New resources to suppport the Masters of Education program English as a Second Language (PreK -6) have been added to the ERC growing collection of ELL materials.
- Carter, Marcia – Interactive notebooks and English language learners : how to scaffold content for academic success
- Cary, Stephen – Working with English language learners : answers to teachers’ top ten questions
- Cruz, Bárbara – Teaching social studies to English language learners
- Erben, Tony – Teaching English language learners through technology
- Freeman, David E – English language learners : the essential guide
- Freeman, Yvonne S – Academic language for English language learners and struggling readers : how to help students succeed across content areas
- Hawley, Mary – Reading rods for English language learners. Beginning phonics
- Hawley, Mary – Reading rods for English language learners. Newcomers themes
- Haynes, Judie – Getting started with English language learners : how educators can meet the challenge
- Herrell, Adrienne L – Fifty strategies for teaching English language learners
- Hill, Jane – Classroom instruction that works with English language learners :
participant’s workbook
- Kersaint, Gladis – Teaching mathematics to English language learners
- Kopriva, Rebecca J – Improving testing for English language learners
- Opitz, Michael F – Comprehension and English language learners : 25 oral reading strategies that cross proficiency levels
- Reyes, Sharon Adelman – Constructivist strategies for teaching English language learners
- Rosebery, Ann S – Teaching science to English language learners : building on students’ strengths
Halloween, Thanksgiving, Veteran’s Day, Rosh Hashanah, Ramadan and Christmas… just to name a few of the non-secular and secular holidays celebrated in the last four months of the year. If you are looking for information about these and other holidays celebrated throughout the year the North of Boston Library Exchange (NOBLE) has a website with background information, activities, book and multimedia suggestions that would be helpful for curriculum development, lesson plans and general knowledge. http://www.noblenet.org/year/
Make sure to check the McQuade Library catalog and the ERC for many holiday books and resources that are suggested or supplement this website.
New resources for children about different World Helping Organizations have just been added to the Educational Resources Collection. The titles include UNICEF, Red Cross, ASPCA, Greenpeace, World Health Organization, Doctors without Borders, WWF, Peace Corps, Habitat for Humanity and Heifer International. These informative non-fiction books are for children in grades (1 – 6 )and can be read individually or used by teachers in curriculum planning. Search the title in the McQuade Library catalog to the right sidebar of this post to find items in the ERC.
Wondering who the new face is on the current READ poster? It is Kristine Johnson, a junior majoring in Education and the student assistant for the ERC in the McQuade Library. Known for her great book displays in the ERC, this is Kristine’s second year as a student assistant and we are very happy to have her back!
President Obama will make a speech to American school children on 9/8/2009. The following is a link to the text of that speech.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gDqQJuGAC0Xb5hUlwfuOZ-0hr5_gD9AJ0AK80
Whether you are new to Merrimack College or a returning student take time this semester to visit the 3rd floor of the McQuade Library and check out the Educational Resources Collection (ERC).
There have been many changes and additions to the collection over the summer which includes moving all of the educational kits and games to one section of shelves, expanding the stacks to accommodate all the new books and resources and adding a spinning bookcase to display the audiobooks.
We have enhanced our ERC website to keep you updated on “what’s new” to the Educational Resources Collection as well as keep you connected to education databases, websites, the McQuade Library catalog and the Merrimack College Department of Education.
If you have any suggestions or just wish to make a comment about the ERC we encourage comments to our blog .
Have a great year!
The Educational Resources Collection (ERC) located on the third floor of the McQuade library has many DVD’s that are available for circulation to all patrons. Purchased to support the undergraduate and graduate teacher preparation programs at Merrimack College the assortment of titles include instructional videos for math, science, social studies, language arts, special education as well as videos for curriculum planning and general interest for students (preK – 12).
Some of the titles you will find in the collection are; Getting Ahead: Mathematics – An Inconvenient Truth: A Global Warning – Liberty! The American Revolution – School House Rock – Inclusion: Issues for Educators – Band of Brothers – Harry Potter – Mad Hot Ballroom – Polar Express - Curious George and many more.
Access online at www.noblenet.org/merrimack or come in and browse – the library is ready to help with your selection!
The following education periodicals are now located in the ERC (Educational Resources Collection) on the 3rd floor of the McQuade Library.
- AIMS
- Appleseed’s
- Cobblestone
- Exceptional Child
- Instructor
- Language Arts
- Learning & Leading
- Middle School Journal
- MTA Today
- National Council of the Teachers of Mathematics
- Odyssey
- Primary Science Review
- The Reading Teacher
- Reading Today
- Science & Children
- Social Studies and the Young Learner
- Teaching Children Mathematics
- Teaching Tolerance
- VOYA
Browse these periodicals from the new magazine fixture located in the ERC or look for them using the McQuade Library catalog.
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