The document discusses using the library to support classroom learning. It provides examples of how librarians can help teachers by finding books, articles, videos and other resources on various topics to engage students. Librarians also teach students important research skills like using dictionaries, databases, citations and bibliographies to become independent learners. The library aims to collaborate with teachers to help every student succeed.
This is an assignment for Youth Services Librarianship. The goal was to communicate a new library program or collection to the school board. I researched and implemented a new audiobook collection in the fictional Anytown High School library for this assignment.
Common Core IRL: In Real Libraries -- presentation to the American Library Association Annual Conference 2014.
Libraries can play an essential role in helping students, teachers and families find nonfiction that gradually increases in text complexity. But what does the ladder of complexity really mean? How do we evaluate reading complexity in nonfiction texts? And how do librarians engage with their communities to provide their expertise?
This is an assignment for Youth Services Librarianship. The goal was to communicate a new library program or collection to the school board. I researched and implemented a new audiobook collection in the fictional Anytown High School library for this assignment.
Common Core IRL: In Real Libraries -- presentation to the American Library Association Annual Conference 2014.
Libraries can play an essential role in helping students, teachers and families find nonfiction that gradually increases in text complexity. But what does the ladder of complexity really mean? How do we evaluate reading complexity in nonfiction texts? And how do librarians engage with their communities to provide their expertise?
March is here, the transition from winter to spring. There is a saying in English that ‘March enters like a lion, and leaves like a lamb’, meaning that it begins with winter storms and ends with warmer, more gentle spring weather.
Our colleague David Bradshaw has prepared a number of activities for the ELT classroom, including a a jigsaw dictation based on Saint Patrick’s Day and a funny multiple matching activity based on Alice in Wonderland!
Read| The latest issue of The Challenger is here! We are thrilled to announce that our school paper has qualified for the NATIONAL SCHOOLS PRESS CONFERENCE (NSPC) 2024. Thank you for your unwavering support and trust. Dive into the stories that made us stand out!
How to Make a Field invisible in Odoo 17Celine George
It is possible to hide or invisible some fields in odoo. Commonly using “invisible” attribute in the field definition to invisible the fields. This slide will show how to make a field invisible in odoo 17.
Embracing GenAI - A Strategic ImperativePeter Windle
Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies such as Generative AI, Image Generators and Large Language Models have had a dramatic impact on teaching, learning and assessment over the past 18 months. The most immediate threat AI posed was to Academic Integrity with Higher Education Institutes (HEIs) focusing their efforts on combating the use of GenAI in assessment. Guidelines were developed for staff and students, policies put in place too. Innovative educators have forged paths in the use of Generative AI for teaching, learning and assessments leading to pockets of transformation springing up across HEIs, often with little or no top-down guidance, support or direction.
This Gasta posits a strategic approach to integrating AI into HEIs to prepare staff, students and the curriculum for an evolving world and workplace. We will highlight the advantages of working with these technologies beyond the realm of teaching, learning and assessment by considering prompt engineering skills, industry impact, curriculum changes, and the need for staff upskilling. In contrast, not engaging strategically with Generative AI poses risks, including falling behind peers, missed opportunities and failing to ensure our graduates remain employable. The rapid evolution of AI technologies necessitates a proactive and strategic approach if we are to remain relevant.
June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
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The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Operation “Blue Star” is the only event in the history of Independent India where the state went into war with its own people. Even after about 40 years it is not clear if it was culmination of states anger over people of the region, a political game of power or start of dictatorial chapter in the democratic setup.
The people of Punjab felt alienated from main stream due to denial of their just demands during a long democratic struggle since independence. As it happen all over the word, it led to militant struggle with great loss of lives of military, police and civilian personnel. Killing of Indira Gandhi and massacre of innocent Sikhs in Delhi and other India cities was also associated with this movement.
The French Revolution, which began in 1789, was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France. It marked the decline of absolute monarchies, the rise of secular and democratic republics, and the eventual rise of Napoleon Bonaparte. This revolutionary period is crucial in understanding the transition from feudalism to modernity in Europe.
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1. Library and Classroom: Make the Connection Presented by Chris Markley Washington Elementary, Boyertown ASD
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5. 1st Grade Text Sets October A Cool Kid Like Me by Hans Wilhelm E WILHELM Biscuit Finds a Friend by Alyssa Satin Capucilli E CAPUCILLI Sheep Out to Eat by Nancy Shaw E SHAW Box Turtle at Long Pond by William T. George E GEORGE Christopher Columbus by Stephen Krensky E 92 COLUMBUS One, Two, Three, and More. No More by Catherine Gray E 513.2 GRAY Up, Up, Up It's Apple Picking Time by Jody Fickes Shapiro E SHAPIRO Biscuit Wins a Prize by Alyssa Satin Capucilli E CAPUCILLI The Magic Hat by Mem Fox E FOX Beaver at Long Pond by William T. and Lindsay Barrett George E GEORGE A Picture Book of Christopher Columbus by David A Adler E 92 COLUMBUS Monster Musical Chairs by Stuart Murphy E 513.2 MURPHY At Grammy's House by Eve Rice E RICE Biscuit and the Baby by Alyssa Satin Capucilli E CAPUCILLI Boo to a Goose by Mem Fox E FOX Splash! By Ann Jonas E JONAS Christopher Columbus by Lola Schaefer E 92 COLUMBUS Domino Addition by Lynette Long E 513.2 LONG Narrative Stories Alyssa Satin Capucilli Rosemary Wells Pat Cummings Rhyming Pond Habitats Early Explorers Addition/Subtraction Reading Anthology Connections Reading Science Social Studies Math
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14. Nonfiction Books Nonfiction books contain true facts. Use the Table of Contents to locate chapters . Use the Index to locate specific pages . Table of Contents Index A Polar Bears Home …….… 5 Arctic 9, 19 What Polar Bears Eat …….…. 9 ears 13 Parts of a Polar Bear………… 11 eyes 13 A Polar Bear’s Day ..……… 19 mouth 15 Use the Table of Contents or Index to answer the following questions: What Chapter would tell you about polar bear legs? ____________________________________________________ What page would you find information about ears? ______________________________________________________
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19. Please Help My class will be learning about ____________________ on _______ Can you help them: find books on the topic locate a magazine article find information in an encyclopedia find information in an almanac They also need: to begin to take notes to complete a bibliography to check out ____________________
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Editor's Notes
Welcome!!! I am so excited to be here and to share a little about what libraries can do for you. Before we get to that let me introduce my self I am Chris Markley, the librarian at Washington Elem in Boyertown ASD and I am feeling a little bit lonely tonight because often when I do workshops like this I am with Erica Johnson, 1 st grade teacher at Washington. Erica is not with me because she is presenting on guided reading tonight. What I want to do today is share what the library can do for you and your students to make your life easier. I know a lot of you are sitting here thinking how can the library help me… I don’t need books, verything I need is on the Internet, I can just Google. A little about my schedule, Washington is a K-6 school. We have 4 classes at each grade level PLUS 1 ‘bubbles’ (extra classes –an extra 3 rd grade). I have a fixed schedule and see 29 classes a week so it is not an ideal schedule for collaboration.
How am I going to do this … by showing you all the ways the library can make your life easier
Let’s start at the beginning. What can you expect to find in the library. While it will vary from school to school you will at least find Information in the library. The information will come in many forms: books, periodicals (magazines and newspapers), databases (most have a variety of these that include encyclopedias, almanacs, magazines, and so much more), and video/DVDs. The support will come from the librarian in many ways because
Librarians wear many hats because our curriculum is information with the goal of providing it to make all students and teachers successful. Providing it, teaching it, and supporting it. In the course of my day I will wear most of these hats. I am a teacher of both children and adults, I specialize in finding a variety of information, technology is something that Ihave a love/hate relationship with
Your librarian will be able to provide you with a variety of books – books to read, books to peak interest in a topic to spark students curiosity, books to teach concepts with, books to help a struggling reader succeed or a non-reader become a reader. This is probably what most people think of when they think of libraries and while it is still a large part of what we do it is not the only part.
These are just a few examples of technology that I regularly use with my elementary students. Many of them I also provide workshops for teachers on.
Will search to locate just what you need for your class- books, articles for graduate classes, video clips for lesson teasers. If we can’t find it we will point you in the direction of something or someone who can
Will be here to cheer you and your students to success
1 st , last and always librarians are teachers. Our curriculum is information. We teach children and adults. Your students will learn the parts of books, the differences between fiction and nonfiction, how to use a variety of reference books including dictionaries, thesaurus, encyclopedias, and almanacs, how to locate information in the library, in books, and in databases. How to decide which information source to use. How to decide which information is important. How to look critically at information on the Internet. How to create a bibliography. How to research. Comprehension strategies. Do those sound like things that you might teach? Think about how you retain information, do things make more sense and are you more likely to remember how to use something if you use it in context? I can teach using databases until Iam blue in the face but until students MUST use them for a classroom or life situation it will not make much sense this is why
Librarians and teachers are partners in education. We all have the same goal – to have every student be successful.
How can you collaborate when the library is your planning time. Easy. Let the librarian know what you are doing in the classroom. If you are going to be doing a research project have the students find the information during their library time. This way you will know that the students and not the parents are doing the work. Time to show collaboration examples … include nonfiction conventions.
You can’t be afraid to ask. Sometimes librarians get tired of doing all the asking. After a while of being ignored brushed off we get discouraged and stop asking teachers. If you come up with an idea bring it to us. If your not sure what you want to try but know you want a new approach ASK and chances are your librarian will do cartwheels across the library and inundate you with stuff.
Could be themes or parts of speech or literary devices
Digital kits combine a variety of media – books, video, sound, web links – in one place so teachers have everything at their finger tips
In your packets are a few examples of communication tools I use. The surveys that I put out I realize that most will not be returned and most that are returned are from the teachers you already communicate with but occasionally someone will surprise you and return something that you were not expecting. Newsletters are something I always planned to do and just started doing and I am receiving a good response, a teacher that never thinks about the library came to me unexpectedly and we are working together minimally. Whatever information you do receive run with it and try to make something happen. Even if you can’t use it right away it might prove useful later.
For the rest of the time we are going to share some collaborative projects that have worked for us. Some are small and some are full-blown involved collaboration. You saw images from them before we got started. Hopefully they might give you an idea to file away until you need it.