New Teacher Resources

New additions to our professional section of the library: Bill Nye Science Video Set--50 new videos to enhance your science curriculum on everything from volcanoes to probability recommended for students in 3-8th grades; a ten set collection of videos on ancient civilizations recommended for 4-8th grades; Reading Powerworks kits to support your new science curriculum; these sets contain fiction and non-fiction partner works as well as companion audio books--there are levels for below, on-level, and above level readers: topics include Animal Life Cycles (grades 1-3); Circling the Sun (grades 1-3); Earth's Changing Surface (grades 1-3); How Animals Survive (grades 1-3); Matter is Everything (grades 1-3); Our Natural Resources (grades 1-3); and Predicting the Weather (grades 1-3). Additionally, we have the Mandrill Mountain Math series and Sherlock Bones Looks at Physical Science. Hope you take advantage of all these new resources available in the professional section of the library.

Hello Again!

Well, here we are just a few short weeks until the start of a new school year. Part of my time this summer has been spent developing a research wiki-space. This site includes the Big 6 steps in research as well as links to research sites for projects in grades 2-8. I hope that each of you will visit the site, get familiar with it, and use it as a part of your lesson planning when teaching research. It is very important that we are consistent and purposeful in this and all areas. The site is located at http://ecsresearch.wikispaces.com/. See you soon. Shelly