Library Media Services

Library Media Services Education Philosophy

Library Media Services recognizes that to be successful in our technologically advanced society, students must be effective users of information. Library Media Services Program: Teaches students Information Literacy Standards Promotes reading and literature appreciation Provides skills and resources for conducting research Provides students and staff with up-to-date materials that support student-learning, curricular objectives, and reading enjoyment

Normandy School District On-Line Library Services CLICK IMAGE BELOW TO ENTER Local Catalogues Reference and Research Authors, Books  and more...  Just For Educators Normandy School District - Recommended Reading Lists Use the Links below to view Reading Lists by Grade Levels.      5 - 6 Reading List                7-8 Reading List              9-12 Reading List

Local Catalogues

St. Louis County Library online catalog St. Louis City Library, online catalogue University City Library, online Cooperating School Districts resources Lexile Framework for Reading, allows you to search for the lexile level of books

Reference and Research

EbscoHost Library Spot: Encyclopedias, maps, online dictionaries, more ... Dewey Decimal System Newsbank Newspaper Index, access to articles from various sources, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star MedLinePlus Health Information, includes a dictionary of medical terms and an encyclopedia of medical information The Big6, Big6 research method-information and resources Merriam-Webster Online, includes online dictionary, thesaurus, and encyclopedia MLA Citation Guide, writers guide to citing sources in MLA format Citation Machine, creates a bibliographic citation in APA or MLA format Cyber Sleuth Kids, an internet search guide for students K-12 Searching on the Internet Using the Internet NetSmartz-Internet safety for children, teens, parents, and educators

Authors, Books and more...

Missouri Book Award Programs

Missouri Building Block (preK to K) Show Me Award (grades 1-3) Mark Twain Award (grades 4-8) Gateway Award (grades 9-12)

Authors

Index to Author Webpages, the Internet School Library Media Center's index to author and illustrator Internet sites. Jan Brett, full of activities and resources especially for teachers Patricia Polacco, lots of activities and resources especially for teachers J.K. Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series has a fun interactive site

Reading

Clifford Interactive Reading, Interactive Storybooks - Phonics fun for early readers. Interactive Reading, Book Adventure is a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8 Interactive Reading, Primarily designed for first grade, Starfall.com is also useful for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten and second grade. The Children's Literature Web Guide, sources related to books for Children and Young Adults Book Adventure, a FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K - 8 Learn to Read at Starfall, interactive website for learning to read Kidsreads provides a place to find out about new and favorite books, series, and authors. The site includes book reviews, excerpts (sometimes the entire book), author interviews, trivia games, word scrambles, and contests Lexile Frameworks for Reading, The Lexile Framework for Reading is a scientific approach to reading measurement that matches readers to text. The Lexile Framework measures both reader ability and text difficulty on the same scale, called the Lexile scale.

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Book and Literature

Graphic Novels in the Library Librarian's Guide to Anime and Manga Literary initiatives for boys Booktalks Children's Literature Webguide

Professional Resources

Personal Educational Press, create flash cards, game boards, and quizzes Introduction to WebQuest, provides information on how to create WebQuests, includes lots of samples Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators, categorized list of sites to enhance curriculum Great Educational Websites, links to sites of interest for educators Lexile Framework for Reading, allows you to search for the lexile level of books Librarian's Programming for Teens Librarian's Index to the Internet Strengthening the Library Media Program School Librarian's Workshop Teacher Librarian Journal Voice of Youth Advocates Successlink-Great Teaching Ideas