Carolina Forest International Media Center

1. Carolina Forest International Media Center Orientation 2014-2015

2. CFIE Media Center Staff • Mrs. Glover • 4th year at CFIE • UNC and ECU graduate • 2 boys, Britt (Mrs. Collins) and Jacks (Mrs. Davis) • 1 husband (Mr. Glover) • Belize • Free time – watching boys play soccer, reading, going to the beach/boat, and running • Love coffee, chevron, anything monogrammed, and sushi • Girls on the Run/Battle of the Books/ STRIDE

3. CFIE Media Center Staff cont’d • Mrs. Gentry • 6th year at CFIE • 2nd year in the media center • 2 daughters • 1 husband (Mr. Gentry) • Collects cows and loves cats

4. Media Center Rules

5. Media Center Rules cont’d • Safe • Walking feet • Shelf markers are not swords • Hands and feet to yourself • Chairs stay on the floor at all times

6. Media Center Rules cont’dCaring • Help classmates • Be patient

7. Media Center Rules cont’dResponsible • Return books (and magazines) on time. • Know what books and how many you have checked out. • Stay on task when working or at centers. • Do what is asked.

8. Media Center Rules cont’dRespectful(media center staff, classmates, and other students) • Everybody’s ideas are important. • Wait to talk until you are called on. • When checking out books, be mindful of students who are in class and are trying to learn. • Use inside voices!

9. Rewards • Whole class rewards • Class earns books for good behavior • When bookshelf is full class will receive a reward e.g. game day, movie day, outside time • Individual rewards • Mystery person • Picked at the beginning of class • Students will find out at the end of class who the mystery person was. • If mystery person followed rules/directions they will pick from the treasure box at the end of class. • Reward for following rules/directions • Pick from treasure box

10. Consequences • Verbal warning • Removal from group and activities • Writing assignment • Note home to parents

11. Types of books • Non-fiction • Informational books, poetry, biographies, and fairytales and folktales. • Shelved according to Dewey Decimal system • Dewey number 000-999.999 & firs three letters of authors last name • Ex. The New York Giants 796.332 Ste

12. Types of books, cont’d • Everybody • Beginner chapter books • Beginner picture books • Higher level pictures books • Shelved in alphabetical order • Ex. Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus by Mo Willems: • E Wil (E for Everybody Wil for first three letters of authors last name)

13. Types of books, cont’d • Fiction • Chapter books • Shelved in alphabetical order • Ex. Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney: Fic Kin • Fic for fiction and Kin for first three letters of author’s last name.

14. Types of books, cont’d • Reference • Encyclopedia • Atlas • Almanac • Thesaurus • Dictionary • Used for research in the media center • Can’t be checked out

15. Magazines • Can be found on the end of Fiction section. • Magazines • American Girl • Boys Life • Discovery Girls • Kids Discover • Muse • Faces • Ranger Rick (and Jr.) • Sports Illustrated for Kids • Highlights • ZooBooks • Our State • North Carolina Wildlife

16. Book and Magazine Checkout • K and 1st -- one book (one week) • 2-5 – two books (or one book and one magazine) • Books can be checked out for two weeks, magazines for 3 days.

17. Check Out Procedures • Get correct shelf marker • Use shelf marker while you are searching for your book. • All shelf markers are in your teacher’s jar and have your barcode on it • When you find your books get in line at checkout computer • Scan shelf marker FIRST then scan books. • Scan the barcode that says Carolina Forest • If you hear this sound • or this one, you may not check out a book! • Return shelf marker to correct jar! (we are not responsible for lost sticks)

18. Check In • Scan book at check in computer • scan the barcode that reads Carolina Forest • Put book in correct bucket • If the spine label looks like this, it goes in the non-fiction bucket. • If the spine label looks like this: • Put it in the Everybody bucket • If the spine label look like this: • Put it in the Fiction bucket

19. Magazines • Check out • Pick the magazine you want • Put in the brown folder • Scan stick • Scan folder • Check In • Scan folder • Take magazine out of folder • Put folder back • Put magazine back

20. How to Find Books • Destiny • Library Catalog • Can search by author, title, series, subject, key word • http://lms.onslow.k12.nc.us/cataloging/servlet/presentadvancedsearchredirectorform.do?l2m=Library%20Search&tm=TopLevelCatalog&l2m=Library+Search • Destiny Quest • http://lms.onslow.k12.nc.us/quest/servlet/presentquestform.do?site=103&alreadyValidated=true

21. Book Care • Friends don’t let friends borrow books/magazines! • Keep books/magazines away from food, drinks, babies, water and animals! • Always keep books/magazines in the same safe place! • Cost for lost or damages book – up to $25.00 • Cost for lost or damaged magazine $4.95

22. Library Centers4th-5th • Independent learning • Examples of centers • Research skills • Big 6 • Plagiarism/citing sources • Research materials • Web site reliability • Digital citizenship/social media • Brain Pop • Book reviews • Library trivia Jenga • Genre

23. Library Centers2nd-3rd • ABC order • Shelve it • Genre • Independent Reading • Call numbers • Super 3 (2nd grade) • Big 6 (3rd grade) • Library crossword • Book review • Book spine • Chess and checkers • Destiny • Magnetic poetry • Brain Pop and Brain Pop jr. • Seasonal

24. Library CentersK-1 • Book care • Book checkout • Listening station • Bookmark making • Big book (1st grade) • Brain Pop jr. • Puzzles • Letters • Super 3 (2nd semester) • Book buddies • Text features

25. Lets Have a Great Year!!! 