District Library Newsletter - October 2013 - Using dictionary and notes in Overdrive, TeachingBooks, and Searching the Libraries.

Menasha Joint School District Library News
October 2013

This month we celebrate one year of the district library newsletter!  I think that means prizes, don't you?  Look for the prize entry form in the newsletter.    If you have suggestions for future newsletters please feel free to email me!

TeachingBooks.net  One of the free resources available to teachers in the state of Wisconsin is TeachingBooks.net.  It's a great source for lessons plans, author information, common core booklists, and so much more! Click on pictures to see them larger. *NEW* Vocabulary Lists Now on TeachingBooks.net! Use ready-made vocabulary lists for the books that you're teaching. Vocabulary lists include: Definitions Example sentences pulled from each book Audio pronunciations Vocabulary lists are found among the collection of instructional materials for each book when available. More coming soon! See all Vocabulary Lists.

Taking Notes and Using Dictionary in Overdrive Read One of the features of the Overdrive Read format books in Overdrive is the ability to use a dictionary to look-up words you don't know.  Another feature is the ability to take notes within a book.  These notes will stay with your account, so even if you check it out once a year your notes will still be there.  No one else who checks out the book will see your notes.

Searching the Libraries

Looking for a book or video?  Do you know you can search all of the district libraries from a single page? Under the staff links and libraries is a link where you can search all libraries at once. If you find something you want from another library, simply email or call the library paraprofessional at that building and they will send it to you via interschool mail.

New eBooks on Overdrive

Allegiant by Veronica Roth (available October 22nd)	B is for Bader by Kathy-Jo Wargin	The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon
The Boys Start the War by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor	Clash of Kings by George R.R. Martin	Circo de pulgas por Monica Carter
Cherry Money Baby by John M Cusick	Daisy get Lost by Chris Raschka	The Eye of Minds by James Dashner
Sports Illustrated  Football	Tales from the Wisconsin Badgers Sideline by Justin Doherty	The Cuckoo’s Calling by Robert Galbraith ( aka J.K. Rowlings)

Now did I say prizes????  Who doesn't want a brand new car or a dream vacation? Unfortunately that is not what I am giving away.  However I do have some prizes, and will give them away to some lucky readers who enter the prize drawing.

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