The adventure is about to begin! All Together Now: A 2.0 Learning Program is launching this Monday. Get in on the fun: blogs, wikis, podcasts. Try out Facebook and annoy your kids. Invite your mother or your next-door neighbor to join in. Check out Michael’s post for more information.
Some Triton Regional High School students in Massachusetts will get an unforgettable lesson in history next fall, thanks to media specialist Andrea Sargent, who helped devise a new course that takes advantage of local history while promoting research and writing. In the end, the kids create their very own museum exhibit highlighting the history of three neighboring towns.
What do you want students to get out of a course called “Creating a Local History Museum Exhibit”?
The main focus of our course is to encourage student research to move beyond the classroom and into the community to investigate the three Triton Communities’ rich resources. There are numerous local primary sources at their fingertips including our public libraries, historical societies, museums, state archives, town and county historians, town hall records, schools, churches, and community groups and residents. These resources will help to engage our students as they are able to construct meaning from their inquiries. read more...
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Watch and Read: Spotlight on Media Tie-ins
Summer with the Sisterhood
Fans of Ann Brashares’s unforgettable fictional foursome—Lena, Carmen, Bee, and Tibby—will welcome The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 (PG-13), a feature film that journeys into movie theaters on August 8, 2008. Released by Warner Bros. Pictures and directed by Sanaa Hamri, this sequel to the successful Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants (2005), based on Brashares’s novel (2001), is likely to have the same on-screen chemistry, since the original cast members (Alexis Bledel, America Ferrera, Blake Lively, and Amber Tamblyn) have been reunited to reprise their roles. read more...
Many kids just love the whole building process–banging nails into a 2 x 4 or making a birdhouse can give them a tremendous sense of accomplishment. Want to focus that energy into something to help your community or school? Check out these opportunities from the National Garden Association and Home Depot.
FLEMING, Denise. Alphabet Under Construction. illus. by author. Holt. 2002. RTE $16.95. ISBN 978-0-8050-6848-1; pap. $7.95. ISBN 978-0-8050-8112-1 PreS-Gr 1— A hardworking mouse constructs each letter of the alphabet, icing the I, nailing the N, and welding the W. read more...
Convincing kids to avoid overexposure to the sun can be a challenge for parents and caregivers. This site is designed to teach older children and teens about UV radiation, the dangers of skin cancer, how to prevent overexposure, the importance of using sunscreen (even on cloudy days), and the risks involved in tanning. Check out all five episodes of the “Adventures of SGM,” an animated series of cartoons, and consider showing them at a sun safety workshop for kids and parents this month. Visit the “Teacher Resources” section for a ready-to-use PowerPoint slide show, lots of PDF flyers for kids and parents, and a teacher’s guide chock-full of ideas to help make your workshop a success! — Gail Junion-Metz
Lincoln, NE is recruiting for the position of Library Director. Responsible for overall management, coordination, and direction of the public library system consisting of main library, 7 branches, and bookmobile serving pop. of 276,000. read more...
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Some Triton Regional High School students in Massachusetts will get an unforgettable lesson in history next fall, thanks to media specialist Andrea Sargent, who helped devise a new course that takes advantage of local history while promoting research and writing. In the end, the kids create their very own museum exhibit highlighting the history of three neighboring towns.
