september 2011 report
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Indian Knoll Elementary School
Media Center
September 2011 Report
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Program Highlights
The Reading Extravaganza was held in the media center. This event was organized to promote the guided reading room, to provide teachers with new ideas for teaching reading, and to begin conversations about best practices in reading instruction.
The media center received a character education grant to purchase 35 new novel sets, which will be housed in the guided reading room.
Twenty students attended one meeting of the Firebirds Book Club.
The first meeting of the Indian Knoll Children’s Literature Book Club was held in the media center.
The media specialist attended PD360 training.
The media specialist received training in Mediacast, Sharepoint, and the front lobby kiosk.
The media specialist updated the media center website, media center blog, and front lobby kiosk.
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Jennifer Lewis, Media Specialist [email protected]
Media Center Website http://www.cherokee.k12.ga.us/Schools/indiankn
oll-es/media/default.aspx
Media Center Blog http://ikesmediacenter.blogspot.com/
Indian Knoll Elementary School
Media Center
September 2011 Report
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Data Snapshot
Number of classes served: 68 Total circulation: 4,066 K: 321 1: 394 2: 796 3: 633 4: 379 5: 500 6: 306 Faculty: Accelerated Reader points: 1860.1 1: 124 2: 373.7 3: 393.4 4: 149.6 5: 1387.2 6: 472.9 Total words read: 17,597,093 Number of volunteer hours: 111.5 Grolier online articles accessed: 423
Indian Knoll Elementary School
Media Center
September 2011 Report
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Whole Class Lessons Taught
31 lessons Kindergarten – Students attended weekly storytime. Storytime themes included monsters (the letter M), author and illustrator, and apples (sequencing). 1st grade – Students learned about Cinderella stories from around the world. 2nd grade – Students learned about selecting “just right” books using the book Goldilocks and the Three Libearians. 3rd grade – Students learned about elements of mysteries using the book The Web Files. 4th grade – Students learned about nonfiction text features and practiced using these features to gather information. 5th grade – Students learned how to use Destiny to locate books needed for the social studies fair.
30 checkout sessions
Collaborative Lessons Taught
Lesson: Using Grolier to Locate Information Standards for the 21st Century Learner: 1.1.8 Demonstrate mastery of technology tools for accessing information and pursuing inquiry. Georgia Performance Standards: ELA6R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts. Collaborative partner: Westbrook Lesson: Using Grolier to Locate Information Standards for the 21st Century Learner: 1.1.8 Demonstrate mastery of technology tools for accessing information and pursuing inquiry. Georgia Performance Standards: ELA5R1a Locates facts that answer the reader’s questions. Collaborative partner: Guy