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Please let me know if you would like to read a story to your child’s class during their scheduled library time. I love for parents to come and read to the children!

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DoDEA Student Information Literacy Standards

The student who is information literate accesses information efficiently and effectively.

The student who is information literate evaluates information critically and competently.

The student who is information literate uses information accurately and creatively.

The student who is an independent learner is information literate and pursues information related to personal interests.

The student who is an independent learner is information literate and appreciates literature and other creative expressions of information.

The student who is an independent learner is information literate and strives for excellence in information seeking and knowledge generation.

The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and recognizes the importance of information to a democratic society.

The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and practices ethical behavior in regard to information and information technology.

The student who contributes positively to the learning community and to society is information literate and participates effectively in groups to pursue and generate information.

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November

This month we will be learning about Internet safety and safety awareness for all cyber citizens. We will be teaching I-Safe in the media center. For more information visit: http://www.isafe.org/channels/?ch=ai

November is the month for military families. This site has some wonderful programs for military families. http://sierraclub.typepad.com/military/

Have you ever heard of SOAR? SOAR is an innovative program that makes it easy for parents to play an active role in their children’s education. SOAR is designed for military families, and is easily accessible worldwide. Students take an assessment aligned to state standards, and SOAR directs them to individualized tutorials to improve skills where needed. Parents can monitor their children’s progress from anywhere, and are provided with resource materials. For more information visit: http://www.soarathome.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1

I do not pick out library books for children. I will try to help them find something that I hope you will enjoy reading with them. They may not want my help, so please try to accept their choice in books.

Do you have any extra time to volunteer in the library? Please sign in at the front hallway and come to the library. Volunteers will not have a set schedule as I try to be flexible with the all my parents and encourage them to volunteer at the times that are most convenient for them. I would prefer that you volunteered for the first time when I have the extra time to give you a brief tour and explain some of the procedures of the library.

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

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Websites to visit:

One True Media -This tool allows you to combine photos and video clips with words and music to personalize your story. Quickly share with our Online Slideshow or get as creative as you want with our Video Montage." Upload images and audio for story track. Embed in blogs or directly post to YouTube/Google video, mySpace, Google Groups.

BubbleShare-This is an example of a Web 2.0 tool that anyone can use to create a photo album with captions. These albums can be embedded in web pages, blog, and wikis.

Glogster - Create academic posters using Glogster! Share your student's knowledge and creativity with friends all around the world! Encourage students to create full multimedia projects that incorporate text, graphics, video and audio.

This Daniel Cook-Daniel Cook is an interactive site where young children can learn and have fun as they explore seasonal activities in the backyard, music, art, photography, solve puzzles, go on field trips, write in journals, and much more.

Tag Galaxy-This site allows you to search the Flickr databases to sort images by category! This amazing site “Pulls” a galaxy of images on any subject!

Art Pad- Art Pad is an online digital canvas that let’s you develop a masterpiece. When the artwork is complete, replay the painting to watch the creative process.

Wordle- Wordle Wordle is a tool for generating “Word” clouds from the text that you provide. The clouds give a greater prominence to words that appear more frequently in the source text. You can tweak your clouds with different fonts, layouts, and color schemes.

www.avl.lib.al.us- The Alabama Virtual Library is Alabama’s premiere online information center. This is a free site for all residents of Alabama including military families. You may obtain your own individual cards with passwords from any public library in the state of Alabama.

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We have so many famous African Americans from Alabama.

Famous African-American Alabamians

Hank Aaron, baseball legend (Mobile)
Ralph Abernathy, civil rights pioneer (Linden)
Richard Arrington, the first African-American mayor of Birmingham (Birmingham)
Charles Barkley, NBA superstar (Leeds)
Nell Carter, actress and singer (Birmingham)
Reg E. Cathey, actor (Huntsville)
Nat King Cole, singer (Montgomery)
Jerricho Cotchery, NFL star (Birmingham)
Angela Davis, activist (Birmingham)
Sam Dees, soul singer (Birmingham)
Vonetta Flowers, Olympic bobsledder (Birmingham)
A.G. Gaston, prominent businessman (Birmingham)
Lionel Hampton, jazz musician (Birmingham)
W.C. Handy, “Father of the Blues” (Florence)
Evander Holyfield, boxing great (Atmore)
Bo Jackson, football and baseball great (Bessemer)
Mae C. Jemison, the first African-American female in space (Decatur)
Orlando Jones, actor (Mobile)
Tom Joyner, radio personality (Tuskegee)
Coretta Scott King, civil rights activist (Marion)
Carl Lewis, Olympic track and field athlete (Birmingham)
Joe Louis, former heavyweight boxing champion (Lafayette)
Rev. Joseph Lowery, civil rights leader (Huntsville)
Willie Mays, baseball legend (Birmingham)
Ozzie Newsome, football legend (Leighton)
Jesse Owens, track and field star (Oakville)
Terrell Owens, football star (Alexander City)
Satchel Paige, baseball great (Mobile)
Rosa Parks, civil rights pioneer (Tuskegee)
Wilson Pickett, R&B singer (Prattville)
Condoleezza Rice, U.S. Secretary of State (Birmingham)
Lionel Richie, Grammy award winning singer and songwriter (Tuskegee)
Sonia Sanchez, poet and activist (Birmingham)
David Satcher, the first African-American Surgeon General (Anniston)
Fred Shuttlesworth, civil rights pioneer (Birmingham)
Percy Sledge, singer (Leighton)
Ozzie Smith, baseball star (Mobile)
Ruben Studdard, American Idol winner (Birmingham)
Cynthia Tucker, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist (Monroeville)
Margaret Walker, poet (Birmingham)
Dinah Washington, the “Queen of the Blues” (Tuscaloosa)

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Who Got Caught Reading?

Look who got caught reading.

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Media Center Photos

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Reading Counts

Reading Counts is a program by Scholastic that encourages students to read for enjoyment and understanding. You can view the available quizzes to help you and your child select books for Reading Counts points. You can save the Quiz file to your computer. You'll need Macromedia Flash Player to view it. The file is 266 pages long so we recommend you don't print it.