3 Things from the NVHS LMC #18

LMC Closed During AP Testing

Both LMCs will be closed during AP testing, May 6-17^th. Carrie or Melissa will be available in J171 if you need anything. The Main LMC staff is accessible before or after testing each day, but it would probably be best just to email any of us if you need anything. Questions? Let us know.

Gale PowerSearch

Our LMC databases have a ton of quality information from books, magazines, newspapers, academic journals, etc, but you can’t search all of them at once. Luckily, a few of the companies that provide our databases provide a search interface that lets you search all (or most) of their products at once. For example, Gale PowerSearch lets you search biographical, news, social issues, reference books, and science content with just one search interface. Easy to use and saves you some time if you or your students are looking for materials for a project or lesson plan. Articles can also be shared with Google Classroom.

Free Audiobooks for Teen Readers (or You)

Audiobook Sync is a summer program that lets you download you own copy of selection of free audiobooks that you can keep. Normally, that would be a pretty pricey bill. The catch is that they only feature two each week and you have to download them within that week. The program runs Thursday to Thursday for 10 weeks. That’s 20 free audiobooks! The program started this past Thursday, so you have 2 more days to download the first two. There are always some great books on the list, so sign up to receive emails alerting you to new titles each week. Great for summer trips, especially if you have a middle or high school student or if you just enjoy some good stories.

3 Things from the NVHS LMC #17

 

Information Chowdown Signup: Still Spots Available. Please join us.

Join us for lunch on us from Panera while Kira Prince from Gale shows you how you can use our LMC's Gale databases in your classroom. All faculty members are welcome. Our current Gale products include coverage for topics in English, Social Studies, Science, and health, but we can expand and customize our offerings by gathering your feedback. Please sign up ahead of time so we can determine lunch orders and attendance numbers. 

Signup Form: Thursday 4/25 @ Main or Friday, 4/26 @ BFC. 

NV Poetry Month / Last Chance to Spit Rhymes This Year

We have two more poetry related events going on this last week of our own take on National Poetry Month. Monday (today) is Poem in Your Pocket Day. Grab a poem, read it, share it with your students, especially if you like it. Friday is our Coffeehouse Open Mic. Everyone is encouraged to share their own song or poem or one by someone else. Would that be a cover poem? Event information and signup, and suggested class activities are on our poetry month site.

Interesting Articles

According to a recent Gallup poll, teachers are the fourth most trusted profession--behind pharmacists, but we are way ahead of members of Congress, so there is that. Students are overconfident, comprehend less on screens vs. paper according to a new meta-analysis. What it doesn't mention is the need to teach students how to read and comprehend in a digital environment, but that is an article for another week.

3 Things from the NVHS LMC #16

Information Chowdown Signup
Join us for lunch on us from Panera while Kira Prince from Gale shows you how you can use our LMC’s Gale databases in your classroom. All faculty members are welcome. Our current Gale products include coverage for topics in English, Social Studies, Science, and health, but we can expand and customize our offerings by gathering your feedback. Please sign up ahead of time so we can determine lunch orders and attendance numbers. Signup Form: Thursday 4/25 @ Main or Friday, 4/26 @ BFC. 


National Poetry Month: Be a Poet This Month
Last time, we shared some short lesson plans for introducing students to new poems and related topics. This time, here are some low risk, easy to implement poetry writing activities that can be done as a bell ringer or with a few minutes left in class. We encourage everyone to try it.

Useful Website: Child and Family Webguide
Tufts University has been maintaining this expert driven subject directory of child development and parenting websites for many years. Each entry gives an annotation and ratings on the quality and other factors about the site. 

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 Sweet Search for Better Quality Results

Hey, did you know that Google is actually NOT the only search engine? It’s true! There are even a few that have some higher quality results. Sweet Search uses Google to search, but you only get a subset of higher quality results than a typical Google Search. Students still have to be skilled at evaluating their sources, but the sources with Sweet Search tend to be more trustworthy.

Teen Book Finder

The American Library Association puts out a number of book lists and awards every year, including ones that suggest titles for teenagers. They have been doing this for quite a while, so there are so many lists. But of course, there’s an app for that. The Teen Book Finder App and Database allows you to search and browse these lists to help your students find something to read. There is a range of titles, both fiction and nonfiction here. There is a mobile app and a website you can use to search.

National Poetry Month @ Neuqua Valley

OMG! So excited! I’m sure you are too. It is finally National Poetry Month at Neuqua Valley again. Check out our website with all the events Mary Van Milligen and Eric are planning for the month. Also take a look at the Lesson Plans page for some low prep things you can do if you want to celebrate poetry this month. Read a poem, show a short video, or teach a whole lesson. We have also included some links where you can sign up to get a poem each day in your inbox or podcast feed, so we hope you dip your toe in and find some poems you like. Besides, at least one study has found that reading poetry gives you goosebumps. Some suggested writing prompts coming soon