St. Andrew Apostle School
Library Media Center
Library Media Specialist: Mrs. Lorraine Bentley, 301-649-3245, lbentleystandy@yahoo.com
Library Aide: Mrs. Ana Tagliaferro
St. Andrew’s Library houses a collection of over 12,000 print items and over 500 non-print items and provides school and home access to five online subscription databases. The library staff can help you complete homework assignments, find research information for projects and reports, and discover great books to read.
The Library sponsors two book fairs each year, fall and spring, giving students the opportunity to buy books for their personal libraries and providing funds for additional library material purchases.
Each academic year, a local author is invited to visit the school and speak to the students. Guest authors have included Helen Jacob, Mary Downing Hahn, David Wisniewski, Pamela Duncan Edwards (author) and Henry Cole (illustrator), Valerie Tripp, Fred Bowen, Tracy Grant, Pricilla Cummings, Alice McGill, and Elisa Carbone.
Please take a look at the suggested 2009 summer reading titles for kindergarten, grade one, grade two, grade three, grade four and grade five.
The 2009 required summer reading lists for grades six, seven and eight are also available for your reference.
Students and parents alike have requested that St. Andrew Apostle School Library Media Center issue its 1000-page Summer Reading Challenge again this summer!
Our reading theme this year is “EXERCISE YOUR MIND IN 2009! READ!!” Mrs. Bentley is challenging YOU to read 1000 pages between June 1, 2009 and September 1, 2009. In addition to St. Andrew's students, she is inviting St. Andrew's parents, teachers, and other staff to “EXERCISE YOUR MIND IN 2009!” and read 1000 pages as well. Parents: you might find that you enjoy reading some of your children's books!
Please use these Reading Challenge record forms for students and adults. Student forms must be signed by a parent. Complete the forms as you read and bring them to the school office on or before Friday, September 4, 2009! ALL participants who complete a 1000-page Road Trip will receive a certificate. Read and enjoy!
St. Andrew Apostle School has adopted the use of The Big6™ Research Model, © 1987 by Michael B. Eisenberg and Robert E. Berkowitz, to help students through the research process. The six steps to information problem-solving are:
WHAT DO I NEED TO DO?
1. Task Definition
1.1 Define the information problem
1.2 Identify information needed to solve the information problem.
WHAT RESOURCES CAN I USE TO FIND WHAT I NEED?
2. Information Seeking Strategies
2.1 Determine all possible sources (brainstorm)
2.2 Select the best sources
WHERE CAN I FIND WHAT I NEED?
3. Location and Access
3.1 Locate sources (intellectually and physically)
3.2 Find information within sources
WHAT INFORMATION CAN I USE?
4. Use of Information
4.1 Engage (e.g. read, hear, view, touch)
4.2 Extract relevant information
HOW CAN I PUT MY INFORMATION TOGETHER?
5. Synthesis
5.1 Organize from multiple sources
5.2 Present the information in an appropriate product
HOW WILL I KNOW IF I DID MY JOB WELL?
6. Evaluation
6.1 Judge the product (effectiveness)
6.2 Judge the process (efficiency)
The Super3 Guide to Information Problem-Solving contains the same basic elements as the Big6™, but it is written for younger students to understand.
The Super3 steps include:
Before finishing the product and turning it in, students should stop and think:
Eisenberg, Michael B. and Robert E. Berkowitz. The Big6™ ©1987.
Kentucky Virtual Library presents: How To Do Research.
Students will be introduced to The Big6™ before they are assigned a project. If you have any further questions, be sure to speak with your teacher and/or Mrs. Bentley, Librarian.
The MDK12 Digital Library is available to students at school and at home.