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January 2022 


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The Library In Color

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Feminists Who Shaped the World Library Book Display
The picture above is of a book display showcasing different women in history who have shaped the world such as Oprah Winfrey, Claudette Colvin, Ruth Bader Ginsburg.  The display was created by two of our middle school library helpers Sydney Jones and Addy Powers.  The students did everything from picking out the books to put on the display to designing the signage for it.  Absolutely love it when our students take ownership in how the library looks and what it has to offer fellow students and staff!  They have been a wonderful addition to the team this year! 

STEAM ROOM For You

*Anything in the Storage/STEAM room is available for teachers to checkout and use in their classroom. 
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 Cubelets

  • Cubelets are robot blocks that help teach important problem-solving skills like collaboration, engineering, design, and computational thinking.   
  • Career Pathways Alignment
    • Information Technology
      • Programming (I)
      • Programming (II) 
    • Manufacturing​
      • Industrial Technology






Website/App of the Month

Picryl
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  • Website Tool
  • World's largest public domain platform for images, videos, music, and much more.
  • Easy to use search tool allows for students/teachers to quickly find public domain content for creative work. 
  • Over 10 million works for art available and growing!
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Library Staff
Mr. Trent Roberts-CMS/CHS Teacher Librarian
Mrs. Peggy Burns-Library Aide
Lilliana Stafford-1st period Student Helper
Skyla Newsome-5th period Student Helper
​Mercadies Fowler-6/7th Period Student Helper


Library Technology Helpful Hints

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Lexend Fonts in Google​
  • Lexend fonts were created to help aid reading comprehension.  Google now offers 7 different Lexend fonts. ​
  • Check out lexend.com to learn about the science behind the font!
  • URL: ​ https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Lexend
  • Thank you Angela Wojtecki and Angie Jameson! ​

Library Stats

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December 2021
  • Check Ins-805
  • Check Outs- 738
  • Renewals- 83
  • Total- 1626
December 2019
  • Check Ins-698
  • Check Outs- 683
  • Renewals- 61
  • Total- 1442

New/incoming Books!

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The Last Cuentista
Genre: ​Science Fiction
Newbery Award Winner 2022
Showcased on our First Page Today for the week of Jan. 24th-28th

There lived a girl named Petra Peña, who wanted nothing more than to be a storyteller, like her abuelita.
But Petra's world is ending. Earth has been destroyed by a comet, and only a few hundred scientists and their children – among them Petra and her family – have been chosen to journey to a new planet. They are the ones who must carry on the human race.
Hundreds of years later, Petra wakes to this new planet – and the discovery that she is the only person who remembers Earth. A sinister Collective has taken over the ship during its journey, bent on erasing the sins of humanity's past. They have systematically purged the memories of all aboard – or purged them altogether.
Petra alone now carries the stories of our past, and with them, any hope for our future. Can she make them live again?

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All Learning is Social and Emotional: helping students develop essential skills for the classroom and beyond by Nancy Frey
Genre: Professional
Location: High School Library (Please let me know if you want it)

While social and emotional learning (SEL) is most familiar as compartmentalized programs separate from academics, the truth is, all learning is social and emotional. What teachers say, the values we express, the materials and activities we choose, and the skills we prioritize all influence how students think, see themselves, and interact with content and with others.
If you teach kids rather than standards, and if you want all kids to get what they need to thrive, Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, and Dominique Smith offer a solution: a comprehensive, five-part model of SEL that's easy to integrate into everyday content instruction, no matter what subject or grade level you teach. You'll learn the hows and whys of:
  • Building students' sense of identity and confidence in their ability to learn, overcome challenge, and influence the world around them.
  • Helping students identify, describe, and regulate their emotional responses.
  • Promoting the cognitive regulation skills critical to decision making and problem solving.
  • Fostering students' social skills, including teamwork and sharing, and their ability to establish and repair relationships.
  • Equipping students to becoming informed and involved citizens.

Along with a toolbox of strategies for addressing 33 essential competencies, you'll find real-life examples highlighting the many opportunities for social and emotional learning within the K-12 academic curriculum. Children's social and emotional development is too important to be an add-on or an afterthought, too important to be left to chance. Use this books integrated SEL approach to help your students build essential skills that will serve them in the classroom and throughout their lives.
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