HES Library Media Center
February 2019
Research, Research, Research!!
In March and April we will be working on final projects. Hopefully I will be able to share some in the May Newsletter.
Exciting Things are Happening in the Media Center
2nd Grade Creativity
Dash Robots
Snowflakes
Snowflakes
Valentine Box
Mark Your Calendars
I just learned that Scholastic Book Fairs creates podcasts about books that are found in the Book Fair! These podcasts are an audio clip, no more than 2 minutes in length, that gives a summary about a book found in the book fair. This is a a great way for kids and parents to learn about the books. Soon the podcast page will be updated with books found in this Spring's Book Fair! If you are interested in the podcasts click here for the link. Please be aware that this link takes you to the page that has all books. From there you can navigate to Preschool, Elementary, and Middle School.
HES Media Center Blog
Typing.com
I have been reviewing logins to see if students are access Typing.com at home. I have found that a small handful of students have been practicing at home. When I have looked at those students 1 minute timed test, there has been a steady increase in their words per minute. Below you will find the two different ways that students can get on at home.
Please note that if an error message comes up while using Internet Explorer, please try Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, or Microsoft Edge.
First Way
- Go to www.smcps.org.
- Click on Students.
- Under the heading Academics, click on Destiny.
- On the new screen, click on Hollywood Elementary School.
- Then click on the specific grade level site on the left column.
- When the new screen comes up, using the top menu bar, click on Media Classes.
- Scroll down until you can see the Clever icon. Then click on it.
- Students will need to enter their user name and password to sign into Clever. This is the same user name and password that they use at school, except the password does not have 18 added to the end.
- Then scroll down until they see the blue Typing.com icon and click it.
- They will be automatically logged into Typing.com and can begin to work on lessons.
Second Way
- Go to www.typing.com.
- In the upper right corner click on Student Login.
- When the login screen comes up, below username will be a dark blue button that says: Sign in With Clever. Click that button.
- Students will have to search for their school, by typing in Hollywood Elementary and then clicking on the name when it comes up. This will take them to the Clever login screen.
- Students will need to enter their user name and password to sign into Clever. This is the same user name and password that they use at school, except the password does not have 18 added to the end.
- Then scroll down until they see the blue Typing.com icon and click it.
- They will be automatically logged into Typing.com and can begin to work on lessons.
About Us
Library Media Specialist
Mrs. Rossi (Thing Two)
Library Media Assistant
Email: sjhazuda@smcps.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/smcps.org/hes-library-media-center/home
Location: 44345 Joy Chapel Road, Hollywood, MD, USA
Phone: 301-373-4350
Twitter: @HES_Media_SMCPS