LARKSPUR LIBRARY LEARNING COMMONS
2019-2020
Year end report
PREPARED AND PRESENTED BY BETH LYONS TEACHER-LIBRARIAN @MrsLyonsLibrary
@LarkspurLibLC
our story
"THE ONLY THING THAT YOU ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO KNOW, IS THE LOCATION OF THE LIBRARY." ~Albert Einstein
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The 2019-2020 school year brought with it a number of challenges that impacted the usage and scope of the Larkspur LLC. As a teacherlibrarian, I worked to face these challenges and continued to strive to provide a comprehensive program than enabled students, educators and the broader school community to access the library's resources to push f o r w a r d o n t h e i r o w n l e a r n in g journeys.
SEPTEMBER TO MARCH 02
collaboration / inquiry T
#Larkspurinquires
167 collaboration periods (40-80 minutes each)
inquiry units
Sustainable Development Goal #16Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions National Geographic- Threatened Animals and Their Habitats Student Vote 2019- Levels of Government Spark Empathy Read Aloudconnecting with communities of students Arctic Alive Giant Map- School-wide collaborative inquiry Perspective/Point of View Photo Challenge- Googly Eyes Comic Strips using Google Slides What might we learn from maps? How might we use stop motion to share our learning about municipal, provincial and federal services that work for the common good? Social Justice Art- Exploring the work of Jean-Michel Basquiat Independent Inquiry Projectresearching Indigenous Peoples How might we create strong and stable structures using loose parts?
WHAT MAKES A UNIT AN INQUIRY UNIT?
STARTS WITH A SPARK. Follows the students' interests and wonders. Is adaptive and process driven.
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collaboration / inquiry
ONLINE DATABASES MOST OFTEN USED DURING INQUIRY TASKS
Curriculum Integration Technolog y 17.1% Language Arts 31.4%
Other 5.7%
Visual Art 20%
Science/Social Studies 25.7%
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pebble go Kid infobits britannica online school edition pebble go next
35 Different Inquiry Topics Explored
stream / maker culture IF we provide a space for students to explore their maker and learning potential
THEN we will see students develop their maker mindset and ability to take creative risks. Students continued to have access to maker stations, maker materials, and prompts throughout the library space and during scheduled Genius Cart periods.
#Larkspurmakes #LarkspurGeniusCart
Maker. Space. Inquiry. Place. What might be the connection? 05
-Treasure Mountain Canada Research Symposium Paper
stream / maker culture CREATING OUR OWN UNDERSTANDING THROUGH HANDS ON CREATING AND EXPLORING
genius cart topics explored: Loose parts- inclusive playgrounds Weaving sewing by hand plastic lacing- braclets perler beads marble runs
Inclusive Playground Documentation of Student Making
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GENIUS CART OPEN MAKING PERIODS (40-80 MIN)
GENIUS CART CHALLENGES
This was the second year of our Genius Cart (MAKER INQUIRY) program.
S t u d e n t s c o m e t o t h e L L C d u r i n g th e scheduled periods that the Genius Cart is open i n o r d e r t o e x p l o r e a n d e n g a g e w i th th e G e n i u s C a r t c h a l l e n g e . O f t e n th e y w o r k through the inquiry process using a p r o v o c a t i o n , r e c o r d i n g w h a t th e y n o ti c e a n d w o n d e r , a n d m a k i n g a p l a n to s p a r k th e making.
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VISITS / EVENTS / PRESENTATIONS How did we use the space? Memory Project Speaker-
Arctic Alive Giant map inquiry
Canadian School Library Day
I Read Canadian Day
Region of Peel Waste Education Workshops
Ontario Dairy Farmers Presentation
MCS Chorus- Group of Seven Paintings and
Poems
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fostering literacy
BACK TO SCHOOL BATTLE OF THE BOOKS NON-FICTION SCAVENGER HUNTS GRAPHIC NOVEL CLUB FOREST OF READING BLUE SPRUCE- KINDERGARTEN- GRADE 3 SILVER BIRCH BOOK CLUB YELLOW CEDAR BOOK CLUB I READ CANADIAN BADGE I LOVE THE BRAMPTON LIBRARY BADGE I READ CANADIAN READ ALOUD BRAMPTON LIBRARY VISITS 08
Circulation & collection stats DUE TO THE SCHOOL CLOSURES OUR FREE FLOW CIRCULATION WAS INTERRUPTED IN MARCH. THIS DATA REFLECTS OUR CIRCULATION FROM SEPTEMBER TO FEBRUARY.
Total School Checkouts: 21 445 books Checkouts by Genre Non- Fiction- 6151 Picture Books- 6090 Chapter Books- 3749 Graphic Novels- 2752 Dual Language- 199 Using Infographics To Tell Your Library Story - article in Teaching Librarian Magazine
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My records show that only non-fiction circulation data was recorded in September, so the total circulation by genre is not a full picture of the circulation data.
APRIL TO JUNE 10
TECHNOLOGY SUPPORT STAFF GOOGLE CLASSROOM Created as a central location for resources, tutorial videos. curriculum integration, fostering literacy during remote learning Sections PDSB Remote Learning Documents PDSB BYOD/EML Resources Online Resources Google Classroom Tutorial videos Templates Functionality Tips Online Book Collections Kindergarten/Grade 1 Resources Math Resources Science/ Social Studies Resources Maker Infused Learning Forest of Reading Cultural Connections Wellness/Mindfulness/Calming Strategies Literacy Supports Interactive Tech Tools
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STORY TIME WITH MRS. LYONS
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In order to help bring the Larkspur community together, we created a live storytime using YouTube Live to enable families to gather together and listen to a story being read by Mrs. Lyons. The video links to each story were shared with the community using the Virtual Library Learning Commons website for families that were able to watch live or wanted to re-watch the stories. Each story had an average of 100+ views by the community. Once June arrived and the number of live viewers dropped, Mrs. Lyons began to pre-record the books and create other ways for the community to interact with the read alouds (i.e. digital breakout, theme based virtual libraries, inquiry sparks, etc)
Video links will no longer work as the read alouds have been removed to comply with publisher copyright guidelines.
virtual library learning commons bit.ly/LarkspurVLLC The Virtual LLC was re-organized in response to the school closures in March and continued to be updated and refined in response to the community's learning needs. Central hub for connections to rotary subject material, videos and links with tutorials accessing the BYOD platform Storytime with Mrs Lyons, connections to Canadian authors (websites, videos, etc), online book and literacy collections Virtual Genius Cart and Makerspace prompts and connections Podcasts and inquiry based learning Community Connections, Social Justice and Anti-Racism resources
Our VLLC hosted a Virtual Invention Convention and Maker Faire in the month of June to get students and families creating and making together at home. Please follow the link to visit our VLLC and see the resources, prompts, Taking the Leap: Growing a VLLC badges and maker projects. -article in Canadian School Libraries Journal 13