Thursday, 19 September 2013

Library News for September 2013


Welcome back St. Monica students and families!  The library is full to the brim of great new books we received this month and in the last couple months of the 2012/13 school year.
We’ve gotten in a great new selection of YA (young adult) fiction, lots of fiction for younger grades, beautiful and fun picture books and great new non-fiction resources, many of which directly support the Alberta Education Curriculum and what your children are learning in class.

The Online Reference Centre
In addition to all these print resource we have access to an excellent selection of online resources through Alberta Education’s “ORC” (Online Reference Centre). 
 
At this amazing website: http://www.learnalberta.ca/OnlineReferenceCentre.aspx ,  students will find government and teacher approved online resources that are geared to all the different grades.  Here’s a sampling of what’s available:

Bookflix  | Grades: K - 3 

Use this resource to access interactive fiction and non-fiction books organized according to the following themes: Animals and Nature, Earth and Sky, People and Places; ABC’s and 1,2, 3’s, Family and Community, Music and Rhyme, Adventure, Celebrations, and Imagination.

Muzzy Online  | Grades: K - 6   

Use this language learning program to learn a second language in an interactive way. Each lesson is presented by theme and includes video clips, exercises and games. The languages included are English, Spanish, French, Mandarin Chinese, Russian, German, Portuguese and Italian. 

World Book Student  | Grades: 4 - 9

 Use this general encyclopedia to find articles, maps, pictures, illustrations, current events, audio and video clips, 3-D panoramic photographs, and Web links on a wide range of current and historical topics. A dictionary is included. 

TeachingBooks.net  | Grades: K - 12   
 Use this resource to locate information on how authors and illustrators write and illustrate their books, as well as links to author Web sites and audio book readings. Coverage includes graphic novels, picture books, historical fiction, adventure stories, mysteries, science fiction, poetry, and non-fiction.
 
If you or your child needs more information about these resources, please come and see Mrs. Meakin in the library, she will be happy to help you.

 

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