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Try Curiosity!: About, Badges, Disclosure Policy
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About, Badges, Disclosure Policy. PreK Readers in Budapest. This blog is where I attempt to hold everything all together: library lessons, literacy-related news at my school, and book talks. Who reads this blog? The students, parents, teachers at the American School of Lima in Peru or the community of my former school, The American School of Budapest, Hungary. School librarians looking for lesson ideas. Anyone interested in young adult, middle grade, or children's literature. Valid Nov 2015 - Nov 2017.
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Try Curiosity!: Summer Read Selfies
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015. It's time for #summerREADselfie. I love this time of year.when we can chill and enjoy books. The goal for middle and high school students is to read at least FIVE books this summer. In high school, we challenge students to choose one title from our list of " Page-turner Classics. Also, anyone in the world (especially in the library world! Is invited to join us for Summer-READ-selfie. Let's make summer reading go viral this summer. Post it to your favorite social media site(s).
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Try Curiosity!: Pinterest for Curation in Art
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Wednesday, August 12, 2015. Pinterest for Curation in Art. In IB Art, students learn the skills of curation: assembling collections of artwork that tie together somehow. There are two key parts of successful curation: exploring widely. Pinterest is an ideal tool for both parts. Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool. Websites (and videos, docs, pictures) are "pinned". Created by various museums. Once we reach a point of saturation with collecting images (maybe we are feeling overwhelmed? It's time to sor...
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Try Curiosity!: Notes from Narrative Biographies
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Thursday, March 26, 2015. Notes from Narrative Biographies. Grade 7 students are preparing for their Biography Pageant! They'll read about an inspirational person and then act as that person to share what they learned. Last week, students selected biographies from the library. T. Hese will be independent reading books for the next couple of weeks, so we wanted to provide "page turners" instead of the typical fact-laden, reference-type bios. Some favorite narrative-style biographies. For each of their not...
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Try Curiosity!: Expat Moves
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Saturday, June 13, 2015. Lots of expats have moved more than I have, but here are some things I've learned in my three moves. Expat moves are different from regular moves because it generally takes at least a month to see your stuff again. Living out of suitcases for that long takes some planning, and arriving in a new place with very little is hard, too. In my last two moves, it was a month in our new country before our things arrived. As soon as you can):. Get shipping estimates (3-5 companies is good).
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Try Curiosity!: Library Orientation as "Interval Training"
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Wednesday, May 13, 2015. Library Orientation as "Interval Training". At the beginning of the year, grade 9 Foundations classes. Get those Deweys in order! Completed an "interval training" to learn about using the library. The goal: Work in teams to figure out all of the amazing ways the library and its services can help them during the year. The other goal: No teacher talk! Links go to station directions). Finding areas in the library. Library in Your Pocket. Installing Destiny and other apps). Has read ...
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Try Curiosity!: Booktalks
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Our "Golden Dragon" reading program mascot. Read to Tiger, Book! The Incredible Book Eating Boy. Library Lion, The Boy Who Was Raised by Librarians, The Library. Back to School Blues? Get Out of Bed! I Hate School, I'm Not Going to School Today, Little Brown Bear Won't Go to School). Kitten's First Full Moon). Picture Book Month #1. Themes: Alphabet, Outer Space, Seasons, Bears, Colors, Transportation, Birds). Picture Book Month #2. Themes: Monsters, Gardens, Mice, Chickens, Sea, Pirates, Dragons, Pets).
