1. Purchase orders—deadline today!
2. Replacement book monies--
Procedures for collecting lost book monies have been refined to ensure that libraries can apply these funds directly to the replacement of lost books. Please follow the procedures below:
a. Collect money for replacement books. Use the district receipt book to record transaction (to be distributed).
b. Bring money to Business Office. This money will be deposited to a revenue account. Complete form if required.
c. Order replacement books; acquire invoice. You may use any district-approved vendor. Suggestion was made to order books from Follett, but keep this order separate.
d. Business office will write a check for the purchase.
Other suggestions: print two copies of notice from Follett, give student one and keep the other in a binder. Turn in the money a few times a year, at intervals good for your school. If a book is located after the money has been turned into the business office, reimburse student only when more money is available in your library's fund.
3. Summer Reading baskets were distributed. The baskets were assembled beautifully by Kathy Balsamo, and support the summer reading theme of insects. K-1, 2-3, 4-5, 6, 7-8 baskets will be raffled to public library summer reading participants. I will prepare a flyer by June 1.The funds for the purchase of the books were generously provided by Molloy College and a First Books grant.
4. Online databases, 2008-2009 http://www.nassauboces.org/nsls/template.htm
Please review the list and take advantage of free trials. Give me recommendations for any changes by June 1. I attended a session at a recent conference (see earlier post) where Teaching Books was featured. I encourage you to incorporate it into any lesson/unit where the students are exploring a specific author and his/her works.
We also discussed Tumble Books vs. One More Story. One More Story is not available through BOCES, but I'll try to order it for the elementary school libraries for next year.
5. Websites of note: Seeing Reason Tool http://educate.intel.com/en/ThinkingTools/SeeingReason/TryTheTool
ALA Awards http://www.nassauboces.org/nsls/2008ala.htm
Information Literacy http://skil.stanford.edu/intro/research.html
Information Literacy to support reading and writing http://www.hitchams.suffolk.sch.uk/foundation/literacy/index.htm
21st Century Skills http://21stcenturyskills.org Podcasts on 21st century skills http://edcommunity.apple.com/ali/collection.php?collection=492
6. Poetry Café
Thank you for participating. Boards can be dropped off in Beverly Wolcott's office this month.
7. LITE Bytes articles
By June 1, please:
Created Equal Bookshelf Grant Award--Smith Street
Summer Reading--California Avenue
Author/Illustrator and Community Reading Days--Northern Parkway
Dream Poems--Grand Avenue
Reading Book Club--Walnut Street
Webpage updates--Lawrence Road
Summer Technology Institute--Turtle Hook
Book Review Project--UHS
Remember the Children Day--UHS
I will set up a page for each story on the litebytes wiki so you can post your stories directly. Look for it early next week.
8. Book reviews
Students with usernames and passwords can post reviews directly to Destiny. These will need your approval before they go "live". The username is the student's student number (found on SASI). We're working on seeing if their SASI password can be imported.
Handouts: "You’re Not Bilingual, So What?", "Culturally Speaking: English Language Learners", "Old School Meet Library 2.0", "Teaching Effective and Inspiring Engaged Readers in the Library Media Center", "A Few New Things"
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