"The Wingman" Newsletter
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E-Learning Resources
Resources for Students and Teachers
The link below is a Great resource for FREE Internet access, Self Care, PD, Cross-Curricular web-based learning resources, and much more during this time of E-Learning. There are links for Teachers and Students!...You may want to share with your kiddos!
Coronavirus: For Educators: Resources to Support Educators and Students at HomeRosetta Stone is FREE for Students...
This is an awesome opportunity for students! Please forward the link below to all you think might be interested!
April is National Poetry Month
30 Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month at Home or Online
Author Read Alouds...
Why Not Document Your Story!
We all may become Primary Sources!
Consider this “Living Through History” assignment as in this article…
Students' Pandemic Journals Could Become Primary Sources OR adding a Blog or Page to your own Digital Portfolio documenting HISTORY as you live it!
(Visit the Library Media Center Symbaloo for Digital Portfolio tutorials...the videos are in the upper Right corner of the Symbaloo.)
We're here to Help!
That's what Librarians do! :-)
Got a Question?
Need some help teaching with technology from home? Need our help showing your students how to Research using the AVL or relevant, credible sites through Google? Or, Need some help navigating the world of creating a Digital Portfolio?
You have come to the right place!
Just fill out the VERY SHORT (3 question) form in the link (big blue button below) and we'll get back to you ASAP!
We check our email throughout the day,
but Our dedicated E-Learning “Office Hours” are below:
Ashley: 9-10am, 1-2pm
Missy: 9am - 11am
Check out the New JC Symbaloo
If you want to create a Symbaloo and need help embedding the code on your Teacher webpage, just let us know.
Here's the link...
Reading @ Home when the Libraries are Closed
Audible is offering a selection of FREE Audio Books for students during this time of E-learning.
Check them out here…
Audible Stories: Free Audiobooks for Kids
Teen Book Cloud has a variety of ebooks, audiobooks and videos...take a look!
Want something from the Public Library? Check out this article and then pull out your Library Card from the HMCPL, if you don’t have a card click HERE - Huntsville Madison County Public Library to get one.
After registering, send an email to askus@hmcpl.org with the subject line “Online Registration Follow-Up.” Include a photo of your ID and proof of address (if not on your ID) in the email. Head over to hmcpl.org to check out some ebooks, audiobooks, movies and/or music!
Help Us Choose Books for the JC Library
We need your help!
The State Dept. has given us some additional money to purchase BOOKS (print, e-books, and audiobooks) for the LMC! We're SUPER EXCITED about this!!! We will be placing a HUGE order(s) in the next few weeks and need to know some genres and/or titles that you and your students want and need us to purchase. The sky's the limit here, y'all!
So, if you or your students would like to help us choose the books we will put in the Library Media Center, please click the button below to fill out the Google Form!!! .......And, share the form with your students...We want to purchase books they WANT to read!
(Please be as specific as possible and provide website links when available.)
Who's Cool to Follow
YouTube & Twitter are GREAT resources to have in our EDU Tool Belt! Here are a few people to follow for “Expert” & Good advice.
Twitter: @alicekeeler
Twitter: @ShakeUpLearning
-not really "educational", but kind of and so worth watching...we just love it!
Twitter: @somegoodnews
Need a Good Book to Read?
We want to share our love of reading and some of our favorite books/audiobooks with you all? Each week we'll feature one or more book recommendations. Please share your great reads and we'll add them in this section! Books can be any genre, Fiction or Non-Fiction.
Just send the Title(s) & Author(s) and genre to amking@madisoncity.k12.al.us or adstrode@madisoncity.k12.al.us by 4:00 pm on Friday each week and we'll let everyone know your recommendation.
Below are a few of our favorites...
Psychological Thriller
by B.A. Paris
Chilling and Dark, one you can't stop reading!
And if you like this genre, she has two others...
The Break Down and Bring Me Back
Educational
by Jimmy Casas
By far, one of THE Best professional development books I have ever read!
Memoir
Educated
by Tara Westover
The gripping, true, hard to imagine life of a young girl who overcomes unbelievable obstacles to not only live but become successful in her own right.
The Hanger Bay Cafe
Like to Cook?
Don't get us wrong, we do love some good Take-Out every once in a while to support our local restaurants, but we really do love cooking! And, it's a good thing now that everyone is home a LOT more lately! So, we thought we would start sharing some of our favorite recipes! And, we ask that you share yours too!....cause I don't know about y'all, but there's only so many ways to cook spaghetti or tacos! :-) Hee,Hee,Hee! #wereallinthistogether
This week we have a Delicious Instant Pot recipe...although we're pretty sure it can be made in the Crock-Pot as well!
The recipe below was a hit at Missy King's house!...even her teenagers loved it!
Instant Pot Chicken and Wild Rice Soup/Stew
This recipe came from the Pressure Luck Cooking page/group on Facebook.
If you want to share a recipe and have it included in “The Wingman” Newsletter please email it to Missy or Ashley by 4 pm on Friday, each week.
Thanks for Reading!
Contact or Follow Us
Twitter: @4kings4bama
Ashley Strode (left)- adstrode@madisoncity.k12.al.us
Twitter: @StrodeAshley3
Missy Rice (right) - mjrice@madisoncity.k12.al.us