Summer Reading

Photo is, “Staged shot over my book” and is copyright © 2008 mattdwen and made available under a CC BY-NC 2.

Don't forget to have your kids check out the Jersey City and Bayonne Public Library pages for all the summer events.
http://www.jclibrary.org/programs-exhibits/monthcalendar/2014/07/08
http://www.bayonnelibrary.org/Bay_News.htm

Summer school in Jersey City just ended so, parents, send your kids to the public library with the ALA summer reading list so they can check out a book. They should read at least one more book before school starts up in September.

I hope you're enjoying these beautiful days.

Goodnight Darth Vader

Happy Monday! I hope everybody is enjoying these fleeting days of summer.

As some of you know I'm a pretty big Star Wars geek so I'm excited to share this. The newest book from Jeffrey Brown is dropping tomorrow. Jeffrey Brown has been working on a cute series of Star Wars books about Darth Vader and his children, Luke and Leia, over the past few years. Tomorrow the latest one, Goodnight Darth Vader, is finally available.

Check it out:
Don't forget to check out his earlier books and keep them stocked in the library for your students.
And for those attending San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) this weeked, here's his schedule:

Comic books in curriculum

Here's a neat tutorial how to design comic books in Power Point. I've actually designed a lesson plan similar to this. You can find some of the handouts from my lesson plan on the Forms and Docs page of my website, the digital repository.

The volume is a little low but the content is useful.

 
Innovativeteach. (2010). Making comic books in PowerPoint. Retrieved from http://www.teachertube.com/video/making-comic-books-in-powerpoint-177396

the digital repository.

Don't forget to check out my website for more useful tips and links.

Website banner is an adaptation of the original photo, “library” and is copyright © 2012 garden beth and made available under a CC BY-NC 2.0

Caring for your library books

Here's a great video for teaching your students how to take care of borrowed books. The actors are younger, however, it's made in a way that is entertaining to all ages and it teaches a good lesson.

kestover. (2009). How to take care of library books. Retrieved from http://www.teachertube.com/video/how-to-take-care-of-library-books-121765