Lms march 2011
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The Larned Middle School library celebrated Dr. Seuss' birthday in March with activities centered around his last book "Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!". Students listened to the story, then collaborated to create unique teachers using Google Drawing. They displayed their drawings in the library and enjoyed seeing each other's creations. The library statistics for March showed over 1,200 books circulated and nearly 800 searches of the online catalog.
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- 1. LARNED MIDDLE SCHOOL LIBRARY MARCH MONTHLY REPORT GWEN LEHMAN, LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST JANICE KNEISLEY, LIBRARY ASSISTANT Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! In March the 6th grade students celebrated Dr. Seuss' Birthday with Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! This was the last book conceptualized by Theodor "Dr. Seuss" Geisel. After his death in 1991, Geisel's editor, Janet Schulman, received some rough sketches and verse that would become Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! Children's poet Jack Prelutsky and award-winning illustrator Lane Smith were called upon to collaborate and complete Geisel's 鍖nal work. The story takes place at a school with quirky, creative teachers who encourage and enlighten the minds of their young students. Then, one day the dreaded news comes that all the students must take a standardized test and if they don't pass their beloved school will close causing everyone to transfer to the dreary school in the next town. After listening to the story, the students were asked to create a unique teacher. The real challenge came when the students were told they had to draw a picture of their teacher using Google Drawing and they would be collaborating with a partner who would draw on the same picture as them at the same time. The students were to also give their teacher a name and describe the unique class they taught. As the students rose to the challenge, they discovered an increased need for communication and division of tasks. With our previous programs, one student usually did all the work and the other gave some input, but didnt have a real active role as a collaborator. With the new Google tools, students are 鍖nding the true meaning of collaboration and accountability for performing their portion of the project. Once the drawings were completed, the students emailed them to Ms. Lehman, who printed them out and displayed them in the library. Students have enjoyed coming into the library and showing their creations to their friends.
- 2. LMS LIBRARY INTERNET IDENTITY Teachers Inspired by Hooray for Diffendoofer Day! Hooray for Diffendoofer Day!: dr. seuss | Glogster EDU - 21st c... http://lhslib2007.edu.glogster.com/false-5967/ Card Catalog: Allows students and staff to search the collection at school or home--http://98.172.116.52/ simple/? sessionid=1NYR545AQ36404 832 LMS Library Website: General information on library policies & procedures, programs and Teen Advisory Group--http:// www.usd495.net/ 1507201712277/site/ default.asp Mission The Larned Middle School Library will be an inviting, user-friendly hub providing opportunities for active, engaging and challenging learning for students and staff through various media resources, programming and collaboration. The LMS Library will provide a quality program that will enable students to be lifelong learners and 4 2 of 4/10/11 4:29 PM enhance the curriculum and technology standards of Larned Middle School.
- 3. Data Snapshots LMS LIBRARY STATISTICS, MARCH 2011 Total Circulation 1298 5th Grade Circulation 342 6th Grade Circulation 288 7th Grade Circulation 58 8th Grade Circulation 92 Other 518 Card Catalog Total Page Hits 780 Kan-ed Application Usage Totals 24 Filled Denied Total Resource Requests 28 4 Computer(s): Library Desktops 0 0 Computer(s): Laptops 26 1 Multi-media Cart/Projector 0 1 TV with DVD/VCR 0 0 Video Camera/Camcorder 0 0 Other 2 2