Getting to the wire on CRYM books. Finish next week, vote the following. Did a good front-loading exercise with the Monday groups using the historical note at the end of Cats. Good opportunity to practice reading for information and getting some background information on the Warsaw Ghetto.
Found some books for Wendy to use with the 5th graders. Might be a good idea to build up a small, special library collection just for use with 2nd semester 5th graders -- a preview of some middle school-type titles... especially non-fiction.
Solidifying plans for next year to structure around the CYRM books, testing stuff (reference sources) and research. CYRM on check-out days and the other stuff for lessons. Thinking about using some kind of a pseudo "textbook" for 5th, maybe 4th, to give kids a sense of continuity in lessons. Also considering some kind of a product that would be created over a period of time to give them some tangible evidence of learning.
Went to a library conference this weekend. Some good stuff on next year's CYRM books and on customizing Google for school searches. Also stuff on catalog clean-up. Good ideas for continuing to improve lessons, resources and adminstrative stuff.
'nuff.
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