I love this idea and enjoy seeing her students come to library class with their Reader's Notebook. They use this resource to keep track of their book choices. I have decided to take on this challenge as well. I've begun tracking my 40 books using my LibraryThing account.
Mrs. Werner has challenged her third grade students to select and read 40 books this school year. She was inspired after reading Donalyn Miller's book "The Book Whisperer." I love this idea and enjoy seeing her students come to library class with their Reader's Notebook. They use this resource to keep track of their book choices. I have decided to take on this challenge as well. I've begun tracking my 40 books using my LibraryThing account.
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Visit the Olympics 2014 page on this website for all sorts of links, videos and activities about the Winter Olympics. The Olympics are a great opportunity for integrating the real-world into the classroom: the health and fitness of the athletes, the science of increasing speed on the ice, the geography of Russia, the history of the Olympic games; not to mention all the great literature available on the Olympics and the athletes.
In the library, we will have displays about the Olympics and we'll be keeping track of the Olympic Medal count! We can't wait for the games to begin!! The internet is a blessing and a curse. Since it is readily available all the time, I can find great ideas to share with teachers and for my own use in the library, BUT I can also loose hours of my day trolling this vast and wonderful resource for information. It is easy to follow an idea and link to another and still another!
My 2014 priority is to start my web browsing with an idea in mind, in order to keep my focus. I will concentrate on finding the resources that I am interested in and in the process free up some of my time for other activities that I enjoy. How will I accomplish this? - focus on my top twitter feeds; there are several folks I follow closely on twitter, as they are full of great ideas and recommendations for grade school. - use Pinterest for activity ideas after selecting a topic, book or author. If you haven't used Pinterest before, you have no idea how much time you can lose when browsing the unlimited ideas for work, home, travel, etc, etc, - shut it off after a predetermined time! I love my technology, but sometimes you just need to turn it off (or at least turn off the ringer). |
Mrs. GallitzMy name is Mrs. Gallitz and I am the librarian at Parkway Elementary School. I received my teaching certification and library media certification from Cardinal Stritch University. I also hold a Masters of Library and Information Science from UW-Milwaukee. Previously, I was a project manager and computer programmer. Archives
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