There is much to do in preparation for the end of the year. We figured out how to use our Panther for inventory, and Mrs. Guiney has begun the process. It will be ongoing, and we plan to be done by mid June. Inventory allows me to find out what’s missing, lost, old in the collection so I can replace them with new material in my fall order.
Yesterday, spent a little time with Mrs. Papazian’s 6th graders in Gemini. They have a science project to work on during MCAS week and I spent some time introducing them to nonfiction books, including how to use an index and table of contents. We also talked about how to take notes using note cards and key words, which they would later change into sentences to avoid plagiarizing. I briefly mentioned the Big 6, telling them they would get more information on it next year.
Today was another MCAS day. In between MCAS, I worked on locating books for next year that would match the teacher’s curriculum, as well as beef up existing collections in book, DVD and video format. I’ll work on reference books on another day.
