Competency 5

I searched for the following: reading, children


Work details


Title:
When Kids Can't Read: What Teachers Can Do: A Guide for Teachers 6-12
Author
Kylene Beers
Owned by
98 members
LC Classification
LB1050.5 .B45 Dewey
428.4/071/2 21 Subjects
Reading › Remedial teaching
Reading (Middle school)
Reading (Secondary)


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Review: This book is a must have for teachers of any grade level or content area. Beers' writing is accessible and presented in an user friendly format. Her practicaly suggestions for teachers who are trying to help their students read better are succinct and easily implemented.

http://www.librarything.com/work/58430


I selected this book for my tagging cloud because it focuses the content area of reading. Providing skills in teaching reading to readers of all ages and in all areas of reading.

Competency 4

I selected a RSS Feed from The School Library Journal to keep me updated on new books that are available for reading. In keeping up with the newest books I will be kept informed of the good and not so good reads, which will also benefit my teachers, students and parents.

http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/

Competency 3

African Library Project

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS2cu3aGogc

This podcast is about a book / library project that has been done in many elementary schools for the Africa town of Botswana and a little girl 10 years old that wants to be a doctor, but had no access to books until this project begin. This podcast caught my attention because of my love for reading and the love I have for children with a desire to see them love to read. This little girl definitely loved reading and her dreams were big, now possible because of the books her library now has to offer.

I searched a couple of different podcast sites and then went to youtube to find the podcast that related to my library type.

http://www.youtube.com/

Competency 2

I searched for a blog that related to elementary school libraries.

Week 8, Thing 16:perspectives on library 2.0

http://kyrareads.wordpress.com/2008/08/31/week-8-thing-16perspectives-on-library-20/


I searched using blogsearch.google.com


The blog is about a school librarian that wants to enhance the use of the library by adding virtual tools for a more virtual presence because her "real time" is limited with students and teachers. As I stated in my first blog, I can see how blogging could be used as a useful tool in the library to make the connection between librarians, parents, and students.

Blog Excerpt:
"I work in a an elementary school library, where for better or worse the web is filtered and physical access to the library is also limited by fixed class schedules. Teachers use "library time" as a break time, and I, as the licensed professional, am suppose to be in the library managing and instructing the children. I like the idea of being available "virtually" outside the walls of the library, I am currently scheduled to take classes nearly all of the time I am in the building. I wonder how to move into offering more of a virtual, dynamic presence to my teachers and students."