Welcome Back from the Thanksgiving Holiday! I hope everyone had a wonderful break! I have a lot of news to share with you today regarding the Nashville Public Library Educator Card, the Adult Book Club and more!
WJPMS News will be presented by Mr. Adkin's 3rd Graders this week. Please send your students to the library at 2:15 so we will have enough time to practice and film before 2:45. Thank you!
The Nashville Public Library Educator Card is finally available to Elementary Educators! Although we will not have school delivery available (Middle and High Schools only), we can designate a branch library to pick up our materials. We may check out up to 50 items at a time with an extended check out period. I will place the application in your mailboxes. If you are interested in having an Educator Card please return the completed form to my mailbox by December 9th and I will turn it in to the NPL. There is a limited number of staff members who will be processing all of the Elementary Educator cards, therefore we should not expect to receive these before January 9th, 2012. This is through the Limitless Libraries Program that began a few years ago.
The Adult Book Club will be meeting Thursday, December 1st at 6:00 PM in the library. This event was postponed from November 17th. We will be discussing The Reading Promise by Alice Ozma. If you are interested in joining us for the next book, let me know and I will add you to the email distribution list.
When your students have research projects, please encourage them to begin with our Jones Paideia Elementary School Website. You can access encyclopedias, online dictionaries, our wiki space, and educational links to use in the classroom. Let me know if you would like me to add anything to your grade level resource page. Access our website at http://www.jonespaideiaes.mnps.org/.
The PTO will be hosting the Holiday Luncheon in the library on Monday, December 12th. They will begin preparing and setting up early that morning. Please see me if you have a scheduled class that day so we can reschedule.
Beginning in January, I will return to a flexible schedule in the library. As you know, I requested a fixed schedule for the first semester in order to teach third and fourth grade basic computer skills and how to access online resources. This schedule has been very difficult on a couple of grade levels. Returning to a flexible schedule will allow teachers to sign their classes up to use the library or computer lab area at times that will work better for them. It will also allow me to collaboratively plan with you! Start thinking of how I can best support you and your grade level curriculum. I look forward to planning together again. (This will not affect Kindergarten. They will remain on a fixed schedule.)
Jones Paideia Wiki ~ Would you like me to add resources to our Wikispace? Check this out: http://jonespaideiamedia.wikispaces.com/. Let me know if you have any projects coming up and I will create a page for you!
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