March
13, 2014
This issue is a week
late, because LAST week was Read Across America Week, and I was wonderfully
busy, doing shows all over Alabama and Georgia! I started the week with a show
at the elementary school I attended in 5th and 6th grade,
where I met the girl who would become my wife. The school hasn’t changed a lot,
except that you can’t buy chocolate milk for 5 cents from the machine in the
hall any more and they have LOTS of computers now. Such a fun week!
Every
Other Thursday, you’ll get this short, fun, relevant newsletter. It will contain a quote or smile about the
library and those who love it, an idea you can use to promote your library or
reading in general, a Common Core implementation idea and a shameless plug for
the programs I offer. Enjoy!
If
you are new to EOT or have missed any previous issues, you can read them all at
www.smartlibrarians.com. And please
tell your friends about it!
In this issue:
- Library Quotes
- Promote Reading – Money!
- More Common Core help from Galileo!
- Shameless Plug
Library Quote/Smile
“Never trust anyone who has not
brought a book with them.”
Lemony
Snicket (aka Daniel Handler)
“We read to know that we are not
alone.”
C.S.
Lewis
“It is what you read when you don’t
have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.”
Oscar
Wilde
Promote (From the “Money” Section of 45 Ideas in 45
Minutes)
24.
Money is tight and getting harder to
come by. Collect Box Tops for Education and Labels for Education and use
funds for media center needs. Have a couple of label drives each year and
reward classes that collect the most. My wife’s school collects over $1,000
each year in BTFE for reading incentives and programs and got equipment for the
school using LFE. Get a volunteer to collect, sort, tally and turn in the
labels. You do NOT have to do this yourself. What would YOU do with $1,000?
Common Core Help
(This
tip is for GA media specialists only. There may be a statewide database in
Alabama or Florida that does some of the same things. If so, I’d LOVE to hear
from you!)
I
attended a media specialist training session in January and Karen Minton (not
the WSB meteorologist, but the GALILEO expert) shared some of the hidden
treasures you can find in Georgia’s statewide education database, GALILEO. GALILEO
stands for GeorgiA LIbrary
LEarning Online, an initiative of the Board of Regents of the University
System of Georgia. GALILEO is an online library portal to authoritative,
subscription-only information that isn’t available through free search engines
or Web directories. Participating institutions may access over 100 databases
indexing thousands of periodicals and scholarly journals. Over 10,000 journal
titles are provided in full-text. Other resources include encyclopedias,
business directories, and government publications.
There
are hundreds of unlimited access DK informational full color e-books that are
tablet formatted and ready for use by your students and teachers!
- Once in GALILEO, scroll to the bottom, and click on GALILEO Kids.
- At the top of the page, click on For Educators.
- Click on Elementary Educator Resources.
- Go to SIRS Discoverer, Educator Resources.
- Login and look for Database Feature, Nonfiction Books.
This
should give you access to full color DK resources for research and leisure
reading for students and teachers! Enjoy!
BONUS! – On the Educator
Resources for Elementary page there are some VERY handy Common Core Curriculum
Standard tools. Check them out!
Next
time – Get your professional journals online and save on paper subscriptions!
And
don’t forget to check out www.CurriculumDivas.org
for lots of resources for your school!
Shameless Plug
Got
a STEM event coming up? I have two science shows that promote reading as well
as teaching about the science that is all around us! I’ll let a recent happy
client tell you more in this unsolicited letter she sent to her colleagues in
Paulding County. I did “Go Wild!” for her students.
“Just wanted to share some info with you... Some of you
have probably had him perform at your school already, but we had Tommy
Johns at our STEM (aka Science) Fest on Friday and he was GREAT!
He had two sessions and was enjoyed by ALL grade levels--which
can sometimes be a feat to appeal to all ages. I felt that his
fee was reasonable, too; we were helped by the fact that another school in
our area booked him so we were able to split the cost of a full day.
His wife is a media specialist, and all of his programs tie reading and the library into whatever the theme is. (Ours was about the Scientific Method.) I'm hoping to have him next year for our Festival of the Arts (aka Language Arts Fest) for his writing program.
If you want more info his website is www.tommyjohnspresents.com.
His wife is a media specialist, and all of his programs tie reading and the library into whatever the theme is. (Ours was about the Scientific Method.) I'm hoping to have him next year for our Festival of the Arts (aka Language Arts Fest) for his writing program.
If you want more info his website is www.tommyjohnspresents.com.
Dee
Tackett, Media Specialist, C.A. Roberts Elementary, Dallas, GA 30157
Let
me know how I can help! See you in two weeks!
Encouraging
kids to read, I am
Tommy Johns
Educational Entertainment Specialist
Tommy Johns
Educational Entertainment Specialist
PS
– Don’t forget to call about your end of the year reading reward show!
www.TommyJohnsPresents.com
tommy@tommyjohnspresents.com
Call (770) 640-6509 or Toll Free at (866) 490-READ
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tommy@tommyjohnspresents.com
Call (770) 640-6509 or Toll Free at (866) 490-READ
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Your peers appreciate your advice about quality programs. Please tell them about your experience working with us. Our best sales people are our many loyal clients.
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