What do these all have in common? They're the growing group of books that belong in a series. While many of these books can stand alone, they have become so popular that authors have included the characters in sequential books. Some of the series include 50 or more book titles; some as few as 3 titles. Of course who can forget the authors we grew up with - Marguerite Henry, Beverly Cleary, Donald Sobol, Louisa May Alcott, Walter Farley, or C.S. Lewis? I remember reading every "Bobbsey Twins" book my elementary teacher had. I also enjoyed the "Timber Trail Riders" series and own some original copies!
Some popular series titles are as follows....
Inkheart Trilogy by Cornelia Funke
Berenstain Bears by Stan and Jan Berenstain
Princess Diaries by Meg Cabot
Diary of a Wimpy Series by Jeff Kinney
The Missing by Margaret Peterson Haddix
Junie B. Jones Series by Barbara Park
The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling
The Magic Tree House Series by Mary Pope Osborne
Twilight Saga by Stephenie Mayer
Arthur Chapter by Marc Brown
There are so many more! Check with your school or public library for more ideas!
This week I will be in the WH school district on Monday, April 26th, only. I will meet with 3-Bruns. We will watch a film, "The Diary of a Spider." Using the information gleaned from the film we will make a list of spider facts.
Next week I will meet with 3-Bruns on Tuesday and K-Geelan and 2-Glawe on Thursday.
JUST READ IT!
Mrs. T. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
Monday, April 26, 2010
Tuesday, April 20, 2010
The 21st Century is NOW!
First off, a big THANK YOU to Mrs. Olson in the PK-4 library media center who gifted the elementary students with a pencil and bookmark in honor of National Library Week.
This week I am in the WH school district on Tuesday only.
I will meet with K-Geelan and read "Really Rabbits" by Virginia Knoll and illustrated by Philomina O'Neill. Students will listen to the story and realize that information can be collected from various sources.
When I meet with 2-Glawe we will use a variety of sources to gather information about 3 nocturnal animals: bats, foxes and skunks. We will write facts about our animal on our information sheet and complete the nocturnal scene.
On Thursday, April 22nd, I will be in Clear Lake attending the Iowa Core Curriculum meeting "2lst Century - Phase 3" facilitated by Scott McLeod. I will meet with 3-Bruns when I return to the district on Monday, April 26th.
Students need to be able to gather information from a variety of sources: books, pictures, charts, indexes, videos/DVD's, and the Internet. With new information sources coming on the scene every year, it's a wild race to keep up! It won't be unreasonable to see information seekers use their cell phones, i-pods or social networking tools as an accepted information format. They already do!
It's not just knowing how to use these tools to get the best results but also comprehending and analyzing the information that is gathered and using it to meet our information need.
In my ICC 21st Century/Shift Happens conferences I have been introduced to new media: etherpad, Moodle, pod casts, as well as reviewing some old favorites such as PowerPoint, blogs, and Facebook. I have also learned about TPACK and using technology to assist in instruction. What a wide open world for exchange of ideas and information!
Riding the Super Information Highway....
Mrs. T. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
This week I am in the WH school district on Tuesday only.
I will meet with K-Geelan and read "Really Rabbits" by Virginia Knoll and illustrated by Philomina O'Neill. Students will listen to the story and realize that information can be collected from various sources.
When I meet with 2-Glawe we will use a variety of sources to gather information about 3 nocturnal animals: bats, foxes and skunks. We will write facts about our animal on our information sheet and complete the nocturnal scene.
On Thursday, April 22nd, I will be in Clear Lake attending the Iowa Core Curriculum meeting "2lst Century - Phase 3" facilitated by Scott McLeod. I will meet with 3-Bruns when I return to the district on Monday, April 26th.
Students need to be able to gather information from a variety of sources: books, pictures, charts, indexes, videos/DVD's, and the Internet. With new information sources coming on the scene every year, it's a wild race to keep up! It won't be unreasonable to see information seekers use their cell phones, i-pods or social networking tools as an accepted information format. They already do!
It's not just knowing how to use these tools to get the best results but also comprehending and analyzing the information that is gathered and using it to meet our information need.
In my ICC 21st Century/Shift Happens conferences I have been introduced to new media: etherpad, Moodle, pod casts, as well as reviewing some old favorites such as PowerPoint, blogs, and Facebook. I have also learned about TPACK and using technology to assist in instruction. What a wide open world for exchange of ideas and information!
Riding the Super Information Highway....
Mrs. T. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
Friday, April 16, 2010
Communities Thrive @ Your Library
National Library Week
This week I am in the WH district only on Friday, April 16th. I will meet with 3-Bruns and we will watch a video of David Wiesner's "June 29, 1999." This is an installment of the Reading Rainbow series with LaVar Burton. Other books reviewed are "Time Train" by Paul Fleischman, "Growing Vegetable Soup" by Lois Ehlert, and "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett.
Next week I will meet with K-Geelan and 2-Glawe on Tuesday, April 20th, and 3-Zuehl on Thursday, April 22nd.
National Library Week will be observed April 11-17, 2010 with the theme, "Communities thrive @ your library®."
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate.
History
In the mid-1950s, research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios, televisions and musical instruments. Concerned that Americans were reading less, the ALA and the American Book Publishers formed a nonprofit citizens organization called the National Book Committee in 1954. The committee's goals were ambitious. They ranged from "encouraging people to read in their increasing leisure time" to "improving incomes and health" and "developing strong and happy family life."
In 1957, the committee developed a plan for National Library Week based on the idea that once people were motivated to read, they would support and use libraries. With the cooperation of ALA and with help from the Advertising Council, the first National Library Week was observed in 1958 with the theme "Wake Up and Read!"
National Library Week was observed again in 1959, and the ALA Council voted to continue the annual celebration. When the National Book Committee disbanded in 1974, ALA assumed full sponsorship.
National Library Week is observed each year in April, generally the second full week.
For more information use The Campaign for America's Libraries' Web site at www.ala.org/@yourlibrary.
Thanks for supporting your school's libraries!
Mrs. T. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
This week I am in the WH district only on Friday, April 16th. I will meet with 3-Bruns and we will watch a video of David Wiesner's "June 29, 1999." This is an installment of the Reading Rainbow series with LaVar Burton. Other books reviewed are "Time Train" by Paul Fleischman, "Growing Vegetable Soup" by Lois Ehlert, and "Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs" by Judi Barrett.
Next week I will meet with K-Geelan and 2-Glawe on Tuesday, April 20th, and 3-Zuehl on Thursday, April 22nd.
National Library Week will be observed April 11-17, 2010 with the theme, "Communities thrive @ your library®."
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is a national observance sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and libraries across the country each April. It is a time to celebrate the contributions of our nation's libraries and librarians and to promote library use and support. All types of libraries - school, public, academic and special - participate.
History
In the mid-1950s, research showed that Americans were spending less on books and more on radios, televisions and musical instruments. Concerned that Americans were reading less, the ALA and the American Book Publishers formed a nonprofit citizens organization called the National Book Committee in 1954. The committee's goals were ambitious. They ranged from "encouraging people to read in their increasing leisure time" to "improving incomes and health" and "developing strong and happy family life."
In 1957, the committee developed a plan for National Library Week based on the idea that once people were motivated to read, they would support and use libraries. With the cooperation of ALA and with help from the Advertising Council, the first National Library Week was observed in 1958 with the theme "Wake Up and Read!"
National Library Week was observed again in 1959, and the ALA Council voted to continue the annual celebration. When the National Book Committee disbanded in 1974, ALA assumed full sponsorship.
National Library Week is observed each year in April, generally the second full week.
For more information use The Campaign for America's Libraries' Web site at www.ala.org/@yourlibrary.
Thanks for supporting your school's libraries!
Mrs. T. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Need to add a little humor to your life?
If you're looking for a good joke or riddle to tell a friend, where do you go to find one? Check out the 800 section in the nonfiction collection in your library media center! The classification of 817 to be exact! That's the category for satire and humor.
Here's a joke for you....
Q. What kind of berries make you smarter?
A. Li-berries!
How about....
Q. When is an apple like a library book?
A. When it's read!
This week I'm in the WH district on Tuesday and Thursday, April 6th and 8th.
On Tuesday, 6-APRIL, I will meet with 3-Zuehl.
3-Zuehl: We listened to "The Marshmallow Incident" by Judi Barrett [same author of "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"].
On Thursday, 8-APRIL, I will meet with 3-Bruns
3-Bruns: We will use search techniques on the Internet to complete our "Barnyard Buddies" worksheet.
Next week I will visit with 3-Bruns again on Friday, April 16th.
***The HS is receiving a new magazine this year. It's called "TeenVoices" and the contents are written by teen girls from around the world. Some of the articles include "How to Write an Amazing College Essay," "Polishing your Profile - Online Do's and Don'ts," "What Teens Need to Know about Food Poisoning," plus regular articles on book reviews, original poetry and artwork, and short stories by teen authors. Check out its website at teenvoices.com, find on Facebook or Twitter, or stop in the HS LMC and look over the latest issue.***
More jokes.....
Q. Why did the frog leave the library media center with a book?
A. Because he needed to readit-readit-readit!
Q. What do kids and books have inside their bodies to keep them all together?
A. A spine!
Q. What is the tallest building?
A. The library because it has the most stories!
Keep laughing!
Mrs. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
Here's a joke for you....
Q. What kind of berries make you smarter?
A. Li-berries!
How about....
Q. When is an apple like a library book?
A. When it's read!
This week I'm in the WH district on Tuesday and Thursday, April 6th and 8th.
On Tuesday, 6-APRIL, I will meet with 3-Zuehl.
3-Zuehl: We listened to "The Marshmallow Incident" by Judi Barrett [same author of "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs"].
On Thursday, 8-APRIL, I will meet with 3-Bruns
3-Bruns: We will use search techniques on the Internet to complete our "Barnyard Buddies" worksheet.
Next week I will visit with 3-Bruns again on Friday, April 16th.
***The HS is receiving a new magazine this year. It's called "TeenVoices" and the contents are written by teen girls from around the world. Some of the articles include "How to Write an Amazing College Essay," "Polishing your Profile - Online Do's and Don'ts," "What Teens Need to Know about Food Poisoning," plus regular articles on book reviews, original poetry and artwork, and short stories by teen authors. Check out its website at teenvoices.com, find on Facebook or Twitter, or stop in the HS LMC and look over the latest issue.***
More jokes.....
Q. Why did the frog leave the library media center with a book?
A. Because he needed to readit-readit-readit!
Q. What do kids and books have inside their bodies to keep them all together?
A. A spine!
Q. What is the tallest building?
A. The library because it has the most stories!
Keep laughing!
Mrs. Reiter, K-12 Teacher-Librarian
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