February 2023

The Barrington Public Schools library media specialists all read and reviewed a book for the Multicultural Children's Book Day 2023. See our reviews here. #ReadYourWorld

Mrs. Texeira has been leading a group of students through the National History Day process. We are collaborating and offering times when students can stop by the sixth-grade breakout space or the library to work on their projects. I created this site for NHD students to access resources.

Students are creating tri-fold display boards, a website, and a documentary. All will go to Toll Gate High School on Saturday, April 1 to compete in the state competition.

Social Studies teacher Mr. Magee brought Purple Cluster students to the library on February 8th and 9th to learn effective Google search strategies and how to utilize databases based on the needs of their research topics. All of the information they will need is located on this site (see below in first photo) for students to use. We had a lot of fun searching and finding sources. Mr. Magee took it a step further by creating a database for his students to contribute to with the sources they found most helpful for their research. What an incredible way to "crowdsource" with his students!

My favorite quote of the month was by Mr. Magee. He said, "In the seven years I have been teaching, this is the first time I have brought classes to the library for a lesson." We both agreed that we hope to collaborate more in the future. Mr. Magee is a phenomenal addition to our BMS staff.

I met with Orange Cluster students on Monday, February 27th to teach the lesson called My Social Media Life.

Essential Question: How does social media affect our relationships?

Lesson Vocabulary:

Social media - Websites and applications that enable users to create and share content or to participate in social networking

Oversharing - Sharing personal feelings, information, or
experiences that later make the sharer feel uncomfortable or regretful

Red flag feeling - When something happens on digital media that makes you feel uncomfortable, worried, sad, or anxious

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