[LM_NET] TAR: 2nd and 3rd grade girl favorites

[leah ayers <lkpayers@GMAIL.COM>]

Good Morning,

I'd love to know what the most popular books are in your libraries  
right now for 2nd and 3rd grade girls.

Thanks!

Leah Ayers
Library Media Specialist
Vestavia Hills Elementary East
(205) 402-5200
ayerslp@vestavia.k12.al.us




















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> Date:    Tue, 18 Aug 2009 03:03:14 -0500
> From:    leah ayers <lkpayers@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: AR vs. self selection
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> Hello Wise ones,
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> I have a teacher "requiring" her students to check out ONLY books on
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>> 1. Target: Middle School Book Suggestions
>> 2. Possible job opening - NJ
>> 3. Tar: Elem: 90 minute reading blocks
>> 4. Target: Grade 4 Penpal Help!
>> 5. General Question: Private School LMCs
>> 6. copyright
>> 7. TARGET:  Survivor software/website
>> 8. electronic aggression incidents involving athletes
>> 9. OT: HS: College grants additional info
>> 10. HS: College grants additional info
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>> Date:    Mon, 17 Aug 2009 16:34:29 -0400
>> From:    Barbara Karp <basyak10@HOTMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: Re: Target: Middle School Book Suggestions
>>
>> These books are good choices. (I have included them in my
>> recommended readi=
>> ng list for this year.)
>>
>> =20
>>
>> Alexander=2C Lloyd.  The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio.
>> Blos=2C Joan W.  A Gathering of Days=3B Brothers of the Heart=3B and
>> Letter=
>> s from the Corrugated Castle.
>> Coombs=2C Kate.  The Runaway Princess.
>> Curtis=2C Christopher Paul.  Elijah of Buxton.
>> Ernst=2C Kathleen.  The Bravest Girl in Sharpsburg.
>> Ferris=2C Jean.  Once Upon a Marigold and Twice Upon a Marigold.
>> Giblin=2C James Cross.  The Many Rides of Paul Revere.
>> Haddix=2C Margaret Peterson.  Double Identity.
>>      =94             =94               =94            The Shadow
>> Children=
>> series.
>> Horvath=2C Polly.  Everything on a Waffle.
>> Ibbotson=2C Eva.  The Star of Kazan.
>> Jiang=2C Ji-Li.  Red Scarf Girl.
>> Jordan=2C Sherryl.  The Hunting of the Last Dragon.
>> Jurmain=2C Suzanne.  Forbidden Schoolhouse: the Dramatic and True
>> Story of =
>> Prudence Crandall.
>> McCaughrean=2C Geraldine.  Peter Pan in Scarlet (first authorized
>> sequel to=
>> Peter Pan).
>> Miklowitz=2C Gloria D.  Secrets in the House of Delgado.
>> Murdock=2C Catherine Gilbert.  Princess Ben.
>> Myers=2C Walter Dean.  At Her Majesty=92s Request.
>> Snyder=2C Zilpha Keatley.  Cat Running.
>>    =94            =94            =94          Libby on Wednesday.
>> Sturtevant=2C Katherine.  At the Sign of the Star and A True and
>> Faithful N=
>> arrative (sequel).
>> Wells=2C Rosemary.  Red Moon at Sharpsburg.
>> Yep=2C Laurence.  The Dragon Chronicles.
>> Zeinert=2C Karen.  Those Remarkable Women of the American Revolution.
>> =20
>>
>> =93Librarians. . . have been my lifelong friends=2C guides and
>> heroes.=94  =
>> Joseph Bruchac
>> =20
>> Basya Karp=2C Librarian
>> Shulamith High School and Shulamith School For Girls
>> Brooklyn=2C New York
>> basyak10@hotmail.com> Date: Fri=2C 14 Aug 2009 20:38:54 -0400
>>> From: kmfarrington@GMAIL.COM
>>> Subject: Target: Middle School Book Suggestions
>>> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>>> =20
>>> Hi All=2C
>>> =20
>>> In organizing the collection in my new K-8 library=2C I realized
>>> that the
>>> middle school level books are lacking (and what is there is quite
>>> outdate=
>> d).
>>> What current books would you recommend for this age level? Having
>>> previou=
>> sly
>>> worked in a 2-5 library=2C I am not very familiar with the new
>>> titles for=
>> this
>>> age group. I do not have a large budget=2C but would like to order
>>> a few =
>> new
>>> books before the school year begins.
>>> =20
>>> Thank you=2C
>>> Katie Farrington
>>> Media Specialist=2C Grades K-8
>>> Belmar Elementary School
>>> Belmar=2C NJ
>>> kmfarrington@gmail.com
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>> Date:    Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:01:38 +0000
>> From:    Laura Coburn <lauracoburn@COMCAST.NET>
>> Subject: Possible job opening - NJ
>>
>> Greetings,
>> I have been offered a job in Massachusetts on the condition I can
>> start on Sept. 1 which would mean I would need to be released from
>> my contract. This will happen, I'm told, if they can find a
>> replacement for me. The job should be posted on Tuesday, 8/18, but I
>> thought I would help by looking for potential candidates which might
>> help earn my early release. So, if anyone is looking for a job in
>> north central NJ in a prek - 4th grade school, that is able to start
>> Sept. 1, please email me off list and I will fill you in on the
>> particulars.
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>> Laura Coburn, LMS
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>> Date:    Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:36:09 -0500
>> From:    Jan Cole <n2books@CABLEONE.NET>
>> Subject: Tar: Elem: 90 minute reading blocks
>>
>> Our district is implementing 90 minutes uninterrupted reading
>> instruction b=
>> locks this year.  We're having trouble getting mandated programs
>> such as PE=
>> and Music in.  So far, I'm still trying to find a block of time for
>> librar=
>> y classes to come in. =20
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>> Does anyone else have this 90 minute block?  How do you do your
>> scheduling?
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>> Please reply off list as I may have further questions for you about
>> how you=
>> r school gets it all worked in.
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>> Jan Cole
>> LMS
>> Horace Mann Elementary
>> Duncan, OK
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>> Date:    Mon, 17 Aug 2009 23:32:39 +0000
>> From:    Cara Farino <neatfreak815@OPTONLINE.NET>
>> Subject: Target: Grade 4 Penpal Help!
>>
>> Hello!
>>
>> I am collaborating with a 4th grade teacher on a project where
>> students write to students in Kenya. I was wondering if anyone has
>> ever done this before and could assist me with some ideas for this
>> project?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Cara Farino
>> Elementary LMS
>> Nassau County, NY
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>> Date:    Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:19:28 -0400
>> From:    "Reitz, Julianne Marie" <jmreitz@IUPUI.EDU>
>> Subject: General Question: Private School LMCs
>>
>> I have two questions concerning working in a private school library
>> media center.  If anyone could provide me with some suggestions and
>> comments, I would be deeply grateful.  I will be graduating with a  
>> MLS
>> this December also.
>>
>> 1.  I am having trouble passing the Math part of the Praxis I test to
>> become a licensed media specialist (can't quite get my State's
>> required
>> passing score).  Do I need to be state licensed to work in a private
>> school?
>>
>> 2.  Does one have to be affiliated with the private school's religion
>> in order to be hired as a school librarian?  For example, does one
>> need
>> to be Lutheran to work in a Lutheran middle school?
>>
>> Thank you for your time and help,
>>
>> Julie Reitz
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>> Indiana University
>> jmreit@iupui.edu
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>> Date:    Mon, 17 Aug 2009 20:22:29 -0400
>> From:    Honor Zalewski <zalewskih@COMCAST.NET>
>> Subject: copyright
>>
>>
>>
>> From: Honor Zalewski [mailto:zalewskih@comcast.net]
>> Sent: Monday, August 17, 2009 6:24 PM
>> To: 'LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU'
>> Subject: copyright
>>
>>
>>
>> HI All,
>>
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>>
>> Any thoughts.
>>
>>
>>
>> A teacher asked me if she could give a link to her students to
>>
>> access an article on Wall Street Journal Online.  I checked out their
>>
>> copyright policy and it explicitly states that one needs permission
>>
>> to use in the academic classroom.  I called their copyright center
>>
>> and was told that it would cost each student $1 for each print copy  
>> of
>>
>> the article. She is allowed to give the students the link to the
>> homepage
>>
>> (not with article embedded).
>>
>> (She really wanted them to have access to the article and a hard  
>> copy)
>>
>>
>>
>> My question is this-If she tells them to google 2009 articles on  
>> math,
>>
>> google gives the link with the article she wants them to see on
>>
>> wall street journal.  Why can one access from google but she can't
>> have
>> students
>>
>> access from a direct link?
>>
>>
>>
>> Many thanks,
>>
>> Honor Zalewski
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>> hzalewskiATCUCPSDOTK12DOTVADOTUS
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>> Date:    Mon, 17 Aug 2009 22:15:45 -0400
>> From:    Sandra Lingo <slingo47@FUSE.NET>
>> Subject: TARGET:  Survivor software/website
>>
>> One of our middle school teachers used a team building program in a
>> graduate class, and he'd like to use it with his students.  The
>> players are given a survival scenario, like "You are stranded in a
>> trapped building (or in a desert or on an island).  Here is a list
>> of materials you could use to survive. Select what materials you'd
>> choose and rank them in importance."  After the group makes its
>> choices, then an expert reveals what items he/she would use.  The
>> teacher doesn't know if this is software or an Internet game.  I've
>> looked and haven't found anything exactly like this.  None have the
>> final part where an expert reveals his/her choices.  Does this ring
>> a bell with anyone?
>>
>>
>> --
>> Sandra Lingo, Librarian
>> Delhi Middle School
>> 5280 Foley Road
>> Cincinnati, Ohio   45238
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>> Date:    Mon, 17 Aug 2009 19:26:57 -0700
>> From:    Nancy Willard <nwillard@CSRIU.ORG>
>> Subject: electronic aggression incidents involving athletes
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> A reporter has contacted me who is interested in doing a story
>> related to
>> electronic aggression incidents involving athletes. If there has
>> been a
>> recent incident (as in last school year) that you know of that was
>> reported
>> in your local community, could you contact me. Needs to have been
>> reported
>> so it does not present student confidentiality concerns.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> Nancy
>>
>> -- 
>> Nancy Willard, M.S., J.D.
>> Center for Safe and Responsible Internet Use
>> http://csriu.org
>> http://cyberbully.org
>> http://cyber-safe-kids.com
>> http://csriu.wordpress.com
>> nwillard@csriu.org
>>
>> Cyberbullying and Cyberthreats: Responding to the Challenge of
>> Online Social
>> Aggression, Threats, and Distress (Research Press)
>>
>> Cyber-Safe Kids, Cyber-Savvy Teens: Helping Young People Learn to
>> Use the
>> Internet Safely and Responsibly (Jossey-Bass)
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>> Date:    Tue, 18 Aug 2009 00:33:05 -0400
>> From:    Barbara Fritz <bfritzlibrary@GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: OT: HS: College grants additional info
>>
>> My original post was somewhat unclear. The young man is a junior in
>> high
>> school and we are looking for scholarships and grants.
>>
>> Thanks for any advice you have tp share. Barb
>>
>>
>> my original post
>>
>>
>> I have a friend who asking me about finding college grants for her
>> junior
>> high school student. This young man needs money to make it to
>> college and
>> the family (and I don't) know where to start. I of course said to
>> start with
>> the guidance cousnelor, but she has already done that and was not
>> please
>> with his response. Let's say it was not supportive. Seems that often
>> happens
>> with this individual. The young man is especially strong in the
>> arts, music,
>> writing, photography.
>>
>> So knowing many of you help students all the time with this
>> research, what
>> do you suggest?
>>
>>
>> "Librarian. Genetically predisposed to answer questions and correct
>> misconceptions - whether asked or not." 2 01 2007
>>
>> "Where all think alike, no one thinks much." ~~ Walter Lippman
>>
>> Barbara Fritz
>> Elementary Librarian
>> Bloomsburg Area School District
>> Bloomsburg PA
>> bfritzlibrary@gmail.com
>> using Alexandria since 1999
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>> Date:    Tue, 18 Aug 2009 01:11:53 -0400
>> From:    Toni Koontz <fussbgt@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
>> Subject: Re: HS: College grants additional info
>>
>> One of the first places to look:
>> http://www.college.gov/wps/portal
>>
>> Also: http://www.students.gov/
>> And  to help find a college:
>> http://www.colleges.com/
>>
>>
>> Toni Koontz
>> Retired Librarian
>> Columbus Ohio
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Barbara Fritz" <bfritzlibrary@GMAIL.COM>
>> To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
>> Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 12:33 AM
>> Subject: OT: HS: College grants additional info
>>
>>
>>> My original post was somewhat unclear. The young man is a junior in
>>> high
>>> school and we are looking for scholarships and grants.
>>>
>>> Thanks for any advice you have tp share. Barb
>>>
>>>
>>> my original post
>>>
>>>
>>> I have a friend who asking me about finding college grants for her
>>> junior
>>> high school student. This young man needs money to make it to
>>> college and
>>> the family (and I don't) know where to start. I of course said to
>>> start
>>> with
>>> the guidance cousnelor, but she has already done that and was not
>>> please
>>> with his response. Let's say it was not supportive. Seems that often
>>> happens
>>> with this individual. The young man is especially strong in the  
>>> arts,
>>> music,
>>> writing, photography.
>>>
>>> So knowing many of you help students all the time with this
>>> research, what
>>> do you suggest?
>>>
>>>
>>> "Librarian. Genetically predisposed to answer questions and correct
>>> misconceptions - whether asked or not." 2 01 2007
>>>
>>> "Where all think alike, no one thinks much." ~~ Walter Lippman
>>>
>>> Barbara Fritz
>>> Elementary Librarian
>>> Bloomsburg Area School District
>>> Bloomsburg PA
>>> bfritzlibrary@gmail.com
>>> using Alexandria since 1999
>>> http://bloomsburgasd.schoolwires.com/62784211610220/site/default.asp
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>>> In the message write EITHER:
>>> 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET
>>> 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
>>> 3) SET LM_NET MAIL
>>> 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST
>>>
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>>> * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html
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>>> http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/
>>>
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>> In the message write EITHER:
>> 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET
>> 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
>> 3) SET LM_NET MAIL
>> 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST
>>
>> * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/
>> * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
>> * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html
>> * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/
>>
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>> End of LM_NET Digest - 17 Aug 2009 to 18 Aug 2009 - Special issue
>> (#2009-1123)
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> Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
>  You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
>  by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book.
> To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
> In the message write EITHER:
> 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET
> 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
> 3) SET LM_NET MAIL
> 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST
>
> * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/
> * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
> * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html
> * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
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>
> End of LM_NET Digest - 18 Aug 2009 - Special issue (#2009-1124)
> ***************************************************************


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Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law.
  You can prevent most e-mail filters from deleting LM_NET postings
  by adding LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU to your e-mail address book.
To change your LM_NET status, you send a message to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu
In the message write EITHER:
1) SIGNOFF LM_NET
2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL
3) SET LM_NET MAIL
4) SET LM_NET DIGEST

 * LM_NET Help & Information: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/
 * LM_NET Archive: http://www.eduref.org/lm_net/archive/
 * EL-Announce with LM_NET Select: http://lm-net.info/join.html
 * LM_NET Supporters: http://lmnet.wordpress.com/category/links/el-announce/

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