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| Teacher's
Edition Volume I, Issue II |
January/February 2001 |
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S.A.F.E. Grant Books Arrive Thanks to the S.A.F.E Grant, all elementary schools in Baltimore County were, for the third year, given money for collection development. After selecting titles from a materials catalog especially developed for Baltimore County, over $6,400 of new fact books were added to our Chatsworth Media Center this week. Once again, materials were selected with the curriculum in mind. To better assist you in using these materials to supplement your programs, I have compiled the following list of books. While this is not an exhaustive list of all 350 titles, it is a comprehensive list of topics. |
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Sports Related Transportation Art, Craft and Hobbies Economics Primary (additional titles listed by discipline) |
Health and Safety Reference Science |
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Biographies Miscellaneous Geography Music |
Holidays American History New Videos Teaching Kits There are also a few new picture books...come check out our collection! |
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"It's now a place where students and teachers engage in activities that help them become effective users of ideas and information; where certified school librarians work with teachers to plan and implement activities that support reading and other specific instructional goals..." Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, Superintendent, MSDE |
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New Caldecott and Newberry Books Announced The winner of the 2001 Caldecott |
Reminder: Online Research Modules If you have not yet checked out the web site of the Office
of Library and Information Services at: ( you should. It contains
links to online reference tools and the research modules which
contain everything you need to incorporate research into your
program, including the BCPS goals, indicators, objectives....even
the assessment tools! |
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| More Teaching Literary Elements If last edition's suggestions for using picture books to teach literacy elements in your language arts programs were helpful, why not try these? This article continues to highlight common literary elements and suggests books which will demonstrate the concept. |
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| Parallel Story | One story inside
another story The Village of Round and Square Houses by Ann Grifalconi Black and White by David Macauley Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say This one is a chapter book but is a great tool for parallel story >>>>>>>Canyons by Gary Paulsen |
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| Onomatopoeia | The formation of a word
to imitate or suggest a sound Ghost's Hour, Spook's Hour by Eve Bunting Traveling to Tondo by Verna Aardema The Little Engine That Could by Watty Piper The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter Berlioz the Bear by Jan Brett How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss |
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| Simile | A comparison between two
unlike things to show similarity; a simile implies that one thing
is like another. The Girl Who Loved Wild Horses by Paul Goble The Bicycle Man by Allen Say Storm in the Night by Mary Stolz Dakota Dugout by Ann Turner Nettie's Trip South by Ann Turner Everyone Knows What a Dragon Looks Like by Jay Williams |
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Riddle Me This.... A bookworm is very hungry. SO, he goes into his kitchen which, of course, is the library to get a meal. He spies a set of encyclopedias on the shelf and decides to "dig in." Now, this set has one volume for each letter of the alphabet. The books are all in alphabetical order on the shelf. If he starts eating at the front cover of "A" and finishes at the back cover of "Z," how many volumes would he have eaten through? (The answer is not |
February Is..... Valentine's Day; National Cherry Month (www.cherrymkt.org);
Library Lover's Month (www.calibraries.org); National Snack Food
Month; National Weddings Month (www.BridalAssn.com); National
Wild Bird Feeding Month; February 2 - Groundhog Day; February
7 - Charles Dickens' Birthday (1812); February 12 - Judy Blume's
Birthday (1938); February 5 - Weatherperson's Day; |
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