Welcome to the

Manetuck Library Media Center


My name is Mrs. K. Acerno, I have been a Library Media Specialist in West Islip for the past 10 years. I began my journey in education as a Technology Integration Specialist. I love bringing new technology and literature to all of my students at Manetuck!

We have over 10,000 books in our library, a class set of lap tops as well as a full STEM center. I learn coding and robotics right along with the students and as we enter the 2017/2018 school year I look forward to introducing our new Dot and Dash robots as well as iPads for more advanced coding and programming. I feel it is so important to foster a love of literature as well as technology and what better place to do both than the Media Center!

Please feel free to email or call with any questions:

E-Mail - k.acerno@wi.k12.ny.us

Phone - 631.504.5652

West Islip Public schools

800 Van Buren Avenue, West Islip

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Increase Your Child’s Vocabulary with Four Effective Strategies

Reading at home is one of the best ways to boost your child’s vocabulary. That’s because reading exposes your child to new ideas, concepts and words. Here are four effective strategies that will help you increase your child’s vocabulary:

  1. Read many different kinds of books to your child. If you usually read fiction, go to the library and get a book that explains how something works instead. Check out a book about a country you’d like to visit. Or read a biography about a person your child admires.
  2. Look for words your child might not know as you read. “It says here that George Washington went to school to become a surveyor. What do you think that word means?”
  3. Listen for new words as you’re watching TV. News programs often include words your child may not know. “Have you ever heard the word tsunami before? Let’s look it up to see what it means.”
  4. Help your child create her own dictionary. All you need is a notebook with a page for each letter. When your child discovers a new word that she wants to remember, help her write it down in the notebook. Then go back and review those words from time to time.

Reprinted with permission from the November 2015 issue of Parents make the difference!® (Elementary School Edition) newsletter. Copyright © 2015 The Parent Institute®, a division of NIS, Inc. Source: S. Darling, “Strategies for Engaging Parents in Home Support of Reading Acquisition,” The Reading Teacher, International Literacy Association.