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New Theme

bookend — Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:24:40 +0000

Ship AwesomeAhoy Mateys!


This is the new greeting used at Fairview.  Inspired by the "pirate" craze of the day, I have developed the theme of the LMC being a ship, Ship Awesome.  It's cargo is boxed in ideas, words, stories, information, and resources.  These are located on the book deck or the internet deck.  Each classroom in the school has been invited to become a pirate ship with "Bookaneers" the students.  They are to come and add treasure to their chest of knowledge and understanding from the cargo holds of the Ship Awesome. 
It has been a fun time creating this scene and sharing it with the students.  I am called Captain Meyer and Mrs. Conner is First Mate Conner.  We have hats to help the image but haven't unwrapped them yet.

Be sure to stop by and visit Ship Awesome and take some treasure for yourself. We love to share.

BookTalks

bookend — Mon, 23 Apr 2007 00:14:33 +0000

Parents, I want to alert you to a new resource for finding the right book in the Fairview LMC for your child. If you visit www2.milwaukee.k12.wi.us/fairview, click on the Library Media Center tab on the left side of the page. Next to the lion you will find Booktalks. Click on this link. During Spring Break I started podcasing a short synopsis of a book and a reading of 2-4 pages from the book to enable students to hear what the book is like. The book is identified with its cover photo.

I am not going to the classrooms to booktalk for the rest of the quarter. Rather I am giving a bibliography listing of the new podcasts that students can listen to on the website. My goal is to do the new 315 books in our last order. I am open to having other people, parents or students assist with this task. It is time consuming. but hopefully it will be a more effective way of helping students find the right book.

Magazine – Child

bookend — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:44:22 +0000

The May issue of Child has some very interesting articles. ” Age-by-Age guide to great magazines for kids” has some great suggestions for magazines that you may want to subscribe to for your household. Often these magazines cover a multiple age span and will appeal to more than one child.

The other article I would like to point out is “the Poet in Every Child.” Parents often wonder what they can do to foster the love of creative expression in their child. It has many neat suggestions, some you have heard I am sure, but my favorite is “discuss language.” Find unusual words, rhyming words, well phrased language and help the child appreciate the play with ideas and words. Not one of the suggestions costs money, just time and thought. Our children are worth this cost.

This magazine is well worth a trip to the LMC and checking it out.