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Share your ideas here. Bill of Rights || 5 || For Constitution Day in Sept., the 5th graders learned about the Bill of Rights. To make it more meaningful, we wrote our own Bill of Rights for Westview, realizing that with rights come responsibilities (so we don't infringe on others' rights). An example they come up with is that we have the right to a germ-free bathroom, and so that means we need to flush and wash our hands! I then pulled a small group of 5th graders and they took these rights and wrote a screenplay and we filmed it, using iMovie to edit. The finished movie is posted on our school website if you're interested: Nadine @ Westview || http://www.westview.adams12.org/fifth_grade || At the bottom of the page is a link to a demonstration of what the illustration page looks like:You actually drag the top piece of "acetate" across to show the motion, just like in the book. What's so cool about this page is that it is like being able to tear the structure of the page apart and look at the "guts" of the presentation.Pretty cool stuff! Scott Bartlett @ Stukey || []
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 * Constitution Day in Sept.,
 * || 5 || I read the "Scanimation" book __Gallop__ to my 1st Graders supporting their Balance & Motion science unit. I used this web site to show off the book:

[] || Each year on Halloween, we host a read in the dark day. I provide a little piece of candy and the kids read for 30 minutes using flashlight. The kids and teachers love it. I bought the flashlights at Walmart Enjoy! -Karen Larsen at Cotton Creek. || || Dana Lott, Riverdale || http://www.xtranormal.com/watch/5652391/ || Kristen Loesel || [] || Laura Israelsen, Teacher Librarian, Hulstrom Options K-8 || []
 * Halloween reading idea || all || Just a little fun idea!
 * animation || all || Here is the link to the Xtranormal movie I created.
 * glogster tech tips || all || We've collected some more tech tips to share with you, including using Infinite Campus to see CELA scores, free clipart websites and the new Teacher Resources section on Malley Library page. Click to see more:
 * glogster resources to share || all || This issue of TIPS includes information on being a visionary teacher, WEB 2.0 index (very cool!), and resources you can share with parents.Enjoy :)

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 * digital storytelling || 3rd || We wrote memoirs about our favorite toy or stuffed animal. Students learned how to use the scanner, Photoshop, and digital camera. They imported these photos into PhotoStory and then recorded their memoir. Click on Sydnei's story to hear an example.

[|sydnei.wmv] || Dana Lott @ Riverdale || || Dana Lott @ Riverdale || || Nadine @Westview || || Applications ||  ||   ||   || Too much in your mailbox...Here is Library News for a captive audience...on the go. I put this flyer in the 5 faculty bathrooms in a sheet protector. Each month I will only be printing 5 and I can slip the new one over the old one in each sheet protector. Everyone laughed at the pleasant surprise by the potty. Doesn't everyone like something to read there anyway? Plus, the principal will see it for sure!!! || || Nadine@Westview || || [|http://gorgeousmarian.glogster.com/march-newsletter/] || The sessions are designed so that the students will have 3 small group practices, an individual assessment then 3 small group practices then an individual evaluation. Results data not yet collected. The link to our planning document contains all the supporting materials we've developed for this project ||  || wax museum || Grade 4 || Attached is a powerpoint I used to introduce the students to different Colorado characters from the 1800s. They then chose the person they wanted to research. Also attached is a link to the Prezi I made that shows pictures and videos from our wax museum. Nadine @ Westview || https://prezi.com/secure/407c08c3ad38caa0350b40fa07a186673e2d1edd/
 * newsletter || staff || is published monthly to advocate our library program and entice collaboration. || [|News02_10.pdf] ||
 * parent newsletter || community || is published monthly to advocate our library program. We have found many volunteers this way, increased our book fair sales and gained the support of our ACT team || [[file:newsletter 02-10.docx]] ||
 * Thesaurus activity || 3rd || I used this activity after spending a session or two with the third graders and the thesaurus. We talked about what the reference book is for and how to navigate it. Then, I took the kids in the lab to show them the thesaurus in Word. They seemed to enjoy the technology component and liked know that the resource is always there.
 * Turning Point Clicker Activity-Dictionary/ Glossary skills || 5th || I created this as a part of my piece in the school's accountability plan. I identified one skill that the cohort needed imporvement in (based on previous year's CSAP data we received from Michelle). I created a review/teaching activity based on that. Now, let's cross our fingers that we go up at least 6% in this area! :)
 * Collaborative Planning Template || All || For use with collaborative planning with teachers
 * Student Assistant
 * Library Orientation Video || All || I made an iMovie, using my dog as the star, to use at my library orientations. It ended up being a great way to introduce library policies and procedures - the kids loved it! :P || http://www.youtube.com/watch? v=NjPd-1VK8M4 ||
 * Library Newsletter for the Faculty Bathrooms || ALL || Too many emails...
 * Presidential Address Lesson Plan || 3-12 || Check it out! [[file:Presidential Address Lesson Plan.docx]] || [[file:WordleExample.pdf]][[file:TranscriptofSpeech.docx]][[file:TEXTPresidential Address.docx]][[file:Frequency.TagCrowd.pdf]] ||
 * Dewey Decimal Game || 4-5 || The kids really enjoyed playing this game - in fact, I've never seen students so engaged with the DDC!! They were able to apply some higher level thinking to learning the Dewey categories. Have students in teams, and give each team a game board, category "cheatsheet", and the Dewey game cards (cut apart). Students read a game card, and decide which category (using the cheatsheet) they would find a book which answers that research question. They put the game card on the game board.
 * Newsletter for everyone || community || This year I've decided to create the newsletter just once - for faculty and community. It goes into the parent newsletter that is published on our website and I email it to the teachers. I've made sure to check with each teacher who is mentioned in the collaboration list to assure that they are comfortable with what I've written. || [[file:October 2010.pdf]]
 * Inference || Grade 4 || Historically our 4th grade students have not performed well regarding inference. When we looked at the data we decided that it had to do with character analysis and with author's purpose. We decided to focus on this using short stories (we chose 10 picture books). We expect better results from giving the students multiple sessions beginning with demonstrations and whole group practice, then moving to small group practice before we ask them to infer character analysis and author's purpose independently.
 * Colorado characters

|| Library Thing has a feature to "tagmash" or separate with commas your search for books. I have a lot of success with finding titles this way when I need something specific. I also love Library Thing's reviews/book summaries. Go to: www.librarything.com      Sign in or just put a general search term into the search bar. After searching a general term like "bullying" in the left hand (pale pink) column, select TAGS. In the Tag search bar you can mash tags like: bullying, fiction, young adult or self-esteem, fiction, children The other day I needed: mean parent, humor, picture book Everything on this site is organized by tags and tag clouds. The tag mash matches and pulls from various tags. If you do a tagmash, most of the search results are slow (3-5 minutes) if it is a tagmash no one has entered before. This slowness is normal as it compiles the titles for you. If it has been "tagmashed" before by someone the process is faster. It takes some patience and playing to mash the tages you need, but I love it. You can save and store books as well. This is like the less pretty shelfari.com. But I think Library Thing is a lot more practical as a teacher. ||
 * Stuck with strange book requests? || ALL || Need to find a book with multiple topics? ||      Whenever I need to find something like that, I use Library Thing's tagmash function.