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Best Childrens Books of 2020

15.04.2019 written by: Mr. Tim

Every year a group of over 60 IB International School Librarians in Japan gather to decide which of the best new* books their students
will read as part of the annual Sakura Medal Book Award.
*Published with the last 2 years
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This list naturally lends itself to be a great selection of books for students and parents to read at home during the COVID-19 Outbreak

Books

幼稚園生のための英語の歌 - Mercari CD Sale

15.04.2019 written by: Mr. Tim

Special Offer - CDs - Japan Only

Mercari >>>
x1 CD ¥600 - Shipping included
x10 CDs ¥5,000 - Shipping included

Songs

幼稚園生のための英語の歌 - Mercari CD Sale

15.04.2019 written by: Mr. Tim

Special Offer - CDs - Japan Only

Yahoo Auction >>>
x1 CD ¥600 - Shipping included
x10 CDs ¥5,000 - Shipping included

Songs

Learner Profile Posters Banners and Slides for IB Classrooms

15.04.2019 written by: Mr. Tim

Text suits secondary, middle and high school classrooms

Each profile is available as a Poster (US and A3), Slide (ppt and 16x9), and banner / pennant (US and A3)

Balanced
Caring
Communicators
Courageous
Inquirers
Knowledgeable
Open-minded
Principled
Reflective
Thinkers
Risk-takers (for those schools who have not transitioned to using Courageous)

Tips for Taking Photos of Products for your Teachers Pay Teachers Store

15.04.2019 written by: Mr. Tim

How to take better photos for Teachers Pay Teachers Store

As the video / IT / web guy at my school I get asked this quite a bit - Any Tips for Taking Photos of my products that I’m selling in Teachers Pay Teachers?

Firstly, you’ll be happy to know you can easily improve the quality of your photos with a little effort rather than a large expense.

The camera on your phone is just fine :-) smart phone cameras are remarkably good.

Turn off the flash for more even lighting. Turn up the brightness of the screen (I have mine turned down during the day to conserve batter), and connect to a mains power supply so that the phone doesn’t go…

Teachers Pay Teachers

Over 25 Ways To Ask Your Kids - So how was school today? Without asking them - So how was school today?

15.04.2019 written by: Mr. Tim

I think I will pass some of these on to the parents of my students. I'm sure some think we just sing Frozen songs in class all day.

The list is great but a few stands out for me are:

• What was the best thing that happened at school today?
• Tell me something that made you laugh today.
• How did you help somebody today?
• If you got to be the teacher tomorrow what would you do?
• Tell me a weird word that you heard today.
• Tell me one thing that you…

Pedagogy

How to recycle old library books

15.04.2019 written by: Mr. Tim

Book Art: Creative ideas to transform your books into decorations, stationery, display scenes, and more.

Book Art by Clare Youngs

Tips

Speaking from experience I recommend you take care where you leave this book. You do not want to encourage younger students to go home and cut up books without asking their parents first. Also, be very clear in your library about which books may be recycled into crafts !

Books, Librarians

Luke's Way of Looking by Nadia Wheatley and Matt Ottley

15.04.2019 written by: Mr. Tim

“What a brilliant video. I couldn't have hoped for a better response to mine and Nadia's book - Luke's Way of Looking. Thanks so much” Matt Ottley (YouTube comment!)

This high quality multimodal text / video introduces the ideas behind Nadia Wheatley and Matt Ottley's delightful Luke's Way of Looking. It is designed for Years 1 and 2 but equally suited for ages 5 to 10 and up. I suggest setting this video to watch as flipped classroom homework, or use in class as a way into the book.

Potential enquiry questions include:

• Does everyone look the same?
• Do we all see things the same way?
• What do people think of you?
• How do you…

Books

How a car engine works

15.04.2019 written by: Mr. Tim

Instantly engage your students with this incredibly detailed interactive animated interactive gif !

Absolutely love these animated gifs from Jacob O'Neal. Head over to his website to see how these things work:

• How speakers work
• Inside a tarantula spider
• How a sewing machine work
• And many more…

Science, Design

Amazon Black Friday Thursday Deals

15.04.2019 written by: Mr. Tim

Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals for Teachers

Stuff for the home
• Toys
• Printers
• Earbuds
• Balls
• Maths
• And more…

Amazon Deals for Teachers

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