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