Riverglen Library Resources

Browse for a fiction book by "genre," just like in your favorite bookstore!

fantasy/ science fiction	mystery/ suspense	supernatural/ horror	animals
holocaust	historical	western	classics
relationships	adventure/ suspense	sports	humor
multicultural	graphic novels	Click here for a larger picture of these genre signs	Young Reader's Choice Awards, Boise Big Read ALA Awards

Catalogues

Boise District Instructional Media Center (IMC) Film Library Online Catalog
(cut and paste your request into an email to Laura Erne at the IMC;
Her email is : laura.erne@boiseschools.org)

Policy for Film Usage:

Teaching Resources

Getting the Most Out of Your Library

20 Ways to Do "Mini Research"

Michael Eisenberg and Robert Berkowitz's "Big Six" Guide to Information Problem-Solving (1987)

Dewey Decimal Information

Dewey Decimal System

Practice Classifying a Book the Dewey Way

Dewey Decimal Quiz

A Powerpoint presentation about Melvil Dewey and the Dewey Decimal System

Vocabulary Websites

Word Definitions ("Fake Out")

Weird Words

Daily Words

Latin/Greek Roots

Word Etymologies

Literacy Matters (Activities for Vocab Building)

Vocab Activities

ELL Vocabulary

ELL Vocabulary

Boise School District Copyright Resources

http://www.boiseschools.org/curriculum/copyright.html

http://www.boiseschools.org//cybersafe/resources.html#copyright

Forms for Research

Annotated Bibliography Sheet

Research Analysis Chart

Research Project Planning Sheet (when using the library)

"Big Six" Questions to ask when doing research

Preview of Available Resources Prior to Research (to help select do-able topics)

Websites

Instructional Media Center

Boise District Curriculum Standards/Scope and Sequence -
(All Subjects Idaho State Standards)

Lexile Reading Ranges
(A tool allowing searching of titles or importing of text from a book to determine its "Lexile" reading range for students. Focuses on vocabulary and sentence length and complexity, not content of a book. User must register for this service.

PBS TeacherSource
(Lesson Plans, Television programming, interactive activities, teacher professional development opportunities, & local education events).

Marco Polo
(offers K-12 teachers standards-based lesson plans and interactive learning tools, engaging content, panel-reviewed links, and professional development resources, including training on integrating Internet content into the classroom).

American Library Association

Amazon.com
(the best web site for professional and layman reviews about books and other materials)

Boise District Technology Help Page School Improvement Plan Forms (SIP)
http://www.boiseschools.org/esc/staffdev/Principals.htm

On Line Education Database: Beyond Google (great list of resources from the "Deep Web")
http://oedb.org/library/college-basics/research-beyond-google

Other Libraries

Home of the Grizzlies!

Adrienne Stark, Librarian
Pam Stanfield, Library Assist.

Riverglen Junior High
6801 N. Gary Lane
Boise, ID 83714

Library Phones ~
    854-5927 (Mrs. Stark)
    854-5928 (Mrs. Stanfield)

Attendance Office
          (208) 854-5910

Fax ~ (208) 854-5911

Boise School District Site Links