The Instructional Resource Center will be closed Wednesday, June 21st through Tuesday, July 4th.
Regular summer hours will resume on Wednesday, July 5th.
Computers on the second floor outside of the IRC are available for use.
There is no printing from second floor computers when the IRC is closed. Be sure to save your work to the network drive or another external device such as floppy disk or pen/flash drive and print from one of the computers on the main floor.
June 19, 2006
June 17, 2006
AU Circulating: Education
The following books have been added to the library collection. You will find them shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.
- Sustaining change in schools : how to overcome differences and focus on quality
LB2806 .J584 2005 - The art of school leadership
LB2805 .H585 2005 - From standards to success : a guide for school leaders
LB3060.83 .O84 2005 - Future-focused leadership : preparing schools, students, and communities for tomorrow's realities
LB2805 .M2843 2006 - Creating literacy-rich schools for adolescents
LB1632 .I84 2006 - Literacy strategies for grades 4-12 : reinforcing the threads of reading
LB1573 .T26 2005
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Education
Juvenile Books
The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be shelved initially in the new book shelf on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.
- Ohio thunder
PZ8.3.M842 Oh 2006 - Time to get up, time to go
PZ8.3.M5776 Tim 2006 - Mama : a true story in which a baby hippo loses his mama during a tsunami, but finds a new home and a new mama
QL737.U57 W57 2006 - How we are smart
PS3564.I375 H69 2006 - Rooftop
PZ7.V8877 Roo 2006
Labels:
Juvenile
AU Circulating: Educational
The following books have been added to the library collection. You will find them shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.
Labels:
Technology
AU Circulating: General
The following book has been added to the library collection. You will find it shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.
- We are on our own : a memoir
DS135.H93 K38 2006
Labels:
General
June 8, 2006
Juvenile Books
The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be shelved initially in the new book shelf on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.
- Glaciers : nature's icy caps
GB2403.8 .H37 2006 - Dairy queen : a novel
PZ7.M9416 Dai 2006 - Did dinosaurs eat pizza? : mysteries science hasn't solved
QE861.5 .H67 2006 - Peggony Po : a whale of a tale
PZ7.P6333 Peg 2006 - If you were an adjective
PE1241 .D34 2006 - Across the blue Pacific : a World War II story
PZ7.B64827 Ac 2006 - Nouns and verbs have a field day
PZ7.P97325 Nou 2006
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Juvenile
Juvenile Books
The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be shelved initially in the new book shelf on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.
- But, excuse me, that is my book
PZ7.C4383 But 2005 - The new kid on the block : poems
PS3566.R36 N4 1984 - Rescues!
HV553 .M275 2006 - My feet are laughing
PS3614.O763 M9 2006 - There is a flower at the tip of my nose smelling me
PS3573.A425 T467 2006 - Happy kid!
PZ7.G23435 Hap 2006
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Juvenile
AU Circulating: Educational Technology
The following books have been added to the library collection. You will find them shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.
- Make It with Microsoft Office 2003
LB1028.43 .S52 2004 - Make it with Inspiration 7.5 : template activities & standards
LB1067.5 .S53 2002 - Make It with Microsoft Office XP
LB1028.43 .S53 2003 - Make it with PowerPoint : Windows & Macintosh 2003/2004
T385 .S527 2004 - Digital storytelling with PowerPoint
LB1042 .S73 2003 - Webquests : the secret to guided empowerment
LB1044.87 .B738 2003 - Technology integration in the 21st century classroom
LB1028.5 .B74 2003 - Learn Dreamweaver in a day
TK5105.8885.D74 A27 2006 - Create it with Kidspiration
LB1590.3 .W67 2004
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Education
AU Circulating: Education
The following book has been added to the library collection. You will find it shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.
- Survival guide for the first-year special education teacher
LC3969.45 .C64 1994
Labels:
Education
AU Circulating: General
The following books have been added to the library collection. You will find them shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.
- Around the world through holidays : cross curricular readers theatre
GT3933 .P48 2006 - Authors in the kitchen : recipes, stories, and more
TX652 .M365 2005
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General
Software
The following software titles have been added to the IRC collection. Software is located in the Instructional Resource Center and is part of the circulating collection.
- Phonics alive! : the speller
ROM 0293 - World geography 1 : the Americas
ROM 0294 - How to read and understand drama
ROM 0295 - Attainment's dollars & cents
ROM 0296 - 2create a story
ROM 0297 - Health
ROM 0298 - Health
ROM 0299 - The American pioneering experience. Ohio boatmen and the pioneering farmers
ROM 0300 - Economics in our age. Factors & production
ROM 0301 - Cabri geometry II plus
ROM 0302
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Software
Activity Books
The following activity books have been added to the curriculum collection. Activity books are located in the textbook annex on the second floor, directly outside of the Instructional Resource Center.
- The U.S. history cookbook : delicious recipes and exciting events from the past
ACTIV SocSt 2003 - 50 quick & easy PowerPoint activities
ACTIV Comp 2003 Gr.3-12 - 50 quick & easy computer activities for kids
ACTIV Comp 2003 Gr.K-6 - Gifted goes thinking: extensions for 4th - 9th grade students
ACTIV Gen 2000 Gr. 4-9 - Practical ideas that really work for students with dyslexia and other reading disorders
ACTIV Read 2003 Gr. 3-12
June 7, 2006
Juvenile Books
The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be shelved initially in the new book shelf on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.
- Things you either hate or love
PZ7.L96725 Wi 2006 - Over a thousand hills I walk with you
PT2710.A67 U3413 2006 - Foundling
PZ7.C816368 Fou 2006 - Dreamhunter
PZ7.K7707 Dr 2006 - A fire in my hands : poems
PS3569.O72 F5 2006 - Count me a rhyme : animal poems by the numbers
PS3575.O43 C68 2006 - Railroad John and the Red Rock run
PZ7.C88955 Rai 2006 - Ten-gallon Bart
PZ7.C88845 Ten 2006
Labels:
Juvenile
Juvenile Books
The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be shelved initially in the new book shelf on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.
- The little red hen
PZ8.1 .L72 2006 - A chocolate bar
TP640 .R536 2006 - Ivy and Bean
PZ7.B27576 Iv 2006 - The foreshadowing
PZ7.S4484 For 2006 - Cookies : bite-size life lessons
BJ1595 .R57 2006 - Heat
PZ7.L97914 Hea 2006 - The one left behind
PZ7.R54465 One 2006 - Defining Dulcie
PZ7.A17 De 2006 - Invisible threads
PZ7.D1694 In 2006 - People of the world
GN333 .P45 2006 - Take me out to the ballgame
GV873 .N67 2006
Labels:
Juvenile
Juvenile Books: Graphic Novels
The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be shelved initially in the new book shelf on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.
- Jack London's The call of the wild : the graphic novel
PN6727.K596 J33 2006 - Spiral-bound : top secret summer
PN9727.R4 S6 2005
Juvenile Books: Dean Collection
The following books have been added to the juvenile collection. They will be shelved initially in the new book shelf on the second floor, directly outside of the IRC, and then located within the juvenile collection.
- Samurai shortstop
PZ7.G77224 Sam 2006 - Down the back of the chair
PZ8.3.M278 Dow 2006 - The Fruit Bowl Project : a novel
PZ7.D934247 Fru 2006 - Lost and found
PZ7.J3643 Los 2006
AU Circulating: Education
The following books have been added to the library collection. You will find them shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.
- Teaching the dimensions of literacy
LB1576 .K835 2006 - Black ants and Buddhists : thinking critically and teaching differently in the primary grades
LC1099.3 .C699 2006
Labels:
Education
AU Circulating: General
The following books have been added to the library collection. You will find them shelved in the regular location or in the new book display in the reference area on the main floor.
- The rabbit factory : a novel
PS3561.A684 R33 2006 - It might have been what he said : a novel
PS3603.O4564 I86 2006 - CODE : collaborative ownership and the digital economy
HF5548.32 .C62 2005 - Reading images : the grammar of visual design
NK1510 .K64 2006
Labels:
General
2006 Boston Globe Horn Book Awards
Winners of the fourth annual Boton Globe Horn Book Awards (2006) were announced Tuesday, June 6th. From the Boston Globe-Horn Book Awards web site:
"Boston Globe–Horn Book Awards are among the most prestigious honors in the field of children’s and young adult literature. Winners are selected in three categories: Picture Book, Fiction and Poetry, and Nonfiction. Two Honor Books may be named in each category. On occasion, a book will receive a special citation for its high quality and overall creative excellence. The winning titles must be published in the United States but they may be written or illustrated by citizens of any country. The awards are chosen by an independent panel of three judges who are annually appointed by the Editor of the Horn Book."
A listing of the 2006 (current) Winners and Honor Books, Past Winners and Honor Books, and Submission Guidelines are available on the Boston Globe Horn Book Awards web site.
The 2006 Winners and Honor Books:
- Fiction and Poetry
The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Author - Kate DiCamillo
Illustrator - Bagram Ibatoulline - Picture Book
Leaf Man
Author/Illustrator - Lois Ehlert - Nonfiction
If You Decide to Go to the Moon
Author - Faith McNulty
Illustrator - Steven Kellogg
Two honor books were selected for each of the categories:
- Fiction and Poetry
Yellow Elephant: A Bright Bestiary
Yellow Star - Picture Book
Mama: A True Story in Which a Baby Hippo Losoes His Mama during a Tsunami, but Finds a New Home, and a New Mama
Sky Boys: How they Build the Empire State Building - Nonfiction
A Mother's Journey
Wildfire
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