Library OrientationLibrary OrientationLibrary OrientationLibrary Orientation

For TeachersFor Teachers

Materials for Students• Students must use reference

material at school.• Books may be checked out and

TAKEN HOME.• Audio books (playaways)—3rd and

4th grade• Literacy backpacks—K and 1st

parents

Circulation• Students check out material for 2 weeks.• K—check out begins the second visit

– 1 book until December, 2 books in January

• 1st---2 books• 2nd---2 books• 3rd—3 books• 4th---4 books• Faculty-??? Material is due back in June

Student material is due back the day

BEFORE your library day.

Overdue Notices• School Messenger—at the end of

every grading period and more often at the end of school.

• Paper notices—almost every week (Please place these in the Monday folder)

Rotation• Mrs. Bishop will teach 2nd, 3rd and

4th

• Ms. Deleon will teach Kindergarten.

• Ms. Christie will teach 1st grade.

Lessons in the LMC• Students receive a 25 minute

lesson before checking out.• Lessons are based on the TEKS.

• Keep Mrs. Bishop in the loop so she can support your teaching.– Add to Eduphoria group.– If your students need extra practice

with a skill, please let me know at least 1 week in advance.

Library Best Practices• Have a “Class Librarian” who

returns books on a daily basis as students are done with them.

• Make a check list for your students and write down how many books they check out.

• Items out list.

What materials does the library have for teachers?

• Books– Professional– Special Collections– Big Books– Story telling kits/manipulatives– Class sets– Reference books

• Videos/DVDs• Cassettes and Cds• Books on Tape (a few on CD)• Games• Picturing America

Teacher check out• Preferred—Let us check you out on

the computer.• If we’re not available, use the

Teacher Self Check-out notebook.

Teacher Self Check OutRm.

No. Teacher Title of Item

Barcode (if any) Date Out

Date Returned

LMC BISHOP How to Run the LMC33304012345

678 22-Aug 29-Aug

           

           

           

           

           

           

           

Checking the catalog• Go to www.aldine.k12.tx.us• Click on Students• On the drop down menu, click My

Library• Choose Raymond or Aldine High

School• Search by title, author, subject

Requests• E-mail Mrs. Bishop.• You may request the item from

the on-line catalog.– Your “barcode” is

• “raym” + first initial + last name• Ex: raymbbishop

Internet Resources

• Go to www.aldine.k12.tx.us• Click on Students• Click on Internet Resources

Equipmentis assigned to your room.

Please do not move it from room to room.

• Overhead projectors• Globes• Tape/CD players• Headsets (Listening Centers)• (Computers/Document Cameras are issued by Mr. Tyler. Follow his instructions

for those.)

TV carts

•NO students may move carts.

Videos• Go to the Teacher TV/VCR

Reservation Sign-Up Notebook.• Fill out the form and reserve your

TV.• Do not bring/show movies from

home.• Movies must be approved by an

administrator.

Raymond Reader• http://

raymondlibrary.pbworks.com– Procedures– Best Practices– Current lessons (on Month’s page)– Important dates/news