Lucy's Library Blast
October 8, 2018
Newsela
If you are not familiar with Newsela (I pronounce it like Cinderella), it's a great resource for...resources. Newsela delivers daily news articles at five reading levels from grade 3 through 12. Articles are accompanied by Common Core-aligned quizzes to provide quick and powerful feedback. Plus it offers instructional content platforms, quizzes, and learning management system (teaching?) Free!
Frist Art Museum's "We Shall Overcome" Exhibit
Frist Art Museum has an amazing exhibit, “We Shall Overcome” through October 14. Tickets to the museum are $12 (Educator memberships are $30 for the year). The exhibit showcases photographs of Nashville during the Civil Rights Movement. The Frist has also released a book of the photographs and each of your schools will receive on. There are some powerful images and features many MNPS schools. Here is write-up from the NY Times
Sports Game brought to you by Algebra
Shoot hoops with Penelope by solving math equations in this basketball multiple choice game.
IT'S WRITTEN IN THE STARS....Please share with your students.
Are books you kept out too long keeping you from using your library card? Here’s your chance to get your card back in good standing by reading off your fines. All overdue fees and replacement costs will be cleared!
See Ms Dixon for a reading log form.