New @ B.Z.E.R.C. Ben Zaidman Education Resource Centre – Spring Break 2015 Edition
Listening libraries… Listening centres still have a place in classrooms and libraries but gone are the days of cassette players! The quandary many people face today is how to make audio books available without tying up a computer. Good news…there may not be just one possible solution. These could be options:
BYOD may be and option for some students. To level the playing field, invest in a few iPod Touchs that can be stored and circulated through a central location such as your school library. Audiobooks available on our divisional service (FollettShelf) will work on these devices* without tying up a computer. While this may be a costly option, an iPod Touch is less expensive than an iPad while still versatile enough to be used not only for listening to audiobooks but also video production.
Purchase the individual components for a standalone station such as a Hamilton iPod docking station listening centre with 6 sets of headphones in a lockable carrying case or by the whole system (iPod not included - $220-$290 Brodart)
Use a jack splitter ($7.00 Staples) and an inexpensive MP3/WMA player ($7-$13 Staples). Preload books from the public library or Project Gutenberg. Have students bring their own headphones and you’re good to go! Or if you want more students to share, replace the jack splitter with a Califone jack box ($29-$52 Brodart)
And of course, you can still play SOSD audiobooks on any computer or tablet from school or home!
*audiobooks from our divisional site are accessible on iPod Touch, Kindle Fire HD 2nd gen+, Nook HD, and other portable devices through the Brytewave app.
Over 100 digital audiobooks are available divisionally at http://wbb43840.follettshelf.com Login with your firstname.lastname and use your employee# or student# as your password.
Graphic Novels Galore… Nous avons maintenant une collection d'environ 50 romans graphiques français à la bibliothèque. Des séries s'y trouvent telles que Gusgus, Lou, Crannibales, Kid Paddle, et encore plus! Il faut tout simplement faire une recherche dans notre catalogue sur les sujets de "Bandes dessinées" ou "Roman graphiques" pour voir toute la collection.
Other French materials in our collection have the subject “French language materials”— from picture books to pedagogy—we have a little something for everyone!
Readers’ Theatre “Reader's theater is a strategy for developing reading fluency. It involves children in oral reading through reading parts in scripts. In using this strategy, students do not need to memorize their part; they need only to reread it several times, thus developing their fluency skills. The best reader's theater scripts include lots of dialogue.” Find out more: http://www.readingrockets.org/stra tegies/readers_theater
Invitation to Readers Theatre: celebrating stories of our Canadian heritage
A comprehensive guide to Readers Theatre: enhancing fluency and comprehension in middle school and beyond
Explores the literature that forms the cultural foundation of our country. Folktales, fairy tales and legends from around the world have been adapted for Readers Theatre. More than twenty scripts introduce readers to universal themes about families, community and ongoing concerns about success, kindness and responsibility.
Shows how to use Readers Theatre in the classroom, illustrating the entire process from script creation to performance. Geared to middle school level but can easily be adapted for elementary or high school, or for use with special populations.
Kinikinik : a treaty play by Ian Ross
eBook Scripts with French and English texts together in one book… • • • • • •
La cigale et la fourmi = The ant and the grasshopper Le corbeau et la renard = The crow and the fox Le renard et les raisins = The fox and the grapes Le lievre et la tortue = The hare and the tortoise Le lion et la souris = The lion and the mouse La princesse qui parlait trop (French only) Find them on our divisional eBook shelf http://wbb43840.follettshelf.com
From Hip Books www.hip-books.com.... Fantasy is a genre that is characterized by magic and mysticism. Sometimes called "sword and sorcery" fiction, it is often set in an imaginary medieval world with magical creatures and objects with unusual powers. Animals talk, dragons fly and ordinary heroes outwit otherworldly villains. To download the "Elements of Fantasy" poster on the right go to: http://www.hip-books.com/documents/File/Elemfantasy.pdf Interactive Fantasy Bookmarks from Read-Write-Think may be downloaded from http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson270/bo okmark-fantasy.pdf and, you can find one teacher's entire
Fantasy Unit at http://teachers.yale.edu/curriculum/viewer/initiative_06.03.08_u
Support Materials from Our Collection…
Drama Themes [Book]
Harry Potter’s World [Book]
The Golden Compass = À la Croisée des Mondes la Boussole d’Or [Streaming Film on Criterion-on-Demand]
Chronicles of Narnia [DVD]
L'odyssée d'Alice Tremblay [DVD] The Lightning Thief [eBook]
Fantasy & Science Fiction (Leveled Texts for Classic Fiction) [Book + CD-ROM]
Je Cherche un Livre Pour un Enfant [Book]
Pinocchio [Streaming or DVD] in French, English & Italian
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher [Digital Sound Recording — Online]
Prepared and posted by Alice Klumper http://www.7oaks.org/Resources/BZERC/Pages/Bibliographies