1. Indian Knoll Elementary School
Media Center
August 2011 Report
Program Highlights
 The Scholastic Book Fair raised almost $3,000 for the media center.
 The Indian Knoll News Team started daily broadcasts.
 New materials were ordered, including Marcy Cook math teacher resource
books, books on CD, and 100 character education titles.
 The media specialist attended the Cherokee County media specialists meeting.
 Twenty-two students attended two meetings of the Firebirds Book Club.
 The media specialist updated the media center website, media center blog, and
front lobby kiosk.
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Jennifer Lewis, Media Specialist
jennifer.lewis@cherokee.k12.ga.us
Media Center Website
http://www.cherokee.k12.ga.us/Schools/indian
knoll-es/media/default.aspx
Media Center Blog
http://ikesmediacenter.blogspot.com/
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2. Indian Knoll Elementary School
Media Center
August 2011 Report
Data Snapshot
Number of classes served: 74
Total circulation: 4,094
K: 411
1: 267
2: 879
3: 635
4: 568
5: 492
6: 497
Faculty: 345
Accelerated Reader tests passed: 778
Accelerated Reader points: 1,254.7
1: 14.9
2: 182.8
3: 90.6
4: 68.4
5: 539.5
6: 358.5
Total words read: 7,966,314
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3. Indian Knoll Elementary School
Media Center
August 2011 Report
Whole Class Lessons Taught
 38 orientation sessions
All students in kindergarten through sixth grade were trained on the media center’s
rules and procedures.
 22 lessons
Kindergarten – Students attended weekly storytime. Storytime themes included
book care, color and school words, and rhyming words.
1st grade – Students learned about story elements using the books The Little Red Hen
and Manana Iguana.
2nd grade – Students learned about story elements using the books The Gingerbread
Man and The Gingerbread Cowboy.
3rd grade – Students learned about story elements using the book The Library
Dragon.
4th grade – Students learned how to use Destiny to search for books and then they
practiced with partners.
6th grade – Students learned how to use Grolier online to assist with coursework in
general and science fair projects in particular.
 14 checkout sessions
Collaborative Lessons Taught
Lesson: Creating Wordles
Standards for the 21st Century Learner: 3.1.4 Use technology and other information
tools to organize and display knowledge and understanding in ways that others can
view, use, and assess.
Georgia Performance Standards: ELA4W3 The student uses research and
technology to support writing.
Collaborative partner: Crissy
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