESENT THEIR BOOK.

ONLINE RESOURCES

WE HAVE LOTS OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE TO YOU AND OUR STUDENTS. IPAD AVAILABLE TO CHECKOUT FOR USE IN THE CLASSROOM

CHROME BOOKS IS ONLY FOR THE LIBRARY AND CAN‘T BE TAKEN OUT OF THE LMC.

• FREE BRITANNIA SUBSCRIPTIONS- SPANISH TO

• CULTURE GRAMS

• DISCOVERY EDUCATION STREAMING

• EBOOKS/AUDIOBOOKS- APPS/CELL PHONE

• MAPS

• PEBBLEGO

• NETTREKKER (GOOGLE)

• TEACHINGBOOKS.NET

• TUMBLEBOOKS

• WIKISPACES

• WEEBLY

• ANIMATO

• TOONDOO

• PODCASTS

EMERGING NEW TECHNOLOGIES

• ACTIVELY LEARNACTIVELY LEARN PROVIDES TEACHERS WITH A PLATFORM THROUGH WHICH THEY CAN CREATE, DISTRIBUTE, AND ASSESS READING ACTIVITIES.TO GET STARTED ON ACTIVELY LEARN FIRST REGISTER FOR AN ACCOUNT THEN CREATE YOUR FIRST CLASSROOM WITHIN YOUR ACCOUNT. STUDENTS JOIN YOUR ACTIVELY LEARN CLASSROOM BY ENTERING A CLASS CODE AT ACTIVELYLEARN.COM/SIGNUP. AFTER CREATING YOUR CLASSROOM YOU CAN BEGIN ADDING READING ASSIGNMENTS TO IT.TO CREATE AN ASSIGNMENT IN YOUR ACTIVELY LEARN CLASSROOM YOU CAN SELECT FROM THOUSANDS OF ARTICLES ARRANGED BY TOPIC, GRADE LEVEL, READING LEVEL, AND LENGTH. SOME ARTICLES HAVE COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS BUILT INTO THEM WHILE OTHERS DO NOT. YOU CAN ADD READING COMPREHENSION AND OR DISCUSSION QUESTIONS TO ANY ARTICLE THAT YOU SELECT FROM THE ACTIVELY LEARN LIBRARY. YOU CAN ALSO UPLOAD YOUR OWN ARTICLES AS PDFS.

• ONCE YOU HAVE SELECTED AN ARTICLE AND ADDED QUESTIONS TO IT, DISTRIBUTE IT TO YOUR STUDENTS THROUGH YOUR ACTIVELY LEARN CLASSROOM. STUDENTS CAN READ AND RESPOND TO QUESTIONS DIRECTLY WITHIN THE ACTIVELY LEARN PLATFORM. YOU CAN REQUIRE STUDENTS TO ANSWER QUESTIONS BEFORE THE NEXT SECTION OF AN ARTICLE IS REVEALED TO THEM. IN ADDITION TO RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTIONS, STUDENTS CAN FLAG SECTIONS OF AN ARTICLE WITH "I DON'T UNDERSTAND." AS THE TEACHER YOU CAN SEE THOSE FLAGS AND RESPOND TO THEM IN YOUR ACTIVELY LEARN CLASSROOM.

• ACTIVELY LEARN HAS FREE AND PAID PLANS. THE FREE PLAN INCLUDES UNLIMITED ASSIGNMENTS AND UNLIMITED ACCESS TO A GRADEBOOK. THE PAID PLANS PROVIDE MORE TOOLS FOR ANALYZING HOW STUDENTS WORK WITH TEXT BEYOND RESPONDING TO YOUR QUESTIONS.

ACTIVELY LEARN VIDEO

• ANIMOTO

CREATE YOUR OWN BOOK TRAILER

• AS ANY AUTHOR CAN TELL YOU, PROMOTING YOUR BOOK IS A CHALLENGE. IN ADDITION TO STANDARD MARKETING TECHNIQUES, YOU MUST FIND NEW AND INNOVATIVE WAYS TO ENGAGE WITH YOUR READERS. ONE WAY TO DO THAT IS TO CREATE AN ANIMATED BOOK TRAILER.

• BUT NOT MANY PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO MAKE A BOOK TRAILER. WHILE IT’S DIFFICULT TO CREATE ANIMATION FROM SCRATCH, IT CAN ACTUALLY BE QUITE SIMPLE TO CREATE A SIMPLE BOOK TRAILER BY YOURSELF. AND

The Lite version of Animoto is free and enables you to create 30-second animated trailers.

Step 1. Select the animation style and soundtrack that best matches your book.

Step 2. Outline the slides you’ll use in your animation. Each slide can either have text or an image. However, if you know how to use PhotoShop or another image editor, you can get the best of both worlds by adding text to your image files. If you’re technically savvy, you can substitute your own soundtrack too.

Step 3. Animoto assigns a length of time to each slide. When your total runtime reaches 30 seconds, you won’t be able to add any more slides. You can edit the slide contents and rearrange the slide order. Click the “Preview Video” button to see your trailer!

ANIMOTO VIDEO

REMIND

• REMIND ( HTTP://REMIND.COM ),

• FORMERLY KNOWN AS REMIND 101, IS A GREAT TOOL FOR SENDING IMPORTANT REMINDERS TO STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS. THROUGH REMIND STUDENTS AND THEIR PARENTS CAN SIGN‐UP TO RECEIVE TEXT MESSAGES ON THEIR MOBILE DEVICES. YOU SEND THE MESSAGES FROM YOUR COMPUTER OR MOBILE DEVICE WITHOUT STUDENTS OR PARENTS SEEING YOUR PERSONAL CELL PHONE NUMBER. LIKE REGULAR TEXT MESSAGES THAT YOU MIGHT SEND TO FRIENDS, YOU CAN ATTACH FILES TO MESSAGES THAT YOU SEND THROUGH REMIND. MESSAGES CAN BE SENT TO INDIVIDUALS OR TO GROUPS THAT YOU CREATE IN YOUR REMIND ACCOUNT.

• IN ADDITION TO TEXT MESSAGES REMIND OFFERS THE OPTION TO SEND AUDIO MESSAGES UP TO FIFTEEN SECONDS IN LENGTH. JUST LIKE TEXT MESSAGES, VOICE MESSAGES CAN BE SENT TO INDIVIDUALS OR TO GROUPS. STAMPS IS ONE OF THE TWO OPTIONS THAT REMIND OFFERS FOR STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO USE TO INTERACT WITH THE MESSAGES THAT YOU SEND TO THEM. STUDENTS AND PARENTS CAN REPLY TO YOUR REMIND MESSAGES BY SELECTING ONE OF FOUR STAMPS TO INDICATE THAT THEY HAVE RECEIVED YOUR MESSAGE AND INDICATE IF THEY NEED FURTHER CLARIFICATION ABOUT YOUR MESSAGE. CHAT IS THE OTHER OPTION THAT REMIND OFFERS TO STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO COMMUNICATE WITH YOU. REMIND CHAT ALLOWS STUDENTS AND PARENTS TO REPLY WITH TEXT TO A TEACHER'S MESSAGES. WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT REMIND CHAT I WAS LEERY OF IT BECAUSE I WAS CONCERNED THAT STUDENTS AND PARENTS WOULD BE MESSAGING TEACHERS AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY AND EXPECTING RAPID RESPONSES. REMIND ALLEVIATED THAT CONCERN WHEN I SAW THE "OFFICE HOURS" SETTING IN THE REMIND CHAT SERVICE. "OFFICE HOURS" ALLOWS TEACHERS TO SPECIFY WHEN THEY WILL ALLOW CHAT MESSAGES TO BE SENT AND RECEIVED. TEACHERS CAN ALSO PAUSE OR STOP CHAT EXCHANGES

STUDENT TREASURES PUBLISHING

THIS IS A GREAT PROGRAM TO MOTIVATE OUR STUDENTS TO

WRITE.

LETS GET OUR STUDENTS TO BE AUTHORS!

WWW.STUDENTREASURES.COM

ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE STOP BY

OR EMAIL ME.I WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR SOME OF YOUR PLC MEETINGS TO OFFER ANY

ASSISTANCE OR RESOURCES SO OUR STUDENTS CAN MASTER THE

OBJECTIVES.