<![CDATA[Ranger Librarian - Media Blog]]>Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:31:28 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[OCTE: Spring 2012, Ashland]]>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:03:20 -0800http://www.rangerlibrarian.com/2/post/2012/04/octe-spring-2012-ashland.htmlK5 in the Northwest: Language Arts Resources for Teaching Informational Texts (Google Doc)

Session Description:
Using integrated technology tools like Wall Wisher and ReadWriteThink's Flip Book, we'll look at strategies for students to engage with informational texts (an emphasis in the Common Core Standards). Textual resources will focus on themes important to the Northwest: salmon, trees, geology, conservation, Pacific Northwest Native Americans, Lewis and Clark, and the Oregon Trail. Booklists, lesson plans, and recommended web tools will be provided. 

Download the CCS app for your mobile device. Summary of ALL standards K-12.

Strategies:
Supplementary Texts (OPAC): Use your school library! Certified librarians are experts on selecting high quality informational (non-fiction) texts. Match your students to topics they are interested in. Go deeper than your adopted textbooks...

Realia (example kit): Get students excited about informational content by bringing in real objects related to the subject matter. Reach your visual and kinesthetic learners.

Use virtual tools from the Smithsonian and primary sources from the Oregon History Project to bring topics to life. Traveling trunks from our National Parks (note: some links are not active and some trunks are only available in their state of origin). Try the OSU Extension Service for some awesome science kits. Oregon Coast Aquarium also has some worthwhile resources,

THIEVES (lesson plan from readwritethink): Create a set of posters, reminding students what parts of the text to focus on, and what questions to ask of the text.

Wall Wisher (website): Create a Wall Wisher site and set up a computer station in your room for students to post their questions about a text you are reading as a class. Direct them to do this quietly, then address questions at the end of a reading.

Flip Book (website): Use the THIEVES components to create a Flip Book which students can create themselves or which you can provide to students for guided reading of informational texts. (See Ms. Gapp for an example to use in your classroom)

Nature Journaling (scroll to links at the bottom of the page): Bring history, science, language arts, and math together using nature journals. 

Cross Curricular and Cross Classroom Collaboration : K-5 teachers are better at this than secondary. Avoid teaching subjects in isolation. Partner with other classes on research. ]]><![CDATA[Collins' 55 word stories]]>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:25:11 -0800http://www.rangerlibrarian.com/2/post/2012/02/collins-55-word-stories.htmlCopy and paste your stories in the comment box in reply to this post. Leave your name and first initial of your last name. It is not necessary to include your e-mail. Spelling and grammar count! 
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]]><![CDATA["There's nothing quite like a real book."]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:55:08 -0800http://www.rangerlibrarian.com/2/post/2012/02/post-title-click-and-type-to-edit.html
Reply to the phrase you see at the end of this video: "There's nothing quite like a real book."
]]><![CDATA[Soliz' 55 Word Stories aka Flash Fiction]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 10:47:10 -0800http://www.rangerlibrarian.com/2/post/2012/02/soliz-55-word-stories-aka-flash-fiction.htmlCopy and paste your stories in the comment box in reply to this post. Leave your name and first initial of your last name. It is not necessary to include your e-mail. Spelling and grammar count! ]]><![CDATA[Cohen's 55 Word Stories aka Flash Fiction]]>Thu, 09 Feb 2012 07:55:01 -0800http://www.rangerlibrarian.com/2/post/2012/02/55-word-stories-aka-flash-fiction.htmlPost your stories in reply to this post. Type your first name and initial of your last name. Not necessary to include your e-mail. Spelling and grammar count! ]]><![CDATA[Information Woods for OASL]]>Thu, 13 Oct 2011 21:44:59 -0800http://www.rangerlibrarian.com/2/post/2011/10/information-woods-for-oasl.htmlLinks to resources from the Ranger Librarian poster session.

Ranger Librarian informational brochure part 1
Ranger Librarian informational brochure part 2
Teacher Ranger Teacher Brochure from NPS
A Park Mad Lib
Canyon Wonderment brief article published in the OASL Interchange

all documents in pdf
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]]><![CDATA[Information Woods: May the forest be with you]]>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:22:39 -0800http://www.rangerlibrarian.com/2/post/2011/09/information-woods-may-the-forest-be-with-you.htmlPowerPoint Presentation submitted October 1, 2011 at the Fall Conference of the Oregon Council for Teachers of English
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]]><![CDATA[The Information Woods: OCTE Fall Conference]]>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:37:55 -0800http://www.rangerlibrarian.com/2/post/2011/09/the-information-woods-octe-fall-conference.htmlMEDIA LINKS: Use the following as writing prompts in your classroom,

1. Popular Culture and Environmental Justice

2. Sign up for a Public Radio Exchange (PRX) account to get access to The Environment Report. Ads Use Nature to Sell SUVs.

3. Honda Civic Hybrid commercial

4. Ecomagination from GE: website
5. Keep American Beautiful Campaign
Discuss PSAs (public service announcements)

6. Guide for the Use of Environmental Marketing Campaigns, from the Federal Trade Commission. Cross-curricular connection to Marketing & Economics classes.

7. Other Popular Culture images and ideas to discuss: Smokey the Bear, the recycling logo, popular films: Erin Brockovich (2000), The China Syndrome (1979), A Civil Action (1999)

Best for AP Students
1. Representations of Nature in Popular Culture
2. Crude Awakening
A You Tube montage of Jane Fulton Alt's photo essay, set to Hurt, by Johnny Cash.

3. Jane Fulton Alt : See Burn, Crude Awakening, Katrina, and Visitations

4. Read Apologia, by Barry Lopez. A small but powerful essay on roadkill.

Resources for Teachers
Action for Nature Great list of links.
Nature Study Gem resources hidden among the advertising.
Teacher Ranger Teacher Program, hosted by the National Park Service.

]]><![CDATA[Nature Journaling Links: OCTE Fall Conference]]>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 18:08:08 -0800http://www.rangerlibrarian.com/2/post/2011/09/nature-journaling-links-octe-fall-conference.htmlAcorn Naturalists
Teaching Writing Through Science. Order Books and Supplies.
Smithsonian Education
Introduction to the Nature Journal
Sierra Club
Keeping a Nature Journal. Includes template
Nature Journaling Blog

For Primary Grades
 lesson on nature journals
USFWS lesson and resources
Ideas for home school
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