Casey MS Library Casey MS Library

The Casey Library is dedicated to providing equitable access to materials students and teachers require from a 21st Century library staffed by a teacher-librarian commited  to creating a culture that encourages lifelong learning and a community of responsible digital citizens. 

 

Library Hours: Before school (8:10-8:30) Throughout the day (closed 30 minutes daily for lunch) and after school most days (3:30-4)

How to Access Sora

Visit  Sora in Chrome or download the free Sora app from the Apple App or Google Play stores on a mobile device.

Select ‘Find my school’ to search for Casey Middle School. Now explore BVSD's middle school digital collection.

Sora Define & Translate
Students and staff who use OverDrive can define and translate words while reading ebooks, seamlessly. See how digital reading can help ELD and struggling students

Wondering What to Read? 

Here are some websites to get you started:

Good Reads recommends titles based on books you've already read and liked
Good Reads Best of 2018
Book Club says Read These!

 Hour of Code Each December 

Learn more about the Hour of Code

What is the Hour of Code?
The Hour of Code makes computer programming accessible to everyone through fun, quick lessons. You don’t need any prior coding experience to facilitate these activities—you can learn along with your students.

Check out our Hour of Code lessons:

  • Drawing with code: Students learn to program using JavaScript, one of the world's most popular programming languages. (Ages 8+)
  • Creating webpages: Students make their own webpages using the basics of HTML and CSS. (Ages 10+)
  • Creating SQL databases: Students learn the fundamentals of databases using SQL to create data tables and query data. (Ages 12+)
During the 5 days Hour of Code is featured every December in the library.  Last year 139 students gave it a try. Most were first timers with no experience coding, but most said they liked it enough to continue on their own. Among the 7th and 8th grade coders, half participated in HOC the previous year.
 "Why play someone else's game when you can create your own?" is our coding motto.

Casey Book Fair at Barnes & Noble

Casey choir, band, and orchestra students perform annually at Barnes & Noble on Pearl Street to the overwhelming support of book store patrons.  Supporters at the store this year made over $2,000 in purchases both in the store and at the online book fair. Depending on the amount earned this year, we'll be able to use a portion to add new books to the Casey library. Thanks to all the amazingly talented Casey performers, their parents and siblings, and especially to teachers  Mary Bateman (choir), Kelsey Reeve (orchestra), and Kati Sainz (band) for their incredible support for the fourth year! Checkout the pictures!

 Library Essentials

 
Newberry Winner Avi shares his latest with Casey Dreamers visiting Barnes & Noble in Boulder. 

cub pawprint.gifClick Paw to Lookup       Click to Add a Book   

 
 
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  Newsela  and annotate articles using  

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Teacher Tips and Tricks

How to Write a Clear, Cohesive and Purposeful Email Messages

(Ms. Hershey, language arts)
How to Write a Research Question

(Ms. Norton, social studies)

      

Research ​

 Quick  Links

  Boulder Public Library

* Use BPL's free databases with your own library card or (use this database log in to   find  information.

* Sign up for your own library card

* Use NoodleTools to keep track of your sources, create notecards, and make an outline from them.  This is the best way to   avoid Plagiarism, which is stealing someone else's ideas or words and using them as your own.
Credible Sources Count Tutorial.

PierpontLibrarianAvatar2019.jpgJoyce Pierpont, teacher-librarian  (Joyce.Pierpont@bvsd.org)

 

 

 

 

 
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