Loquacious Library The space to connect March 2015 http://loquaciouslibrary.com Paper …. Paper Space We added a Paper … Paper Space giving us two Makerspace areas (the green screen was the first). Students can use the library during study hall or lunch. Coming soon …. K’Nex It! Get Graphic! Graphic books? Comic books? Aren’t those just glorified picture books? Actually, graphic novels contain more advance vocabulary than traditional text at the same grade/interest level. It is also a great way to teach visual literacy. Mrs. Myers talked to Mr. Plaistad’s science classes about comics as a literary form including introducing them to the layout terms. Students analyzed different samples from books and submitted the answer to Mrs. Myers for a grade. Later, they created comic strips for Mr. Plaistad that showed Newton’s Laws of Motion. Contact Mrs. Myers or Mrs. Layne about integrating comics with your classes! National Library Week April 13-17 All week - Amnesty Week Tuesday - Mini Golf Wednesday - Minute to Win It Thursday - Teen Lit Day Friday - Thanks a Latte ALL (yes, you too staff) are invited to participate to win prizes. See http://loquaciouslibrary.com for more details Circulation Since January 2099 since January So What? A recent SC study shows that students who check out more books get higher test scores. See Part I of the impact study here http://www.scasl.net/assets/ phase%20i.pdf
Paper . Paper Space !We added a Paper Paper Space giving us two
Makerspace areas (the green screen was the first). Students can use
the library during study hall or lunch.
Coming soon .!KNex It!
Get Graphic!!!Graphic books? Comic books? Arent those just
glorified picture books?!!Actually, graphic novels contain more
advance vocabulary than traditional text at the same grade/interest
level. It is also a great way to teach visual literacy.!!Mrs. Myers
talked to Mr. Plaistads science classes about comics as a literary
form including introducing them to the layout terms. Students
analyzed different samples from books and submitted the answer to
Mrs. Myers for a grade. Later, they created comic strips for Mr.
Plaistad that showed Newtons Laws of Motion. !!Contact Mrs. Myers
or Mrs. Layne about integrating comics with your classes!!
National Library Week!April 13-17!!All week - Amnesty
Week!Tuesday - Mini Golf!Wednesday - Minute to Win It!Thursday -
Teen Lit Day!Friday - Thanks a Latte!!ALL (yes, you too staff) are
invited to participate to win prizes. See
http://loquaciouslibrary.com for more details
Circulation Since January!!2099 since January
So What?!!A recent SC study shows that students who check out
more books get higher test scores. See Part I of the impact study
here http://www.scasl.net/assets/phase%20i.pdf
