Usborne Books

OLF STAFF
Melinda Romo March, 2020
Presentation Standards
CA Content Standards:
CSTP 6: Developing as a Professional Educator
6.3 Collaborating with colleagues and the broader professional community to
support teacher and student learning

ISTE Standards for Educators

2. EDUCATOR AS LEADER: I seek out opportunities for leadership to support
student empowerment and success and to improve teaching and learning.

NBPTS
Proposition 5: Teachers are Members of Professional Communities

Teacher Leader Standards

Domain 1: Fosters a Collaborative Culture to Support Educator Development and
Student Learning
 Objectives

● To build understanding of need for better classroom libraries.

● To build on our schools literacy by building our reading resources.

● To share a resource that is accessible and available.

● To gain insight into student needs for literacy.

● To work in collaboration in regards to literary resources.

 Question
What if not only ELA teachers had
classroom libraries but subjects like
math, science, and social studies had
classroom libraries? Would that
increase our school’s reading literacy?
 Build a Library
● A classroom library makes reading
accessible to our students.
● It helps foster reading providing more
options for our students.
● Students are able to share
recommendations easily.
● Students can make comparisons to
books in the classroom.
● Students learn that books are not just
for English class.
 Questio
n
What reading resources do you use
in your classroom?
 Usborne Books
● What is Usborne Books?

○ Usborne books is a type of publishing company from London.

○ Their books are found in bookshops, online, and through

consultants.

● How did I hear about Usborne Books?

 Subject Matters

● Literacy is to build comprehension, writing, and communication

skills.

● Reading for Comprehension is in ALL subjects

● Reading for a Purpose

Usborne Categories
 Questio
n
How do you incorporate literacy in
other subjects?
Math
Science
History
Religion
Music
PE
Art
Young Adults
 Explore
Now is the time to explore the books our
representative has brought.
 Questio
n
How can we use this service in the classrooms as well
as how will the students benefit from this resource?
 Now What
● Cyndi Daugherty: Educational Services Representative (ESR) with
Usborne Books & More (UBAM) / Educational Development Corporation
(EDC)
● Contact for book orders and our School Usborne resource specialist.
● Opportunities for a book fair and sponsored reading events.
Please e-mail feedback and interests to mrs.romo@olfartesia.org

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