1. Selection Policy Of Carteret County Schools
Selection is an ongoing process. In selecting materials for purchase, school media personnel should:
Evaluate available resources
Assess curricular needs
consider requests from faculty, students and curriculum committees
consider networking arrangements
consult professional prepared aids for selection, such as Booklist, Bulletin of the Center for Children's books, etc.
2. I gave Julie Perry and one of the teachers a link to my Pathfinder on Holocaust Literature. It is directly from the North Carolina Standard Course of Study.
http://bibliophilebabe.blogspot.com/
3. I compiled a list of educational websites for the math teachers.
Attn Math Teachers:
Below are websites/(description of the site) you can access for additional Math activities:
www.ilovethatteachingidea.com/ideas/subj_math.htm
Students who are behind and need basic math skills would benefit from this site. Activities teach angles, place value, graphing, prime factors, etc.
www.321know.com/div.htm
This site offers interactive practice with division, dividing fractions and decimals, and division problems. Good tutoring site.
www.primarygames.com/puzzles/strategy/battleship/start.htm
Battleship game as well as math strategy/puzzle solvers games. Flashplayer and Shockwave plugins required.
www.mathsisfun.com
This site was started by a British school teacher to encourage an interest in math. Many different puzzles and practices found on this site.
4. I read Technology and learning which is a back to school selection aid. This is the aid I found the math sites in. I looked up most of the sites, and then selected my choices to make a list for the teachers.
3.4
1. List of books compiled to encourage students to utilize the media center:A Curse Dark as Gold by Elizabeth Bunce. New York
Airman by Eoin Colfer. New York
CONOR spends his days thinking of ways to invent a flying machine. Trouble with the law sends him to work in a mine. Will he ever regain control of his life and realize his dream?
Evolution, Me, and other Freaks of Nature by Robin Brande. New York
MENA finds that there are just some issues she can’t ignore, even if it will turn the members of her church against her. From dealing with the theory of evolution to learning the art of kissing, Mena’s decisions about her life will leave you breathless until the end.
Incantation by Alice Hoffman. New York
DURING the Spanish Inquisition, Estrella is raised Catholic, even though her family is Jewish. It is forbidden in Spain
Suckerpunch by David Hernandez. New York
MARCUS has no control when his father beats his younger brother, Enrique. Marcus’ father leaves and he deals with the guilt by getting high and his brother turns to fighting to deal with the pain their dad leaves behind. When their dad returns, Marcus finds himself in a car with his brother and a gun. How will they choose to deal with their father, and will the results be tragic?
2.Collection analysis by Amy Irving
The state IMPACT Model suggests that libraries that promote successful learning are ones that:
Respond to changes in the school’s programare integral to curricular and instructional needs
Ones that meet the users’ needs
Provide access to materials from outside the school
Include formats that users prefer
Facilitate the media and technology program
The oldest part of the collection is the nonfiction section. The average age of the nonfiction books is 1998. The Impact model suggests that the books should be copyrighted within five to ten years. This is the part of the collection that should be weeded first to meet IMPACT standards.
The average age of fiction books is 2002. This part of the collection is more up to date. This is probably because nonfiction does not change, and therefore does not need to be weeded as regularly.
The library does provide access to materials outside of the school in that it has 2 online databases (NC LIVE AND NC WISE OWL) and there are numerous links on the media website.
4. List of books used in booktalk: These are books in the library.
Freak Show by James St. James. New York
Billy Bloom loves his clothes, and he will do whatever it takes to be accepted into his new school on his terms.
Saint Iggy by K.L. Going. Orlando
Everything in his life, from his parents’ drug problems to his life in the projects keeps Iggy out of school. What can he do to stay in school and make his life better?
Wintergirls by Laurie Halse Anderson. New York
Lia has to make peace with her friend’s death while struggling with her own eating disorder.
The Knights of Hill Country by Tim Tharp. New York
Hampton Green realizes in his senior year that he might have more to offer the world than just football. He will struggle with friends and relationships in his quest to discover who he is.
Converting Kate by Beckie Weinheimer. Penguin Group, Inc, 2009.
Kate and her mom move to Maine
a brief chapter in my impossible life. by Dana Reinhardt. New York
Simone discovers a shocking secret about her mom and dad that causes her to question everything she believes in even to the point that she wonders who she is and questions everything about herself.
5. List of professional resources on instructional strategies used in copy right lesson. I provided a copy of these resources to the collaborating teacher.
James, M.C. & Scharmann L.C. (2007) Using analogies to improve the teaching performance of preservice teachers
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44, (4) 565-585.
Journal of Research in Science Teaching, 44, (4) 565-585.
Marazano, R.J. (2002). What works in classroom instruction. Retrieved March 15 2010 from http://www.middleweb.com/MWLresources/marzchat1.html.
Owen-King, S. (2007). Homework: What does the research say? Retrieved March 20 from http://www.nhcs.k12.nc.us/instruction/CITWweb/HomeworkandPractice/homeworkresearch.pdf.
Sutton, S. (2002) Lesson: Developing different types of questions. Retrieved March 18 2010 from http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/21stcent/lgener.html.
TeacherVision. (2010). Metaphors and Analogies. Retrieved from http://www.teachervision.fen.com/pro-dev/skill-builder/48891.html.
