Library Media Center

Welcome to the        

 Great Oak Middle School 

Library Media Center

Hello my name is Mrs. Chu-Kadeem and I'm the new library media specialist at Great Oak. This is my first time teaching as a library media specialist but I have worked in the educational field for more than ten years. Just before this, I was a tutor at Franklin Elementary School in Stratford for four years. I worked with the third and fourth graders with the Read Naturally program that increased students' reading fluency. Many years ago before I moved to CT, I was a classroom teacher in NY. I taught Kindergarten and 2nd grade at P.S. 92 in Brooklyn and then 5th grade at P.S. 125 in Harlem. I received a BA in elementary education at CUNY Brooklyn College and an MA in Educational Technology at Fairfield University.

I am so excited to be here at Great Oak and I truly love my job! To celebrate our students' work, I created a website to display it. Click here to view.

If you ever need to speak with me, I can be reached at 203.888.5418 or by email.

 


Student Reading Interest Survey

Student Library Use Survey 

Student Evaluation Survey

 

 

Mission and Goals of the School Library Media Program

The mission of the library media program is to ensure that students and staff are effective users of ideas and information. This mission is accomplished: 

  • by providing intellectual and physical access to materials in all formats
  • by providing instruction to foster competence and stimulate interest in reading, viewing, and using information and ideas
  • by working with other educators to design learning strategies to meet the needs of individual students

Information Power: Guidelines for School Library Media Programs (1998)

 

 

 

Standards 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

newspaper.jpg Current Events

  Click on the following titles to find news articles from reliable websites:

 

 

 

 

  

cardcatalog.jpgDestiny

 

Click on the card catalog to access Destiny, our online card catalog system for Library Media Center Resources

 

 

 

 

Database Connection

 

 

 

 

Click the icon to access our wide selection of online databases.

 

 

 

 

Research Help Center

 

 

 

Click here for guides, tips and strategies to be a better researcher. 

 

 

 

 

 

Images

Here are some websites to get images that are free to use for educational purposes.

Fotopedia

Flickr Storm - Click on advanced and choose Non-Commercial & Share Alike

Flickr CC

Pics 4 Learning

MorgueFile

 


 

 

Research Units

 

 

 

Click on the globe to access assignments and information from your teachers, resource lists, tips sheets, reference sources and more.  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet  Directory

 

 

 

Need help navigating the Internet?  Click the icon to access a handy directory of web sites arranged by subject area.

 

 

 

 

Website Reliability

 

 How do you know if they website your using is reliable?  Click here to use the RAA! test to find out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Summer Reading
 
                                                                            

 

Click here to access the GOMS Summer Reading Page.  This page includes links to the approved books lists, assignments, and resources for finding print and audio formats of the approved books.  Happy Reading! 
 

 


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