WLMA: Resources for Elementary CBAs

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WLMA Resourcesfor Elementary CBAs

• Trish Henry, Mead SD

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Washington Library Media Association

• Teacher-Librarians
• Resources
• Cool Tools

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What do Teacher-Librarians Contribute to the
Partnership?

• Provide instructional support
• Essential Questions
• Note Taking Strategies
• Reliable Resources
• Help with backwards planning
• Where do we want them to go?
• What do we expect to see?
• How will we get there?

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CBA - Common Steps

• Part I In the Classroom
• Essential Question
• Key Concepts Vocabulary
• Part II In the Library and/or Classroom
• Inquiry (reading and note-taking)
• Organization Synthesis
• Group Process Discussion
• Part III In the Classroom
• Position (Writing!)
• Presentation (Communication!)

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Resources

• Pathfinders
• Interactive Portals
• Databases
• Subscription
• Free

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Resources Pathfinders

• Filtered resources designed to match a specific
  topic.
• http//www.wlma.org/elempathfinders

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Interactive History

• Washington History Online (transcriber)
• http//www.washingtonhistoryonline.org/treatytrail
  /teaching/lessons.htm
• Democracy Kids
• http//www.democracykids.org/
• Center on Congress Congress (For kids)
• http//congress.indiana.edu/
• History Lab
• http//www.historylab.org/

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More Interactive History

• Constitution Center - game
• http//www.constitutioncenter.org/explore/ForKids/
  index.shtml
• Diary of Opal Whitely- pub 1920 about pioneering
  in Oregon
• http//intersect.uoregon.edu/opal/
• World history sources (analyzing sources)
• http//chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/whmdocumen
  ts.html

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Primary Sources

• Wellpinit School District
• http//www.wellpinit.wednet.edu/salish/spokans.php
  
• National Archives- lessons and digital artifacts
• http//www.archives.gov/education/
• UW digital collection
• http//content.lib.washington.edu/

• Primary Sources
• http//www.primarysourcelearning.org/
• Our Documents
• http//www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flashtrue
• Archiving Early America
• http//www.earlyamerica.com/
• British museum
• http//www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.htm
  l

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History Internet Portals

• Digital History
• http//www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/
• American Revolution (NPS)
• http//www.nps.gov/revwar/
• History Channel
• http//historychannel.com
• American Memory- Library of Congress
• http//memory.loc.gov/ammem/

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Resources- Subscription Databases

• ProQuest/elibrary http//portal.bigchalk.com/p
  ortalweb/login.do
• Culturegrams (states, countries, multimedia)
• http//online.culturegrams.com/
• Nettrekker (includes standards and timelines)
• http//school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor
• Facts on File
• http//www.fofweb.com

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Search Engines

• Clusty
• http//clusty.com/
• Kidsclick
• http//www.kidsclick.org/

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Online Databases- Media

• Digital Kits- photos sets- Kitzu
• http//kitzu.com/
• Smithsonian
• http//americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhi
  bition/flash.html
• Library of Congress
• http//www.loc.gov/index.html

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Subscription Databases- Media

• Video
• Unitedstreaming
• http//unitedstreaming.com (Subscription
  database)

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Resources- Artifacts

• National Archives
• http//www.archives.gov/
• Washington State History Lab
• http//www.historylab.org/default.htm
• Local Museums
• Burke Museum - Seattle
• http//www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/
• Museum of Arts and Culture Spokane
• http//northwestmuseusm/northwest

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Cool Online Tools

• Thesis Generators
• Timeline Builders
• Citation Creater
• And more

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Readability

• Online Readability Check
• http//readability.info
• Lexiles
• http//lexiles.com
• Readability in MS Word
• http//www.irb.vt.edu/documents/Readability_Scorin
  g.pdf

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Online Thesis Builders

• Persuasive Statement
• http//www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html
• Action Statement
• http//www.powayschools.com/projects/ewe2/thesis.h
  tm

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Citations

• FREE
• Oregon OSLIS Citation Maker
• http//www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/index.php?pag
  eciteSources
• Citation Machine (Warlick)
• http//citationmachine.net/
• Noodlebib Express
• http//www.noodletools.com
• SUBSCRIPTION
• Noodlebib
• http//www.noodletools.com

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Graphic Organizers

• ReadWriteThink
• http//interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx
  ?id127title
• Inspiration Software
• Microsoft Office

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Timeline Generators

• http//www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bi
  gtimeline/
• http//www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

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Online Notes

• Notetaker http//interactives.mped.org/view_intera
  ctive.aspx?id722title
• NoteStar
• http//notestar.4teachers.org/

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Continuing Help

• Washington Library Media Association
• http//wlma.org/cbas
• Mead Schools CBAs
• http//www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p423

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Thank You!
Trish Henry thenry_at_mead.k12.wa.us