Library & Digital Resources

Welcome to the Heartland AEA library e-newsletter!

December 2, 2022

Ebooks Added to Pebble Go
Where are the holiday books?
Winter Traditions
Copyright BriefNotes Updated
Social Studies and PBS LearningMedia
Professional Reading: AASL

Direct link to the newsletter: https://www.smore.com/1k5tn

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Ebooks Added to Pebble Go

Just a FYI: 16 Creative Ways to Use Pebble Go in the Classroom.

https://www.pebblego.com/blog/16-creative-ways-use-pebblego-classroom

50 ebooks were added to the articles. Find them at the purple Read More tab at the article level.

Bessie Coleman

Do Vampire Bats Really Drink Blood?

How Do Spiders Walk on the Ceiling?

People of Pride

Adorable but Deadly Creatures

Why Don't Fish Have Eyelashes?

Dorothy Vaughn

Juneteenth

Create with Cardboard

Ocean Plastics Problem

Baseball GOATs

Cuddly but Deadly Animals

Shark Superpowers

Indigenous Peoples' Day

Science in King Tut's Tomb

Polar Ice Meltdown

Is It an Alligator or Crocodile?

Football GOATs

What Is a Habitat?

What do Animals Need to Survive?

Silent but Deadly Plants

Is It a Butterfly or a Moth?

Mambas

How De We Prepare for Severe Weather?

Is It a Frog or a Toad?

Animal Extinction Emergency

Science on the Oregon Trail

Dia de los Muertos

What Do Plants Need to Survive?

Science on the Mayflower

Is It Living or Nonliving?

Is It a Honeybee or a Wasp?

Upcycled Plastic Projects

Apollo 11 Moon Landing

Michaela DePrince

Busting Myths About Great White Sharks

How Are Animals Grouped?

How Are Plants Pollinated?

Jumping Spiders

Rain Forest Destruction

Read All About the Universe

Science on Shackleton's Expedition

Why Are Flamingos Pink?

Boyan Slat

Diwali

Climate Change on the Brink

What Are Traits?

Kwanzaa

Basketball GOATs

Being a Good Friend

Where are the holiday books?

You'll find lots of ebooks at all grade levels in Mackin VIA. Here are some new titles added to the elementary collections this week. Thanks for the title recommendations!

Bunny Slopes / Claudia Rueda

Celebrating Kwanzaa / Barbara Linde

Construction Site on Christmas Night /Sherri Duskey Rinker

Gingerbread Pirates / Kristin Kladstrup

Hanukkah Bear / Eric Kimmel

Hershel and the Hanukkah Goblins / Eric Kimmel

How to Catch a Gingerbread Man / Adam Wallace

How to Catch a Reindeer / Alice Walstead

How to Catch a Snowman / Adam Wallace

I Got the Christmas Spirit / Connie Schofield-Morrison

Is It Hanukkah Yet? / Chris Barash

Kwanzaa / Betsy Rathburn

Little Red Ruthie: A Hanukkah Tale / Gloria Koster

Maccabee!: The Story of Hanukkah / Tilda Balsley

My Family Celebrates Kwanzaa / Lisa Bullard

Santa Bruce / Ryan Higgins

Santa in the City / Tiffany Jackson

A Very Mercy Christmas / Kate DiCamillo

On a related note, here is an article from the HAEA English language learner consultant newsletter.

"Holidays can be difficult for immigrant students. Many are missing home, missing family and friends, and missing the comforts of home. How can your school honor holidays for all students and lessen the feeling of isolation that can be brought out this time of year?" (English Learner Portal, 2022). Sarah Said gives us a few ideas in her English Learner Portal video entitled Why Should We Honor All Holidays in Schools? [6:07]

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Winter Traditions

Here is a link to the Winter Traditions newsletter created by the English language learner consultants at Heartland AEA that might help you connect with recent immigrants and families in your community.

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Copyright BriefNotes

We updated the student and teacher BriefNotes. You can find the flipbook and PDF versions here.

Copyright BriefNotes for Students flipbook - the updates have been made on pages 11, 13-15, 22, and 23.
Copyright BriefNotes for Students and Teachers flipbook - the updates have been made on pages 13-15, 17-19, 22, and 23.

Social Studies and PBS LearningMedia

The NCSS conference starts this weekend. Here are some social studies resources from PBS LearningMedia to share with teachers.

Above the Noise

This is a new YouTube series that empowers teens with the facts behind real-world issues that affect their lives. Begin with a brief intro to what you can expect from this series: healthy skepticism about news coverage of controversial and trending topics that affect students.

https://scout.iowaaea.org/item-view?id=82833848

PBS NewsHour Classroom

Helps teachers and students identify the who, what, when, where, and why-it-matters of news stories. Daily News Lessons takes the best of the PBS NewsHour and pairs it with discussion questions, lesson plans, and stories developed specifically for students.

https://scout.iowaaea.org/search-result?text=pbs%20newshour%20classroom

Vietnam War from the Ken Burns Collection

Do a title search in AEA Scout for chapters.

Social Studies Shorts

Social Studies Shorts is a new series from KET that explores social studies and civics topics, from here in Kentucky to the nation and the world. Episodes are accompanied by discussion prompts, activity ideas, vocabulary and a short printable quiz.

https://scout.iowaaea.org/item-view?id=82776097

Teach Your Way: December

Stay organized this school year using this editable teacher planner from PBS KIDS including a monthly calendar with timely resources aligned to early learning themes and skills for PreK-2 students.

https://iowa.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/december-calendar-document/teach-your-way-pbs-kids/

What are the popular ebooks?

Below are the Mackin VIA ebooks students the Heartland AEA service area read in October in order of popularity. Each title had over 100 reads each.

1. Wonder / R.J. Palacio

2. Clean Getaway / Nic Stone

3. Becoming Kareem: Growing Up on and Off the Court / Kareem Abdul-Jabar

4. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix / J.K. Rowling

5. Creepy Carrots! / Aaron Reynolds

6. Martian: A Novel / Andy Weir

7. Aliens! / Mark Cheatham

Oops! he total number of reads was 15,841--down from September's 16,531.
Here is the list of ebooks added to the grade level VIAs this year. Don't forget that each school has the final selection and individual titles can be removed from a collection.