Media Center Portfolio

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Media Center Portfolio

• Cindy Lee

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Weekly Schedule

• This is the weekly schedule that teachers follow
  to bring their classes to the media center.
• Schedule A
• Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
• 830-905 3-Good 3-Layne 3-Hill 3-Turner 3-Tillery
  
• 905-940 4-Verner 4-Lancaster4-Glosson 4-Cole 4-S
  atcher
• 940-1015 3-Nunn
• 1015-1050 3-Jaynes 5-Nunn (1)
• 1050-1125 (1115-1150-5-Pickles)
• 1125-1200 5-Davis 5-Cham 5-Williams 5-Malone
• 1200-110 LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH LUNCH
• 110-145
• 145-220 5-Martin 5-Nunn (2)
• 220-250 4-Freeman
• Schedule B
• Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
• 830-905 3-Webb 3-Benise 3-Smith
• 905-940
• 940-1015
• 1015-1050 3-Massey 3-West 3-Thompson3-Watkins 3-
  Crisp

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Designed CentersAll students are required to
read/test on AR to go to centers. They must also
be engaged in a center, not just watching.

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Lets ReadThere are several areas where students
can relax and read.
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Tiki HutThis is another place where students can
sit and read.
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Collaboration-I work with teachers to make
sure that they have what they need to teach the
required GPSs.

• SS3H2-The student will discuss the lives of
  Americans who expanded peoples rights and
  freedoms in a democracy.
• Susan B. Anthony
• The story of Susan B. Anthony           921 Ant
  Clinton, Susan.   Published 1986  Accelerated
  Reader Level  6.3 / 1.0 pts.
• Susan B. Anthony champion of women's rights 
           921 Ant Monsell, Helen Albee, 1895-  
  Published 1984  Accelerated Reader Level 
  3.7 / 3.0 pts.
• Learning about fairness from the life of Susan B.
  Anthony           92 Ant Mosher, Kiki.  
  Published 1996  Accelerated Reader Level 
  3.9 / 0.5 pts.
• Susan B. Anthony Civil Rights Crusader        
    CS Marsh, Carole.
• Susan Anthony           j305 Dav Davis, Lucille.
    Published 1998  Accelerated Reader Level 
  3.7 / 0.5 pts.
• They shall be heard Susan B. Anthony
  Elizabeth Cady Stanton           j920 CON (SSTR)
  Connell, Kate, 1954-   Published 1993
   Accelerated Reader Level  5.7 / 2.0 pts.
• Susan B. Anthony champion of women's rights 
           j921 ANT Monsell, Helen Albee, 1895-  
  Published 1986  Accelerated Reader Level 
  3.7 / 3.0 pts.
• They shall be heard Susan B. Anthony
  Elizabeth Cady Stanton           j920 CON (SSTR)
  Connell, Kate, 1954-   Published 1993
   Accelerated Reader Level  5.7 / 2.0 pts.
• History of
• http//www.history.rochester.edu/class/sba/first.h
  tm
• Biography websites
• http//www.susanbanthonyhouse.org/biography.shtml
• http//www.winningthevote.org/SBAnthony.htmlSeptem
  ber 11, 2008
• Suffrage movement pictures
• http//womenshistory.about.com/library/pic/bl_p_oh
  io_1912.htm
• http//womenshistory.about.com/library/pic/bl_p_su
  ffrage_monument.htm

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Collaboration

• Teachers,
• During your collaborative times, please consider
  things that you might want me to teach during the
  pit lessons.  I am already planning to hit the
  following areas, but Im sure there are others
• Genres
• Reference books and their use
• Types of figurative language
• Types of writing
• Just let me know.  Ill do my best to do whats
  needed.
• Cindy Lee
• Morgan County Elementary School
• Media Specialist
• 706-342-5039

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Collaboration

• I research curriculum standards and save them in
  a folder on desktops entitled Smart Stuff. This
  folder is accessible to all teachers, enabling
  them to pull helpful websites and information to
  aide them in lesson planning and collaboration.
• 1.  movie websites where you can get free movies
  to show about Revolutionary War events and
  people. Example (http//www.earlyamerica.com/be
  n1.htm
• http//www.earlyamerica.com/ben2.htm)
• 2.  Portraits of Early Americans website
  (http//www.earlyamerica.com/portraits/)
• 3.  Music of Early Americans website
• (http//www.earlyamerica.com/music/)

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Color-coded AR booksWe labeled the spines of
books with colored coded dots to identify the AR
level for students and teachers. It makes it
easier to locate and to shelve books.
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Scholastic Book FairsOur school held a
Scholastic book fair the week of September 22.
It was the most profitable ever.

• From Cindy LeeSent Thursday, September 18,
  2008 349 PMTo ES_AllSubject Book Fair next
  weekTeachers,
• Just a reminder that no classes will be coming to
  the media center during the week of the book
  fair.  There will be only individual
  checkin/checkout with media center passes. 
• Below is a schedule for the 10 minute previews on
  Monday.  You will come as a class and only look. 
  Nothing can be purchased until Tuesday-Friday
  when students will come with their money as you
  allow.  If there is a problem with your time
  below, please let me know tomorrow so we can work
  something out.  Please remember to shop for
  yourself and spend lots of money!!! J  Wed love
  to get lots of new books.
• Thank you for your help,
• Cindy Ree
• 830-Good
• 840-C.Wilson
• 850-Webb
• 900-Pickles
• 910-Verner/Nunn-5th
• 920-Cole
• 930-Fowler
• 940-Nunn-3rd
• 950-Malone
• 1000-Parks
• 1010-Piga
• 1020-Massey
• 1030-Davis
• 1040-Williams

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How to Use Renaissance PlaceI made power points
to help teachers use the new web-based
Renaissance Place that was purchased.
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80 of the software budget was spent on websites
for teachers to use in planning and new
Renaissance Place.

• I researched and purchased these Websites for
  Teachers based on Georgia Performance Standards
  and Current Curriculum Guides.
• September 2, 2008
• Teachers,
• Brain Pop is ready for use. 

Sent Wednesday, August 27, 2008 213 PM MORGAN
COUNTY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, CINDY LEE, MEDIA, Thank
you so much for your Enchanted Learning site
membership renewal (75.00 US dollars). We
provide many services only for members. Right
now these include extra content, printable pages,
enlargeable print-outs, and no banner ads. To use
these features, go to our members' site
at http//members.EnchantedLearning.com and log
in using your Enchanted Learning
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I have used about 25 of the books budget on the
following items. I am developing a list of
needed books in the media center to purchase
later this year. Also, in addition to new books,
there are books that need to be replaced. About
10 has been used to purchase AR quizzes on books
already own by the media center.

• Social Studies curriculum
• Music Set for music classes
• 5th grade writing curriculum

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Book OrdersHere is one example of a book order
that was placed for 4th grade Social Studies GPS.

• From Cindy LeeSent Tuesday, October 21, 2008
  759 AMTo ES_4th_GradeSubject economics books
  are in
• Teachers,
• Economic books are in.  They are in the pit for
  checkout.
• Christopher Columbus               
                                      2.4
• Jacques CartierExploring the St. Lawrence
  River         6.5 (test ordered)
• The Story of Money                                
                          5.8
• Scarcity                                          
                                2.9
• When Owens Mom Breathed Fire                     
               2.8
• The Great Fuzz Frenzy                             
                        1.9
• Show Me the Money                                 
                       Not AR
• Cindy Lee
• Morgan County Elementary School
• Media Specialist
• 706-342-5039

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Safari Themed Bulletin BoardsOur school theme
this year is Were on a Safari for Knowledge.
Therefore, the bulletin boards repeat that theme.
I also have a variety of animals lying around
the media center for the students to hold while
playing or reading.
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Another bulletin board in the media center.
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Pit Lessons

• Every two weeks, I take every class (39 of them)
  in to the Pit and teach various standards. So
  far I have taught genres and presidential
  campaigns and voting.
• The first two weeks in
• December, I will be teaching
• the various research books and
• how to use them. We also play
• games (Jeopardy, Millionaire, etc.)
• to reinforce the learning.

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Example of Pit Lessons

• Genres in Reading
• Realistic fiction- a fictional story that could
  really happen today
• Historical fiction- a fictional story that is
  based on events in history
• Science fiction- a fictional story that is based
  on technological/scientific possibilities of the
  future
• Nonfiction- any story that is absolutely true and
  factual
• Biography- the story of a real persons life that
  is written by another person
• Autobiography- the story of a real persons life
  that is written by himself/herself
• Mystery- a suspenseful story about a puzzling
  event that is not solved until the end of the
  story
• Folktale- a story, often with a message, that was
  initially passed on by word of mouth before it
  was written down
• Fantasy- a story including characters that are
  impossible, such as talking animals, magical
  powers, or events taking place in another world
• Poetry- a verse written to inspire thought
  (may/may not rhyme)
• Newspaper- daily/weekly publication on current
  events
• Play- performance by actors on a stage
• Information- books/articles that tell how to
  do something
• Reference- encyclopedias, dictionaries,
  thesauruses, atlases, almanacs, yearbooks,
  directories, (phone books)

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Example contd

• Name_______________________ Date_________
• Genres in Reading
• ELA4R1 Student will recognize various genres in
  reading.
• _____1. a fictional story that is based on
  events in A. poetry
• history
• _____2. a story, often with a message, that
  was B. newspaper
• initially passed on by word of mouth before
• it was written down
• _____3. the story of a real persons life that
  is C. folktale
• written by another person
• _____4. the story of a real persons life that
  is D. historical fiction
• written by himself/herself
• _____5. a fictional story that could really
  happen E. information
• today
• _____6. a suspenseful story about a puzzling
  F. play
• event that is not solved until the end of the
  story
• _____7. any story that is absolutely true and
  factual G. autobiography

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Example contd

• Hangman game for genres
• http//www.quia.com/hm/100939.html?AP_rand2766870
  04
• Quia matching game for genres
• http//www.quia.com/mc/382369.html

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Pit Lesson on Genres
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Pit Lesson on Voting
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Class Research Area The research books are
located on a shelf to the left of the back
table.In the background, you can see the
checkout desk.
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The End

• However, there is never an end to things that can
  be revamped, revised, and revisited in the media
  center. This is a quick overview of some of the
  goals and objectives that have been completed so
  far this year. There is always another project
  to do when one is completed. I love being in the
  media center-making it kid-friendly,
  teacher-friendly, and work-friendly for all of
  MCES.