Re: [LM_NET] LM_NET Digest - 31 Jan 2010 - Special issue (#2010-221)

[Kathy Fester <kfester@SHELTON.ORG>]

Always a good idea to see what one of us has already done! Here is my  
TKAM Pathfinder--perhaps there are some links you might want to use.
<http://www.shelton.org/education/components/scrapbook/default.php?sectiondetailid=2268&sc_id=1191116261&sc_id=1191116303&timestamp=1191116324&sc_id=1191116811&sc_id=1191119454#pitem2131
 
 >

Kathy

Kathy Fester
Library Coordinator
The June Shelton School & Evaluation Center
15720 Hillcrest
Dallas, TX
972-774-1772 x255
kfester@shelton.org
www.shelton.org/library

"...to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and  
information."  Information Power, 1998

On Jan 31, 2010, at 11:23 AM, LM_NET automatic digest system wrote:

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>  1. SHARE: a gallery of reusable cover art
>  2. Target - Websites for To Kill a Mockingbird (2)
>  3. OT: Boston
>  4. listserv for special ed, primary school teachers
>  5. TARGET: Lightning Thief for K-4 School
>  6. Wonder wheel (2)
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> Date:    Sun, 31 Jan 2010 06:32:10 -0500
> From:    "Sarles Patricia (18K500)" <PSarles@SCHOOLS.NYC.GOV>
> Subject: SHARE: a gallery of reusable cover art
>
> if book cover art interests you:
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> http://readingthepast.com/gallery/reusable-covers.htm
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> Date:    Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:44:42 -0500
> From:    Jaclyn Adler/ Kirt Winslow <winsler2003@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Target - Websites for To Kill a Mockingbird
>
> Hello -
>
> =20
>
> One of my English teachers stopped me at the end of the day Friday  
> asking i=
> f I knew of any great websites that dealt with the time period in  
> which To =
> Kill a Mockinbird is set (1930s I believe) for a project she wants  
> to start=
> with her students this week before they actually start reading the  
> book.  =
> Before I reinvent the wheel=2C does anyone know of any great sites  
> like thi=
> s - that deal with this time period - culture=2C historial events=2C  
> etc?
>
> =20
>
> Sorry for all of the questions this week - it has been unusually  
> busy due t=
> o our midterm exam break!  Thank you all in advance!
>
> Jaclyn Adler
> 7-12 Teacher Librarian
> Salem CSD
> winsler2003@hotmail.com
>
>
>
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> Date:    Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:47:54 -0500
> From:    Jaclyn Adler/ Kirt Winslow <winsler2003@HOTMAIL.COM>
> Subject: OT: Boston
>
> Hello -
>
> =20
>
> My husband and I are to traveling to Boston during the February  
> break=2C in=
> part to see the Harry Potter exhibit at the Museum of Science before  
> it le=
> aves.  If anyone is familiar with or lives in the area - could you  
> recommed=
> 1) any things you would put on a must see list - free is nice=2C but  
> thing=
> s that cost are fine too 2) some great lunch and dinner spots -  
> medium pric=
> e range - nothing exotic - just genuinely good food.  Any questions  
> for me =
> that would help you answer these questions=2C just let me know!   
> Thanks so =
> much!
>
> Jaclyn Adler
> 7-12 Teacher Librarian
> Salem CSD
> winsler2003@hotmail.com
>
>
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> Date:    Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:14:02 -0500
> From:    Blythe Allison Bennett <babennet@SYR.EDU>
> Subject: listserv for special ed, primary school teachers
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> Hello,
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> Hi,
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> After telling  a colleague about this wonderful listserv, she asked  
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> e was such a listserv for teachers like her.  She classifies herself  
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> Special Ed., Multiple Grade, Behavioral, Self Contained Teacher. of  
> Kinder =
> - grade 3 students.  Can you please make a suggestion.  Thanks,
>
> Janice Kowalski-Kelly, LMS
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> Date:    Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:59:32 -0600
> From:    Sharon Lawler <smclawler@GMAIL.COM>
> Subject: Re: TARGET: Lightning Thief for K-4 School
>
> I have had 3rd graders searching by "Lovely" in the opac!!  I just  
> tell
> them, "Sorry, we don't have The Lovely Bones."
>
> Sharon M. Lawler, MA, MSLS
> Randolph Elementary
> Bldg. 146 Harmon Drive
> Universal City, TX 78148
>
> RES Library:    http://rfisdtx.booksys.net/opac/elem/index.html
>
> Check out my books on:
> Goodreads:     http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1239429
> LibraryThing:   http://www.librarything.com/catalog/smclawler  
> (library)
> WeRead:        http://www.facebook.com/lawlersmc
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 30, 2010 at 8:07 PM, Sara Ralph  
> <bibliophile26@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> We have 2nd graders watching the Twilight movies and then asking  
>> for the
>> books (which we DO not have and will not get - I tell them to go to  
>> the
>> public library) so I'm not worrying about the Percy Jackson  
>> series.  3-5
>> graders check them out often and I've had no complaints from parents.
>>
>> Sara Ralph
>> Media Coordinator
>> Balfour Elementary
>> Asheboro, NC
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ________________________________
>> From: Carroll Creswell <cwcreswell@OPTONLINE.NET>
>> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
>> Sent: Sat, January 30, 2010 9:01:13 PM
>> Subject: TARGET: Lightning Thief for K-4 School
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am in a K-4 school and with the movie The Lightning Thief coming  
>> out in
>> February, many kids are asking about the book. Right now I do not  
>> have it
>> in
>> my collection.
>>
>> since the reviews I've read recommend it for grades 5 or 6 and  
>> above. I
>> just
>> finished reading it and the only thing I found that might make it
>> questionable for grades 3 & 4
>>
>> (very good readers) is the mention of the gods fathering children  
>> with
>> mortal women without being married. That is pretty much throughout  
>> the
>> book.
>> I don't know if nine & ten year old kids will focus on this and if  
>> it will
>> cause a problem or not. If you have this book in your library & you  
>> have
>> primary aged children, what has your experience been?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Rebecca Creswell
>>
>> Librarian, Hamilton School
>>
>> Bridgewater, N.J.  08807
>>
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> Date:    Sun, 31 Jan 2010 08:11:45 -0800
> From:    "Spielman, Kathy" <kspielman@PYLUSD.ORG>
> Subject: Re: Target - Websites for To Kill a Mockingbird
>
> Take a look at this -
> Go to Google, type in To Kill a Mocking Bird, click on show options  
> on =
> the top left.
> Now, scroll down(on the left) to wonder wheel. All these links are  
> hot. =
> Again, look on the left and scroll to timeline. Great sites.
> =20
> My science teachers went crazy when I showed them wonder wheel. They  
> now =
> use it constantly.
> =20
> I hope this is what you are looking for. I love Google's wonder wheel.
> Kathy
> =20
> Kathy Spielman
> Middle School Library Media Technician
> Yorba Linda Middle School
> 4777 Casa Loma Ave.
> Yorba Linda, CA 92886
> (714)528-7090 ext.7062
> kspielman@pylusd.org
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications on behalf of  
> Jaclyn =
> Adler/ Kirt Winslow
> Sent: Sun 1/31/2010 5:44 AM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: [LM_NET] Target - Websites for To Kill a Mockingbird
>
>
>
> Hello -
>
>
>
> One of my English teachers stopped me at the end of the day Friday =
> asking if I knew of any great websites that dealt with the time  
> period =
> in which To Kill a Mockinbird is set (1930s I believe) for a project  
> she =
> wants to start with her students this week before they actually  
> start =
> reading the book.  Before I reinvent the wheel, does anyone know of  
> any =
> great sites like this - that deal with this time period - culture, =
> historial events, etc?
>
>
>
> Sorry for all of the questions this week - it has been unusually  
> busy =
> due to our midterm exam break!  Thank you all in advance!
>
> Jaclyn Adler
> 7-12 Teacher Librarian
> Salem CSD
> winsler2003@hotmail.com
>
>                                        =20
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> Date:    Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:10:16 -0800
> From:    Barb Engvall <bengvall@MAC.COM>
> Subject: Wonder wheel
>
> That is SLICK!!! Try it with any subject...as you click one of the
> links on the wheel, another wheel pops open, further refining the
> topic! What a great visual it provides and will certainly make Google
> a more useful tool, rather than just relying on number of hits or
> popularity. Thanks, Kathy!
>
> ****************************
> Barb Engvall
> =^..^=
>
> Teacher-Librarian
> John Campbell Elem
> Selah, WA
> macbarb@charter.net
> http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JC/jc.cfm
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> On Jan 31, 2010, at 8:11 AM, Spielman, Kathy wrote:
>
>> Take a look at this -
>> Go to Google, type in To Kill a Mocking Bird, click on show options
>> on the top left.
>> Now, scroll down(on the left) to wonder wheel. All these links are
>> hot. Again, look on the left and scroll to timeline. Great sites.
>
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> Date:    Sun, 31 Jan 2010 09:23:31 -0800
> From:    Barb Engvall <bengvall@MAC.COM>
> Subject: Re: Wonder wheel
>
> Sorry - I didn't make this clear. I'm responding to Kathy's email
> about searching Google for To Kill a Mockingbird. I just changed the
> subject!
>
> Barb
>
>
> On Jan 31, 2010, at 9:10 AM, Barb Engvall wrote:
>
>> That is SLICK!!! Try it with any subject...as you click one of the
>> links on the wheel, another wheel pops open, further refining the
>> topic! What a great visual it provides and will certainly make
>> Google a more useful tool, rather than just relying on number of
>> hits or popularity. Thanks, Kathy!
>>
>> ****************************
>> Barb Engvall
>> =^..^=
>>
>> Teacher-Librarian
>> John Campbell Elem
>> Selah, WA
>> macbarb@charter.net
>> http://www.selah.k12.wa.us/JC/jc.cfm
>>
>> On Jan 31, 2010, at 8:11 AM, Spielman, Kathy wrote:
>>
>>> Take a look at this -
>>> Go to Google, type in To Kill a Mocking Bird, click on show options
>>> on the top left.
>>> Now, scroll down(on the left) to wonder wheel. All these links are
>>> hot. Again, look on the left and scroll to timeline. Great sites.
>>
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