What BLA Librarians Can Do for You

As teachers, there are many demands on your time.  Your BLA librarians (Ann, Sara & Mary) are eager to assist you with your instructional goals.  

  Instruction

• Databases
• Research Skills
• From a quick overview to an in-depth lesson, we'll work with your classes to help them find the best resources possible for any project.
• Citations
• When your students are working on anything that needs citations, let us teach the citation lesson for you before they get too far along in the project.
• Technology integration
• Tutorials
• Recommendations
• Co-teaching
• Digital citizenship
• Makerspace activities that correlate to your instructional unit
• The Origami and Gyotaku (Japanese fish painting) Lesson was a hit with Social Studies teachers and their students when they were studying Japan.
• AP/SAT/ACT Test Prep and Shmoop
• Let us help you set up classes to track your students' practice and teach your students how to use the platforms.
• Poster design
• Powerpoint
• Photoshop
• Moviemaker
• Apps - Overdrive, Goosechase, Kahoot, Padlet, etc.
• Classes just for teachers - demos, etc.

Other Services

• BreakoutEDU - Students use teamwork and critical thinking with content-aligned clues to solve a series of challenging puzzles in order to open the locked box.  Games are available for all content areas.
• Book talks in your classroom
• We'll read book excerpts or provide audiobook clips to interest your students in reading.
• Little Classroom Libraries
• Small collections of books(5-7) on any topic for teachers to display in their rooms and check out to students to promote reading in their classes.
• The Next Chapter Book Club
• We meet in the elab for lunch (on us!) four times a year.  You and your students are invited to join us.  More than just a discussion.
• Battle of the Books
• Ne format in conjunction with Region One.
• Displays!
• We love to display student work in the library.  We have 6 lockable, glass display cases and the tops of our low bookshelves.  We can also hang work in the rotunda.
• Order books, videos, and more for you and your students to check out or use in the library.

Contact us at BLA_Librarians@stisd.net to start collaborating today.