Library

Meet Your Library Media Teachers:

Rita Wagner & Miranda Danielson

rwagner@kusd.edu and mdaniels@kusd.edu

KUSD Virtual Library

Students have access to a continually growing collection of books.  Aside from traditional books, we offer many digital resources and subscriptions to online websites that have audio and visual versions of popular books.  The district also provides Overdrive, a digital book resource. Students are provided with multiple research tools including web-based encyclopedias and scholarly search engines.

Our library curriculum includes technology, research, and digital citizenship taught through a variety of tools. Students are taught to use iPads, Chromebooks, and laptop computers.  They are exposed to educational apps and creative resources online. Of course they also learn about the parts of books, authors, research strategies, and note taking.

Students have the opportunity to participate in district and state Battle of the Books at both the elementary and middle-school levels, English Festival, and other reading competitions. They also participate in many national activities such as Hour of Code and Six Flags Read to Succeed.


KidRex

GoogleJunior

Educational Games K-5

NetSmartz

Citation Machine

Pete the Cat

Funbrain

Jigsaw

Insects:

Everything About Insects

BioKIDS

Britannica Digital Learning

Primary Sources:

Primary Source Material from National Archives

Digital Public Library of America

Shelving Practice

Egypt Virtual Tour

Counseling

Videos that will change your life: I have no words (4:35)

A great everybody book read aloud online through a video: Kindness is Cooler Mrs. Ruler by Margery Cuyler (9:27)

A song titled “All About Kindness” (2:40)

Kindness Rhyme for Kids – You are Amazing (2:54)