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Enhancing Classroom Assessments: A Resource Guide for Teacher-Librarians

This comprehensive resource guide by Trish Henry highlights the critical role of teacher-librarians in classroom-based assessments (CBAs). It offers instructional support, essential questions, note-taking strategies, and reliable resources to assist educators in "backwards planning." The guide covers key concepts, inquiry techniques, and the importance of organization and synthesis. Included are valuable links to pathfinders, primary sources, databases, and interactive tools that facilitate student learning and engagement. A must-have for educators aiming to enrich their assessment practices.

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Enhancing Classroom Assessments: A Resource Guide for Teacher-Librarians

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  1. WLMA: Classroom Based Assessments Resources Trish Henry, Mead SD

  2. Washington Library Media Association • Teacher-Librarians • Resources • Cool Tools

  3. What do Teacher-Librarians Contribute to the Partnership? • Provide instructional support • Essential Questions • Note Taking Strategies • Reliable Resources • Help with “backwards planning” • Where do we want them to go? • What do we expect to see? • How will we get there?

  4. CBA - Common Steps Part I: In the Classroom • Essential Question • Key Concepts & Vocabulary Part II: In the Library and/or Classroom • Inquiry (reading and note-taking) • Organization & Synthesis • Group Process & Discussion Part III: In the Classroom • Position (Writing!) • Presentation (Communication!)

  5. Resources • Pathfinders • Interactive Portals • Databases • Subscription • Free

  6. ELEMENTARY You Decide Salmon & the Environment http://wlma.org/storage/cbas/pathfinders/el-decide-salmon.docWhose Rules Enduring Cultures Ancient Civilizations http://www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p=5447 SECONDARY Checks & Balances Johnson Impeachment http://wlma.org/storage/cbas/pathfinders/middle-checks-johnson.html Constitutional Issues Immigration http://wlma.org/storage/cbas/pathfinders/hs-constitutional-immigration.doc Resources: Pathfinders

  7. ELEMENTARY Diary of Opal Whitely- pub 1920 about pioneering in Oregon http://intersect.uoregon.edu/opal/ Map of the farm http://intersect.uoregon.edu/opal/map.html World history sources http://chnm.gmu.edu/worldhistorysources/whmdocuments.html SECONDARY Martha Ballard’s 27 yr. diary- colonial times http://dohistory.org/ Magic Transcribing Lens http://dohistory.org/diary/exercises/lens/index.html (requires Java) Interactive History

  8. Controversial Issues http://www.sac.edu/students/library/nealley/websites/controversial.htm Our Documents http://www.ourdocuments.gov/index.php?flash=true& AMDOCS http://www.vlib.us/amdocs/ Ancient Web http://www.ancientweb.org/ British museum http://www.ancientcivilizations.co.uk/home_set.html National Archives- lessons and digital artifacts http://www.archives.gov/education/ Valley of the Shadow http://valley.vcdh.virginia.edu/ UW digital collection http://content.lib.washington.edu/ Primary Sources http://www.primarysourcelearning.org/

  9. Resources- Subscription Databases ProQuest/elibrary http://portal.bigchalk.com/portalweb/login.do Culturegrams (states, countries, multimedia) http://online.culturegrams.com/ Nettrekker (includes standards and timelines) http://school.nettrekker.com/frontdoor Facts on File http://www.fofweb.com Inquiry

  10. Online Databases- Media • Digital Kits- photos sets- Kitzu http://kitzu.com/ • Smithsonian http://americanhistory.si.edu/militaryhistory/exhibition/flash.html • Library of Congress http://www.loc.gov/index.html

  11. Subscription Databases- Media Video • Unitedstreaming™ • http://unitedstreaming.com (Subscription database) • National Archives video on Google • http://video.google.com/nara.html

  12. Resources- Artifacts • National Archives – • http://aad.archives.gov/aad/ • Washington State History Lab • http://www.historylab.org/default.htm • Local Museums • Burke Museum - Seattle • http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/ • Museum of Arts and Culture – Spokane • http://northwestmuseusm/northwest

  13. Cool Online Tools • Thesis Generators • Timeline Builders • Citation Creater • And more…

  14. Readability • Online Readability Check • http://readability.info • Lexiles • http://lexiles.com • Readability in MS Word • http://www.irb.vt.edu/documents/Readability_Scoring.pdf

  15. Persuasive http://www.ozline.com/electraguide/thesis.html Action Statement http://www.powayschools.com/projects/ewe2/thesis.htm Online Thesis Builders

  16. Citations FREE • Oregon OSLIS Citation Maker • http://www.oslis.k12.or.us/secondary/index.php?page=citeSources • Citation Machine (Warlick) • http://citationmachine.net/ • Noodlebib Express • http://www.noodletools.com SUBSCRIPTION • Noodlebib • http://www.noodletools.com

  17. Graphic Organizers ReadWriteThink http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=127&title= Inspiration Software Microsoft Office

  18. Timeline Generators • http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/materials/bigtimeline/ • http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/timeline/

  19. Online Notes Notetaker http://interactives.mped.org/view_interactive.aspx?id=722&title= NoteStar http://notestar.4teachers.org/

  20. Continuing Help Washington Library Media Association • http://wlma.org/cbas Mead Schools CBAs • http://www.mead354.org/page.cfm?p=423

  21. Thank You! Trish Henry thenry@mead.k12.wa.us

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