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Mrs. Maxwell, Teacher Librarian
Mrs. Maxwell, Teacher Librarian
My job is to SUPPORT literacy throughout the school and to help make connections across curriculum subjects. I AM HERE FOR YOU! Click here for more about me, to see how to book the library AND how to book me to work with you!
NEW!! School Community Virtual Library I will be sharing & posting library news for students and caregivers regularly. A quick link is bit.ly/foxcommunity -Feel free to check it out!
This Month's News!
This Month's News!
December is Hanukkah,Christmas and, YES...Winter Break!
December is Hanukkah,Christmas and, YES...Winter Break!
Facing History and Ourselves
Facing History and Ourselves
This month is considered #shinealight Week of Action from November 28 - December 6th which focusses on Antisemitism. Facing History and Ourselves has created two lessons which ask students to think critically about antisemetic ideas and messages. These lessons will help students learn how to confront hatred. These are activities for our older students.
Check these two lessons out:
Acts of Hate in Schools: Addressing Contemporary Antisemitism with your students
Contemporaty Antisemitism and Youth
This site also has professional development oportunities for teachers. Here is one about Facing Hate: Antisemitism and Ideas of Race
Thinking about including Inquiry into your day? Want to partner? Here is a great place to start!
Thinking about including Inquiry into your day? Want to partner? Here is a great place to start!
Using the Gale Database makes inquiry easy for all students, since there is a platform for early students, middle grade to older students. This video highlights a few accessibility tools, including how to search.
The Gale Database is an incredible tool for so many reasons....
The Gale Database is an incredible tool for so many reasons....
Use it to engage students and develop skills related to....
1) Non-Fiction self-selected reading
2) Inquiry and Research for social studies and science
3) To spark and facilitate questionning skills
4) Using apropriate and authentic resources
5) Citation, paraphrasing and using own words to commuicate their understanding
Some of you may be familiar to Kids Infobits? Gale is the same, but I am finding it much more user friendly with greater accessiblility. Ask me for more information and please feel free to invite me to help with your class Inquiry and Research! The best days to book me are in the afternoons on Day 3 and 4! See you soon!
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