Elementary Media Matters
News and Resources from the Elementary Media Centers
November 2015
Let's Get Back to the Book Business!
When students returned to the elementary media centers after Fall Break, they found many new books ready to be checked out, shared, and enjoyed. Students spent time reviewing C.O.R.E procedures, how to care for the new books that are now available for them, and how to search for books in Destiny and locate them on the shelves. Many of the media centers have student helpers that are learning how to keep the media centers and books in great shape.
I'm working with the media secretaries to add to our collection of online resources for students to use in the media center, as well as in the classroom. Destiny, the district's online catalog, will be the next topic for students to learn. The new search option, Universal Search, will help students locate eBooks for check out. Some of the media centers now have Title Peek, which shows the covers of books in Destiny. This has helped to spike students' interest in using the catalog to search for books and to remember the books they check out.
Teachers can also use Destiny to create resource lists, look for books in the media centers as well as across the district, and check out and use eBooks with students. In order for teachers to have full function of Destiny, the password for teachers is 'read'. Students will use their chromebook usernames and passwords.
Brookview
Lakeside
Hawthorne
The Boy Who Loved Math by Heiligman (Grades 3-4)
Doll Bones by Holly Black (Grades 3-4)
Eat Like a Bear by April Pulley Sayre (Grades K-3)
General Grade Level Resources
PreK
Interactive Pop-Up 3D Storybook
Wake Up Mo
K
Interactive Pop-Up 3D Storybook
The Pirate Princess
K-2 and 3-5
Common Sense Media
K-2 Digital Citizenship Lesson Example
How do you going places on the internet safely?
Resources include videos, lessons, and family tip sheets.
3-5 Digital Citizenship Lesson Example
What kinds of responsibilities do good digital citizens have? Are you a good digital citizen? Resources include lessons, assessments, and family tip sheets.
3-5 Digital Passport
Online Resources of the Month
Scholastic's Virtual Field Trips
Along with a list of several different virtual guided field trips, Scholastic also provides a teacher tutorial about how to prepare students for a virtual field trip. This is a timely video because it focuses on Thanksgiving. Students use Google Earth, Google Maps, websites, and weather forecasts to prepare for the trip. The virtual field trips are found under Scholastic's Videos for Teachers - a wealth of information to explore.
Don't have the time for a virtual field trip, check out some of the other resources from Scholastic's The First Thanksgiving. Letters from the New World and The Dear America scrapbook are really cool.
MORE World Book Online - eBooks to preview
For a trial period, Warren students and staff have the opportunity to preview eBooks available through World Book Online through December 6. Please take some time to try out these eBooks with your students and see what you think about them. Use the following login information for the trial period.
Now - November 1
username: Americas
password: gravity
November 2-December 6
username: americas
password: spaceship
Give it a try with your students! Let your students login using their chromebook usernames and passwords. Teachers - use your own username and the 'read' password. Take a look at the resources that are on the Homepage, read a Young Hoosier book to your students and let them rate the book using a Google form, and try out the Universal Search option to have easy access to eBooks for check out. The students will be introduced to this during visits to the media center, but feel free to explore too.
Upcoming Events
Media Secretary Meeting - November 5 @ Hawthorne
Lowell Elementary Book Fair/Grandparents' Week - November 5-13
Warren Early Childhood Center Book Fair - November 16-20
Family Literacy Night - November 20
Distance Learning with the Royal Botanical Gardens
November 2 @ Grassy Creek and November 10 @ Hawthorne
Distance Learning with the St. Louis Zoo @ Warren Early Childhood Center
November 19 and 20
Warren/NCAA 3rd Grade Reading Challenge
Student Book Choice - 3rd grade students will be choosing their top 3 choices for their free books.
Elementary Media Centers - Elaine Loftus
Email: eloftus@warren.k12.in.us
Website: http://destiny.warren.k12.in.us
Phone: (317)903-7760
Twitter: @WarrenPK4Media