Access the archived messages at http://dese.mo.gov/divimprove/curriculum/lmcindex.htm
Total 18 messages
1. Free resource from Missouri educator/author William Krause has written a resource book on the opossum. It is available in an electronic medium and he is donating the resource materials to the media centers of all middle and junior high schools in Missouri. The resource materials are listed below.
1. A 10 minute DVD on the opossum 2. A 70 page ebook on the opossum 3. A 50 minute DVD on the white-tailed deer
All are educational--- directed at the younger viewer and reader as additional resource materials for them. To find them one can link to his web site at www.missouri.edu/~pathwjk
There are 62 citations so go to the following: The opossum DVD is citation 52: The Opossum: Its Amazing Story (the e-book) is citation 53: and the DVD on the white-tailed deer is citation 62.
All can be viewed by video-steaming or can be downloaded free of charge to whoever would like to have them. He has the facilities to provide any of the media centers with these DVDs and CDs if they would like to have them to put on the shelf at their home facilities. They only have to e-mail him KrauseW@health.missouri.edu and he would be more than happy to provide them to whatever media center is interested in having them.
William J. Krause Professor of Anatomy Department of Pathology & Anatomical Sciences School of Medicine University of Missouri Columbia, Missouri 65212 KrauseW@health.missouri.edu
2. Help the State Library evaluate the current LSTA five-year plan and provide your input to help shape the future five-year plan. The Institute of Public Policy at the University of Missouri – Columbia will conduct focus groups with library staff in five locations to discuss how LSTA funds have been used in Missouri. The focus groups are an opportunity for library staff and directors to provide feedback about how LSTA funds have been spent for the last few years.
A minimum of 8 participants and a maximum of 15 is required for a successful focus group. Below, you’ll see the locations where focus groups will be held. Please announce this opportunity to all staff in your library familiar with LSTA funding, and be sure to register for the group in which you’d like to participate. RSVP to Diana Very, Missouri State Library LSTA Grant Coordinator, by sending an email to Diana.very@sos.mo.gov or calling 800-325-0131, ext. 16.
• Thursday, Oct. 26, 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: St. Louis County Library Headquarters
• Thursday, Nov. 2, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Springfield-Greene County Library, The Library Station
• Friday, Nov. 3, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Cape Girardeau Public Library
• Wednesday, Nov. 8, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Mid-Continent Public Library Administrative Offices, Independence
• Thursday, Nov. 9, 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Little Dixie Regional Libraries, Moberly
3. A Missouri school district needs your assistance. There is a complaint about three selections for summer reading projects for the junior college bound American Literature Class. The titles: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb, and Beloved by Toni Morrison. If your high school uses these three titles for summer reading or has these three titles in your high school library please let me know and I will forward the information to the specific school.
Include the following information in your email.
Is a title on summer reading list --
Is a title in library --
Voiced concerns received --
Formal reconsideration process --
4. It is fine to use the MoSIS Numbers (Missouri Student ID Number assigned by Department of Elementary and Secondary Education) as the student's library number.
5. The MASL Readers Award Task Force is currently soliciting suggestions for names for our new children’s choice award for 6th-8th grade students. To participate,
· Poll your 6th-8th grade students for suggestions of a name for a Missouri reader award for these upper grades. The suggestions must have a Missouri connection.
· Ask the students to vote on their favorite from the list submitted.
· Submit the final/top name to your Region Chair by December 1.
· The Region Chairs will tally all names submitted and narrow down to the one with the most recommendations.
· The Region Chairs will submit the final selection to the Task Force Chair by December 15. All submissions must include the name of the region chair and their region.
· The membership will then have the opportunity to vote on the final name for the new award. This voting will be done online at our MASL website sometime in February or March. The exact dates will be sent out on this list serve sometime toward the end of January.
This is an exciting step for MASL and the Task Force looks forward to your participation.
6. Motivating Young
Minds The Best Kids’ Magazines Turn Natural Curiosity into Exceptional
Knowledge: American Federation of Teachers Fall 2006 Interesting
information about magazines for students.
http://www.aft.org/pubs-reports/american_educator/issues/fall2006/Magazines.pdf
7. Professional Development Opportunities -- share with your fellow educators
Effective Classroom Management (November 17, 2006) Participants in this session will develop skills to prevent most chronic behavior problems in their classroom, establish a classroom structure for maximum instruction for greater academic achievement and learn strategies to build rapport with difficult students. Holiday Inn Executive Center, Columbia MO Registration $75.00 includes materials, light breakfast, and lunch. Session is 8:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. To register, contact donna.cash@dese.mo.gov
"I Wasn't Trained to Do This!" (November 18, 2006) Participants will learn intervention strategies to help students struggling with mental illness to be successful in an educational setting. Topics include depression, bipolar disorder, conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, Asperger Syndrome, and attention deficit disorder. Holiday Inn Executive Center, Columbia MO Registration $75.00 includes materials, light breakfast, and lunch. Session is 8:30 a.m.- 3:00 p.m. To register, contact donna.cash@dese.mo.gov
8. New book edited by Missouri authors Sandy Asher and David Harrison -- DUDE! Stories and Stuff for Boys Ages 8 - 12 Growing up is tough, but the guys in this collection are equal to the job! Poets, playwrights, and storytellers from Jaime Adoff to Jose Gonzalez to Sneed Collard III offer tales fanciful and true, all for and about boys - but girls are welcome to read them, too! http://usawrites4kids.drury.edu
9. Abebooks.com A good source for out-of-print and rare books.
10. About.com Guide to Children's books Lots of information about children's books, with links to author's sites.
11. Author Illustrator Source A regional guide to authors and illustrators who visit schools.
12. The de Grummond Children's Literature Collection One of the country's largest collections of books, manuscripts, and other materials relating to children's literature. Located at the University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg.
13. International Reading Association An organization for teachers of reading at all grade levels.
14. Just for Kids Who Love Books Links to hundreds of Web sites dedicated to children's authors and their books, plus an opportunity to post book reviews and comments.
15. MISSOURI WRITES FOR KIDS! Links to Missouri author's Web pages.
16. USA PLAYS FOR KIDS! Links to playwrights' Web pages and many other useful Internet resources relating to children's theater.
17. Wee Ones E-Magazine On-line magazines with fiction and articles for kids 4-10 and their parents.
18. Missouri Writes for Kids http://mowrites4kids.drury.edu/