The Loquacious LibraryA Newsletter from the SHS LibraryStaff: Susan Myers, Irene Tighe, Myra Webb

http://loquaciouslibrary.com February 2012

Collaborative ClassesMr. McAninch gave his students different topics

 based on the theme of imperialism. The library

staff worked with the students on how to approach

the topics they chose. We helped individual

students think about the broad topics and check 

indexes of the books available in the media center.

These types of experiences really help the students

work on analysis, evaluation, and other higher 

level thinking skills.

Mr. Stuard sent down posters from his students.

The posters were the result of a collaborationwhere Mrs. Tighe showed the classes how to use

DISCUS.

Did You Know?• Librarians provide guidance for integrating

technology into classroom activities?

• Much of students’ research is completed in

a school library under the guidance of a school

librarian.

• Research and media skills are embedded in

the S.C. Curriculum Standards and in the

Common Core Standards for ELA, socialstudies, science, and technical subjects.

• Librarians teach students to locate, select,

evaluate, and use information (both print and

online) efficiently and ethically.

For more information about how we can help you,

visit http://tiny.cc/ozzio

Classes - Library 42

Walk-Ins 4321

Circulation 1292

Conference Room/After School 56

@ the Library

The media center is truly a

multi-discipline hub. CityHeights, an improve group,

worked with students from

English, drama, andChinese classes.

Social studies students helped others becomeaware of the history behind different religious

 beliefs by creating posters.

Authors paid a visit by way of student projects(Mrs. Burke’s classes). Students created

informational reports using cereal boxes.

Come by and see what is going on @ the SHS

Library!

Virtual ReadingAny student who loves books is welcome to

sign up for the Vikings Read virtual book club.

The club is hosted on Edmodo, a safeenvironment where posts are monitored.

Students just need to visit http://edmodo.com 

and put eqerye as the code. Students do notneed an email address to sign up. See Mrs.

Myers if you have any questions.

7ReadsThank you for the compliments and kudos

about the 7Reads process. Be sure to thank thestudents for the final six titles as they were the

ones who narrowed it down for us. While the

committee worked hard, the students are the

ones who gave us the final six titles. Thestudents loved having input in their reading

 program.