Thursday, August 8, 2013

Announcing the DENbrarian Book Selection for August: The Fault in Our Stars


Discovery’s DENbrarians are getting their YA “book on” every month!  Wanna join us?  We’re looking for 10 Media Specialists who would like to select the book for DENbrarian! In October, the lovely and talented Susan Gauthier from Louisiana will be our hostess.  Click here if you’d like to take over for a month!

DENbrarians- get out your Kleenex.  The DENbrarian selection for August is:

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green



Here’s the Book Trailer   ….soon to be a major motion picture!


Summary from Amazon.com: “Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years, Hazel has never been anything but terminal, her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group, Hazel’s story is about to be completely rewritten.”
Our Pinterest resource pinboard is ready.  Sign up to be a DENbrarian and you’ll be added soon as a “Pinner” ASAP!  Click here if you’d like to participate in gathering and sharing resources related to each month’s book selection, or  follow our main DENbrarian Pinterest Board which will contain archives of each month’s materials.
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Welcome to our book club- EVERYONE is invited! You do NOT have to be a Library Media Specialist to join this group- …you just have to love great Young Adult books!  We began in April with The One and Only Ivan, then we read Wonder in May.  June brought The Apothecary, and now July is The 5th Wave. All books selected will be in the upper elementary to middle grades range and our group will soon move to to online connections, Skyped author visits, virtual discussions, resource sharing, a student project showcase, and hangouts starting soon.

Sandi Dennis- Media and Instructional Technology Specialist- Lead Media Specialist, City Schools of Decatur, Georgia
If you’d like information about the Decatur Book Festival over Labor Day weekend or to volunteer- go here!  It is an amazing celebration of books and authors.

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Thursday, August 1, 2013

Read, Watch, Interact! Literacy Resources for Grades 5-8



PBS is offering an encore presentation of their wildly popular webinar Read, Watch, Interact! Literacy Resources for Grades 5-8. The webinar will take place on Monday, August 5, 2013 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EDT). 
Co-hosted by PBS LearningMedia and AMLE (Association for Middle Level Education), the webinar ...
will focus on adolescent literacy strategies and showcase Common Core-aligned resources from the Inspiring Middle School Literacy Collection.

Register here!  Space is limited so don't hesitate; a previous session of this webinar was oversubscribed. If you receive a message that registration is closed, please email
carolyn_jacobs@wgbh.org to be placed on a waiting list and to receive the recording link. 

Thank you and we look forward to having you join us!

             
Denise Olson
PBS LearningMedia/WGBH Education