Collection Evaluation and Development Plan

Jessica HogarthITEC 7134

Dr. Repman

School level data

44 classroom teachers 7 special education teachers 7 EIP teachers 2 gifted teachers 17 paraprofessionals

Our Students

893 K-5 students 459 Free/Reduced lunch (51.4%) 82 Special Education (9.18%) 19 ELL (2.13%)

Specifics relevant to 3rd grade

8 teachers 163 students 80 Free/Reduced lunch 15 special education students 0 ELL students Reading levels: K-6

Curriculum review/mapping

View Glynn County’s Third Grade Science pacing guide

View suggested assessments

View grade-level related curriculumBy including k-5 topics, we can incorporate

materials for other grades that meet the needs of students on varying reading levels.

pacing guide

assessments

grade-level curriculum

Collection Evaluation

Our school’s fairly limited Rocks, Minerals, and Soils collection includes titles covering the following Dewey Decimal Classifications 511—General Principles 548—Crystallography 549—Mineralogy 550—Earth Sciences 552—Petrology 553—Economic Geology 557—Earth Sciences of North America 631—Techniques, Equipment, Materials

Size and Summary of Collection

Rocks, Minerals, and Soils3rd grade In our collection of approximately 50 titles

pertaining to this topic, over half of the items are from before 1990. Our books from the 1970’s and 1980’s appear to be in good condition, but they are boring and lack the multicultural aspect that many books now have. The videos in our collection are those that came with our textbooks. Rocks and minerals kits are missing pieces. Furthermore, the titles in our collection are geared toward 3rd-5th grade students. None of these titles have been checked out more than two times in the past year.

I chose the topic of Rocks, Minerals, and Soils for 3rd grade because this is the grade that I teach, and materials are quite limited in this area. While we can read about rocks, soils, and minerals in our science textbook, this is an area that students need to be able to see, feel, and experiment with various visuals and manipulatives. When I approached my colleagues, they agreed that we are lacking in materials that can help us teach about rocks, minerals, and soils effectively. I have developed several in-depth slideshows in an attempt to make this topic more interesting for my students because the books that are available in our media center are dated and dull. My colleagues and I feel that there is a need to add fiction titles, picture books, and eBooks in this content area.

Size and Summary of Collection

Rocks, Minerals, and Soils3rd grade

Other Local Resources

Public library Museum of Science and History Georgia Department of Natural

Resources Rockhound will visit schools for class

presentations

Collection Development

View the collection by or

Rocks

title format

Jessica HogarthSpring 2007