September 2015
OES Library Media Update
Welcome Back to OES!!!
Our "wild" year has now begun. To help you with your adventure, I have gathered together a few things that may help you on your journey. This month's update includes the final report on our school's participation in the 2015 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge, information on Tumblebooks, as well as a unique website that will aid you in organizing ALL the websites you visit.
UPDATE: 2015 Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge --Final Report
I am proud to report that we ranked 905 out of all the participating schools worldwide! Our student participants read for a total of 27,670 minutes. I am thrilled with the amount of participation and enthusiasm for this program. I look forward to promoting and participating in this challenge next year.
Teacher Tool Spotlight: Symbaloo
Symbaloo is an awesome web-based program that organizes websites for you. Think of it as a color-coded filing system. You can organize your websites by color to aid in locating specific resources. You can also create multiple pages to help further your organization system. For example, you can create a Symbaloo page for your subject-matter resources and then create a separate Symbaloo page for frequently visited websites.
Click HERE to check out Symbaloo.
Tumblebooks
Tumblebooks is a FREE e-book service available through our local public library. It offers many titles for PreK-3 students. Many of its books have games and quizzes that are also available to you. If you teach older students, click on the link at the bottom of the page for Tumblebooks, JR. This platform offers e-books and audio books for students in grades 4 and up.
To check out TUMBLEBOOKS you must do the following:
- Go to the Terrebonne Parish Library website (www.mytpl.org)
- Click on CATALOGS.
- Click on E-SERVICES.
- Scroll to the bottom and click on TUMBLEBOOK LIBRARY.
OES Library Media Center
Email: pattyauthement@tpsd.org
Website: http://oes-tpsd-la.schoolloop.com/
Location: 5459 Vicari Street Houma, LA 70364
Phone: (985)876-1007
Twitter: @PattyAuthement