wEIRD wORD wEDNESDAY

Nullibicity - A situation where something doesn't exist  (or can't be found) 

Desultory - lacking a plan, purpose, or enthusiasm

Ombrifuge - A shelter from rain

What wEIRD wORDS do you know?  Share in the comments.

iPod Friday

(Picture adapted from jamona_cl on flicker)

At the end of the week I give myself a treat and listen to my iPod at work while processing books or working on the database.   These are my picks for today.                          What do you listen to at work?

A Jazzy little Christmas mood music

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas - Ella Fitzgerald

Baby it's Cold Outside - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan 

 Christmas Song - Ella Fitzgerald

Silent Night - Dinah Washington

Merry Christmas!!

wEIRD wORD wEDNESDAY

Wabbit:  Exhausted, tired, worn out


Widdershins:   In a contrary or counterclockwise direction

Skullduggery:  No good, underhanded dealing

What wEIRD wORDS do you know?  Share in the comments.

Learning Skills: Responsibility

The Ontario Government has identified and targeted six key learning skills for student success. Libraries can help teachers and students to understand and develop these skills by providing picture books that model these behaviours and the issues surrounding them.

Learning Skills and Work Habits Sample Behaviours: Responsibility, Organization, Independent Work, Collaboration, Initiative, Self Regulation.

The student:
• fulfils responsibilities and commitments within the learning environment;
• completes and submits class work, homework, and assignments according to agreed-upon timelines;
• takes responsibility for and manages own behaviour.

Uses an advice-column format to define responsibility as a character value. The "letters" demonstrate how being responsible in daily situations.







This book introduces readers to the idea of "cause and effect," by asking what would happen if everybody did things like...make tracks? ...spill tacks? ...pull off a bud? ...jump in mud? ...slam the door? ...stomp and roar? The book explores personal responsibility and introduces a sense of community.

Arthur's computer disaster	Marc Brown
Arthur's in charge	Emily Dodi
Arthur's Pet Business	Marc Brown
Basketball player	roch carrier
Busy Beaver	Nicholas Oldland
Chicken Sunday	Patricia Polacco
Children make terrible pets	Peter Brown
Clean your room, Harvey Moon!	Pat Cummings
Clifford's Good Deeds	Norman Bridwell
Franklin Forgets	Sharon Jennings
Have Courage My Love	Lisa Hewitt-Savelli
I just forgot	Mercer Mayer
if everybody did	Jo Ann Stover
Ish	Peter H. Reynolds
Just Kidding	Tracy Ludwig
Little Beauty	Antony Browne
Miss Rumphius	Barbara Cooney
Noni Says No	Hether Hartt-Sussman
Officer Buckle and Gloria	Peggy Rathman
Olivia and the missing Toy	Ian Falconer
Olympig!	Victoria Jamieson
One	Kathryn Otoshi
Pigeon wants a puppy	Mo Willems
Pigsty	Marc Teague
Say Something	Peggy Moss
The Paper Boy	Dave Pilkey

Christmas Gift Idea

iPod Friday

(Picture adapted from jamona_cl on flicker)

At the end of the week I give myself a treat and listen to my iPod at work while processing books or working on the database.   These are my picks for today.                          What do you listen to at work?

Time to hear from the Ladies

Sunday Girl - Blondie

Because the Night - Patti Smith

 Don't Get Me Wrong - Chrissie Hynde