April is....

...the end of the semester!

...the month for showers that bring May flowers!

Yes, but it's also School Library Media Month!

None of you have said you'd like to be a school librarian, but all of you will soon wotk with a school librarian.  What do you know about what they can do for you as a teacher?  Maybe this video will give you some ideas:





One of this year's events was a video contest for students. The wilnners will be announced on April 17  but until then, take a look at all of the submissions on the School Library Media Month 2012 SchoolTube channel.

Yes!  Your school library media specialist (librarian, media specialist, teacher-librarian) can be your best friend.  Next time you're in a school, go visit them and see what services they offer for teachers!

April is also National Poetry Month.  Check out all the resources and activities in which you and your students can participate.  ReadWriteThink has some good ideas and lesson plans, too. And poetry doesn't have to be limited to English or language arts class!  Check out these poems about computers and this collection including:

Yesterday 

(if the Beatles were computer geeks)

Yesterday,

All those backups seemed a waste of pay.
Now my database has gone away.
Oh I believe in yesterday.

Suddenly,
There's not half the files there used to be,
And there's a milestone hanging over me.
The system crashed so suddenly.
I pushed something wrong
What it was I could not say.

Now all my data's gone
and I long for yesterday-ay-ay-ay.

Yesterday,
The need for back-ups seemed so far away.
I knew my data was all here to stay,
Now I believe in yesterday.

Oh, and then there's The Computer Ate My Homework!  Any poets in the class?

So putting these two celebrations together, library media specialist Diane Cordell offers "Picturing Poetry" with her photographs illustrating selected poems.  Enjoy!

Picturing poetry

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