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Helpful Tips:
Across from student computers, you will find bins with books sorted by Lexile range. This allows students to do a
quick pick of books on their level.
Individualized classroom incentives and celebrations contributes to continued reading growth. SAM has a wealth of
certificates already created for you! They are just a click away!
Use SAM reports to create letters to send to home updating parents on the success of their students.These letters
have already been written by Scholastic. All you have to do is print & sign them!
Remind your students of the monthly reading competitions!
Use the Scholastic Reading Counts book wizard to check and see if a book has a quiz!
When students are searching for quizzes in SRC, make sure they try searching by author if they cannot locate the
book by title.
Ask Ms. Neal if you need help! = )
Everyday Skills
Here at Snipes we have a heavy focus on rigorous instruction and time is precious! Giving your students a task to
complete, informing them of the allotted time they have to complete a task and giving them the freedom to solve
problems that may arise while working has already covered several 21st Century Skills: Initiative and Self Direction,
Productivity and Accountability and if you let them help each other, youve added Leadership to the equation.
Working on projects together? Now youre collaborating! Dont let new terminology scare you, you are already giving
your students the tools necessary to master these skills!
Bring your students as a class (or small group) to the Media Center between the times of 7:45 am 9:00 am or any
of our Flex Times to check out books on their level.
If you feel your students skill is not accurately reflected in their Lexile, remind them of the purpose of the test and the
importance of trying their best! When you feel they are ready, re-test them. Use your discretion for testing,
teacherknows best!
Use Read to Self times to allow students to test on books they have read. Allow students to test in the morning if
they read a book at night.
HAVE FUN!
Contact
Lauren Neal
Media Specialist
Snipes Academy of Arts & Design
2150 Chestnut Street, Wilmington, NC28405
Phone 910.251.6175
Fax 910.815.6974
lauren.neal@nhcs.net
Visit the Media Center Website:
https://sites.google.com/a/nhcs.net/lauren-neal/
January 2015