New sept 2016

New from BZERC Ben Zaidman Education Resource Centre – September 2016 Edition http://www.7oaks.org/Resources/BZERC

The “Back to School” edition Physical items from the BZERC collection can be reserved for next day delivery to your location or

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Login information for all online resources can be found on the BZERC portal page.

This month’s featured treasures…

How to make a movie in 10 easy lessons 64 pages; For ages 8+ So you want to make a movie, but you haven't got a spare million dollars?

Don't let that stop you! From writing your script and planning a storyboard to filming with a camera or just a cell phone, this book leads the way.

The greatest Canadian invention DVD (90 min.); For grades 7-12 An entertaining look at Canada's top innovations and innovators. Will it be insulin or poutine? The Blackberry or the Wonderbra? Celebrity commentators and others team up with host Bob McDonald and take viewers on an irreverent search for the greatest Canadian invention.

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On DVD… Getting to school safely DVD (17 min.); For grades K-3 There are all kinds of ways that students get to school. Some take a school bus, others walk, ride their bikes or skateboard, and some get a ride by car. No matter how they manage to arrive and leave school, there are rules they should learn and obey. This program first shows students the wrong way, then the right and safe way.

Preview: http://www.mcintyre.ca/titles/MCI002 Guide: http://mcweb1guides.s3.amazonaws.com/MCI002.pdf School bus safety DVD (5 min.); For grades K-4 This series of five shorts gives young children important basic safety tips for riding the bus. Each segment begins and ends with a "bus safety song" that reinforces safe behaviour when riding the school bus.

Contents: Don't be loud (46 sec.).-- Ten giant steps (55 sec.).-- Never throw things (57 sec.).-- Keep hands inside (57 sec.).-- Don't pick up things (58 sec.).

As a "rule of thumb", the third full week of October is observed as School Bus Safety Week in Manitoba. Manitoba Education and Training bases its annual theme on the National Association of Pupil Transportation (NAPT) poster contest theme. See details here: http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/ptu/education.html

How did that get in my lunchbox?: the story of food DVD (18 min.); For ages 4-9 In this light hearted nonfiction introduction to how food is cultivated and processed, children discover how bread and cheese are made, how tomatoes and carrots are grown, how juice gets into a juice box and chocolate chips get into a cookie.

“A picture book on DVD” Bonus feature: Sharing my story: a conversation with the author The science of making friends: helpins socially challenged teens and young adults 264 page book with DVD The groundbreaking book that puts the focus on teens and young adults with social challenges This book offers parents a step-by-step guide to making and keeping friends for teens and young adults with social challenges such as those diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder, ADHD, bipolar, or other conditions.

Videos on the accompanying DVD demonstrate the book's lessons clearly and show how to present the material to teens and young adults covering behavior exercises for practicing each skill, ranging from joining conversations to handling bullying.

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Celebrating diversity: a universal message from the real Rain Man DVD (27 min.); For grade 5-12 and Adults For general and special educators, parents, and students committed to creating a more inclusive and tolerant school and community, Celebrating Diversity: A Universal Message from The Real Rain Man provides a powerful teaching and learning tool. An excellent resource for staff development, parent training and/or for use with students in grades 5-12 as part of a character education unit. Meet Kim Peek, The Real Rain Man, observe him interact with students and demonstrate his unique gifts. Through his life's story, viewers will learn about accepting differences in others, developing tolerance and fostering a greater understanding of diversity.

Walker DVD (14 min.); For ages 7-12 Walker is a young Aboriginal foster child whose only playmate is his dog. Jamie is a lonely young white boy who is afraid of dogs, and has some strange ideas about Aboriginal people. Walker ignores the racist jeering and taunting of the bigger boys and reaches out to Jamie. Together, they find friendship and understanding. Walker challenges racist attitudes toward Aboriginal people, and shows how children from different backgrounds can form friendships. This film is part of the Playing Fair series. Educators are encouraged to preview the series before use and choose the dramas most age-appropriate for their students.

Guide: http://www3.nfb.ca/sg/100107.pdf Être et avoir = To be and to have DVD (104 min.); For Adults This film chronicles a year in the life of a one-room schoolhouse in rural France, presided over by Georges Lopez, a devoted teacher responsible for nurturing a dozen children ages 3-11. The film sees the teacher as artist, and presents teaching as a form of love. Because along with reading, writing, and arithmetic, the children learn about what we think of as the basic values of civilization: reason, tolerance, learning, cooperation, and comradeship. In one year, one dedicated teacher, sensitive to children's educational and emotional needs, exemplifies the importance of an abiding faith in children, and in education as a vocation. En français, avec les sous-titres anglais ; In French with optional subtitles in English.

Four feet up = Haut comme trois pommes DVD (46 min.); For Adults Twenty years after the House of Commons promised "to eliminate poverty among Canadian children", 8-year-old Isaiah is trying hard to grow up healthy, smart and well-adjusted despite the odds stacked against him. Isaiah knows he's been categorized as "less fortunate" and his short life has seen more than his share of social workers, food banks and police interventions. His parents struggle to overcome a legacy of stereotypes, abuse and dysfunction and desire more than anything for Isaiah and his siblings to have access to the opportunities they never had. In Four Feet Up, her second NFB documentary, award-winning photographer and filmmaker Nance Ackerman invites us into the lives of this determined family for an intimate and touching experience of child poverty in one of the richest countries in the world.

English with French subtitles = Version originale anglaise avec sous-titre français.

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Did you know? (Sharing circle television program S16 E13 DVD (23 min.)

This episode of The Sharing Circle explores some of the more outrageous and bizarre facts concerning the history of the relationship between Aboriginal Peoples and Canada, and how these have influenced the political, economic and social conditions of the country’s First Peoples.

Hosted by Lisa Meeches

Instrumental classmates : 5-disc comprehensive learning kit 5 DVDs (30 min. ea.); For grades 3-6 An entertaining, educational adventure that is designed to inspire students to pick up a musical instrument and learn to play it, exposing students to orchestras, marching bands, jazz ensembles and rock bands. Created by educators for educators.

Contents: In tune with brass -- In tune with keyboards -- In tune with percussion -In tune with strings -- In tune with woodwinds.

Deciphering dyslexia DVDs (57 min.); For Adults The trials and triumphs of four people facing a lifelong struggle with learning.

Dyslexia is the most common cause of reading and writing difficulties, affecting about 10 per cent of the population. [This documentary] is designed to raise awareness and provide an understanding of dyslexia, to bring a human face to this invisible disability and to reduce the stigma surrounding it. The film profiles four individuals and their families. Their stories, along with expert commentary, illustrate the likely causes of the disability and the most scientifically sound strategies for intervention. Lesson plan: http://www3.nfb.ca/sg/100624.pdf

On Audio CD… The Alert Program with songs for self-regulation 2 Sound Discs; For Adults An innovative program that supports children, teachers, parents, and therapists to choose appropriate strategies to change or maintain states of alertness. Students learn what they can do before a spelling test or homework time to attain an optimal state of alertness for their tasks.

Teachers learn what they can do after lunch, when their adult nervous systems are in a low alert state and their students are in a high alert state.

Parents learn what they can do to help their toddler's nervous system change from a high alert state to a more appropriate low state at bedtime.

Check the BZERC online catalogue for more “Alert program” resources. http://www.alertprogram.com

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Signing time! Songs: Volumes 1-3 1 Sound Disc A compilation of songs written by Rachel Coleman and heard on the Signing Time DVDs, volumes 1-3.

Check the BZERC online catalogue for all of the “Signing time” DVDs. Lyrics and preview: https://www.signingtime.com/resources/music-lyrics/

Moving to math : developing math literacy 1 Sound Disc Concepts include one-to-one correspondence ; order and sequence ; numeral recognition ; adding on one ; counting ; subtraction ; zero ; bonus tracks for math vocabulary: naming attributes ; spatial relationships ; bonus tracks for math foundations: classification ; patterning.

Contents: Brenda bear -- Three bears rap -- Hey, there's something in my boot -- One bird singing -- Numeral dance -- Numeral march -- Come dance with me today -- One dinosaur -- Hey, little froggie -- Hickory, dickory count - One wiggly dog -- Five silly monkeys -- Five little speckled frogs -- Circle 'round the zero -- If you're clever and you know it -- Hands and fingers here and there -- Bobble boogie -- Sing a song of math attributes -- Rainbow dancers -- Diggin' up dinosaur bones -- These bones -- These bones (instrumental).

Emotions : Cree round dance songs 1 Sound Disc A collection of traditional Native-American round dance songs, performed in the Cree Round Dance hand drum style with Paskemin's drumming rhythm.

Contents: True love (Imagine) (4:07) -- Tattoo (3:18) -- Strong (5:16) -She's my girl! (6:36) -- Enough (3:34) -- Let me count the ways (5:12) -- All I have to do is close my eyes (4:40) -- Paradise (3:24) -- Teenage love (3:27) -- Reflection (4:01) -- Time after time (3:22) -- Oh, whatever! (3:59) -- So far away (4:23) -- Change (Save the world) (6:06).

Books…

Je cherche un livre pour un enfant : le guide des livres pour les 8-16 ans 140 pages Un ouvrage de référence agréable à consulter et proposant de découvrir, sous des perspectives ciblées par une imminente critique du livre illustré pour enfants, des trésors de la littérature enfantine.

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Violence in Suzanne Collins's The Hunger Games Trilogy 194 pages This series brings together the disciplines of sociology and literature. It looks at a work of literature through the lens of the major social issue that is reflected in it.

This title provides biographical information about Suzanne Collins and offers a perspective on her influences. Other pieces discuss aspects of the novel, focusing on Katniss, her struggles, and the meaning and impact of violence.

Words their way with struggling readers : word study for reading, vocabulary, and spelling instruction, grades 4-12 350 pages Intended for the classroom teacher, this newest addition to the Words Their Way series provides specific guidance, strategies, and tools for helping struggling students, grades 4 and up, catch up with their peers in literacy. The thrust is intervention - specifically, utilizing word study with its hands-on, assessable approach to aid students struggling with the vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension load of middle and secondary classrooms. This book will help you determine student needs, provide you with the strategies to guide each student toward success in content area comprehension, and even outline ideas for fitting these strategies into your crowded schedule.

Creating a mentoring culture : the organization's guide 304 pages In order to succeed in today’s competitive environment, corporate and nonprofit institutions must create a workplace climate that encourages employees to continue to learn and grow. From the author of the best-selling The Mentor’s Guide comes the next-step mentoring resource to ensure personnel at all levels of an organization will teach and learn from each other. Written for anyone who wants to embed mentoring within their organization, Creating a Mentoring Culture is filled with step-by-step guidance, practical advice, engaging stories, and includes a wealth of reproducible forms and tools.

This is the way... [kit] 7 books (24 pages each); For grades K-2 A set of 7 books that discuss diversity throughout the world in the way people, eat, go to school, play, dress, and more.

Contents: This is the way we eat our food This is the way we go to school This is the way we play This is the way we help at home This is the way we dress We are alike, we are different We are citizens

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Be sure to check out online resources provided by Seven Oaks School Division, Manitoba Education Library, and Direction des ressources éducatives française from the BZERC Library site: Public page: www.7oaks.org/Resources/BZERC Portal page : https://portal.7oaks.org/Departments/bzerc/Pages/default.aspx

eBooks & Audiobooks wbb43840.follettshelf.com

Animated & Read-along eBooks

Local Newspaper On-line

tumblebooklibrary.com

ee.winnipegfreepress.com/nie.php

Multi-media Education in French www1.tfo.org/education/home.aspx

Public Domain Books Accessed Electronically

Reproducible Materials for All Ages

www.gutenberg.org

www.enchantedlearning.com

Online Magazine www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/fr

greenteacher.com/magazine/ digital-subscriber-access

Connecting Videos to Education – Streaming Educational Videos (English & French) & French Television Programs (with teacher guides & ability to create quizzes)

Streaming Educational Videos in English and French (with teacher guides & ability to create playlists) www.accesslearning.com

Historical Documents and Local Information manitobia.ca

Streaming Feature Films & Documentaries in English and French media2.criterionpic.com/cod/ lcl_top_subjects.htm

cve.grics.qc.ca/en

Streaming Video Content from CBC and Radio Canada library.edu.gov.mb.ca/cgibin/koha/online/auth/auth.pl?url= http://curio.ca/en

Educational Resources (including Video) from National Geographic education.nationalgeographic.com

Streaming Video Content from National Film Board https://www.nfb.ca/

Ask your Library Technician for the login/password for services provided by BZERC or login to the BZERC portal page to find logins, passwords, and user guides for all online resources.

Manitoba Education Library:

See what’s new and access thematic lists here:

http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/mel/index.html

http://www.7oaks.org/Resources/BZERC/Pages/ Bibliographies.aspx

Direction des ressources éducatives française:

Contact Alice Klumper (alice.klumper@7oaks.org) for requests and more information.

https://dref.mb.ca/in/faces/homeInBook.xhtml

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