[LM_NET] Target Third grade book club suggestion

[leah ayers <lkpayers@GMAIL.COM>]

Hi All,

I'm looking for a suggestion for a third grade book club book that is  
between a 3.0-4.0 reading level.

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




















On Jan 4, 2010, at 11:53 AM, LM_NET automatic digest system wrote:

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>  1. TAR: Caldecott List of Art Medium Used (2)
>  2. Barnes and Noble
>  3. TARGET: Choosing an Alternative Book Fair - December 2009
>  4. PhD fellowships still available
>  5. Hit: the blessings of being a librarian
>  6. TARGET:  Fiction books on Colonial Period
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> Date:    Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:08:42 -0500
> From:    "M. Levy" <rylor4@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: TAR: Caldecott List of Art Medium Used
>
> Thanks Shonda!
> That was the site I was referring to. I was also thinking of making  
> my own
> chart too. If I do end up making one I will post to the list/wiki.
>
> thanks!
> Michelle Levy
>
>
> On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 12:05 PM, Shonda Brisco <sbrisco@gmail.com>  
> wrote:
>
>> To those who are interested (and aren't we all at this time of the
>> year)....the website with the art medium used for the Caldecott
>> winners is:
>>
>> http://www.nc3r.org/jlbocessls/caldecot.htm
>>
>> Since this website hasn't been updated for a while, I'd also be
>> interested in learning the art medium used for the winning and honor
>> books during the last five years.
>>
>> If no one is able to locate specific information on this topic to  
>> fill
>> in the gaps, let me know.  I often work with our art education  
>> faculty
>> and one professor would LOVE to assign this type of project to her
>> students---and it would be a great resource for us to continue
>> sharing.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> ~Shonda
>>
>>
>>
>> Shonda Brisco
>> Assistant Professor / Curriculum Materials Librarian
>> Mary L. Williams Curriculum Materials Library
>> 001 Willard Hall
>> Oklahoma State University
>> Stillwater, OK 74078
>> http://www.library.okstate.edu/cml/index.htm
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> -- 
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> School Library Media Specialist
> Eton Academy
> 1755 Melton
> Birmingham, MI 48009
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> Date:    Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:08:27 -0600
> From:    "Thiebaud, Linda" <thiebaudl@LISD.NET>
> Subject: Barnes and Noble
>
> Happy New Year!
>
> We, at Lewisville ISD in Lewisville, Texas, are celebrating 2010  
> with a dis=
> trict wide book fair.  If any of you or anyone at your school-  
> teachers, pa=
> rents, and students- shop at a Barnes and Noble January 10-January  
> 17, woul=
> d you please have them  tell a cashier that they would like to  
> support our =
> book fair.  The Book Fair ID # is 10083889 and supports  Lewisville  
> ISD in =
> Texas.  It is good for any purchase, including coffee!  Thank you in  
> advanc=
> e for helping support our libraries.  If we can return the favor,  
> please le=
> t us know!  This is our second book fair and the first was very  
> successful.=
>  We have sixty-one schools in our district.  Each school benefited.
>
> Follow this link to see how your school or district can benefit from  
> a Book=
> Fair at Barnes and Noble:  http://www.barnesandnoble.com/bookfairs/index.a=
> sp
>
> Thank you again for your support.
>
>
> Linda Thiebaud MS
> McAuliffe Elementary School
> 2300 Briarhill Blvd.
> Highland Village, Texas    75077
> Phone number:  469-713-5959
> Fax number:  972-350-9116
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> Date:    Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:11:54 -0500
> From:    Leslie Wachter <lwachter@FIRSTMONTESSORI.ORG>
> Subject: TARGET: Choosing an Alternative Book Fair - December 2009
>
> I am looking for an alternative Book Fair for next year. Scholastic  
> has
> worked for me for a few years now, but I am looking for something  
> fresh.
> I am not concerned with profits as much as I used to be.... just good
> literature and quality service.  Has anyone used The Reading  
> Warehouse,
> Borders (in school fair)  or Personalized Bookfairs?
>
> If people will respond to me, I'll compile your responses and post  a
> Hit on the topic.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Leslie Wachter
> Library Media Specialist, First Montessori School of Atlanta, Atlanta,
> Georgia
> lwachter@firstmontessori.org=20
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> Date:    Mon, 4 Jan 2010 10:58:45 -0500
> From:    Nancy Everhart <everhart@CI.FSU.EDU>
> Subject: PhD fellowships still available
>
> The PALM Center, a research center devoted to issues related to the  
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> the FSU PALM (Partnerships Advancing Library Media) Center, the  
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>
>   Dr. Nancy Everhart and Dr. Marcia Mardis
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> Director, PALM (Partnerships Advancing Library Media) Center
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> Date:    Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:20:05 -0600
> From:    "Thiebaud, Linda" <thiebaudl@LISD.NET>
> Subject: Re: TAR: Caldecott List of Art Medium Used
>
> The fifth grade students are beginning to research a Caldecott  
> illustrator.=
>  This is being done in collaboration with our art teacher.  The  
> students w=
> ill recreate a page in their assigned book in art using the  
> medium(s) the i=
> llustrator used.  In library, they will find out about the  
> illustrator, the=
> type of medium used, and basically analyze the art work throughout  
> the boo=
> k.  The following is a great book to use with any Caldecott lesson.
>
> Art through children's literature: creative art lessons for  
> Caldecott books=
> =20
>    Englebaugh, Debi.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV=
> .SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Shonda Brisco
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 11:06 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Re: TAR: Caldecott List of Art Medium Used
>
> To those who are interested (and aren't we all at this time of the
> year)....the website with the art medium used for the Caldecott
> winners is:
>
> http://www.nc3r.org/jlbocessls/caldecot.htm
>
> Since this website hasn't been updated for a while, I'd also be
> interested in learning the art medium used for the winning and honor
> books during the last five years.
>
> If no one is able to locate specific information on this topic to fill
> in the gaps, let me know.  I often work with our art education faculty
> and one professor would LOVE to assign this type of project to her
> students---and it would be a great resource for us to continue
> sharing.
>
> Thanks!
>
> ~Shonda
>
>
>
> Shonda Brisco
> Assistant Professor / Curriculum Materials Librarian
> Mary L. Williams Curriculum Materials Library
> 001 Willard Hall
> Oklahoma State University
> Stillwater, OK 74078
> http://www.library.okstate.edu/cml/index.htm
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> http://osulibrarian.wordpress.com/
> http://www.osu-cml.wikispaces.com
> sbrisco@gmail.com
>
> http://okschoollibrarians.wikispaces.com
> http://okschoollibrarians.ning.com/
>
> "Digital Resources" columnist
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>
> "Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money
> will get you through times of no libraries." ~ Library Poster
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> Date:    Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:26:37 -0500
> From:    Rachelle Wynkoop <rwynkoop@ALGONAC.K12.MI.US>
> Subject: Re: Hit: the blessings of being a librarian
>
> When a student tells me they never remember finishing a book, but  
> the book =
> I helped them find they loved. Do I have any more?
>
> Rachelle Wynkoop, MLIS
> Algonac High School Media Specialist
> IB Coordinator/TOK Instructor
> Algonac, MI 48001
> rwynkoop@algonac.k12.mi.us
> IB World School
> Currently reading: Hunger Games
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:LM_NET@LISTSERV=
> .SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of Betsy Ruffin
> Sent: Monday, January 04, 2010 11:48 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: [LM_NET] Hit: the blessings of being a librarian
>
> Original Post:
> =20
> I have followed the slap in the face thread and can certainly  
> understand th=
> e frustrations. So, I thought to myself, why do I do this? Well, how  
> about:
>
> the joy of seeing a student really connect with a book, author, or  
> series
>
>
> knowing you contribute to the educational process whether the rest  
> of the s=
> taff realizes it or not
>
>
> knowing you are working to create information literate lifelong  
> learners
>
>
> groups like this where we can share, vent, celebrate, and pool our  
> knowledg=
> e and ideas
>
>
> the appreciation you get from that teacher for whom you do find just  
> the ri=
> ght book, resource, website, or lesson
>
>
> the opportunity to advocate for libraries, both school and in  
> general; we a=
> re a needed resource!
> =20
> Followup replies:
> joy of ordering and reading the many new books=20
> working in a setting surrounded by many wonderful resources and  
> technology,=
> not as limited as a classroom
> working with and learning from everyone in the building
> never being bored
>
>
> how about the parent who quietly heartfully thanks you for giving a  
> child b=
> ack the joy of reading that required reading had diminished
> =20
> Hugs from the rotten little kids in the hall! I love my youngest kids!
> You all can keep the hormones in tennis shoes!
> =20
> Any others gang?
> =20
> =20
> =20
>
> =20
> =20
> =20
>
> Betsy Ruffin
> librarian-technologist
> Cleburne (TX) ISD =20
> betsy.ruffin@cleburne.k12.tx.us
> =20
> I will check spam filters for replies.=20
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> Date:    Mon, 4 Jan 2010 11:51:35 -0600
> From:    "Wenzel, Donna" <DWENZEL@PAPLV.ESU3.ORG>
> Subject: TARGET:  Fiction books on Colonial Period
>
> An English teacher wants fiction titles to go along with 8th grade
> history unit on the Colonial Period.  Any ideas?  Or any exceptional
> titles as a follow-up to Revolutionary War period (like Chains by
> Anderson).  Thanks in advance.
>
> =20
>
> =20
>
> DWenzel
>
> Media Specialist
>
> La Vista Junior High
>
> La Vista, NE 68128
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