Friday, April 23, 2010
Today's High School Hours: 8.0 hours
Total High School Hours: 14.5 hours
Total Hours: 60.5 hours
Today I spent the day where I will be completing the majority of my secondary practicum hours. A large part of the morning was taken up by touring the library and meeting the staff. Compared to the high school library that I work in this library is massive. Sizewize the main library is almost 4 times larger than my high school's. All of the non-fiction is housed in this main section of the library. There is also a computer lab, a college interest section, and a developing writing workshop. The library also consists of a family section that holds all of the fiction books. This is about as big as a very large classroom. They have playaways, listening sections, a space to eat, couches and comfy chairs, and a very large Spanish language section. In the background there is music playing to settle the students down and encourage them to relax. This room blew my mind. It seems like its main purpose is simply to encourage students to read for fun. The library also contains a massive back room that allows for ample storage.
Next I sat in on a professional development meeting. The LMS here is working with another staff member to get teachers to start writing better research questions and projects for their students. They are trying to get teachers to learn how to write more open-ended research questions and also provide students and teachers with a framework on how to go about creating and doing the research. They were kind of working on the first steps of this and on showing teachers why it is necessary to do this. They have a half-hour presentation to try to get teachers on board and they were trying to sort out their thoughts on how to make this work in an extremely short period of time. This was something that I really didn't know that LMSs did - tyring to teach the teachers about how to write good research projects and help them in their professional development.
In the afternoon I met with an art teacher that I will be working on a project with. He has a project that he has done with students in the past and now wants to upgrade it. I will be helping him upgrade the technological parts of the presentation, as well as a template for how he would like the students to complete it, and coming up with a resource list that students can find online. The LMS has already done this project with him, so she is showing me what to expect and what will be needed. I spent some time after this making a list of the books that could be used for this and then looking for them in the library.
I observed a class that was using the WISCareers site. They were getting ready for the ACTs and learning test taking strategies for the math portion of the test.
I thought that I did more, but a lot of these things took a lot of time, and small things kept coming up that kept us running around, but had no real bearing on the day.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Monday, April 12, 2010
High School Hours (Reagan)
Today's High School Hours: .5 hours
Total High School Hours: 6.5 hours
Total Hours: 52.5 hours
Today I kept working on revamping the A/V section. I started listing all of the old VHS movies that we have that are worth updating. I only got about a quarter done, but once I finish I will go ahead and start to create a list on Titlewave of all of the updated DVDs I can find on these VHS subjects.
Total High School Hours: 6.5 hours
Total Hours: 52.5 hours
Today I kept working on revamping the A/V section. I started listing all of the old VHS movies that we have that are worth updating. I only got about a quarter done, but once I finish I will go ahead and start to create a list on Titlewave of all of the updated DVDs I can find on these VHS subjects.
Elementary/Middle School Hours (MJSD)
Friday, April 9, 2010
Today's Elementary/Middle Hours: 7.0 hours
Total Elementary/Middle Hours: 46.0 hours
Total Hours: 52.0 hours
Today I spent all day getting ready for the Scholastic Book Fair that is coming up at MJSD April 26-30. There is a large bulletin board outside of the library. I was pretty much given free reign on how to decorate using this year's theme of "Book Fair Diner." I used several of the ideas that Scholastic provided in the accompanying magazine and I brought them to life. I created an oversized check stub that advertised the dates and theme. I created a fake sandwhich chalk board that advertised a special of the day, which was a special promotion that they would be running for one day after school when you purchase 4 books you get a 5th free. I also created a large menu that had children's books as appetizers with pictures of the books, as well as the main courses which were young adult books with pictures as well. Finally, I just used the posters that they sent and wrote/printed the dates and times on them. To decorate some of the small spaces in the board I printed some premade props from the Scholastic website.
I also shelved books.
Today's Elementary/Middle Hours: 7.0 hours
Total Elementary/Middle Hours: 46.0 hours
Total Hours: 52.0 hours
Today I spent all day getting ready for the Scholastic Book Fair that is coming up at MJSD April 26-30. There is a large bulletin board outside of the library. I was pretty much given free reign on how to decorate using this year's theme of "Book Fair Diner." I used several of the ideas that Scholastic provided in the accompanying magazine and I brought them to life. I created an oversized check stub that advertised the dates and theme. I created a fake sandwhich chalk board that advertised a special of the day, which was a special promotion that they would be running for one day after school when you purchase 4 books you get a 5th free. I also created a large menu that had children's books as appetizers with pictures of the books, as well as the main courses which were young adult books with pictures as well. Finally, I just used the posters that they sent and wrote/printed the dates and times on them. To decorate some of the small spaces in the board I printed some premade props from the Scholastic website.
I also shelved books.
Thursday, April 8, 2010
Elementary Hours (MJDS)
Today's Elementary/Middle Hours: 8.0 hours
Total Elementary/Middle Hours: 39.0 hours
Total Hours: 45.0 hours
Total Elementary/Middle Hours: 39.0 hours
Total Hours: 45.0 hours
Today I read to 2 more classes. The first was a kindergarten class that I read Mo Willems' books to. For this class, one of the librarians actually brought in a hand puppet of one of the main characters in the books. The kids had actually had heard the book that I had chosen before , but I read it anyway because I used the hand puppet to act out what was going on in the book. They really liked it. The librarian told me that the teacher said afterward that I got a laugh out of a girl that doesn't usually laugh very much. I read 2 different Willems books to the first grade class. Most of them had heard the first book that I read but again they still enjoyed it. The class enjoyed it so much that I showed them where they could find more Willems books and several of them checked out new books, as well as the ones that I read to them.
Another part of my day was spent going through our collection electronically to see if we had any books on a booklist from a Jewish book store in another state. Apparently the LMS uses this bookstore a lot to get a lot of tips on what is currently popular in certain categories.
I also spent a good part of my day shelving a lot of books that had built up, as well as another stack that a class had been using for several weeks but that they were now done with.
I opened up the front desk and I checked in and out a lot of books for a lot of classes. The library has also been having some troubles with vandalism on the laptops in the mobile lab. So the assistant and I set up kind of hardline check-in procedure where I thoroughly inspected computers as I checked them in to hopefully threaten the vandals, then the assistant checked them again as the students put them back into the cart.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Elementary Hours (MJDS)
Today's Elementary/Middle Hours: 8.0 hours
Total Elementary/Middle Hours: 31.0 hours
Total Hours: 37.0 hours
Today, the day started off simply enough - I tore apart "Wimpy Kid" bookmarks that came as a perforated set. This was simple and fun and a good way to start a day that is still technically my spring break for my high school.
Next, the actual LMS called to check up to see how things were going. She was not here, but had a substitute fill in who normally works in the library, only for a different school. I had a list of things to do and she just wanted to make sure I was clear on what I was supposed to do. She suggested that she was going to read to the Kindergarteners tomorrow, but that I could take up the task if I wanted. I agreed to for 2 reasons: 1 - I really like reading to the younglings because it's such a big difference from reading to my high school students, and 2 - she wanted me to read Mo Willems books, which she introduced me to last time and I absolutely loved (I'm going to buy some for my nephews). So I spent a little while reading a bunch of Mo Willems books and picking out a few that I would like to read tomorrow.
I also read to the two second grade classes today. I read "Fire Up With Reading" by Toni Buzzeo. It was a fairly long book to read out loud but I tried to lighten it up for the kids by asking questions as we went through it, for instance, "Have any of you ever heard a gong?" After that, each class picked up their "shelf elves" and went to explore and check out books. I ran the counter and either checked out their books or put them on hold. I also checked out books to 6th graders that were in the library, as well as laptop computers to classes that needed them to do research.
At one point, the kindergarten teacher came in looking for books about spring time or birds that students might be able to read and enjoy as well as get some facts from. Between the substitute and I we found a few books that might suit her needs.
I also spent time weeding some old books in the science section of the non-fiction part of the library.
Finally, I spent a considerable part of my day online looking up books. First, I had a list of picture books and videos about Passover. I merely went down the list looking up the books to see if we had them in the library. Second, I looked up books on another list from a Jewish library, but I wasn't really sure exactly what I should be doing with it so I put it on hold until tomorrow. Third, I attempted to make a list of modern fairy tale books. I started making a list that included books for K-2 and Grades 3-6.
And that pretty much sums up my day!
Total Elementary/Middle Hours: 31.0 hours
Total Hours: 37.0 hours
Today, the day started off simply enough - I tore apart "Wimpy Kid" bookmarks that came as a perforated set. This was simple and fun and a good way to start a day that is still technically my spring break for my high school.
Next, the actual LMS called to check up to see how things were going. She was not here, but had a substitute fill in who normally works in the library, only for a different school. I had a list of things to do and she just wanted to make sure I was clear on what I was supposed to do. She suggested that she was going to read to the Kindergarteners tomorrow, but that I could take up the task if I wanted. I agreed to for 2 reasons: 1 - I really like reading to the younglings because it's such a big difference from reading to my high school students, and 2 - she wanted me to read Mo Willems books, which she introduced me to last time and I absolutely loved (I'm going to buy some for my nephews). So I spent a little while reading a bunch of Mo Willems books and picking out a few that I would like to read tomorrow.
I also read to the two second grade classes today. I read "Fire Up With Reading" by Toni Buzzeo. It was a fairly long book to read out loud but I tried to lighten it up for the kids by asking questions as we went through it, for instance, "Have any of you ever heard a gong?" After that, each class picked up their "shelf elves" and went to explore and check out books. I ran the counter and either checked out their books or put them on hold. I also checked out books to 6th graders that were in the library, as well as laptop computers to classes that needed them to do research.
At one point, the kindergarten teacher came in looking for books about spring time or birds that students might be able to read and enjoy as well as get some facts from. Between the substitute and I we found a few books that might suit her needs.
I also spent time weeding some old books in the science section of the non-fiction part of the library.
Finally, I spent a considerable part of my day online looking up books. First, I had a list of picture books and videos about Passover. I merely went down the list looking up the books to see if we had them in the library. Second, I looked up books on another list from a Jewish library, but I wasn't really sure exactly what I should be doing with it so I put it on hold until tomorrow. Third, I attempted to make a list of modern fairy tale books. I started making a list that included books for K-2 and Grades 3-6.
And that pretty much sums up my day!
High School Hours (Reagan)
Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Today's High School Hours: 1.0 hours
Total High School Hours: 6.0 hours
Total Hours: 29.0 hours
Today I finished weeding the audio/visual section of our library. I have removed all of the VHS tapes that I believe are completely useless, both visually and informationally. I left all of the VHS that I think might be worth replacing with the same thing or something similar on the shelves. The next day that I am in here I will go onto Titlewave and start making a list of all of the new DVDs I can find that will replace those VHS tapes still on the shelves.
Today's High School Hours: 1.0 hours
Total High School Hours: 6.0 hours
Total Hours: 29.0 hours
Today I finished weeding the audio/visual section of our library. I have removed all of the VHS tapes that I believe are completely useless, both visually and informationally. I left all of the VHS that I think might be worth replacing with the same thing or something similar on the shelves. The next day that I am in here I will go onto Titlewave and start making a list of all of the new DVDs I can find that will replace those VHS tapes still on the shelves.
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