Instructional Materials Labratory - New Titles

Too Young to Dieby Lurlene McDaniel.: Sixteen-year-old Melissa Austin worked hard to succeed in high school but then receives devastating news about her health.IML Fiction M1342t
Side by Side: Five Favorite Picture-Book Teams Go to Work by Leonard S. Marcus.: "Describes the process by which several teams of authors and illustrators have created such picture books as "Louis the Fish," "The Glorious Flight," "The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales," "Sam and the Tigers," and "The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses."IML 070.5 M322s
Mother Gooseby Will Moses.: "Folk art paintings accompany this compilation of over sixty of the best-loved Mother Goose rhymes."IML 398.8 M911w
New Dinos: The Lastest Finds! The Coolest Dinosaur Discoveries! written by Shelly Tanaka; illustrated by Alan Barnard.: "Describes some of the newly discovered dinosaurs and what paleontologists have learned about these prehistoric creatures in recent years." IML 567.9 T161n
Spinning Spiders by Melvin Berger; illustrated by S. D. Schindler.: "Describes the characteristics of spiders and the methods they use to trap their prey in webs." IML 595.4 B496s
Uncle Andy'sby James Warhola.: "The author describes a trip to see his uncle, the soon-to-be-famous artist Andy Warhol, and the fun that he and his family had on the visit." IML 700.92 W275u
The Shape Gameby Anthony Browne.: "The author/library/illustrator describes how his mother's wish to spend her birthday visiting an art museum with her family changed the course of his life forever." IML 708 B882s
Leonardo: Beautiful Dreamerby Robert Byrd.
M is for Musicby Kathlen Krull;illustrated by Stacy Innerst.: "An alphabet book introducing musical terms, from allegro to zarzuela." IML 780.3 K94m
Mathematicklespoems by Betsy Franco and illustrations by Steven Salerno.: "A collection of poems written in the form of mathematical problems and grouped according to seasonal themes."IML 811.54 F825m
Earthshake: poems from the ground up by Lisa Westberg Peters; pictures by Cathie Felstead.: "Presents twenty-two poems about geology. End notes provide information about the earth's surface and interior, types of rocks, and how volcanoes, glaciers, and erosion modify the landscape." IML 811.54 P482e
The Kingfisher Book of Family Poems selected by Belinda Hollyer; illustrated by Holly Swain.: "A collection of poetry that captures many aspects of family relationships and interactions."IML 821.008 K54
Historical Atlas of the Viking Worldby Angus Konstam.: "Konstam traces the fascinating story of the Vikings from its mythology to its culmination as one of the most powerful trading cultures of the early Middle Ages."IML 948 K82h
Who Came First?: New Clues to Prehistoric Americans by Patricia Lauber.: "Presents recent archaeological findings about the first people to settle the Americas, how they got here, and from what continent they came." IML 970.01 L366w
Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman Life by Demi.: "Brings together eighteenth century etchings, artifacts, and quotations to create the effect of a scrapbook of the life of Benjamin Franklin." IML 973.3 F597b
The Cat Who Got Carried Awayby Allan Ahlberg; illustrated by Katherine McEwen.: "It is an exciting couple of days for the Gaskitt family and their community--with missing pets, an unusual substitute teacher, and a special addition to their household."IML Easy A285c
Daddy's Roommatewritten and illustrated by Michael Wilhoite.: "A young boy discusses his divorced father's new living situation, in which the father and his gay roommate share eating, doing chores, playing, loving, and living."IML Easy W7145d
Body Image for Boys (videorecording)produced by Cambridge Educational.: "This program explores some of the issues facing young men today as they struggle to define themselves amidst the flood of media-generated images of male physical perfection. Experts include Divya Kakaiya, Leigh Cohn, and UCLA Healthcare sports medicine physician Gary Green." An 18 minute video. IML 155.5 B668 A-V
Bullying: What Every Adult Needs to Know (videorecording) produced by Paraclete Video Productions.: "Accompanied by the study guide: Stop bullying: standing up for yourself and others; and, Bullying: what every adult needs to know. "Educates adults about what bullying is and what they can do to help the young people in their lives when bullying is a problem." A 30 minute video. IML 302.3 B938 A-V
Willa: An American Snow White (videorecording) from the Brothers Grimm.: "Willa flees from her evil stepmother into the "dark wood" of Virginia, circa 1915. Accidentally rescued by a medicine show trio, Willa travels from town to town, singing and acting for her supper. Like Snow White, she is destined to encounter both her Prince Charming and her deranged stepmother." An 85 minute video.IML 398.2 W689 A-V
Environmental Curricula Handbook: Tools in Your School (computer file) by the Environmental Protection Agency.: For both PC and Macintosh, "this CD-ROM can assist educators in designing lesson plans and activities to teach the principles of environmental education".IML 628.5 E61 A-V
Really Rosie (sound recording)by Carole King.: "Music (on a compact disc) composed by Carole King ; lyrics by Maurice Sendak. Based on the television program Maurice Sendak's Really Rosie starring the Nutshell Kids."IML 781.546 K52r A-V
America's Flags (videorecording) produced by New Dimension Media.: "An introduction to the meaning of our national patriotic symbols including the flag, the Pledge of Allegiance and the Star Spangled Banner." A 10 minute video.IML 929.92 A512 A-V
The Social Studies Writing Process Seriesby Sheila C. Crowell and Ellen D. Kolba.: This series consists of four booklets that show students how to write different types of essays. The booklets are: 1. Comparing and Contrasting 2> Exploring Causes and Effects 3. Expressing Valid Opinions and 4. The Position Paper IML Sec. Text 420.8 E24c guide and v.1-v.4
Community Geography: GIS in Actionby Kim Zanelli English and Laura S. Feaster.: "This book contains stories and tools to inspire you to make a difference in your community using geographic information systems (GIS)." Includes computer software. Also have teacher's guide.IML Sec. Text 912 E77e
Mapping our World: GIS Lessons for Educatorsby Lyn Malone, Anita M. Palmer and Christine L. Voight.: Designed for middle and high-school students to understand the theory and practice of GIS, or geographic information system.IML Sec. Text 912 E77m
Helping your Students with Homework: A Guide for Teachers by Nancy Paulu.
A Teacher's Book of Lists, 4th ed.by Edward Bernard fry, Jacqueline E. Kress, and Donna Lee Fountoukidis.: "This newly revised and updated fourth edition places at your fingertips over 190 of the most used and useful lists for developing instructional materials and planning lessons for elementary and secondary students." Examples of the lists include homophones, books without words, sentuce tunes and proofreading checklists.IML Prof LB 1050.2 .F79 2000
Wosconsin Model Early Learning Standardsby the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction, the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development, and the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services.: "These early learning standards are intended to align to Wisconsin's K-12 Model Academic Standards and to provide early learning opportunites that support children's success in school and the future."IML Prof LB 1140 .W57 2003
A Child becomes a Reader: Birth through preschoolby Bonnie B. Armbruster, Fran Lehr, and Jean Osborn.: Produced by the Natioonal Institute for Literacy to give ideas to parents and caregivers to help a child become a good reader and writer later in life.IML Prof LB 1525 .A75 2003
A Child becomes a Reader: Kindergarten through Grade 3by Bonnie B. Armbruster, Fran Lehr, and Jean Osborn.: Presents scientific research about how children learn to read and write and suggests things to do with children at the different grade levels.IML Prof LB 1525 .A76 2003
Developing Students' Multiple Intelligencesby Kristen Nicholson-Nelson.: "A teacher shares her highly practical approach to putting Dr. Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences into practice in the classroom." IML Prof LB 1555 .N52 1998
Phonic Games Kids Can't Resistby Michelle K. Ramsy.: "Twenty-five learning games that make teaching phonics fun.IML Prof LB 1573.3 .R36 1999
Planning a Connected Curriculumby Gerhard Fischer and Mike McKinnon.: This book is written by educators and offers strategies to strengthen student learning by making connections between content and learner. The book also correlates with Wisconsin teacher licensing standards.IML Prof LB 2809 .I5 .F5 2003
Families and Education: An Educator's Resource for Family Involvementby the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.: Suggestions to help schools and families communicate better. IML Prof LC 225.32 .W6 A66 1997
Helping your Child Become a Responsible Citizenby the U.S. Department of Education.: Activities for elementary, middle and high-school aged children to help build up their character. o;IML Prof LC 311 .W35 2003
One Land: Many Peoples, Many Ways, Teacher Manualproduced by the U.S. National Park Service.: "The program is designed to enrich the social studies of fourth and fifth graders by focusing on the Native American, Spanish and Mexican cultures that are a part of their Southern California heritage."IML Prof LC 1099.3 .I4 1998
How to Teach Art to Children: For grades, 1 to 6th, this "is designed to increase student awareness of the different kinds of art."IML Prof N 361 .E83 2001.
Marc Simont at the Library of Congressedited by Sybille A. Jagusch.: A lecture for International Children's Book Day presented on May 8, 1992 at the Library of Congress by Marc Simont.IML Prof NC 975.5 .S56 A35 1995
A Fresh Approach to Teaching Punctuation by Janet Angelillo.: Subtitled; "Helping young writers use conventions with precision and purpose." IML Prof PE 1450 .A54 2002
Teaching Ideas IV, V & VIedited by James W. Scott.: Prepared by the American Association of Teachers of German, these three volumes in a series offer successful classroom strategies for the German language classroom.IML Prof PF 3006 .T4 1993 v.4 - v.6
Shakespeare Set Freeedited by Peggy O'Brien et al.: A curriculumn guide to teaching Romeo and Juliet, Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream.IML Prof PR 2987 .S488 1993
Environmental Curricula Handbook: Tools in Your Schoolby Dan Peterson.: "This handbook is designed to provide teachers and educators with guidance on how to teach students about environmental issues related to air, water, and soil quality."IML POrof QH 541.2 .E58 2002
Our World, Your Turnproduced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.: Subtitled: "Activities to protect our environment and your health." IML Prof TD 170.7 .O93 2001
MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers, 6th ed.by Joseph Gibaldi.: Published by the Modern Language Association this is the latest guide to documentation style and online research.IML Ref LB 2369 .G53 2003
Great Books for Babies and Toddlersby Kathleen Odean.: Subtitled: "More than 500 recommended books for your child's first three years".IML Ref Z 1037 .O237 2003