It's hard to believe that we're wearing shorts and flip flops in this warm weather!
With Easter coming this weekend, surely warmer temps can't be far away!
This week I am in the West Hancock district on Monday only. I will be at the MS in Kanawha.
Next week I will meet with K-Geelan and 2-Glawe on Tuesday and 3-Bruns on Thursday.
What is School Library Month?
School Library Month (SLM) is the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) celebration of school librarians and their programs. The 2010 theme will be "Communities Thrive @ your library."
This year, AASL observes the 25th Anniversary of School Library Month (SLM).
SLM 2010 Spokesperson
“School libraries are the foundation of our culture, not luxuries.” Award-winning author Laurie Halse Anderson is the official spokesperson for the American Association of School Librarians' (AASL) School Library Month (SLM) 2010 celebration.
Laurie's first novel, "Speak," was a National Book Award Finalist, a Michael L. Printz Honor book, a New York Times bestseller and an American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults. In 2009, Laurie received the Margaret A. Edwards Award for Lifetime Achievement for her body of work for young adults. In 2008, she also received the prestigious ALAN Award, which honors those who have made outstanding contributions to the field of adolescent literature. Laurie's most recent novel, "Wintergirls," was released in March 2009. "Wintergirls" has received five-star reviews and debuted on the New York Times bestseller list.
Though Laurie is best known for her Young Adult novels, she also writes picture books and chapter books for elementary age children. Laurie says her chapter book series “Vet Volunteers” brings her the best fan mail from kids with pictures and drawings of their pets. Laurie started her career as a picture book writer. Librarians, teachers and parents love her fun, fact-filled picture books about American History. Her next project is a picture book about her hero, Abigail Adams. American history has been a life-long passion for Laurie, which her writing has been recognized for and is also reflected in several of her Young Adult novels.
For more information about the life and work of Laurie Halse Anderson visit http://www.writerlady.com/.
READ FOR LIFE!
Mrs. Reiter
K-12 Teacher-Librarian
Monday, March 29, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
It's Spring! It's Spring!
The weather is great! Almost all the snow is gone! YEAH!
This week I'm at WH on Tuesday and Thursday.
On Tuesday, I meet with the 1st and 4th grades. The 1st graders listened to "In the Garden: Who's Been Here?" by Lindsay Barrett George. After the story we worked on sequencing by naming the visitors to the garden. The 4th graders watched a video called "Using the Internet". We discussed the difference between search engines, subscription databases, and subject directories as well as plagiarism, Boolean logic, URL's, and hyperlinks.
On Thursday, K-Jass will discuss the difference between fiction and nonfiction by comparing a real and fake mouse before listening to the story, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff. Then 2-Tangeman will explore the 398.2 area [fairy tales and fables] of the Dewey Decimal System by listening to "The Giant and the Beanstalk" by Diane Stanley. [not just your usual Jack, Giant and beanstalk story]
Google, Alta Vista, and Teoma are examples of SEARCH ENGINES. Search engines use computer robots or spiders to match Web documents to the words and phrases you enter in their search boxes. Search engines vary in the way they sort results and in the way you are expected to use the search box.
SUBJECT DIRECTORIES are catalogs of Web sites collected, organized and maintained by people. Information is organized into large categories and smaller subcategories and is usually searchable through a search box. Yahoogians and KidsClicks are examples of subject directories.
Schools and libraries purchase Web-based services, or SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES, that offer premium content inaccessible by standard search engines. The services often provide full-text magazines, newspapers, broadcast transcripts and reference content. West Hancock is a member of the list of schools that purchased the Iowa Online databases provided by AEA 267. A password is usually needed to access a subscription database.
Sit outside and read a book!
Mrs. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
This week I'm at WH on Tuesday and Thursday.
On Tuesday, I meet with the 1st and 4th grades. The 1st graders listened to "In the Garden: Who's Been Here?" by Lindsay Barrett George. After the story we worked on sequencing by naming the visitors to the garden. The 4th graders watched a video called "Using the Internet". We discussed the difference between search engines, subscription databases, and subject directories as well as plagiarism, Boolean logic, URL's, and hyperlinks.
On Thursday, K-Jass will discuss the difference between fiction and nonfiction by comparing a real and fake mouse before listening to the story, "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" by Laura Numeroff. Then 2-Tangeman will explore the 398.2 area [fairy tales and fables] of the Dewey Decimal System by listening to "The Giant and the Beanstalk" by Diane Stanley. [not just your usual Jack, Giant and beanstalk story]
Google, Alta Vista, and Teoma are examples of SEARCH ENGINES. Search engines use computer robots or spiders to match Web documents to the words and phrases you enter in their search boxes. Search engines vary in the way they sort results and in the way you are expected to use the search box.
SUBJECT DIRECTORIES are catalogs of Web sites collected, organized and maintained by people. Information is organized into large categories and smaller subcategories and is usually searchable through a search box. Yahoogians and KidsClicks are examples of subject directories.
Schools and libraries purchase Web-based services, or SUBSCRIPTION DATABASES, that offer premium content inaccessible by standard search engines. The services often provide full-text magazines, newspapers, broadcast transcripts and reference content. West Hancock is a member of the list of schools that purchased the Iowa Online databases provided by AEA 267. A password is usually needed to access a subscription database.
Sit outside and read a book!
Mrs. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
Monday, March 15, 2010
Beware the Ides of March!
Today is March 15th. The Ides of March is the name used for March 15th on the Roman calendar. The term IDES was used for the 15th day of the months of March, May, July, and October and the 13th day of the other months. The Ides of March was a festive day dedicated to the Roman god Mars and a military parade was usually held.
In modern times, the phrase, IDES OF MARCH is best known as the date Julius Caesar was killed in 44 B.C. by Roman senators led by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus and 60 other co-conspirators. This scene is famously dramatized in William Shakespeares's play Julius Caesar.
This week I am in the WH district on Monday and Friday. On Monday, 1st and 4th graders have media skills class. Did you remember to bring your book back? On Friday I go to WHMS in Kanawha.
Next week I will be in the district on Tuesday and Thurday, March 23rd & 25th. I will meet with the 1st and 4th graders on Tuesday, and K-Jass and 2-Tangeman on Thursday.
There are a number of students that need to return [very] overdue books. Please ask your child if they have a book that needs returned. Please contact any of the 3 library media centers if you have any questions.
RIDDLE: What did the spider do inside the library computer?
ANSWER: He made a web page!
Until next time - keep on reading!
Mrs. Reiter
In modern times, the phrase, IDES OF MARCH is best known as the date Julius Caesar was killed in 44 B.C. by Roman senators led by Marcus Junius Brutus, Gaius Cassius Longinus and 60 other co-conspirators. This scene is famously dramatized in William Shakespeares's play Julius Caesar.
This week I am in the WH district on Monday and Friday. On Monday, 1st and 4th graders have media skills class. Did you remember to bring your book back? On Friday I go to WHMS in Kanawha.
Next week I will be in the district on Tuesday and Thurday, March 23rd & 25th. I will meet with the 1st and 4th graders on Tuesday, and K-Jass and 2-Tangeman on Thursday.
There are a number of students that need to return [very] overdue books. Please ask your child if they have a book that needs returned. Please contact any of the 3 library media centers if you have any questions.
RIDDLE: What did the spider do inside the library computer?
ANSWER: He made a web page!
Until next time - keep on reading!
Mrs. Reiter
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
I'm a bibliophile!
Don't worry! A lover of books is usually referred to as a bibliophile, bibliophilist, or a philobiblist, or, more informally, a bookworm.
This week I am in the WH district Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Tuesday I will meet with K-Jass and 2-Tangeman. On Wednesday I will meet with K-Geelan and 2-Glawe. To continue our celebration of Dr. Seuss, I will be reading Hooray, for Diffendoofer Day! to the Kindergartners. The 2nd graders will "Find Four in the Media Center" by reviewing how to locate books in the LMC. On Thursday I will be in Kanawha at the MS.
Next week I will be at WH on Monday and Friday. On Monday I will have classes with 1st and 4th grades. On Friday I will be at WHMS.
One of the favorite format of books popular among K-12 students is the graphic novel. A graphic novel is like a comic book, a book in which the story is not told, but illustrated. The term "graphic novel" dates back to as early as 1976, but has become very popular in the 2000's. Many of the book characters were based on anime characters from cartoons or comic book heroes. Early graphic novels, "manga" were printed in Japan and were read from back to front. Now graphic novels are printed world-wide and widely accepted by libraries. One recent popular graphic novel is the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. For more info on the graphic novel check out www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel.
Until next time, keep reading!
Mrs. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
This week I am in the WH district Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. On Tuesday I will meet with K-Jass and 2-Tangeman. On Wednesday I will meet with K-Geelan and 2-Glawe. To continue our celebration of Dr. Seuss, I will be reading Hooray, for Diffendoofer Day! to the Kindergartners. The 2nd graders will "Find Four in the Media Center" by reviewing how to locate books in the LMC. On Thursday I will be in Kanawha at the MS.
Next week I will be at WH on Monday and Friday. On Monday I will have classes with 1st and 4th grades. On Friday I will be at WHMS.
One of the favorite format of books popular among K-12 students is the graphic novel. A graphic novel is like a comic book, a book in which the story is not told, but illustrated. The term "graphic novel" dates back to as early as 1976, but has become very popular in the 2000's. Many of the book characters were based on anime characters from cartoons or comic book heroes. Early graphic novels, "manga" were printed in Japan and were read from back to front. Now graphic novels are printed world-wide and widely accepted by libraries. One recent popular graphic novel is the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series by Jeff Kinney. For more info on the graphic novel check out www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphic_novel.
Until next time, keep reading!
Mrs. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
Monday, March 1, 2010
In like a lion or a lamb?
You know what they say about March weather! It's either comes in rough and fierce like a lion or nice and warm like a lamb. Today, I'm thinking it's in like a lamb. That means bad weather is still ahead for us!
This week I am in the West Hancock district on Monday and Wednesday. On Monday, March 1st, I will be meeting with Mrs. Geelan's Kindergarten class and Mrs. Glawe's 2nd grade class. In honor of Dr. Seuss Day tomorrow we will be watching some stories written by Dr. Seuss via DVD: The Sneetches, Green Eggs and Ham, and The Cat in the Hat. On Wednesday, Mrs. Zuehl's class will be using the internet to look up information about sharks.
Next week, I will meet with K-Jass and 2-Tangeman on Tuesday, K-Geelan and 2-Glawe on Wednesday, and travel to WHMS on Thursday. DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR BOOKS BACK!
March 2nd has traditionally been celebrated as Dr. Seuss Day in America to honor the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel [1904-1991]. Dr. Geisel, his pen name "Dr. Seuss", was an American author-illustrator of 48 books. It is also the day of the annual Read Across America Day. So grab a cat with a hat and a book and READ! To really get in the mood wear black, red, and white! Did you know that the story, Green Eggs and Ham is 50 years old this year!
Until next time...
Mrs. Reiter, K-12 Teacher Librarian
This week I am in the West Hancock district on Monday and Wednesday. On Monday, March 1st, I will be meeting with Mrs. Geelan's Kindergarten class and Mrs. Glawe's 2nd grade class. In honor of Dr. Seuss Day tomorrow we will be watching some stories written by Dr. Seuss via DVD: The Sneetches, Green Eggs and Ham, and The Cat in the Hat. On Wednesday, Mrs. Zuehl's class will be using the internet to look up information about sharks.
Next week, I will meet with K-Jass and 2-Tangeman on Tuesday, K-Geelan and 2-Glawe on Wednesday, and travel to WHMS on Thursday. DON'T FORGET TO BRING YOUR BOOKS BACK!
March 2nd has traditionally been celebrated as Dr. Seuss Day in America to honor the birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel [1904-1991]. Dr. Geisel, his pen name "Dr. Seuss", was an American author-illustrator of 48 books. It is also the day of the annual Read Across America Day. So grab a cat with a hat and a book and READ! To really get in the mood wear black, red, and white! Did you know that the story, Green Eggs and Ham is 50 years old this year!
Until next time...
Mrs. Reiter, K-12 Teacher Librarian
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