Volume 2 | Issue 27
Parkway School District
Know & Go
Updates @your Library New Summer Reading List This summer Parkway will be circulating new summer reading lists in a brochure format for grades k-2, 3-5, 6-8, and high school. The lists were adopted from ALSC (Association for Library Service to Children), MASL (Missouri Association of School Librarians), and YALSA (Young Adult Library Services Association).The criteria for many of the books on these lists were based on overall appeal, exposure to authors, diversity, genre variety, and relevance. The brochure format creates a manageable list with adequate choice to encourage students to read for fun. Summer reading is a chance for students to learn to read for pleasure. This lists and additional resources can be found on the Library Services page. Also be sure to use the hashtag #parkwayreads to organize social media posts about reading in Parkway.
Accessing Fern Ridge’s Ebook Collection Fern Ridge now has 218 books in either audio or ebook format. To take advantage of this popular selection on young adult fiction click on the this http://wbb20046.follettshelf.com link. From there you will need to provide your Novell username and password to peruse the eShelf you can also stream the book live from here. If you would prefer to download the book and have more interactive reading experience, then download the BryteWave K-12 App from your App or Google Play Store to read the books on your device! Once the app has been downloaded open it and put in the http://wbb20046.follettshelf.com link and your Novell login credentials. To see the flyer on how to access Brytewave click here. If you need help understanding what all the buttons do, then take a peek at the Brytewave Quick Reference Sheet.
Contact Information Bill Bass Twitter: billbass Skype: bill.bass3 Kim Lindskog Twitter: klindskog Skype: klindskog Scoopit:www.scoop.it/t/know-go ISSUU Newsletter Stacks: 2015-2015 2013-2014 Nancy Ikemeyer Skype: nancy,ikemeyer.pearl Twitter: NancyIkemeyer Access the Library Services Webpage using the QR code or www.tinyurl.com/libserv
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About Books Humans, Machines and Inbetweens The focus in the current School Library Journal is on Robo Reads! This article has something for all grade levels from fiction to nonfiction. The list contains titles of excellent robot literature from the last few years. What a great way to encourage scientific minds to read over the summer or to create a list the library should probably keep for makerspaces. Who wouldn’t want to read something like Zoobots. The article also contains quick digital picks which includes websites and apps.
Other Info Take the Magazines! On the last day of school feel free to take any of the magazines in the library to use in your classroom for next year or simply read them for pleasure. Free Books! This summer I will also be “weeding” the collection, taking out books that aren’t being utilized or we have multiple copies of, so if you are interested in having these books for your classroom “library” then let me know and we can get together on which ones you would like. More Free Books In the front of the library next to the SMART Board there are many books that are not in the library’s catalog system, if you or a student would like to take them, then feel free to take the ones you will use!
Personalized Learning July Google Academy and Camp Information Right now we are really low in terms of the number of people registered for Google Academy. So, please consider telling your friends about the event and post the Academy and Camp flyers in strategic places in your buildings. Google Academy will be offered as a salary credit opportunity for you and teachers in your building. All the information can be found at this link (http://goo. gl/uQu8BS).
Resource Roundup Technology, Research & Learning Resources Here are this week’s most popular posts from Richard Byrne’s FreeTech4Teachers. com: ● 20 Good Map Creation Tools for Students ● What2Learn – Create Your Own Review Games ● How to Eliminate Choices as They’re Used on Google Forms ● 12 Good Tools for Creating End-of-Year Review Activities ● A Short Summary of Best Practices for Using Images in Blog Posts ● Three Helpful Updates to the Google Classroom iPad & Android Apps
Student Opportunities Sign up for the Teen Summer Reading Club at St. Louis County Library starting May 18. You can earn cool prizes just for reading! Visit www.slcl.org for more info. See the video here! Amazing opportunities are available at the St Louis County Library. Get carded and open up a whole world of possibilities. Sign up for a library card at tinyurl. com/SLCLcard.
Final Thoughts Have a great and safe summer! I look forward to serving the community of Fern Ridge High School next year and if there is anything you need feel free to email me over the summer.
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