Group EMC Mary Elfers Lisa Meisel Dawn Campbell MEDT 6466 Fall, 2011 2 year Media Program

Plan

Program

Grade / Subject

QCCs / GPSs

Description of Program

Timeline

Get Caught All Reading grade School Wide levels Media Program

ELA4R2 ELA5R4 AASL 4.2.4

Scavenger Hunt

ELA2R4 ELA3R3 ELA1R6 ELAKR4 ELAKR6 ELA1W2 ELA1R4 ELA1R5 5th grade ELA5R1 The student demonstrates comprehension and shows evidence of a warranted and responsible explanation of a variety of literary and informational texts

All students will participate in the School Wide Media Program celebrating Get Caught Reading month.

1 week in May

Mystery Reader

1st grade

A list of items / objects will be listed in a scavenger hunt form. Students will have to read from a certain set of books and write down the page number if they discover a scavenger hunt item mentioned in the book. The student who correctly finds all things first will win a prize. Prizes will be awarded for 2nd and 3rd place as well. ELA1R6 The student 1st grade classes will uses a variety of participate in the mystery strategies to understand reader program. There and gain meaning from will be a bulletin board grade level text. The in their hallway student reads and promoting a mystery listens to a variety of guest who will read to texts for information them once a month. The and pleasure bulletin board will try to give clues to who the

November through January to encourage winter break reading

February through May

TV vs. Books Contest

Reading to Kids

Mapping the Library

person will be (family member, special staff member, or community member) as well as clues to which book will be read next All ELA2R3 The student A large chart will be grades acquires and uses grade displayed near the Media level words to Center. LMS will communicate promote a campaign to effectively. The read instead of watch student reads a variety TV. Students will be of texts and uses new encouraged to record the words in oral and number of minutes they written language spend reading each night instead of watching TV. Classes will add their minutes to the chart. The class with the most reading minutes will be awarded a library party with snacks, free books, and/or guest reader. th 4 grade ELA4R4 The student 4th graders will sign a reads aloud, accurately, video release form and familiar material in a take turns videotaping variety of genres, in a themselves reading. The way that makes tapes will be given to a meaning clear to local childrens hospital listeners. and shown to kids in the hospital. K-2, Students will: Students compare their 3-5 school library with Compare and another library your contrast their town library or a virtual school library library and identify with at least their most important one other features. The students library. use their observations to Identify the create a map of the prominent school library that can features of the serve as a guide for libraries and their functions. others. Create a map that illustrates the layout of

September through December

October

August/September

Huey and Louie Meet Dewey

3-5, 6-8

Save the Library

3-5, 6-8

Alphabetize for K-2, a Reason 3-5

the libraries, their features and their functions. Students will: Become familiar with the Dewey Decimal Classification System. Use the system to organize a list of books. Students will: Identify various resources of the library. Determine which resources are most appropriate for different types of class work. Write an essay to help save the library from projected budget cuts. Include in the essay examples of some of the benefits and resources libraries offer. Students will: Use alphabetical order to organize material. Alphabetize with the first, second, and third letters of a

Students exercise their library shelving skills. A worksheet that is provided invites them to come to the aid of two rambunctious students who have made a mess in the school library.

October December

Students decide which library resources are most helpful in the assignment scenarios the teacher describes. In addition, students write essays to make a case for saving a library from budget cuts or possible closure.

January - May

This lesson will show students how to organize information using the alphabet.

August/September

Library Scavenger Hunt

Common planning time for teachers that includes the media specialist

set of words. Discover applications for alphabetical order. 6-8, Students will: 9-12 Locate resources within the library. Use online resources to answer research questions. Certified N/A Staff

This activity serves as an introduction to library resources both online and offline..

OctoberDecember

As part of the School Improvement Plan, the scheduling committee will work to create a common planning time for grade level teachers and incorporate a set time for every week for the media specialist to be included in the planning and designing of lessons.

April/May-design schedule August-revisit and tweak schedule April/May year 2with information from surveys, create schedule for next school year Revisit at the beginning of the school year if needed. After the first year of implementation, a survey completed by certified staff will help make improvements for the next year.

School-wide Book Study

Certified N/A Staff

Certified staff will participate in a book study. Collaborating to Meet Standards by Collaborating to Meet

March/April-1st year: Collaborating to Meet Standards March/April-2nd year:

Literacy Standards

Creation of a wiki to be used as a collaboration tool between media specialist and classroom teachers

Certified N/A Staff

The media specialist will create a wiki that teachers will use to collaborate and share lessons and ideas.

Collaborating to Meet Literacy Standards August/September

Implementation Certified N/A of Google Docs Staff for collaborating and designing lessons

1st year-grades K2 will implement. April/May they will share thoughts and information about experience with grades 3-5. 2nd year-grades 35 will implement as well. Teachers will use Google August/September Docs to create and design lessons. 1st year-grades 3-5 Documents will be will implement. shared across grade April/May they levels, as well as with the will share media specialist so input thoughts and can be given from all. information about experience with grades K-2. 2nd year-grades K2 will implement as well.

Who is the Mystery Reader?

This months 1st grade Mystery Reader Clues: 1. 2. 3. You may have seen her covered in paint She is responsible for many things on the school walls She encourages Creativity Think you know? Meet our mystery reader in the Media Center this Friday at 1:00

HELP!!!
Huey and Dewey have made a mess in the library. There are books everywhere! Lets help them reorganize the library using the Dewey Decimal Classification System!

New Hope Elementary Professional Development K-2 Teachers

Calling All K-2 Teachers

K-2 Teachers will meet in the media center on Wednesday at 2:50pm for an introduction to wikispaces. We will be implementing wikispaces as a collaboration tool between the Media Specialist and classroom teachers. The wiki will be set up before the meeting and you will be sent an invitation to join the wiki. Please accept this invitation before attending the meeting. We will explore how to use the wiki to create and design engaging lessons for our students. See You Soon!!!!!