Riverside Primary Media Center

Welcome to Riverside Primary's media center.

Mission Statement

 

Riverside Primary's Media Center exist to promote a love and appreciation for reading, and provide a diverse collection that will promote academic excellence.   

Hours of Operation:  Monday - Friday 7:30 - 2:30

Riverside Primary media center's staff is committed to ensuring that all students have access to the resources and services that we provide.

Open check for students is available everyday from 7:30 - 7:45, 8:15- 11:00, and from 1:30 - 2:00.  All students must be accompanied by a library pass.

 In addition, students will come to the media center with their teachers to checkout books and have story-time or library lessons.  Students are allowed to check out 1 book at a time.  They are allowed to keep the book for 2 weeks. 

  

Teachers and parents are also welcome to come sit in the media center and read with students or by themselves!

 

 

** Please note that students are responsible for books.  If a book is lost or damaged the student will not be able to check out another book until their book is paid for.  Also, report cards can be held at the end of the year for a outstanding fine in the media center.

 

Scanning information on to a jump drive using a copier

The copier can be used to scan information on to a jump drive.  You can scan samples of students’ work, documents, books and other material that could be used to teach a lesson.  Since the information is on a jump drive it can also be used with the promethean board.  Below are the steps for scanning information on to a jump drive.

1.        Insert your jump drive into the USB port on the copier.  A light should blank on your jump drive, andat the bottom of the copier it will read USB device found.

2.       Next, hit the scan button on the copier.

3.       Choose the File/USB icon

4.       On the next Screen select USB Media (this is an important step if you do not select this the information will not copy to your jump drive).

5.       Hit okay – choose common setting

6.       Select full color for a color photo or black  for a document.

7.       Select text or photo. Next select book or single page scan and select okay.

8.       Go back to the File/USB icon.   If you are scanning a picture make sure you select Jpeg if you are scanning a document select PDF hit okay.

9.       Put your document on the scanner hit scan. When you are finished scanning all of your documents, press the job finished icon (the green light on the jump drive will light up).  Wait until the copier says you may remove your jump drive.

10.   Take the jump drive back to your computer. Insert the jump drive and select open folded to view files.

11.   The information will be in a folder called scan. 

Copy Right laws for Educators

EDUCATION WORLD'S COPYRIGHT SERIES COPY RIGHT LAWS

"Although these guidelines are not statutory, they are contained in the legislative history of the Copyright Act."

Those guidelines allow educators, under most circumstances, to copy

• a single chapter from a book
• an excerpt from a work that combines language and illustrations, such as a children's book, not exceeding two pages or 10 percent of the work, whichever is less
• a poem of 250 words or less or up to 250 words of a longer poem
• an article, short story, or essay of 2,500 words or less, or excerpts of up to 1,000 words or 10 percent of a longer work, whichever is less; or
• a single chart, graph, diagram, drawing, cartoon, or picture from a book, periodical, or newspaper.

The guidelines do not allow users to

• make multiple copies of different works as a substitute for the purchase of books or periodicals
• copy the same works for more than one semester, class, or course
• copy the same work more than nine times in a single semester
• use copyrighted work for commercial purposes
• use copyrighted work without attributing the author.
• Copy Right and Fair Use Guidlines for Educators (2010, May). In Education World. Retrieved November 18, 2010, from http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280b.shtml

1st Grade resources Magnets 11-15 / 11-19

Teaching Resources for 1^st Grade November 15^th – 19^th

United Streaming:  A first look at Magnets (17 min)

"This program explains that magnets are made of steel and iron. It also describes how magnets attract through other things such as paper, wood, etc. This segment explains that magnets have poles, and that two poles that are alike repel each other and that two poles that are not alike attract each other."

Exploring magnet worksheet  A worksheet that allows students to classify items as magnetic or nonmagnetic. 

Magnet Man Powerpoint  "A simple power point to introduce metals and magnets. Based around a topic on Superheroes."  Follow up by letting students use magnets around the classroom.

Cut and sort  worksheet on magnetic and nonmagnetic materials A worksheet that allows student to cut out a variety of objects and determine if they are magnetic or nonmagnetic.

Kindergarten Resources on Thanksgivings

Teaching Resources Thanksgiving Kindergarten November 15^th – 19^th

http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/

This website has lots of pictures and interactive information.  Take a Journey on the Mayflower from England to America, Look at the pilgrims’ daily life (clothing, food, schools, etc.),or view slides of the thanksgiving feast.  This website has fantastic information

http://www.tes.co.uk/Download.aspx?storycode=3004960&type=X&id=3007574

A Simple PowerPoint that is Perfect for Kindergarten and first grade students about the Thanksgiving  journey.

Accelerated Reading Program

Accelerated Reading Program Sept 2011 - Apr 30th 2012

The Accelerated Reading program helps students with reading fluency and comprehension. Students read Accelerated Reading books, take quizzes and obtain points for passing quizzes.  Students receive rewards throughout the year and at the end of the year for their achievements.   The incentives are to help keep the students excited about reading. 

First Grade Resources on Weather

 

Informational Websites for 1^st Grade Weather Unit (Sept 7^th – October 1^st)

Weather Watch This website has information about the different type of  weather tools (Under the Gather Data: Experiment with Weather  icon).  In addition, there are several experiments that allow you to Build Your Own Weather Tool (rain Gauge, barometer, wine  vane, etc).

Web Weather for Kids 

Weather is all around us and takes many forms. At this Web site, you will learn about a few of them. There are illustrations, photos, and maps, stories of severe weather, activities for you to try yourself (making lighting, making a tornado, twister in a Jar etc.).

Make Your Own Weather Station

“This Franklin Institute site tells you everything you need to know to make your own weather station. It contains information as to how meteorologists work and what they do to forecast the weather. Instructions are provided on how to make a barometer, compass, weather vane, rain gage, and hygrometer as well as how to keep a weather journal to keep track of your weather station findings. The directions are easy to follow and the projects do not require expensive supplies. Each set of directions explains the reasoning behind the piece of equipment being assembled and how it functions in weather forecasting.”

United Streaming   Weather: A First Look (17:00) “From ice skating in Vermont to warm balmy days in Costa Rica, children will learn that weather affects their lives. This program describes the effects of heat from the sun on weather; the effects of water and air on weather; and how weather changes with the seasons. Hands-on activities involve measuring three major aspects of weather: temperature, precipitation and wind.”
United Streaming Changing Seasons (15:00) “From the snow of winter to the first flowers of spring, children see the wonder and magic of our changing seasons and the patterns of life. Students witness how changes in climate and weather affect their lives. They understand that weather changes seasonally, affecting the earth and the people who live on the Earth.”
United Streaming  Play and Discover with Digger and Splat: Seasons (17:30) “Children join puppets Digger and Splat on an exciting "magic toy box" ride through the seasons and find out exactly what happens in spring, summer, autumn, and winter. On the way, viewers will meet many more amazing characters: there's Didi, Lula, Bookworm, and Robofact - not to mention the birds and the bees!”   Weather Review This is a Power-Point  of a weather Jeopardy Game:  Questions on the weather cycle, clouds, weather tools, weather vocabulary and wild weather can be found in this Power Point Presentation. Weather Instrument Game This is a Power Point presentation that allows students to place the weather instruments next to the correct description.  Weather Tools This PowerPoint Presentation has slides that show pictures of different weather tools what they are used for and why they are important.

All about wind & clouds [videorecording]  23 minutes (Media Center)

Introduces the different kinds of clouds and explains how wind affects them; visits the chief meteorologist of the Franklin Institute Science Museum, who demonstrates how wind speed is measured with an anemometer; and shows young viewers how to make a weather vane.

Stormchasers [videorecording] 30 minutes (Media Center)

A DVD that introduces children to the science of weather and helps them take the first step to becoming an official storm chaser. Features dynamic footage, colorful graphics, and animation.

All about rain, snow, sleet & hail [videorecording] 23 minutes

(Media Center)

Explains how precipitation forms, discussing the sky, storm clouds, and rain, snow, sleet, and hail; visits a meteorologist, who describes how the measurement of rainfall helps one forecast the weather; and presents two hands-on demonstrations, showing that air has weight and warm air rises.

All about meteorology [videorecording] 23 minutes (Media Center)

Looks at the tools and equipment meteorologists use to make short- and long-term weather forecasts, and features a visit with Dr. Jon Nese, chief meteorologist at The Franklin Institute Science Museum, and a hands-on demonstration.

Kindergarten Resources Animals

Kindergarten Resources on Animals

Animal Babies  This link is a Power-Point of animals and their off-springs from Picasso. 

Barnyard Babies This link is a musical animation of different animal babies from Picasso. 

Find the Parent Is an online games where students can match the picture of the offspring with the parent. 

United Video Streaming: Animal Features and Their Functions (13:00) Presents different animals and animal parts and their functions.  (Ex. Animals have fur to keep them warm)

United Video Streaming:  Animal Body Coverings [01:02]  Presents different animals and animal parts and their functions.  (Ex. Animals have fur to keep them warm)

United Video Streaming:  Animals and People Are Different [02:54]  How animals and people are different.  How animals get their food.

National Geographic Kids Animals  Many photographs of different animals in the photo gallery.  Also has live video of different types of animals.

 

Cobb Virtual Library

Pebble Go   - An easy-to-use multimedia database of animals, including animal behavior, classification, and habitats.  Also show live animals in actions.  (Animal behavior, Animal classification) Students can click on the sound icon and the information is read to them.