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Internet Resources for Media Specialists
 General
Sites
Elementary School Sites
Awards
Authors
Library Lessons
Secondary School Sites
Professional Organizations
Catalog and Ordering Sites
Resource Sites
Library Journal and Review Sites
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South Carolina’s Virtual library, a Service of
South Carolina State Library
http://www.scdiscus.org/school.html
Public Broadcasting Service
http://pbskids.org/lions
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Book Adventure
http://www.bookadventure.com
A FREE reading motivation program for children in grades K-8.
Children create their own book lists from over 6,000 recommended
titles, take multiple choice quizzes on the books they've read
offline, and earn points and prizes for their literary successes.
Book Adventure was created by the Sylvan Learning Foundation and
is sponsored by Sylvan Learning, Inc.
Starfall
http://www.starfall.com
The Starfall Method promises to improve reading acquisition by
using the Internet to help make it fun for the children and easy
for the educators. You may order the printed materials that go
along with the website for classroom or home use.
Reading Comprehension
http://www.rhlschool.com/reading.htm
Features free reading comprehension worksheets for teachers and
parents to copy for their kids. They include original stories,
poems, essays, and articles. They are most appropriate for upper
elementary through middle school years.
English Zone
http://english-zone.com/reading/index.html
Sites with a “glasses” icon indicate easy, intermediate,
and advanced reading comprehension activities available to guests.
Use the Dolch Word List, or try Reading a Map, Candy Labels, Reading
Envelopes, Learn About Dolphins, Aesop's Fables, and U.S. Presidents
Chart Study. The sites with a "key" icon are for members
only.
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Caldecott Medal Homepage
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds
/caldecottmedal/caldecottmedal.htm
Newberry Medal Hompage
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/awardsscholarships/literaryawds
/newberymedal/newberymedal.htm
Coretta Scott King Book Awards
http://www.ala.org/ala/srrt/corettascottking/corettascott.htm
2004-2005 South Carolina Children’s Book Award Nominees
http://www.rock-hill.k12.sc.us/schools/elem/nses/media/scnominees
/children/0405SCCBA.htm
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Brod Bagert
http://www.brodbagert.com
Jan Brett
http://www.janbrett.com/index.html
Jean Fritz
http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/jeanfritz.html
Ben Mikaelsen
http://www.benmikaelsen.com
Robert Munsch
http://www.robertmunsch.com
Gary Paulsen
http://www.randomhouse.com/features/garypaulsen
Dav Pilkey
http://www.pilkey.com/index.php
Louis Sachar
http://www.cbcbooks.org/html/louissachar.html
Dr. Seuss
http://www.seussville.com
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Songs and Poems
http://www.canteach.ca/elementary/songspoems.html
More Songs and Poems
http://lessonplanz.com/Lesson_Plans/Songs___Poems/index.shtml
Booktalks, Quick and Simple
http://nancykeane.com/booktalks
Library Lesson Plans
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson261.shtml
Little Red Riding Hood Webquest
http://www.davidson.k12.nc.us/webquests/litred/litred.htm
Little Red Riding Hood-folk and Fairy Tales http://webinstituteforteachers.org/2000/teams/onceupon/Littleredhome.html
Little Red Riding Hood Teacher Resources
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/littleredridinghood.htm
SurLaLune Fairy tales
http://www.surlalunefairytales.com/index.html
Fairytale Pathfinders
http://infozone.imcpl.org/kids_path_talevariants_redriding.htm#relsubres
Lesson Plans and Teaching Tools for School Librarians
http://www.libraries.phila.k12.pa.us/lion/lessons.html
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What Teens are REALLY Reading!
http://www.teenread.com
SDELMS webite: ADEPT, Administrator Guide to LMS, “Catalyst”
and Other Guidelines http://www.myscschools.com/offices/tech/ms/lms
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Organizations |
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American Library Association
http://www.ala.org
South Carolina Association of School Librarians
http://www.scasl.com
American Association of School Librarians
http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslindex.htm
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Library of Congress
http://www.loc.gov
Technology Prices for CCSD on Intranet
http://ccsd.charleston.k12.sc.us
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Links to Ease Librarians’ Stress
http://www.nlc.state.ne.us/system/republican/links.html#stress
SCETV-K-12 School Information
http://www.myetv.org/education/k-12
SDE Library Media Services
http://www.myscschools.com/offices/tech/ms/lms
Weed of the Month
http://www.sunlink.ucf.edu/weed
Teachnology
http://www.teach-nology.com
MarcoPolo
http://www.marcopolo-education.org/index.aspx
SC TLC (Teaching Learning Connecting)
http://www.sctlc.com
Big6-website for Information Literacy
http://www.big6.com
Windows on Learning at the Library Media Center
http://hastings.ci.lexington.ma.us/Library/library.htm
A n example of an excellent library media web page with month
by month lessons for library/information
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Journal and Review Sites |
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School Library Journal
http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/index.asp
School Library Media Quarterly http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/slmrb/schoollibrary.htm
Teacher Librarian Journal for School Librarian Professionals
http://www.teacherlibrarian.com
From Now On – J. McKenzie
http://www.fno.org
Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC)
http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/alsc.htm
Knowledge Quest Journal of the American Association of
School Librarians http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/aaslpubsandjournals/kqweb/kqweb.htm
Lots of Lists of Books
http://www.acs.ucalgary.ca/~dkbrown/lists.html
Banned Books
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/books/banned-books.html
Most Frequently Banned Books
http://www-2.cs.cmu.edu/People/spok/most-banned.html
Warrior Librarian, e-zine
http://www.warriorlibrarian.com
Resources for School Librarians
http://www.sldirectory.com/libsf/resf/infoskill.html
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