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I would love some new suggestions for a funny read aloud for third grade. It can be a chapter of a book or a picture book. Thanks! Leah Ayers Vestavia Hills Elementary East 2109 Tyson Drive Vestavia, AL 35243 ayerslp@vestavia.k12.al.us On Wed, Apr 28, 2010 at 8:58 AM, LM_NET automatic digest system < LISTSERV@listserv.syr.edu> wrote: > There are 11 messages totalling 568 lines in this issue. > > Topics in this special issue: > > 1. SHARE: International connectivity tool > 2. TARGET: Need book title > 3. GEN: Repaired link on "Glee Kids Trash the Library" blog > 4. MS and HS testing tip > 5. TAR: Kid's International News Website > 6. Target: HS: Merge these books - or keep separate? > 7. TAR: FREE, online information about Russian cities > 8. Blog safety for students > 9. Teach Like A Rock Star > 10. HELP! need copy of an article > 11. Title needed > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:00:24 +0200 > From: Jennie <jennieteacher@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: SHARE: International connectivity tool > > I want to share this COLLABORATIVE tool for international understanding. > My husband created (Tech Integrationist) it for our school and it is > spreading from here in Serbia to other parts of the world (also, you can > see > the great city we live in!) > > > http://gscollaborative.ning.com/video/where-do-you-live?xg_source=msg_mes_network > > > Jennie Scott-McKenzie > EY-12 Library Media Specialist > International School of Belgrade, Serbia > jennieteacher@gmail.com > > http://twitter.com/jennieteacher > http://schoolzandtoolz.blogspot.com > http://librarydigs.blogspot.com > http://www.webucation.piczo.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 22:56:44 -0500 > From: Terri Street <tstreet@NORMAN.K12.OK.US> > Subject: TARGET: Need book title > > Help! I read a book within the last year about a boy with undiagnosed > learning disabilities whose mother would not let him be tested and served. > The mother was the super-duper PTA mom, heading committees, organizing > everything, but did it all in her head because she secretly had such severe > learning disabilities that she was functionally illiterate. It was for > intermediate readers, probably grades 4-8. Does anyone know the title of > this book? I've searched and racked my brain but can't come up with it. I > think it was published in the past two or three years. > > Thanks for any help you can give me! > > Terri L. Street, School Librarian > Longfellow Middle School > Norman, Oklahoma > tstreet@norman.k12.ok.us > > "Never judge a book by its movie." -- J. W. Eagen > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:52:54 -0500 > From: Janet Trumble <jhtrumble@GMAIL.COM> > Subject: GEN: Repaired link on "Glee Kids Trash the Library" blog > > Netters, > > So sorry about the bad link on my "Glee Kids Trash the Library" blog. It's > all fixed. The link is to the full episode on Hulu and the song starts at > about the 15:00 mark. Enjoy! > > http://bit.ly/cQVNnx > > Janet Trumble, Librarian > Krimmel Intermediate > Klein, TX 77379 > jhtrumble@gmail.com > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 04:58:52 -0700 > From: Amy Watkins <amywatkinsreads@YAHOO.COM> > Subject: MS and HS testing tip > > This is a testing trick that worked in the area of Reading Comprehension > fo= > r a young lady retaking the Reading portion of an RN entrance test.=A0 She > = > wanted to be more competitive; this is an area that is generally low for > he= > r. > > I asked her:=A0 how would you google this article?=A0 (The reading passage > = > on the standardized test).=A0 Those power words are your Main Idea!=A0=20 > > That's all I said.=A0 She took the test yesterday morning and raised her > sc= > ore from a 78 to a 94.7.=A0 That's very significant and although she was > mo= > re relaxed the second time taking the test, she said that tip made it so > un= > derstandable. > > In the season of standardized testing, I wanted to share this with you in > t= > he hopes that others would benefit as well. > > Amy Watkins > Central Middle School > Lawton High School > Lawton, OK=A0=20 > =0A=0A=0A > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:06:41 -0400 > From: Dawn VanLerberghe <dlvl_02@HOTMAIL.COM> > Subject: TAR: Kid's International News Website > > Have any of you discovered an excellent news source for kids on the > interna= > tional level? In my previous post I asked for current event books that > giv= > e an international perspective and now I think I want to include some news > = > sites. On my searches=2C I only seem to find Scholastic. While they are > o= > kay and often have a lesson with it=2C I was hoping to find more than one > o= > ption. > > Any suggestions? I will take them for grades three and up. > > Thanks in advance=2C > Dawn VanLerberghe > School Librarian > Baraga Area Schools > Baraga=2C MI 49908 > dlvl_02@hotmail.com > > =20 > _________________________________________________________________ > The New Busy is not the old busy. Search=2C chat and e-mail from your > inbox= > . > > http://www.windowslive.com/campaign/thenewbusy?ocid=3DPID28326::T:WLMTAGL:O= > N:WL:en-US:WM_HMP:042010_3= > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:31:14 -0400 > From: Jacqueline Henry <JHenry@GANANDA.ORG> > Subject: Target: HS: Merge these books - or keep separate? > > Our teachers have been told that we have money to spend on materials for > struggling readers. The principal is "ruminating" on how to handle > these materials. She wants all the books/audiobooks/videos etc. to go > into the library catalog, no matter if they were requested by me or by > classroom teachers. We are talking right now about how to manage the > materials. =20 > =20 > What do you think would be best? > =20 > 1.) Have all the materials in our library catalog with a notation as to > which classrooms they are housed? (I think this will be the teachers' > preferred option. I am just afraid that they will sit unused for much > of the time, the materials will be lost by students, and we will have to > include them in our inventory, even though we are not responsible for > check-out to students) > =20 > 2.) Interfile the materials with all the other library materials.=20 > (Perhaps put in local subject(s), so a list can easily be made of any > given teacher/department/grade level's materials) > =20 > 3. ) Create a separate section in the library for these materials, so > that teachers can easily locate the materials to check out for class > use. If so - what on earth would I call this section without it being > embarrassing for students to choose books from that section? > =20 > 4.) Other? > =20 > Thanks so much for helping me think through this. I have received many > useful responses to the last taget I put out on a related topic. I will > try to combine all responses to both questions into one hit. =20 > =20 > =20 > Jacquie > > "Without a dedicated guide,[students] end up as =E2=80=9Cferal children o= > f the > Internet raised by the Web 2.0 wolves.=E2=80=9D (Professor Henry Jenkins = > - > http://tinyurl.com/yl6haum) > =20 > =E2=80=9CWill my child graduate with a 21st century resume, or a 19th cen= > tury > transcript?=E2=80=9D (Forbes Magazine - http://tinyurl.com/yl6haum) > =20 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jacquie Henry, MLS > Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS) > Gananda Central School District > 3195 Wiedrick Road > P.O. Box 609 > Macedon, NY 14502 > 315-986-3521 x 3144 > jhenry@gananda.org=20 > Library Page: http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/=20 > Blog - Library Links For Teachers: http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/=20 > Blog - Wanderings > http://wanderings.edublogs.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:52:17 -0400 > From: Sharon Hamer <shamer@SAUGUS.K12.MA.US> > Subject: TAR: FREE, online information about Russian cities > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a teacher who wants students to research the major cities that run > along the Trans-Siberian railroad, such as Vladivostok. Any ideas for FREE > online sites that will supply information-statistics, culture, history, > etc.-- about the cities? Thanks in advance. > > > > Sharon Hamer--Library Teacher > > Belmonte Middle School > > Saugus, MA 01906 > > shamer@saugus.k12.ma.us > > > > "It is more than ironic that school districts are willing to spend hundreds > of thousands of dollars on reading programs and staff development which > have > had limited success in boosting test scores, but are unwilling to invest in > school library programs that show such direct correlations to student > success," researcher Douglas Achterman wrote in a 2008 study of California > school libraries. > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:07:02 -0500 > From: Lisa Nagel <lisanagel@SFX-SCHOOL.ORG> > Subject: Blog safety for students > > Target: School Blog safety for kids > > Can anyone advise or give me some input on how they handle school blogs and > internet safety with postings that have images of students associated with > them? > > Specifically, we have classroom blogs that teachers use to communicate with > parents on what they have done each week. Sometimes photographs of the > students are included. We have asked that no names of students be used. Are > others this restrictive, or do some schools use first names? Also, to post > videos, some are using vimeo free accounts which do not have privacy > settings. We would like to ask teachers to only post video if they use a > paid account with restricted access. We are considering buying an account > to do this for the school. Has anyone else done this and can advise? > > Thank you > > Lisa Nagel > > Saint Francis Xavier School > > Wilmette, IL > > lisanagel@sfx-school.org > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 06:31:24 -0700 > From: Cayla Armatti <readlistendream@YAHOO.COM> > Subject: Teach Like A Rock Star > > Does anyone have any experience, kind words, or otherwise=A0concerning > =A0t= > he "Teach Like A Rockstar" conferences?=0A=A0Cayla Armatti, LMS=0ABrainerd > = > HS, =0AChattanooga, TN=0Aarmatti_c@hcde.org =0A=0A=0A > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 09:52:20 -0400 > From: Jacqueline Henry <JHenry@GANANDA.ORG> > Subject: HELP! need copy of an article > > Teen Newsweek, Feb 23, 2004 "Modern-day slaves" page 4&5. > =20 > If you can send me a copy I would be most grateful. It is needed by a > sub. The teacher left a copy for her to read to the students - but half > the article was cut off. > =20 > =20 > Jacquie > > "Without a dedicated guide,[students] end up as =E2=80=9Cferal children o= > f the > Internet raised by the Web 2.0 wolves.=E2=80=9D (Professor Henry Jenkins = > - > http://tinyurl.com/yl6haum) > =20 > =E2=80=9CWill my child graduate with a 21st century resume, or a 19th cen= > tury > transcript?=E2=80=9D (Forbes Magazine - http://tinyurl.com/yl6haum) > =20 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Jacquie Henry, MLS > Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS) > Gananda Central School District > 3195 Wiedrick Road > P.O. Box 609 > Macedon, NY 14502 > 315-986-3521 x 3144 > jhenry@gananda.org=20 > Library Page: http://www.gananda.org/webpages/hslibrary/=20 > Blog - Library Links For Teachers: http://rachslibrary.edublogs.org/=20 > Blog - Wanderings > http://wanderings.edublogs.org/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:57:03 -0500 > From: Anne Oelke <cflibrary@CF.K12.WI.US> > Subject: Title needed > > My turn to request title help: a staff member is looking for a book > that was used with a church youth group. It dealt with self-esteem > etc. Apparently it related to being labeled (spots or dots?) by > others--the typical labels teens might use--dumb, gay, nerd etc. I > think. She thinks the title has dot(s) or spot(s) in it. Any ideas? > > -- > Anne Oelke > Library Media Specialist pK-12 > Cambria-Friesland School Dst. > Cambria, WI > mailto:cflibrary@cf.k12.wi.us > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/ > * LM_NET Wiki: http://lmnet.wikispaces.com/ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ------------------------------ > > End of LM_NET Digest - 28 Apr 2010 - Special issue (#2010-697) > ************************************************************** > -------------------------------------------------------------------- Please note: All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. 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