The Field Files
From The Office of Field Services
Volume 3, Issue 2
February 6, 2015
Are You in Need of Resources to Supplement Your Teaching?
Did
Written by Robert J. Rua, Assistant Marketing & Communications Director, Cuyahoga County Public Library
you know that Cuyahoga County Public
Library (CCPL) – the nation’s top rated library system –
offers a variety of unique support materials and
services for our local educators? For starters, CCPL offers special
Educator Cards that carry benefits only available to teachers. Those benefits
include a very healthy borrowing limit of up to 150 items at a time, exemption
from overdue fines for most of the items in its collection and an email
notification service to help you keep track of the items you have borrowed. There is no charge to get an Educator Card and you can apply in
person at any one of CCPL’s 27 branch locations. Be sure to bring verification
of your status as an educator with you when you apply. On the CCPL website
they provide a list of the different forms of verification they will accept, from
school employee ID badges to teaching certificates to a copy of a Letter of
Acknowledgement of Participation in a Home School. However, it is
recommended that you call your local branch ahead of time to ensure that you
bring everything you need to complete the application. A quick phone call
could save you from having to make a second trip. Many area teachers take advantage of CCPL’s collection of “bookable” materials to enhance their students’ reading experiences in the classroom.
“Book-ables” is a term Library staff use to describe story kits that you can
"book" and have delivered to the branch of your choice on a specific date.
CCPL offers book-ables for students of all grade levels and reading ability.
Book-ables cannot be ordered online like other library materials. To reserve a
Book-able you will need to visit or call your local branch and fill out a brief
Booking Request Form. Library staff will walk you through the relatively simple
process. Continued on next page
Cuyahoga County Public
Library “Bookables”
!
Bookable
Categories
1. Puppets
2. Puppet Shows
3. Story Sets
4. Theme Kits
5. Accessories
Pictures Provided by
Cuyahoga County
Public Library
Free Borrowable Resources
Interested in Checking Out a Bookable? Get Started by Reviewing the Online Catalog!
1. Visit the CCPL
website
www.cuyahogalibrary.org
2. Locate the Services tab
3. Select Toys and Story Kits
4. Explore the Toy Collection
5. Explore the Bookables/Story Kits- 5
categories of free borrowable items
6. Don’t neglect booking
guidelines at the bottom of
the page
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Michael Schwartz Library Curriculum Collection
Curriculum Media Available
Over 40
h a n d
puppets are
available
for free
checkout.
Many go
along with
popular
c hildren’s
stories.
The Curriculum Collection on the 3rd floor of the CSU library provides resources
and materials that CSU students can borrow for free. Many of the educational guides
and books are dated, but they are filled with ideas and resources that are relevant
today.
!
The large curriculum collection is made up of 3 smaller collections.
1: Juvenile books (for the kids)
This is a collection of fictional works and non-fiction books that range in age
appropriateness from K – 12. These may be checked out to read aloud or use in lesson
support.
!
Collection 2: Curriculum Materials (for the teachers)
Although this is not common core updated, there are many textbook series available that
are as new as 2010. Don’t dismiss a textbook that is not common core aligned. You will
still be able to possibly find ideas from the teacher’s resource guides to create a Common
Core focused lesson.
!
The curriculum collection includes story
kits to help increase student
engagement during lessons.
Collection 3: Curriculum Media
This is a great place to play around with ideas for Hook, Closure, Differentiation, and
engagement. Anything found in the Curriculum Center that is not a book is housed in this
part of the Collection. Collection 3 includes items such as:
1) storytelling kits
2) finger puppets
3) science kits
4) flip books
5) corkboards and flannel boards
6) pocket charts
7) posters
8) big books
All of these items are catalogued and can be viewed online to check for availability. They
can be checked out for a 2 week time frame.
Free Borrowable Resources
Continued from page 1
CCPL offers book-ables in five categories: Puppets, puppet
for each set, plus a synopsis of the book, the number of
shows, story sets, theme kits and accessories. Puppets range
copies in the set and other useful details. from finger-size to oversized (some are almost 3 feet long)
Many area educators simply do not realize how
and they come in singles, pairs and multiple sets. Puppet show
many terrific support services and resources Cuyahoga
sets come with a book, character puppets, props and a
County Public Library has to offer them. What we have
printed or recorded script. Additional accessories can be
shared with you in this short article is just the tip of the
borrowed separately. The Library’s puppet sets are a
iceberg. We urge you call your local branch and take
favorite of early childhood educators “in the know,” and are
advantage of these wonderful free resources in your
typically used to enhance story time. Theme kits and story sets
classroom. You will be glad you did. based on modern and classic children’s literature are
excellent learning tools for the
classroom. The contents may
Project READ and Teen READ Sets Are Also Available: See What
vary, but all include a book,
Books Are in The Collections
props and activities designed to
engage students. For older students CCPL
offers Project READ and Teen
1. Visit CCPL
READ sets that include multiple
website
copies of high quality books
www.cuyahogalibrary.org
and support materials. These
sets are ideal for lesson plans.
2. Find the Kids & Teens tab
While you can’t book them
3. Select Parents and
online (you have to call your
Teachers
local branch), you can preview
them in the Library’s online
4. Scroll down for
catalog. When available, CCPL
Project READ and
includes Lexile® level and
Accelerated Reader information
CSU’s Center for Excellence and
Innovation in Education Presents The 50
Book Challenge
Help Your Students
Accept the
Challenge…
To Celebrate the 50th
Anniversary of CSU,
the Center for
Excellene and
Innovation in Education
along with the
Cleveland Schools
Book Fund has
challenged students
in grades three and
under to read 50
books from
September 19 - May
15. If yours are not
onboard yet, see
below to help get
them going!
Steps for Getting Star ted…
1. Visit www.50bookchallenge.org
2. Download the 50bookjournal
3. Start Reading
• Readalong videos available on the website; select Start! on
the top right.
4. Submit completed 50bookjournal to:
Center for Excellence and Innovation in Education
2121 Euclid Avenue RW 238
Cleveland, OH 44115- 2214
5. Also see The Cleveland Schools Book Fund website at
clevelandschoolsbookfund.org for additional resources.
Important Dates
Summer and Fall Practicum and
Student Teaching Info Sessions
in Fenn Tower 102
* It is mandatory that all students
who will be in the field in Summer
and Fall 2015 attend 1 session
Final Session:
Thurs 2/12/15 - 12:00 - 1:00pm
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Online Application for Summer
and Fall Experience Deadline
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Sunday, February 15, 2015
Apply on the OFS website (click here)
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Mandatory edTPA info sessions
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Student Teaching - general ed held in
Fenn Tower Room 303; Special Ed
held in
from 2:00 - 4:00
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Friday, February 13 - 2:00 - 4:00 in
Fenn Tower 303
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Practicum - all held in Fenn Tower
Room 303 from 9:00 - 11:00 a.m.
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Friday, February 13, 2015
Friday, February 27, 2015
Friday, April 17, 2015
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University Closed
Monday, February 16,2015President’s Day
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edTPA Due Date
Monday, April 6, 2015
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Top left: Patricia Palacco, author of Pink and
Say, Chicken Sunday and the Keeping Quilt visits
Artemus Ward CMSD.
Center: CSU Women's Softball visit and read
with students at Anton Grdina, CMSD
Right: James Horvath, author of Dig Dogs Dig
and Work Dogs Work and first 50 Book
Champion
Taskstream Submitted to
Supervisors: Friday 4/10/15
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Pre-reqs Due to OFS for Summer
and Fall
May 1, 2015
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