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TEACHER RESOURCES |
What does the Library Media Center offer for Teachers?
MAGAZINES:
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HISTORY AND WORLD CULTURE |
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| Cobblestone
Magazine An American History magazine designed for students aged 9-14. It covers a wide range of topics including politics, people, medicine, art, and more. This magazine includes games, book reviews, and relevant web sites. Be sure to point your students towards this wonderful resource! |
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| Appleseeds General social studies for grades three and up. |
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| Footsteps African American heritage for grades four and up.
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Studies and the Young Learner Published by the National Council for the Social Studies. |
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INFORMATION AND LITERATURE |
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Library Journal This journal is designed for children, young adults, and school librarians. It provides information needed to integrate libraries into the school curriculum and create high-quality collections for children and young adults through book, website, and software reviews and articles on related subjects. |
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Links An American Library Association magazine dedicated to linking children with high-quality books. It includes book reviews and book suggestions for a variety of curriculum areas. |
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The Reading Teacher Every issue includes practical, hands-on ideas for the classroom, regular columns on such topics as struggling readers, family literacy, urban education, technology, and reviews of children’s books and professional materials. |
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MATHEMATICS |
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Children Mathematics Offers activities, lesson ideas, teaching strategies, and problems through in-depth articles, departments, and features. |
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SCIENCE AND NATURE |
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Odyssey A great resource for ages 10 and up including the historical aspect of science as well as current scientific news. Visit the website for the teacher's guide to every issue and upcoming topics for planning ahead. |
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Science and
Children The National Science Teacher Association's professional journal for elementary school teachers. |
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Zoobooks Zoobooks are an all-in-one guide to the world’s most fascinating animals, birds, reptiles, and insects. Zoobooks are concise, accurate, colorful, fun to read and appropriate for ages 5-12. Each issue features 24 pages of striking wildlife photography, insightful writing, colorful illustrations, and diagrams that explain animal facts in simple terms. |
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Ranger
Rick The number one nature magazine fore kids, published by the Education Department of the National Wildlife Federation. |
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Kids
Discover |
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GENERAL CURRICULUM |
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| The
Mailbox Ideas and activities for teaching and reinforcing basic skills. |
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TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION |
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Connect Classroom Connect is the leader in helping teachers use technology to improve learning. The company's high quality professional development programs and online instructional materials meet the changing needs of K-12 school districts nationwide. |
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ONLINE RESOURCES:
Many of our magazines have very useful online
resources as well, click on their titles above to see what they offer.
The State of Vermont Department of Education |
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| Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities | |
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Library Association: Great Sites For Kids Great Web Sites for Kids is a product of the American Library Association. This site contains links to a variety of web sites for children. There are also links to sites for parents, teachers, and caregivers. A free downloadable brochure is filled with valuable Internet safety tips. |
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| Vermont Information Technology Grade Expectations "Grade Expectations for Vermont's Framework of Standards and Learning Opportunities for Information Technology," |
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Safety on the Information Highway This site provides information on Internet safety for children. |
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| Read-Write-Think Read-Write-Think is a partnership between the International Reading Association (IRA), the National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE), and the MarcoPolo Education Foundation. NCTE and IRA are working together to provide educators and students with access to the highest quality practices and resources in reading and language arts instruction through free, Internet-based content. |
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Math Manipulatives This is a NSF supported project that began in 1999 to develop a library of uniquely interactive, web-based virtual manipulatives or concept tutorials, mostly in the form of Java applets, for mathematics instruction (K-12 emphasis). The project includes dissemination and extensive internal and external evaluation. |
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| United
Streaming Unitedstreaming is a digital video-on-demand service brought to you by Discovery Education. YOU WILL NEED TO ENTER THE SCHOOL CODE INTO THE NEW USER SECTION TO CREATE AN ACCOUNT: 9A86-2944 |
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Schrock's Guide for Educators at Discovery School Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators is a categorized list of sites useful for enhancing curriculum and professional growth. It is updated often to include the best sites for teaching and learning. |
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