Reading Connections
MCAS Library/Media Center Newsletter - March 2024
If you're looking for additional resources for Women's History Month, check out any or all of the following links:
https://womenshistorymonth.gov/
loc.gov (Library Of Congress/ Women's History Month: Occupations and Contributions)
https://inspire.in.gov/ (Inspire has a collection of digital databases)
https://learn360.infobase.com/ (Learn360 has over 70 educational videos for all grade levels, relating to Women's History Month)
This link goes to a Destiny Collection that includes book titles that we have in most of our elementary school libraries. In addition, there is a link to the National Geographics video on the upcoming eclipse, as well as a link to the DOE website for addtional teaching resources.
Sharing Picture Books with Secondary Students
Attached is a great article titled The 5 Benefits Of Reading Picture Books to Secondary Students If you would like to access picture books for your secondary students or would like suggestions on great read aloud picture books, please contact any of our library staff.
Celebrated author Paul Volponi will visit MCAS again this year. He will be conducting writing workshops throughout the day at Barker on April 10th. As an exciting additon to his workshops, he's has offered to preview and give suggestions to those Barker students who send him a writing sample in advance. We look forward to his visit!