TMS LIBRARY NEWSLETTER
September 2018
WELCOME BACK!
Welcome back to the library! I am happy and honored to be here as your new school librarian. I look forward to getting to know each of you and to working with you. Please stop in to the library and introduce yourselves when you have the time. I enjoy collaborating very much and hope to collaborate in some way with most, if not all of you, this year.
I hope you will think of me as a resource for you and your students. I am happy to:
Teach Lessons:
- Plagiarism
- Research skills (databases vs. Google, etc.)
- How to use our databases
- Citation
- Digital citizenship
- and more
Reading Activities:
- Book talks
- Book Pass (an activity wherein students get exposed to books they may not have otherwise considered)
- Book trailers
- Public librarians as guest book talkers
- and more
Technology:
Need help integrating technology into your lesson? Want some guidance in taking your lesson to the Redefiniton SAMR level? I am here to support you and your students!
6TH GRADE ELA TEACHERS:
I will reach out to the 6th grade ELA teachers soon to schedule library orientations.
The 2018-2019 school year in the library is going to be exciting, fun and full of projects, reading and learning. I am really looking forward to starting with all of you! I plan on sending out another newsletter soon detailing some of our new materials, ways we can collaborate and great web 2.0 tools and resources.
Sincerely,
Amanda Karian
TMS School Librarian
2018-2019 DATABASE LIST
Hardcopies are available in the library!
GOOD TO KNOW
- send 5 or less
- send them with a pass
- send them with work or reading to do
- sign up by using this calendar or by chatting with me (in person, email or phone all work)
- give me a few days notice if you would like to collaborate with me
- Be sure you're signed in to your school google account to access the calendars
If you would like to sign out an iPad cart, please:
- sign up using this calendar or by chatting with me (in person, email or phone all work)
- Be sure you're signed in to your school google account to access the calendars
CHANGES TO NOTE
- The TMS Library website has changed. Please, when you have the time, check it out. Especially the 'Databases', 'Library Policies' & Teacher Resources' tabs (the links to the sign up calendars are found there).
- Trouble Tickets may not be entered for you by your librarian
- There is a copier in the library for all to use
NEWSLETTER AT A GLANCE
- You have a new school librarian, Amanda Karian
- Stop by and introduce yourself to her
- She is a resource for you- collaborate with her!
- Sending students to the library? Please, 5 or less at a time, with a pass, and with work to do
- Conducting class in the library or lab? Sign up here.
- Need an iPad cart? Sign up here.
- Be sure you're signed in to your school google account to access the sign up calendars
- Change: TMS Library Website. Checkout the tabs for 'Databases', library Policies, & 'Teacher Resources', first!
- WELCOME BACK :)
LIBRARY CONTACT INFORMATION
Library TA: Nancy Naples
Photograph Credit: Randall Perry Photography
Email: KarianA@troycsd.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/troycsd.org/tmslibrary/home
Phone: (518) 328-5340