Re: [LM_NET] Help! New job in a middle school!

["Patricia A. Hartye" <patricia.hartye@BRUN.K12.VA.US>]

Hi Shari!
These are a few of the lessons I've learned over the last three years in a middle 
school:

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        Buy more of what they WILL read than what they SHOULD read.
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        Don't assume that they remember anything they were taught in their 
elementary libraries.
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        Graphic novels aren't a luxury; they're a necessity.
*       
        You can get subscriptions to comic books through EBSCO.
*       
        They will steal anything that isn't nailed down or locked up.
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        Speak to them like they're adults while remebering that they're babies.
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        Look for every opportunity to read aloud to them.

I hope you enjoy your new position!

Trisha Hartye, Librarian

J.S. Russell Middle School. Lawrenceville, VA

patricia.hartye@brun.k12.va.us <mailto:patricia.hartye@brun.k12.va.us> 


 

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