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Add these to your summer reading list.(notebook)(Recommended readings)

Jun 01, 2008; Rosenfeld, Esther ... As teacher-librarians we are fond of summer reading lists. We prepare them assiduously, and we package them as attractively as we can so they entice and motivate our students to read, read, read, during their summer break. In that tradition, I want to offer you, dear readers, some ...

Everyone wins: differentiation in the school library.

Jun 01, 2008; Koechlin, Carol ... DURING THE COURSE OF AN AVERAGE DAY, TEACHER-LIBRARIANS TOUCH THE LIVES OF HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE IN THEIR SCHOOL COMMUNITIES: STUDENTS, TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND PARENTS. YET, THEY RARELY STOP TO THINK ABOUT THIS OR TAKE THE TIME TO ADD UP THE EFFECT OF THEIR WORK BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT ...

Siblings and secrets.(BOOKMARKIT: JUNIOR FICTION)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Winslow, Betty ... Catch that pass! Matt Christopher. Norwood House Press, 2007. $4.99.978-1-59953-105-2. Grades 4-6. Jim Nardi has speed, strength, great hands, and a paralyzing fear of being tackled. His teammates and coach (who's also his older brother) need him to get over it. Can he do it? ...

Boys past and present.(BOOKMARKIT: YA FICTION)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Odean, Kathleen ... The absolutely true diary of a part-time Indian. Sherman Alexie. Ill. Ellen Forney. Little, Brown, 2007. $16.99.97S-0-316-01368-0. Grades 7-10, When small, smart 14-year-old Arnold Spirit transfers from the reservation school to a better one in town, his best friend rejects him. School ...

Quick check for information tasks differentiation strategies.

Jun 01, 2008 ... <Pre> QUICK CHECK FOR INFORMATION TASKS DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES Differentiation, in the view of Tomlinson and McTighe (Integrating Differentiation and Understanding by Design. ASCD, 2006), requires us as teachers to set the bar of achievement for all learners but provide many paths ...

Change from the radical center of education.

Jun 01, 2008; Johnson, Doug ... WHILE THE RADICAL CENTER POLITICAL MOVEMENT HAS BEEN AROUND FOR 30 YEARS, I SUGGEST LEADERS IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY AND SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA PROGRAMS ADOPT A SIMILAR VIEW ON HOT-BUTTON TOPICS. WHILE POLARIZED VIEWS OF READING METHODOLOGIES, FILTERING, DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT (DRM), ...

Twins.(BOOKMARKIT: ADULT BOOKS FOR OLDER TEENS)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Bilz, Rachelle Lasky ... Blood lies. Daniet Kalla. Forge, 2007. $24.95 978-0-7653-1832-9. Grades 9-12 When Dr, Ben Dafoe's former fiancee is murdered blood at the scene matches his DNA. Me is innocent and his identical twin Aaron, has Deer dead for two years, so what's going on? The action never wanes n this well ...

Chickens, chickens, chickens.(BOOKMARKIT: PICTURE BOOKS)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Peters, John ... Big chickens. Leslie Hetakoski. Ill. Henry Cote Dutton, 2006. $15.99. 978-0-525-47575-0. Grades 1-3 A quartet of timorous chickens learns to be brave. Chickens to the rescue. Jon Himmelman, Henry Holt, 2006. $16.95. 978-0-8050-7951-7. Grades 1-3. Whether it's Farmer Greenstalk ...

Can't-miss-osaurs!(BOOKMARKIT: JUNIOR NONFICTION)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Howard, Sara Catherine ... Amazing dinosaur facts (I Love Reading: Dine World!). Leonie Bennett. Bearport Publishers, 2007. $19.96. 978-1-59716-546-4. Grades K-3. Controlled vocabulary and sentence structure, as well as simple format, makes this series suitable for the emergent reader. Bambiraptor and ...

Loving yuu.(BOOKMARKIT: GRAPHIC NOVELS)(Pastel, vol. 1)(Young adult review)(Brief article)(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Sanders, Joe Sutliff ... Pastel, volume one (978-0-7432-6982-7) through volume ten (978-0-345-49878-6), Toshihiko Kobayashi. Del Rey Manga. 2005-present, $10.95. Grades 7 and up. Pastelis a twelve-volume series that follows Mugi, a hard-working teenage boy unable to follow his heart. While his famous father ...

Diary of a blog: listening to kids in an elementary sohool library.

Jun 01, 2008; Cowan, Janie ... "IT MAY SEEM STRANGE TO IMAGINE THE BLOGGING COMMUNITY AS A FORCE THAT WILL SHAPE THE INFORMATION ENVIRONMENT ... (JENKINS 2006, P. 181). It all began with a circulation desk comment. A fourth-grade boy looked across the desk at me while checking out Mary Shelley's Frankenstein ...

Elementary.(BOOKMARKIT: AUDIOBOOKS)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Audiobook review)(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Hannegan, Lizette ... Key: C=cd, c-cassette, p=paperback, h=hardcover Jazz. Walter Dean Myers. III. Christopher Myers. Read by James "D-Train" Williams and Vaneese Thomas. Live Oak Media, 2007. $28.95. hC: 978-1-4301-0022-5. Grades 5-12. Original music created expressly for this production, narrators ...

Position yourself at the center: coteaching reading comprehension strategies.

Jun 01, 2008; Moreillen, Judi ... THE LITERACY TEAM: ARE YOU AT ITS CENTER? Teacher-librarians have long been responsible for promoting reading in schools. We carefully collect exciting print and electronic resources to support the curricula taught in our buildings. We give booktalks, invite guest authors and ...

Math FACTMASTER Online.(BOOKMARKIT: BEST NEW SOFTWARE)(Product/service evaluation)(Brief article)

Jun 01, 2008; Troutner, Joanne ... Math FACTMASTER Online Curriculum Associates (www.cainc.com). Grade 1-6 As educators continue to look at drill and skill programs designed to help students gain automacity with math facts, this option is well worth a good look. Math FACTMASTER online provides engaging drill and ...

ProD web sites you may have missed.(web wonders)(Website list)

Jun 01, 2008; Troutner, Joanne ... Another school year is winding down! The time seems to pass so quickly. Teacher-librarians are so busy handling the myriad requests from teachers, students, and parents, plus all the other demands on our time we can rarely focus on our own professional development. Think about using this ...

Spinning through life.(BOOKMARKIT: JUNIOR FICTION)(Brief article)(Children's review)(Book review)

Jun 01, 2008; Winslow, Betty ... Dirt bike racer. Matt Christopher Norwood House Press, 2007. $4.99. 978-1-59953-113-7. Grades 4-6. Ron finds a dirt bike at the bottom of the lake. To pay for the needed repairs, Ron takes a job doing yard work for a wealthy blind man, who turns out to be a former dirt bike racer. ...

TL goes to the ALA annual!(TL EXTRA)(Teacher Librarian, American Library Association)(Calendar)

Jun 01, 2008 ... Teacher-librarians, you should find lots to do in the Southern California sun during the American Library Association Annual Conference, June 26-July 2, 2008. However, we do have to work while we're there: Committee, Council, and other business meetings take place June 28-July ...

Bestsellers.(Table)

Jun 01, 2008; Burton, Corinne O. ... <Pre> Grade Last Level Issue FICTION: 1. Breaking dawn (Twilight, Book 4). Stephenie Meyer. Little, Brown. 978-0-316-06792-8. J/S 2 ...

Information literacy: 20 years later.(what works)

Jun 01, 2008; Loertscher, David ... The first information literacy model to be published in the United States was one done by Barbara Stripling and Judy Pitts in their book, Brainstorms and Blueprints, published by Libraries Unlimited in 1988, exactly 20 years ago. This book was followed soon by the publication of the Big ...

Dealing with death: books to help young people cope with grief.(TL EXTRA)(Recommended readings)

Jun 01, 2008; Broadway, Marsha D. ... ALTHOUGH DEATH IS UNIVERSAL, GRIEF IS UNIQUE TO EACH INDIVIDUAL, GRIEF IS A NATURAL REACTION TO LOSS, AND AS CHILDREN PASS THROUGH DEVELOPMENTAL STAGES, THE GRIEVING PROCESS IS ONGOING, THERE IS NO CORRECT WAY TO GRIEVE AND NO TIMETABLE FOR MOURNING, FROM THE DEATH OF A PET TO A DRIVE-BY ...