Information about summer reading -

Kids Who Read Books Over the Summer Do Better in the Fall

Award Winners -

• Golden Sower Award - Nebraska's childrens' choice award
• Caldecott Award
• Newbery Award
• Coretta Scott King Award

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Sites for Teachers

• Library Database - Search the district's library resources.
• Staff Development Registration - User name is your Novell user name and password is your employee ID number.
• Groupwise Web Access - Click on Go, put in your User Name and Password, and click Login.
• MPS District Intranet - Use your Novell User Name and Password - remember to select your building - then click Submit.
• Proquest Professional - Reference collection of articles for professional development and continuing education.
• Welcome to DiscoverySchool - Includes a link to Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators; a clip art gallery; lesson plans, activities, and worksheets; current events, Brain Boosters; and more.
• Education World - Many articles about lesson planning, professional development, and also printable worksheets.
• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature - Click on Search Database and choose from many different search parameters.
• Instructor - A professional journal from Scholastic.
• incompetentech.com - Graph paper PDF's and many other forms.

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Great Games -

• Jigzone: Jigsaw Puzzles - Many puzzles to put together online
• Merriam-Webster's Word Games - Play the game of the day or click on More Games to play others.
• Kaleidoscope Painter - Paint your own kaleidoscope with different brush sizes.
• CRPuzzles - Solve many puzzles online - you can pick the shape and number of pieces.

Tutorials -

Last updated on August 28, 2008

Web Comments to:
Jane Petersen - jepeters@mpsomaha.org