Traver Road Primary--Staff Library Pages

Announcements & Events

• Traver Road Primary School Library Open House, Thursday, November 20th from 4 - 6 p.m. Bring your children. See what's new and recommended. Meet Mrs. Gray. Sign out books. Enjoy some tasty refreshments!

• National Children's Book Week is November 17 to 21, 2003. This year's theme is "FREE TO READ: Reading is a Right". From the Children's Book Council.

• Mid-Hudson Library System Online Entrance
  See the article below for more information on home access.

Home Access to the Public Library

If you have a Public Library Card, you can access the many resources of the Public Library online. Go to http://midhudson.org/alpha.html and click on the link to your home library.

Once there, you click on the "Home Access," link, then type your 14-digit library card number without spaces in the box provided (if requested), then press "Submit". This will bring you to a choice of databases (organized information) that include newspapers, magazines and reference sources with information that will appeal to your curiosity and help you with reports, projects, lessons and classes.  

Mid-Hudson Library System Online Entrance

http://www.midhudson.org/lifelines/ is a web site with homework resources selected for parents and librarians to help students in grades K-12. The site is divided into two sections: one for K-4 subject areas (http://www.midhudson.org/lifelines/lifelines1/default.htm) and the other for grades 5-12 curriculum areas (http://www.midhudson.org/lifelines/lifelines2/default.htm).

School and public librarians and teachers identified the subject areas as being the ones most widely taught in New York State. Within each area there are links to magazine, newspaper and encyclopedia articles, related websites and local history, where applicable. All the articles and websites are age-appropriate, either for younger children or those in the upper grades.

In addition, the public libraries serving our school district now have a new online catalog, located at http://gigcat.midhudson.org/ where anyone with a library card for the Mid-Hudson Library System can search for and order books to be delivered to the local library of their choice.

Great Websites for Teachers

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators:
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/index.html
This is one of the best educators' sites around. It's also the home of "puzzlemaker" where you can make puzzles and word searches using your own words and definitions.

Carol Hurst's Children's Literature Site:
http://www.carolhurst.com/
Great books (picture books and chapter books) and activities to go with them.

Rainforest Action Network
http://www.ran.org/kids_action/
A site to teach kids about the rainforest: its people, animals, and problems. Includes teacher's guides, lesson plans, activity sheets, and fact sheets

Do You Have a Purchase Suggestion for the Library?

If you would like to suggest a book, magazine, video or some other resource for the library to purchase and add to its collection, please print out this Suggestion for Library Purchase Form, fill it out and submit it to your librarian. Your ideas are always welcome! Go here if you need to install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.