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MAKING THE MOST OF READING WITH YOUR CHILD

• Part I Meet Your Destiny!(And Other Library
  Services) Presented by Rachel KleinbergMontauk
  School Librarian
• Part II Reading With Your ChildPresented by
  Patricia ByrneMontauk School ESL Teacher (and
  Mom)

Montauk Public SchoolPTA MeetingTuesday,
October 27, 2009Library Media Center
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Making the Most of Reading With Your ChildPart
I Meet Your Destiny!(And Other Library
Services) Presented by Rachel KleinbergMontauk
School LibraryMontauk Public SchoolPTA
Meeting Library Media CenterTuesday, October
27, 2009
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MONTAUK SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA PROGRAM FAQS

• Major Focus Reading for School AND Pleasure
• Scheduled Check Out Day and WHENEVER
• Scheduled Return/Renew Day and WHENEVER
• How Many Books May a Student Check Out?
• Chapter Book and Free Choice
• No Fines for Overdue Books
• 3 Places 1-Backpack, 2-Hands, and 3-School Desk
  or Locker
• 7th 8th Grade Students Required to Have an
  Outside Reading Book At All Times
• Lost Books Student Must Pay
• Major Focus Library Habit

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MONTAUK SCHOOL LIBRARY
RETURN/RENEW DAYS
CHECK OUT DAYS

• 5C FRIDAY
• 5N THURSDAY
• 6B WEDNESDAY
• 6L FRIDAY
• 7TH Unscheduled/Varies
• 8TH Unscheduled/Varies
• ALL GRADES WHENEVER!
• Students may drop in anytime to check
  out/return/renew as needed or wanted.

• KL FRIDAY
• KW THURSDAY
• 1I THURSDAY
• 1W FRIDAY
• 2H TUESDAY
• 2W MONDAY
• 3C FRIDAY
• 3W FRIDAY
• 4C THURSDAY
• 4M WEDNESDAY

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MONTAUK PARENTSMEET YOUR . . .
Destiny!
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• Browser Based
• Customizable
• Title Peek
• Web Links
• Resource Lists
• User Reviews
• User Recommendations
• Visually Rich and Dynamic
• Web 2.0-ish

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AND . . . IT LOOKS COOL!
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SEE FOR YOURSELF!
Destiny!
WANNA TRY IT?
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GETTING STARTED WITH DESTINY

• FROM HOME
• Go to www.montaukschool.org and click on
• Search as a guest or login with your username and
  password to access your Destiny account.
• If you are a student, your Destiny username and
  password is the same as what you use to login to
  the school computers.
• If you are a parent, login with your child or
  email rkleinberg_at_montaukschool.org to request
  your own parent account.
• Browse the Top Ten or Resource Lists or Search
  for a book or topic.
• If you are logged in, you can add titles to your
  List.
• Features to try Change the Theme, Reviews,
  Recommendations, You May Also Like, Wish List,
  and Shelf Browse.
• Try the student activity handout Meet Your
  Destiny. Or just explore and have fun!

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MORE GREAT STUFF AT WWW.MONTAUKSCHOOL.ORG
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THE MONTAUK LIBRARY
http//www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/libraries/mntk/index.
html
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GET A LIFE GET A LIBRARY CARD
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NAME ________________________________ Montauk
Library Card _______________________ATTENTION
MONTAUK STUDENTSFREE ONLINE HOMEWORK HELP FROM
LIVE TUTORS AT THE MONTAUK LIBRARY
WEBSITE!CLICK ON THE PUBLIC LIBRARY ICON
AT www.montaukschool.org
THEN CLICK ON THE LIVE HOMEWORK HELP LINK AS
SHOWN BELOW
CLICK HERE
YOU WILL NEED YOUR MONTAUK LIBRARY CARD TO LOG
INENTER THE NUMBER FROM THE BACK OF YOUR CARD
Free online homework help from live tutors at
tutor.com is provided from 2pm to 11pm each night
in English and Spanish and is made possible by
Project Most, The East Hampton Library, and the
Montauk Library.
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ONLINE PUBLIC ACCESS CATALOG

• SEARCH
• PLACE HOLDS
• REQUEST ITEMS FROM OTHER LIBRARIES
• RENEW FROM HOME!

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SUFFOLK WAVE

• AUDIOBOOKS
• MUSIC
• eBOOKS
• MOVIES
• ON YOUR COMPUTER OR IPOD!

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SUFFOLK WEB

• MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER ARTICLES
• HELPFUL LINKS
• ANSWERS 24x7 LIVE LIBRARIAN HELP
• HISTORIC NEWSPAPERS
• OTHER INFORMATION DATABASES

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LIBRARY SERVICES

• MONTAUK PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARY MEDIA
  CENTERwww.montaukschool.org
• DESTINY!
• RACHEL KLEINBERG, LIBRARIAN rkleinberg_at_montaukscho
  ol.org
• MONTAUK LIBRARY (PUBLIC LIBRARY)www.suffolk.lib.n
  y.us/libraries/mntk/index.html
• GET A LIFE GET A LIBRARY CARD!
• ONLINE CATALOG
• HW HELP
• DOWNLOAD VIDEOS, MUSIC, EBOOKS, AND MORE!

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Thank you very much for your time and attention.