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water

Granola bar

Flower ring

Peace-sign pin

Chocolate kiss

Day 2: Small bag with dirt

Library Week 2013: Garden theme

Day 3: Label on bottled water.

Day 1: Small (cheap plastic) flowerpot

Day 4: Seeds (on sale from Dollar Store)

Library Week 2013: Garden theme

Day 5: Smiley-faced daisy pinwheels (on sale from Oriental Trading; some assembly required)

We love our English teachers!

Common Core Is Comin’ to School*

*Sung to the tune of “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town”—we like Springsteen’s version

You better watch outYou better not cryYou better not poutI’m telling you why— Common Core is coming to schoolCommon Core is coming to schoolCommon Core is coooooommmiiing to school It’s making you thinkYour lessons reviseWorkshops galoreJust quit askin’ why—Common Core is coming to schoolCommon Core is coming to schoolCommon Core is coooooommmiiing to school

Don’t go ‘round feeling puzzledOr let it keep you awakeDon’t you fall to piecesIt’s gonna be a piece of cake (right!) Rigor’s the wordRelevance tooI might need a drink—What about you? Common Core is coming to schoolCommon Core is coming to schoolCommon Core is coooooommmiiing to school Wishing you an UnCOMMONly Merry Christmas and a hardCORE New Year—

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We love our volunteers!

Incentives

recognizes

STM Library

Top 20 Reader in 10th grade

Student Reader

June 1, 2013-Dec. 10, 2013

Cinde Sulik, Belinda Edwards, Debbie Kremheller

Librarians

December 11, 2013

Million Word Readers

Over Three Million Words Read

Web Tools

Teacher Resources

Curate web tools.

Teaching students to data•analyze•question•interpretGreat online sources of data (from Debbie Abilock and Kristin

Fontichiaro’s AASL session “Slaying the Data Dragon” Slides: http://bit.ly/fontblog)

Check out the New York Times article, “Big Data Will Get Bigger” http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/06/19/business/Big-Data-Will-Get-Bigger.html?_r=0

Google.org Flu trends

http://www.google.org/flutrends/

HealthMap

http://healthmap.org/en

eBird.org

Choose Explore Data, then Bar Charts. Students can use Louisiana or any other region they want and select a date range

Google Correlate

Used Mardi Gras 2013 here; interactive map shows data

http://bit.ly/1aN9lhB

Another source:School Librarians and the Common Core Standards: Resourceswww.livebinders.com/edit?id=84777

History on the web

Trace Revisions in Google Docs

An Interactive Guide to NPR's Top 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy

Books

http://learni.st/learnings/35569-an-interactive-guide-to-npr-s-top-100-science-fiction-fantasy-books?board_id=3849

Lessons

Use Blendspace (ex. http://blnds.co/1aNiLOs) and Google Forms for lessons

Flip the lesson with Google Forms

Answer the following questions using this link: http://blnds.co/1aNiLOsWatch the 60 Minutes video clip: "A Face in the Crowd" How might this have a positive impact on your

life? What concerns are raised?

Link #4: High school athletes What are some examples of

inappropriate/negative information found on social media sites, according to the article?

Digital Citizenship

College Research Project

The Process• Sophomores use collegeboard.org to narrow

almost 4,000 colleges to a short list. • To get to that short list, students select criteria

such as location, size of the college, type of college, major area of study, etc.

• From that list, students choose three colleges to research. Students find required information and fill in a chart that compares the three colleges.

• Information for the chart comes from collegeboard.org or the college’s website.

The Product• Students write a letter to their parents

(persuasive essay) explaining why they want to attend one of the three colleges.

• Specific details about two of the colleges must appear in the letter.

• Parenthetical documentation• A annotated works cited page is required.

College Research Project

Most Significant People of the Progressive Era

Task 1Each student will research a significant person of the late 19th/early 20th century will submit a report of the findings, along with an annotated works cited page.

Report OrganizationParagraph 1: Give a biography of/background information on the personParagraph 2: Include information about the person’s major accomplishment.Paragraph 3: Explain why the person should be chosen as the most significant person of this time period.

Upton SinclairAlexander Graham BellWright BrothersIda M. TarbellAlice PaulCarrie C. CattJoseph PulitzerCarry A. NationThomas EdisonHenry Ford

George EastmanJ.P. MorganWilliam R. HearstRobert M. La FolletteBooker T. WashingtonFrederick TaylorAndrew CarnegieW.E.B. DuBoisJohn D. RockefellerJane Addams

Possible Topics

Most Significant People of the Progressive Era

Task 2• Students divide into smaller groups based on

broad categories such as businessmen, reformers, inventors, etc.

• Each small group chooses the most significant person from that group.

• Each group presents their finalist to the class. Time is allowed for debate, so all the groups must research the short list of significant people.

• An outside judge (librarian or administrator) usually watches the presentations and based on the thoroughness of the debate, chooses the most significant person from each class.

 C—Currency•When was the page last updated?•How current is the information?•How current does it need to be? R—Reliability•Can this information be found somewhere else?•Can you verify the reliability of the site? Look for data, statistics, or other facts that you can check against other sources. Then check them!•Look for the same information in other sources. Can you triangulate your research? (3 sources with the same information)•Does the site add to the facts, issues or arguments you’re already aware of? Is it useful to your research? Does it provide details not available elsewhere?•Is it always there when I need it?

Evaluating Websites Using the C.R.A.P Test

A—Authority•Who is the author?•What are his/her credentials?•Who created this information and why?•What knowledge or skills does the author have in this area?•What kind of site is this—.edu, .com, .gov?•What else has this author written? P—Point of view or Perspective•Why is this information there? Be on the lookout for a hidden agenda.•Is the information objective or subjective?•Is it fact or opinion?•Does it reflect bias?•How does the sponsor of the site impact the perspective of the information?•Do you get both sides of the issue?

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