This website: http://www.teachingbooks.net/home/ is a fantastic resource to help find books to bring into your classroom to help teach the curriculum objectives. You will find links to various lists of books based on grade level and award nominee's. After clicking on a link, you will see a list of book titles, authors, grade level appropriateness, and subject areas taught (or areas that this book can be integrated into) within the book. It even has links to specific author websites, book readings, book guides, and author pronunciations. On the home page, there is a featured author which aids teachers in selecting books according to interesting author styles or genres.
This website would be perfect for any teacher for grades Pre-K-8 because it makes integrating subjects and bringing literature into the classroom so effortless. I believe that improving literacy in future generations as well as instilling the love of reading could be outcomes of actively using this site within your classroom curriculum.
I found this website by using the "Yahoo!" search engine and using the search string: "using books to teach elementary lessons". It was the first site that came up among other useful ones. However, I thought this was the best site for user friendliness, and relevancy.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Thursday, March 12, 2009
Snowballing Search
Database: WorldCat
S1: (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) 6,976,126 hits
S2: (curriculum or instruction or literacy) 845,199 hits
S3: (elementary school or grammar school or school library or school library media center) 152,989 hits
S4: (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) AND (curriculum or instruction or literacy) AND (elementary school or grammar school or school library or school library media center) 2307 hits
I found this article to start my snowball:
Linking science & literacy in the K-8 classroom
Rowena Douglas2006
English Internet Resource Computer File xv, 441 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Arlington, VA : NSTA Press, ; ISBN: 1933531959 (electronic bk.) 9781933531953 (electronic bk.)
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Title:
Linking science & literacy in the K-8 classroom
Author(s):
Douglas, Rowena.
Corp Author(s):
NetLibrary, Inc.
Publication:
Arlington, VA : NSTA Press,
Year:
2006
Description:
xv, 441 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:
English
Standard No:
ISBN: 1933531959 (electronic bk.); 9781933531953 (electronic bk.)
Contents:
Visions of inquiry: science / Hubert M. Dyasi -- Talk in the science classroom: looking at what students and teachers need to know and be able to do / Jeffrey Winokur and Karen Worth -- Young children's own illustrated information books: making sense in science through words and pictures / Maria Varelas, Christine C. Pappas, and the ISLE Team -- Using the science writing heuristic to promote understanding of science conceptual knowledge in middle school / Brian Hand -- Comprehension strategies and the scientist's notebook: keys to assessing student understanding / Ronald DeFronzo -- Writing to learn: science notebooks, a valuable tool to support nonfiction modes/genres of writing / Marleen Kotelman, Toni Saccani, and Joan Gilbert -- Supporting middle school students in developing scientific explanations / LeeAnn M. Sutherland ... [et al.] -- Reading and writing in the service of inquiry-based science / Gina N. Cervetti ... [et al.] -- Constructing science-literacy workshops: the journey from powerful ideas to classroom practice / Joan Armon and Linda Morris -- Developing scientific literacy through the use of literacy teaching strategies / Textual Tools Study Group, University of Michigan -- Using diversity as a strength in the science classroom: the benefits of science talk / Ann S. Rosebery and Josiane Hudicourt-Barnes -- English language development and the science-literacy connection / Mercedes Durón-Flores and Elena Maciel -- Professional development and strategic leadership to support effective integration of science and literacy / Iris Weiss -- Science education in a No Child Left Behind, standards-based world / Michael P. Klentschy -- Science IDEAS: making the case for integrating reading and writing in elementary science as a key element in school reform / Nancy R. Romance and Michael R. Vitale -- The administrator's role in supporting science and literacy in classrooms / Michael P. Klentschy and Patricia M. Maruca.
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Materials specified: Bibliographic record display http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=157253 Note: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor:
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States. Science -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States. Language arts (Elementary) -- United States. Language arts (Middle school) -- United States.
Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Note(s):
Includes bibliographical references and index./ Reproduction: Electronic reproduction./ Boulder, Colo. :/ NetLibrary,/ 2006.
General Info:
Other format available: Original
Class Descriptors:
LC: LB1585.3; Dewey: 372.3/5
Other Titles:
Linking science and literacy in the K-8 classroom
Responsibility:
edited by Rowena Douglas ... [et al.].
Vendor Info:
YBP Library Services (YANK)
Material Type:
Document (dct); Internet resource (url)
Document Type:
Internet Resource; Computer File
Date of Entry:
20060803
Update:
20080516
Accession No:
OCLC: 70821601
Database:
WorldCat
I would add "elementary classroom*" to my third search facet seeing that this relevant article has "classroom" in the title, as well as many other useful articles. I would also like to add "teaching" somewhere into my seach facet but I'm not quite sure where. I would probably just add a new search string to include "teaching". This search is also similar to what my usual searches look like (I have an original idea, and then based on the things that are retrieved, I usually get more ideas of what I really wanted to search for and I revise my original search based on those new ideas).
S1: (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) 6,976,126 hits
S2: (curriculum or instruction or literacy) 845,199 hits
S3: (elementary school or grammar school or school library or school library media center) 152,989 hits
S4: (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) AND (curriculum or instruction or literacy) AND (elementary school or grammar school or school library or school library media center) 2307 hits
I found this article to start my snowball:
Linking science & literacy in the K-8 classroom
Rowena Douglas2006
English Internet Resource Computer File xv, 441 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Arlington, VA : NSTA Press, ; ISBN: 1933531959 (electronic bk.) 9781933531953 (electronic bk.)
Get This Item
Access:
http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=157253
Availability:
FirstSearch indicates your institution owns the item.
Libraries worldwide that own item: 212 TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIV LIBR
Search the catalog at Texas Woman's University Library(Print and Fulltext)
External Resources:
View eBooks from NetLibrary
Cite This Item
Find Related
More Like This:
Search for versions with same title and author Advanced options ...
Find Items About:
NetLibrary, Inc. (3)
Title:
Linking science & literacy in the K-8 classroom
Author(s):
Douglas, Rowena.
Corp Author(s):
NetLibrary, Inc.
Publication:
Arlington, VA : NSTA Press,
Year:
2006
Description:
xv, 441 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Language:
English
Standard No:
ISBN: 1933531959 (electronic bk.); 9781933531953 (electronic bk.)
Contents:
Visions of inquiry: science / Hubert M. Dyasi -- Talk in the science classroom: looking at what students and teachers need to know and be able to do / Jeffrey Winokur and Karen Worth -- Young children's own illustrated information books: making sense in science through words and pictures / Maria Varelas, Christine C. Pappas, and the ISLE Team -- Using the science writing heuristic to promote understanding of science conceptual knowledge in middle school / Brian Hand -- Comprehension strategies and the scientist's notebook: keys to assessing student understanding / Ronald DeFronzo -- Writing to learn: science notebooks, a valuable tool to support nonfiction modes/genres of writing / Marleen Kotelman, Toni Saccani, and Joan Gilbert -- Supporting middle school students in developing scientific explanations / LeeAnn M. Sutherland ... [et al.] -- Reading and writing in the service of inquiry-based science / Gina N. Cervetti ... [et al.] -- Constructing science-literacy workshops: the journey from powerful ideas to classroom practice / Joan Armon and Linda Morris -- Developing scientific literacy through the use of literacy teaching strategies / Textual Tools Study Group, University of Michigan -- Using diversity as a strength in the science classroom: the benefits of science talk / Ann S. Rosebery and Josiane Hudicourt-Barnes -- English language development and the science-literacy connection / Mercedes Durón-Flores and Elena Maciel -- Professional development and strategic leadership to support effective integration of science and literacy / Iris Weiss -- Science education in a No Child Left Behind, standards-based world / Michael P. Klentschy -- Science IDEAS: making the case for integrating reading and writing in elementary science as a key element in school reform / Nancy R. Romance and Michael R. Vitale -- The administrator's role in supporting science and literacy in classrooms / Michael P. Klentschy and Patricia M. Maruca.
Access:
Materials specified: Bibliographic record display http://www.netLibrary.com/urlapi.asp?action=summary&v=1&bookid=157253 Note: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information
SUBJECT(S)
Descriptor:
Science -- Study and teaching (Elementary) -- United States. Science -- Study and teaching (Middle school) -- United States. Language arts (Elementary) -- United States. Language arts (Middle school) -- United States.
Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Note(s):
Includes bibliographical references and index./ Reproduction: Electronic reproduction./ Boulder, Colo. :/ NetLibrary,/ 2006.
General Info:
Other format available: Original
Class Descriptors:
LC: LB1585.3; Dewey: 372.3/5
Other Titles:
Linking science and literacy in the K-8 classroom
Responsibility:
edited by Rowena Douglas ... [et al.].
Vendor Info:
YBP Library Services (YANK)
Material Type:
Document (dct); Internet resource (url)
Document Type:
Internet Resource; Computer File
Date of Entry:
20060803
Update:
20080516
Accession No:
OCLC: 70821601
Database:
WorldCat
I would add "elementary classroom*" to my third search facet seeing that this relevant article has "classroom" in the title, as well as many other useful articles. I would also like to add "teaching" somewhere into my seach facet but I'm not quite sure where. I would probably just add a new search string to include "teaching". This search is also similar to what my usual searches look like (I have an original idea, and then based on the things that are retrieved, I usually get more ideas of what I really wanted to search for and I revise my original search based on those new ideas).
Wednesday, March 11, 2009
Specific Faction Search
Topic: The Role of Children's Books in Elementary Education
Database: ERIC
(elementary school or grammar school or school library media center)
(curriculum or instruction or literacy)
(books or literature or fiction or nonfiction)
The facet that I think will get the least amount of hits: (elementary school or grammar school or school library media center) 70,033 hits
From here I will do a successive fraction search.
S1: add (curriculum or instruction or literacy) 33068 hits
S2: S1 and add (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) 4471 hits
This is still too many hits so I decided to add more facets to my search.
S3: S2 and add (teacher or instructor) 3054 hits
S4: S3 and add (facilitate or aid or promote) 272 hits
I chose not to use truncation during this search, as I am noticing that my searches tend to retrieve large numbers of hits. As you can see, it didn't help very much because I still had to add two more search strings to the originals and still ended up with 272 hits! I'm noticing that most of these searches that we are learning about are very similar and in the end they search for basically the same search strings. This technique is more like the ones that I use in my everyday searching experiences. I usually start with an intial idea, then I add a little bit more as I refine my search, and sometimes I add even more to make it more specific. By the third time I usually have the search string that I should have started with. The specific faction technique definitly reflects that same strategy. I like it because it seems more natural to me.
Database: ERIC
(elementary school or grammar school or school library media center)
(curriculum or instruction or literacy)
(books or literature or fiction or nonfiction)
The facet that I think will get the least amount of hits: (elementary school or grammar school or school library media center) 70,033 hits
From here I will do a successive fraction search.
S1: add (curriculum or instruction or literacy) 33068 hits
S2: S1 and add (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) 4471 hits
This is still too many hits so I decided to add more facets to my search.
S3: S2 and add (teacher or instructor) 3054 hits
S4: S3 and add (facilitate or aid or promote) 272 hits
I chose not to use truncation during this search, as I am noticing that my searches tend to retrieve large numbers of hits. As you can see, it didn't help very much because I still had to add two more search strings to the originals and still ended up with 272 hits! I'm noticing that most of these searches that we are learning about are very similar and in the end they search for basically the same search strings. This technique is more like the ones that I use in my everyday searching experiences. I usually start with an intial idea, then I add a little bit more as I refine my search, and sometimes I add even more to make it more specific. By the third time I usually have the search string that I should have started with. The specific faction technique definitly reflects that same strategy. I like it because it seems more natural to me.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Image Post
This is an image that I found when I searched "Top Secret by John Reynolds Gardiner" on google images search engine.I decided to post this graphic image to my blog for two reasons: 1 It's a children's chapter book that teaches plant photosynthesis (a topic taught in 4th and 5th grade) in a fun, quirky kind of way and 2 I am currently reading it to my students and we all love it!
This book just goes to show that real subject matter can be taught using children's books and they truly can reinforce curriculum, even if it is a fiction book. This image/book supports my overall blog topic of how children's books can aid teachers, and faciliate learning in the elementary classroom.
copyright link: photoscience.la.asu.edu
Successive Fractions Search
Topic: The Role of Children's Books in Elementary Curriculum
Database: Project Muse
(books or literature or fiction or nonfiction)
(curriculum or instruction or literacy)
(elementary school or grammar school or school library media center)
S1: (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) 97937 hits
S2: (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) AND (curriculum or instruction or literacy) 14794 hits
S3: (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) AND (curriculum or instruction or literacy) AND (elementary school or grammar school or school library media center) 1158 hits
This search technique was helpful in narrowing down results from an insanely large number to a much smaller amount. However, it did not lower it enough to make it a workable number of documents. There is no way that I have time or energy to sift through 1158 documents to find my answer. Therefore, I belive that my search strings may need to be altered in some way in order to really pinpoint relevant documents. Perhaps a snowball approach would help me at this point, since I do not know what other search strings I could use (snowballing from another article could give me some direction). I also could try using fewer synonyms to reduce the number of hits. Overall, successive fractions got me from point A to point B, but I most definitly am not done if my goal is finding the answer efficiently.
Database: Project Muse
(books or literature or fiction or nonfiction)
(curriculum or instruction or literacy)
(elementary school or grammar school or school library media center)
S1: (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) 97937 hits
S2: (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) AND (curriculum or instruction or literacy) 14794 hits
S3: (books or literature or fiction or nonfiction) AND (curriculum or instruction or literacy) AND (elementary school or grammar school or school library media center) 1158 hits
This search technique was helpful in narrowing down results from an insanely large number to a much smaller amount. However, it did not lower it enough to make it a workable number of documents. There is no way that I have time or energy to sift through 1158 documents to find my answer. Therefore, I belive that my search strings may need to be altered in some way in order to really pinpoint relevant documents. Perhaps a snowball approach would help me at this point, since I do not know what other search strings I could use (snowballing from another article could give me some direction). I also could try using fewer synonyms to reduce the number of hits. Overall, successive fractions got me from point A to point B, but I most definitly am not done if my goal is finding the answer efficiently.
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