[aisle] Students can't visit the library

[Karrie Fisher]

I'm in a K-5 building, and we are back in the building.  We also have a
significant number of kids in remote learning.  The specials (library,
music, art, STEM, and P.E.) are teaching both in-person and remote.  Our
in-person classes are 25 minutes.  Remote classes are 30 minutes.  It's not
enough time.  We are on carts and our schedules require us to traverse the
building from one end to the other each class period.  It's hard but
doable.  Kids are not allowed in the library for classes (but apparently
they are going to have a lunch period in here).

My philosophy is that I show up everyday and we're all doing the best we
can to keep the kids reading and learning.

I've been recording my remote lessons and posting them on Google Classroom
or SeeSaw the same day I am teaching them in the classroom.  I have not
done a book check-out for the kids because my assistant is pulled to do
lunch/recess/subbing duties.  We can't keep up with circulation because, as
you all know, it's labor intensive.

Last week -- our first week in -- I taught the kids how to log in to
Destiny, and showed them how to check out ebooks and audiobooks.  I also
added databases to my account so they can do research using the databases
simply by using Destiny Discover.  Today I'm teaching my students how to
use Axis360, which will give them hundreds of ebooks and audiobooks.  Until
I'm able to pull books to circulate, quarantine and disinfect returned
books, then shelve books, I'm sticking with the ebook option.

If you don't have an option for ebooks, check out Axis360.  It's very
affordable (about $200).  Ask your public library if they will partner with
you.  That's what we are doing.  My students love it!

Good luck with the 20 minutes.  That's a tough one.

Happily Ever After,

Karrie Fisher
LMC Director
Teacher Librarian

*Click HERE <http://district31.follettdestiny.com> for the Winkelman
Library Card Catalog*

Winkelman School
1919 Landwehr Road
Glenview, IL  60026
847-729-5650
847-729-5654


On Sun, Aug 30, 2020 at 5:17 PM Linda Sawyer via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> My school is starting tomorrow with full-time in person learning. In the
> past I have had 40 minute weekly dedicated periods with K-4 students. I
> spent 20 minutes reading or doing library skills instruction for them and
> then they would browse the stacks and check out books. This year I lost my
> library space as it is now an 8th grade classroom. I will need to be an
> "instacart" librarian delivering books to the classrooms. I am advocating
> that my time for K-2 be decreased to 20 mins as that is about as long as
> their attention span can take and then I will have more time to get back to
> the library with their "library orders" and fill those orders and deliver
> them later in the day.  My principal is trying to figure out how I could do
> just 20 instead of 40 min as my time with the class gives the teacher their
> lunch or a planning period. I am wondering if any of you are in a similar
> spot and how you are tackling this. One idea I had was to split the 40 min.
> period with the social worker who could do SEL with the kiddos in the 2nd
> half of the period.
>
> thanks,
> Linda
>
> Linda Zeilstra Sawyer
> School Librarian/Information Specialist
> St. Francis Xavier School
> 808 Linden Ave, Wilmette, IL 60091
> (847) 256-0644
>
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