Monica's Media Minutes
Lost Creek Media Center January 11, 2017
Martin Luther King, Jr. Theme Books
We have pulled books about Martin and put them in the cart with the winter/snow books. The theme cart is next to the Young Hoosier shelves by the front door of the library.
January In-Service
Thank you to those who attended the email in-service yesterday in B Wing lab. I hope you are less stressed with email now! If you were not able to attend, but would like a handout, please let me know.
Free Books!!
Scholastic has partnered with Walmart and Kellog's in a program to earn free books! If you want to check it out, or put this link in your newsletters to parents, click HERE. It looks pretty easy! Eat more Pop-tarts and Fruit Loops!
Overdue Notices
Thank you for handing out those overdue notices. I was most concerned about the books that were due before Christmas, so I highlighted those. If your student has a fine for a damaged book, they have the option of bringing in a replacement book of equal value (in good shape) instead of paying the money. I hate being the book police, but it is kind of my job! You know your students better than I do. If you know they will not be able to provide a book or pay, please let me know. I can take off the fine. The replacement book idea is to encourage responsibility of taking care of their books so they don't have to give up something that belongs to them. In theory, this should work, but the littles don't always "get it". What I DO NOT want is a child or parent getting so upset that they don't check out books anymore. I just want them to READ!
Dental Health Kit
The League of Terre Haute has provided Lost Creek with a bag of dental health materials. The kit includes a giant set of teeth, a giant toothbrush, a video titled, Open Wide, and two books: The Berenstain Bears Visit the Dentist and Open Wide, Tooth School Inside. The bag must be checked out as a set. The contents of the kit are listed in a sheet protector (that's where the barcode to check out is located, too). It will be housed in the teacher area of the library.
Websites to Check Out!
Top Teaching Blogs - Scholastic has put together links of bloggers to help you find ideas, lessons, inspiration, resources, etc.
Glogster- Create multimedia interactive posters. Express ideas with ease by combining images, graphics, audio, video and text on one digital canvas. This is not free, but has a 7 day free trial.
MyOn
The IDOE has not renewed our license with MyOn, so access will be discontinued after February 8th. I have very little hope of our newly elected officials continuing this great program. But I might be surprised!
Meanwhile, you can still access MyOn by going to myon.com. Use Hoosier Family of Readers as the school name, then read and read as username and password.
Meanwhile, you can still access MyOn by going to myon.com. Use Hoosier Family of Readers as the school name, then read and read as username and password.
Lost Creek Activity Calendar
Please don't forget to check out the Lost Creek Activity Calendar! I try to keep it updated with all the latest events. Let me know if you need help finding this or if I need to add something!!
Young Hoosier Picture Books
I think some of the Young Hoosier books are stalled somewhere. If you have a stack of these in your room, please pass them on. Thanks!
Destiny Quest!! Check It Out!!
Click above to see what's new in the LC Library! Discover the most popular books in our library! Make your own resource lists!
Monica Zimmerman
Email: mgz@vigoschools.org
Website: http://metadot.vigoco.k12.in.us/metadot/index.pl?id=2977
Location: 6701 E. Wabash Ave. Terre Haute, IN
Phone: 812-462-4456
Twitter: @monzimmy