Library Media Teacher

Randa Bruce Library Media Teacher Shadow Valley Elementary Ogden School DistrictRolling With the Punches Randa’s Style Life Lessons I Have Learned: o Be a life- long learner o Be flexible, you never know when “Murphy” will show up. o What Doesn’t Kill You Makes You Stronger (long before Kelly Clarkston’s song!) o “It’s the little things that matter that add up in the end…” o Advanced preparation and prioritize, then you can meet “Murphy” head on! o Give the students ownership o Keep your eyes and ears open o Let it go… makes life less complicated Management o Planner placed at the checkout area. Who comes when. Who my assistants are in order of the day activities. Topic of the lesson. School events for the day. Appointments/ meetings . List new students on the day they arrived or date I learned of the arrival. Also when a student leave the school. o Each class’s work is stored on the counter in a container with folders for each table. o 10 minutes for book exchange ( this year it is after the lesson):. Destiny quest: search for book or place one on hold. Check out books with student librarians. Students bring something in to read if not checking out . Students receive a preparation grade for the month from me that many of the teachers use in the grading system (preparation/ citizenship…) o 20 minute lesson o Reinforce our school rules: Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe, Be Ready o Be FLEXIBLE o Be CONSISTENT  August 20: Train the first Shadow Valley Eagles Network (SVEN) Crew and prepare the PowerPoint format for the SVEN News broadcast August 21- September 7  Meetings  Assist teachers prepare: laminating, gathering library material etc. as well as set up the Library Media Center (LMC) Finalize LMC and PLC schedules  Make sure Renaissance Place is up and running Create current years LMC assistants application forms SVES Student Library Media Assistant Application 2012- 2013 Last Name ______First Name ______Grade ______Teacher ______1. I wish to help in the library because: ______. 2. Library experiences/ skills: ______. 3. Preferred library tasks: rank in order of preference, 1 being your top choice: a. _____ assist during my class’ LMC time b. _____ assist with kindergarten: ___ Tuesday 9:50-10:00 ____ 10:20-10:30 ___ Wednesday 10:20-10:30 ___ Thursday 10:20-10:30 ____ 1:50-2:00 ___ Friday 10:20-10:30 c. _____ assist with 1st grade: ____ Tuesday 2:50-3:00 ____ 3:20-3:30 ___ Wednesday 10:20-10:30 ___ Thursday 10:20-10:30 ___ Friday 10:20-10:30 d. ____ assist 2nd grade: ____ Tuesday 10:50-11:00 ____ 11:20-11:30 ____ 12:50-1:00 ____ Wednesday 12:50-1:00 ____ Thursday 12:50-1:00 ____ Friday 12:50-1:00 e. ____ Shelving books during recesses; check which day(s) of the week ____ Monday ____ Tuesday ____Wednesday ____ Thursday ____ Friday f. ____ Helping before school; check which day(s) of the week ____ Monday ____ Tuesday ____Wednesday ____ Thursday ____ Friday g. ____ Helping after school; check which day(s) of the week h. ____ Monday ____ Tuesday ____Wednesday ____ Thursday ____ Friday ______Student’s signature date ______Parent‘s signature date ______Teacher’s signature date  August 20: Train the first Shadow Valley Eagles Network (SVEN) Crew and prepare the PowerPoint format for the SVEN News broadcast August 21- September 7 o Meetings o Assist teachers prepare: laminating, gathering library material etc. as well as set up the Library Media Center (LMC) o Finalize LMC and PLC schedules o Make sure Renaissance Place is up and running o Create current years LMC assistants application forms o Become reacquainted with Destiny and Destiny Quest o Lesson planning- mapping out the year English Language Arts Crosswalk  Common Core Standards aligned to the AASL Standards o http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/commoncorecrosswalk/ccelafirst  September 10-October 31 . Beginning a new school year. Library Expectations . Locating, choosing , Destiny Quest, and care of books. Library Media Assistant job application. Checking out/in a book . Shelve books. Various tasks. Library assistants: check books in and out . Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd classes: 4th-6th assistants who applied for the job3rd grade: class’ student of the week, teacher helper for the week…4th, 5th, and 6th classes: assistants who applied for the job. Library assistants sort and shelve books before and after school, or during recesses. . Library assistants during their recesses help with various tasks I may need help with: stamping new books, collating and stapling packets, sharpening pencils, opening and closing the library for the day.…. Media Literacy. “ Everyone’s” Purpose (PIE: Persuade, Inform, Entertain). 3 Rs. Review. Reflect. React. Genre (See Joe Bright and the Seven Genre Dudes in Works Cited list). Information Literacy . Pioneer Online Library Scavenger Hunt. When I teach how to create a bibliography for the first time each year I hand out graph paper for them to practice writing and spacing correctly. . http://www.schools.utah.gov/CURR/library/Core-Curriculum/K-6-Core- Curriculum/Bibliographic.aspx . Holiday stories (see Works Cited pages). Book Fair. Run by the PTA. I am able to choose books for the library with a major portion of the profits.. I pull titles and then have the upper grades identify the genre, evaluate them and then make suggestions as which books should be added to our collection.. With the younger grades I read some books from the fair.  November 1 – January 11. Storytelling (Also see works cited pages). recalling / retelling a story. character traits. Summarizing. Storyboarding. sequencing. critiquing. Collaborating. climax/ turning point. point of view. genre of their story. Big6. Modeling storytelling Poise  Vocal Clarity Voice Expression Eye Contact Body Language Gestures Familiarity with the story Uniqueness Satisfying Ending Audience Appeal January 14 – March 15. Books: care of, parts of… . Weber Reads (see works cited pages). Modified KWL chart. Emily, Michael Bedard Visited Google Earth: get a feeling/ understand the setting Illustrator’s purpose  studied pictures to learn more about Emily than the author wrote Read a historical fiction note taking facts vs. opinion inferences, drawing conclusions, predicting Compare/ contrast life in the 1800 vs. now Vocabulary building- context clues Analyzed 1 poem  Mapping skills grades 4-6 Viewed map of the community in 1873 Locate Dickinson Family property Located Amherst College Google Earth : o Located The Homestead, her home now a museum o Located The Evergreens, her brother’s home o Located the house across the street, the little girl’s home in the story, Emily by Michael Bedard o Explored the community of Amherst, MA o Latitude/ longitude. My Uncle Emily, Jane Yolan Emily Dickinson’s Family Tree:  graph/ charts identifying characters in the book Read a historical fiction:  note taking facts vs. opinion inferences, drawing conclusions Compare/ contrast life in the 1800 vs. now Vocabulary building- context clues Analyzed 2 poems reading graphs/ charts creating a graph/ chart: grades k-2 make their family tree o Substitutes . Almanac Jeopardy Table of Contents Index Key words in bold print Listening for key words in the questions to look up in the index Finding information on the correct page  Reading charts, graphs, maps, nonfiction text Summarizing Predicting, inference, conclusions. Library gamesMarch 18 – May 10 eBooks: Follettshelf: New this year; train 2-3 students in each class, 3-6 grades, then they will assist in their class, article in newsletter. Review For End of Level test: get suggested topics to review from teachers Review Games Students’ evaluation of the year : favorite lessons, wish listsMay 13-24 Gather all books Pack up for the summer Shut all electronics down Yes, I have survived another year And so can you!!!Works citedAshman, Linda, and David Small. The Essential Worldwide Monster Guide. New York: Simon & Schuster for Young Readers, 2003. Print. Aylesworth, Jim, and Barbara McClintock. Goldilocks and the Three Bears. New York: Scholastic, 2003. Print. Bedard, Michael, and Barbara Cooney. Emily. New York, NY: Dell Dragonfly, 2002. Print. Berg, Brook, and Nathan Alberg. When Marion Copied: Learning about Plagiarism. Fort Atkinson, WI: Upstart, 2006. Print. Berg, Brook, Nathan Alberg, and Brook Berg. What Happened to Marion's Book? Fort Atkinson, WI: Upstart, 2003. Print. Boynton, Sandra, and Michael Ford. Dog Train: Deluxe Illustrated Lyrics Book of the Unpredictable Rock- and-roll Journey. New York: Workman Pub., 2005. Print. Brett, Jan. Gingerbread Baby. [New York]: Scholastic, 1999. Print. Buzzeo, Toni, and Sachiko Yoshikawa. The Great Dewey Hunt. Janesville, WI: Upstart, 2009. Print. Casale, Karen, and Cecilia Rebora. Never Let a Ghost Borrow Your Library Book: Book Care Guidelines from the Library Secret Service. Madison, WI: Upstart, 2012. Print. Catalano, Dominic. Santa and the Three Bears. New York: Scholastic, 2000. Print. Cowell, Cressida. Little Bo Peep's Library Book. New York: Orchard, 1999. Print. Crews, Nina. The Neighborhood Mother Goose. New York: Greenwillow, 2004. Print. Deedy, Carmen Agra., and Michael P. White. The Library Dragon. Atlanta: Peachtree, 1994. Print. Dickens, Charles, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Mark Twain, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, and Arthur Conan Doyle. 5 Easy-to Read plays Based on Classic Stories. New York: Scholastic Professional, 1999. Print. Dickinson, Emily, Frances S. Bolin, and Chi Chung. Poetry for Young People. New York: Sterling Pub., 1994. Print. "Digital Amherst." Omeka RSS. N.p., n.d. Web. http://www.digitalamherst.org/items/show/32 01 Mar. 2013. Emily Dickinson Museum. N.p., n.d. Web. http://www.emilydickinsonmuseum.org 01 Mar. 2013. Enderle, Dotti, and Colleen M. Madden. The Library Gingerbread Man. Janesville, WI: Upstart, 2010. Print. "English Language Arts Crosswalk - Grade 1." American Library Association. N.p., n.d. Web. http://www.ala.org/aasl/guidelinesandstandards/commoncorecrosswalk/ccelafirst 01 Mar. 2013. Ford, Michael, and Sandra Boynton. Rhinoceros Tap / Book & CD. New York: Workman Pub., 2004. Print. Fox, Kathleen, and John Wallace. A Book Is Just like You!: All about the Parts of a Book. Madison, WI: Upstart, 2012. Print. Fox, Kathleen, and Lisa Downey. The Pirates of Plagiarism. Janesville, Wisc.: Upstart, 2010. Print. Fox, Kathleen. Plagiarism! Plagiarism!: 25 Fun Games and Activities to Teach Documenting and Sourcing Skills to Students. Janesville, WI: Upstart, 2010. Print. Fredericks, Anthony D. Mother Goose Readers Theatre for Beginning Readers. Westport, CT: Teacher Ideas, 2007. Print. Gosling, Gabby, and Timothy Banks. The Top Secret Files of Mother Goose! [Milwaukee, WI]: Gareth Stevens Pub., 2004. Print. Hopkins, Jackie, and John Manders. Goldie Socks and the Three Libearians. Fort Atkinson, WI: Upstart, 2007. Print. Hopkins, Jackie, and Rebecca McKillip. Thornburgh. The Shelf Elf. Fort Atkinson, WI: Upstart, 2004. Print. Hopkins, Jackie Mims., and John Manders. Joe Bright and the Seven Genre Dudes. Janesville, WI: Upstart,2010. Print. Kimmel, Eric A., and Megan Lloyd. The Gingerbread Man. New York: Holiday House, 1993. Print. Lach, William. Can You Hear It? New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2006. Print. Lassieur, Allison. The Underground Railroad: An Interactive History Adventure. Mankato, MN: Capstone, 2008. Print. Lester, Julius, Jerry Pinkney, and Helen Bannerman. Sam and the Tigers. New York: Dial for Young Readers, 1996. Print. McCully, Emily Arnold. An Outlaw Thanksgiving. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Print. Miller, Pat, and Nadine Bernard. Westcott. We're Going on a Book Hunt. Fort Atkinson, WI: Upstart, 2008. Print. Moore, Clement Clarke, and Mary Engelbreit. The Night before Christmas. New York: Scholastic, 2002. Print. Perry, Andrea, and Roberta Angaramo. The Bicklebys' Birdbath. New York: Atheneum for Young Readers, 2010. Print. Pilkey, Dav. 'Twas the Night before Thanksgiving. New York: Orchard, 1990. Print. "Pioneer Online Library." Pioneer- Online Library. N.p., n.d. Web. http://www.uen.org/trial/scavenger.html 01 Mar. 2013. Rosen, Michael, and Helen Oxenbury. We're Going on a Bear Hunt. New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 1989. Print. Rumford, James. Beowulf: A Hero's Tale Retold. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Print. Sierra, Judy, and Jack E. Davis. Monster Goose. San Diego: Harcourt, 2001. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How a Library Works. Mankato, MN: Child's World, 2012. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How an E-book Works. Mankato, MN: Childs World, 2013. Print. McCully, Emily Arnold. An Outlaw Thanksgiving. New York: Scholastic, 1999. Print. Miller, Pat, and Nadine Bernard. Westcott. We're Going on a Book Hunt. Fort Atkinson, WI: Upstart, 2008. Print. Moore, Clement Clarke, and Mary Engelbreit. The Night before Christmas. New York: Scholastic, 2002. Print. Perry, Andrea, and Roberta Angaramo. The Bicklebys' Birdbath. New York: Atheneum for Young Readers, 2010. Print. Pilkey, Dav. 'Twas the Night before Thanksgiving. New York: Orchard, 1990. Print. Rosen, Michael, and Helen Oxenbury. We're Going on a Bear Hunt. New York: Margaret K. McElderry, 1989. Print. Rumford, James. Beowulf: A Hero's Tale Retold. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 2007. Print. Sierra, Judy, and Jack E. Davis. Monster Goose. San Diego: Harcourt, 2001. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How a Library Works. Mankato, MN: Child's World, 2012. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How an E-book Works. Mankato, MN: Childs World, 2013. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How to Check out a Book. Mankato, MN: Childs World, 2013. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How to Find a Book. Mankato, MN: Child's World, 2013. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How to Find Information Online / by Amanda StJohn ; Illustrated by Bob Ostrom. Mankato, MN: Child's World, 2012. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How to Treat a Book. Mankato, MN: Child's World, 2013. Print. Thomas, Garen Eileen., and Guy Francis. Santa's Kwanzaa. New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion for Children, 2004. Print. Yolen, Jane, and Nancy Carpenter. My Uncle Emily. New York: Philomel, 2009. Print.StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How to Check out a Book. Mankato, MN: Childs World, 2013. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How to Find a Book. Mankato, MN: Child's World, 2013. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How to Find Information Online / by Amanda StJohn ; Illustrated by Bob Ostrom. Mankato, MN: Child's World, 2012. Print. StJohn, Amanda, and Bob Ostrom. How to Treat a Book. Mankato, MN: Child's World, 2013. Print. Thomas, Garen Eileen., and Guy Francis. Santa's Kwanzaa. New York: Jump at the Sun/Hyperion for Children, 2004. Print. "Upstart Promotions : Homepage." Upstart Promotions : Homepage. N.p., n.d. Web. http://upstartpromotions.com 01 Mar. 2013. "Weber Reads Emily Dickinson." Weber Reads Emily Dickinson. N.p., n.d. Web. http://community.weber.edu/weberreads/weber_reads_emily_dickinson.html 01 Mar. 2013. "Welcome to Ogden School District." Welcome to Ogden School District. N.p., n.d. Web. http://destiny.ogdensd.org/ 01 Mar. 2013. Yolen, Jane, and Nancy Carpenter. My Uncle Emily. New York: Philomel, 2009. Print.

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