ELEMENTARY+SCHOOL

=__ KINDERGARTEN __= > This two day lesson was implemented at Dodge Elementary with all five Kindergarten classes. It explores the concepts of past, present, and future through an investigation of schools and school transportation. Students practice identifying an image from the past, present, and future based on visual clues and information learned from a group reading and discussion of the books, //At School: Long Ago and Today//, L. Brent and When I Was Young in the Mountains, C. Rylant. Students then explore the possibilities of the future of schools through creative artistic expression. A display features the images from the past, present, and future in timeline format. 
 * Past, Present, & Future





= = = = =__ GRADE 5 __= This two day lesson was implemented at Windermere Boulevard Elementary with a group of five Grade 5 students. The lesson was collaboratively planned with the enrichment specialist, Mrs. Lindsey Bett. Each student chose a book they’d recently enjoyed to write and deliver a video book talk about. The resulting book talks were shown on the school’s morning TV announcements. They were also added to the Destiny catalog as reviews attached to the titles they represented and could be viewed through the catalog.
 * Video Book Talks

The video book talk lesson aims to assist students in writing a concise and persuasive review of a piece of literature they feel strongly about. The format of the video book talk and its addition to the online library catalog helps students understand that information presented in a professional and contemporary manner will be considered more seriously by others.

   

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=__ GENERAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL __= This reading log contains the evaluation of 35 titles appropriate for an elementary school library media center. The evaluations include a brief summary of the story as well as a description of possible uses with students in the library media center.
 * Reading Log

 <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Poetry is the natural beginning to literature through rhyming verse but it has so much more to offer beyond those early nursery rhymes. This wiki offers some uses for poetry in the elementary curriculum that will provide students with new insights and imagination. Click on the link below to explore the poetry wiki.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Poetry Advocate

Poetry Advocate

<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This guide is meant to be hung near the copy machine in the library media center and offers a quick reference to answer the basic questions of copyright and fair use.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">Copyright for Faculty

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<span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">This is a quick presentation meant to advocate for the library and its resources. The purpose is to entice classroom teachers to collaborate with the SLMS in using the wealth of resources in the LMC.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;">LMC Resources for Grade 3 NYS Social Studies Unit

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