Care of Library Book Video...Cute!!

A teacher shared this video, "Don't Let the Pigeon Touch the Books!"  Another way to get the students' attention in an entertaining fashion.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzETnigMO-w&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Library Display Ideas

I like this blog about library displays,

Library Displays

Creative ideas to promote books from your library collection http://schoollibrarydisplays.blogspot.com/.

It's created by a  librarian in New Zealand and I plan on borrowing a few of the ideas.  There is a cute idea to promote graphic novels.  This is the site where I saw a display called "Guess The Reader" that I adapted for NLW.  http://schoollibrarydisplays.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-02-02T17:50:00-08:00&max-results=10&start=10&by-date=false

Library Do's and Dont's

I saw an idea on a elementary library media center website and decided to give it a go at my school.  I took the original idea, added a twist and created a movie.  I read the book, Underwear Do's and Don'ts by Todd Parr (and that is another story there...the book is out of print, not available at my library media center or the public library so Amazon to the rescue to get a copy) to my third grade classes.  We talked about the pattern and the rules and they came up with Library Do's and Don'ts.  We started out recording the library do's on a white board and afterwards came up with a don't for every do.  The next week I gave them a paper with the do's and don'ts printed on them and they each had the opportunity to illustrate one idea (week 2).  I also video recorded class doing an introduction to the whole project.  I scanned the completed illustrations of one group and wasn't really wild about the quality, so for the next classes I placed the illustrations on different colored construction paper and took a photo.  I liked the quality and the color of that method.  I used Windows Movie Maker to pull it all together and then the 3rd week recorded each student reading the caption of their illustrations.  The students got such a kick out of hearing their recorded voice.  I sent a copy of the finished product to each teacher and will used them also at the beginning of next year during our orientation period to talk about library behavior and care of the books.

Read Across America Day at ISECS

Friday, March 2nd was Read Across America Day, sponsored by the National Education Association's event that celebrates reading on the day of Dr. Seuss' birthday.  Doug joined 13 other readers from the community who read a book to each class at International Studies Elementary Charter School!  Doug is pictured above along with Angela Rivera, executive assistant at Chehaw Park.

Purse Creations

I have made some one of a kind purses for myself.  They are small and made with 100% cotton fabrics.  They are very cute and kind of addictive to make.  I designed some that are being sold in the gift shop at Chehaw.

Sip & Safari

Sip & Safari held on Saturday, February 25 was a great success.  We had a great time.  Enjoyed looking at the animals, hanging out around the campfires, visiting with friends.  The food was great and the band was too!

Check us out as we were "spotted" by the Albany Herald, http://spotted.albanyherald.com/photos/index.php?id=47743

New Adventure...creating our school's website!

In January 2012 several of us worked with Quanna Sumter from Albany Technical College to create a website for our school, International Studies Elementary Charter School.  It was a one day marathon and we all felt like our heads were going to explode.  But it turned out pretty well!  Check it out: www.docoschools.org/ISECS.
We've updated it a few times, but now I'm running into technical difficulties.  All we need is more time to use it so we won't forget how to do things.  Amber is the best.  She is more intuitive than I am about figuring out things.  Maybe it's the age difference!