"Greetings Melinda,
I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school…"
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Fiction Arranged by Genre
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Started this discussion. Last reply by bj neary Jan 5, 2011.
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bj neary replied to Melinda Pennington's discussion Fiction Arranged by Genre"Melinda, in our HS library we have fiction arranged by genres. Each book has a label at the bottom of the spine under the call #
and we have sections for
Realistic Fiction,
Graphic Novels
Multicultural Fiction
Historical…"
Melinda Pennington replied to Melinda Pennington's discussion Fiction Arranged by Genre"Thanks, Sarah. Our kids definitely have preferred genres they like and it would help them find those authors a little easier. I don't want them to forget about using the OPAC, but I think they use it more for topic searches than…"
Melinda Pennington replied to Melinda Pennington's discussion Fiction Arranged by Genre"Thanks, Kim. The thought about perfect time to weed was also in my mind. I was thinking the genre idea might jump start some ideas for the teachers as they teach different genres and also uncover some jewels once the kids know what genre…"
Kim Anderson replied to Melinda Pennington's discussion Fiction Arranged by Genre"At the end of last year I was starting to panic as I realized our collection had outgrown its space over the course of the year. As luck would have it, the library was able to reclaim an adjoining room (we moved the teacher work space into the…"
Melinda Pennington posted a discussionFiction Arranged by Genre
I am considering re-arranging our fiction collection by genre. I am in a middle school with an overly large fiction collection. I am not crazy about overusing labels, since our books already have color labels for AR (not used as much anymore). Any suggestions? Pros and Cons? Several of my colleagues attended a conference session on the topic and thought it sounded like a good idea. My previous experience in public libraries has shown me that it can be helpful but it also extremely time…See More
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Mike McQueen left a comment for Melinda Pennington"Hi Melinda,
You mentioned - "That would be great. Males (in particular African American males) are one of the demographics at my school that always fall behind in the EOG scoring, so anything to help the guys would be great."
I completely…"
Mike McQueen left a comment for Melinda Pennington"Hi Melinda,
I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting…"
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Melinda Pennington replied to Suzanne Dix's discussion Battle of the Books in the group YA Lit in School Libraries"In North Carolina, we have a statewide program for elementary and middle schools. Librarians and teachers across the state create a list (some old classics, award winners, state connections, recently popular, and of course, curriculum related, and…"
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Melinda Pennington replied to Nancy R. Green's discussion Battle of the Books in the group Springfield Battle of the Books"We have a voluntary BOB program where students sign up at the beginning of the year if they are interested. After a few months go by, I find out who is really serious and they de-select (how's that for library lingo) themselves with some…"
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- I am a middle school teacher-librarian in Thomasville, North Carolina, which is a small school district (4 schools in all) in Davidson County, North Carolina. Prior to becoming a school librarian, I was a public librarian in youth services and prior to that I was a news library researcher.
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- At 9:19pm on May 26, 2009, Mike McQueen said…
- Hi Melinda,
I'm a teacher librarian & recently started a community based blog for getting boys to read - http://GettingBoysToRead.com. Please send me a friend request if you'd like to network, share ideas, and learn more about getting boys to read.
Sincerely,
Mike McQueen
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- At 8:29am on May 27, 2009, Mike McQueen said…
- Hi Melinda,
You mentioned - "That would be great. Males (in particular African American males) are one of the demographics at my school that always fall behind in the EOG scoring, so anything to help the guys would be great."
I completely agree! Do you know much about minoirty boys and reading? I know it's a huge problem. There is so little info available in that area! I look forward to networking w/ you.
Thanks,
MIke
- At 10:41am on January 26, 2012, Mike McQueen said…
Greetings Melinda,
I'm Mike McQueen, teacher librarian and founder of http://www.GettingBoysToRead.com. Like many school districts, we are in a financial crises. Our school board recently proposed to eliminate ALL 20+ middle school teacher librarians and also cut all 90+ elementary schools to half time. Since we are the biggest district in all of Colorado, we worry this will cause other districts to follow suit. We launched an online movement and are going to do our best to put up a good fight. If possible, please visit our Facebook page and "Like" us http://www.facebook.com/SupportSchoolLibraries . Adding a positive comment and sharing with your friends would help our morale as well. The board finalizes the budget soon so your timely support would be greatly appreciated!
Sincerely,
Mike McQueen
Teacher Librarian at McLain HS
Lakewood, CO
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