OASL Libraries Resources

Poem read aloud- Hate Poem - laugh through the hatred.

Poems collected based on Fairy Tales, Folklore, Myths

American Life in Poetry provides newspapers and online publications with a free weekly column featuring contemporary American poems. The sole mission of this project is to promote poetry: American Life in Poetry seeks to create a vigorous presence for poetry in our culture.

Celebrate Poetry with professional staff too!: Combining dry wit with artistic depth, Billy Collins shares a project in which several of his poems were turned into delightful animated films in a collaboration with Sundance Channel. Five of them are included in this wonderfully entertaining and moving talk -- and don't miss the hilarious final poem!

With the Poetry Foundation's POETRY mobile app, you can now take hundreds of poems by classic and contemporary poets with you wherever you go.

PicLit - poetry activity!

Another poem a day resource! National Poetry Month is April and we can thank Poets.org for wonderful materials to help us celebrate. Visit their extraordinary website as a place to begin. Listen to a favorite poet, download lesson plans, find out whether there are any special events scheduled locally, and examine the National Poetry Map.

Poem to share when back from Spring Break!

Skype and author network, what a resource for finding authors willing to Skype, very cool.

Stich.It - interesting new resource, here's an example of someone organizing webpages on human body systems.

It's time for school librarians to step out and enlighten their communities about 
all the ways their libraries impact students' education.  

FREE BOOKS! If you're an educator or program administrator, and at least 70 percent of the children in your program come from low-income families, we can help.

David Lubar's topical and literary index is quite thorough and useful. Perfect for teachers to use with reluctant readers. Additionally, since the books are packed with short stories, they're perfect for identifying a terrific read aloud! Yes, there are anthropomorphic hot dogs on the covers, but they conceal a broad and deep variety of short fiction. Scroll down to find the perfect story for any classroom need.

Share a Story 2012: A Quick Look Back

We had several notes over the weekend from folks who were "just now" catching up on Share a Story - Shape a Future 2012 and reading the posts. We hope you're still basking in all that great, positive energy!!

We also had a couple of other items and additions that I wanted to highlight. I'll be adding them to our Comprehensive Index of Posts and List of Contributors, but I also want to share them here.

If you are looking for a way to get yourself writing every day, and connecting with a supportive community of other teacher-writers, I urge you to consider joining in the Slice of Life challenge. Now in its fifth year, Ruth and Stacey at Two Writing Teachers encourage you to reflect on a moment of your day - bring a small slice into focus, and consider it as a writer.

Webquest lesson plan for Internet Safety

eBook Safety on the internet

Great way to create reading promotion posters- including dewey numbers posters. Are you ready to join the revolution? Despair.com puts the power of motivational parody in your far less capable hands!
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Resources for Schools and Libraries- wow, this is a great collection of resource ideas for getting free books and sharing them.