6th Grade Orientation

Before the 6th graders experienced Library Orientation, Mr. Talsky's 7th grade Social Studies classes visited the Library to check out materials for their Ancient Rome project. They received cards with the address of Ms. Lai's Ancient Rome internet resources and instructions on how to post and share internet resources through del.icio.us. Ms. Adcock's Multicultural Literature class is learning about poetry. To extend their knowledge they checked out poetry books from the Library.

From Monday, September 17 through Friday, September 28, the 6th grade Language Arts classes attended the powerpoint presentation on "Policies and Procedures" given by Ms. Lai in the Library. Then after finding out about general material location, they were able to choose books and check them out.

Mr. Watkin's 7th grade Language Arts classes are working on their second book report. The topic is Biographies. They spent the day Monday, September 24, picking and checking out books for this report.

Starting Monday, October 1, the 6th grade Language Arts classes will return to the Library for the second part of Orientation. They will receive instruction on reference resources and fill out a worksheet to reinforce the instruction. Each student will experiece 5 reference stations to begin to expose them reference resources.

Welcome to the New School Year

Library has the services of a Library Media Teacher, Ms. Terry Lai, for three days (Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays) for this school year. The Library is open for students before school (8:30), during lunch, and after school (3:25-4:00) starting September 21, 2007. Ms. Lai is available to help with computer catalog and resource questions. Reference and book selection assistance are also provided.

Ms. Lai has a Library website (http://infospec46.com/apglibrary.html) and Library news can be checked using the “The Library News Blog” link on the homepage.