K-2 Library
Welcome to the K-2 Library Media Center
The mission of McDavid-Jones Elementary School is to produce lifelong learners who demonstrate the desire for educational success. The mission of McDavid-Jones Elementary K-2 Media Center is to support the students, faculty, staff and parents, as they become effective users of the information that is available through the LMC. This can be accomplished with a child-centered staff who provides knowledgeable instruction and up-to-date technology and resources in an open caring environment.
As you may have noticed, McDavid-Jones is blessed with two libraries. It is an ideal situation for everyone because each library is able to provide materials to support the curriculum and specific needs of the students and teachers it serves. In the K-2 Library Media Center we are proud of the collection we have of almost 13,000 resources carefully selected to accommodate our young patrons. It is awesome to see how our Kindergarten through 2nd grade students take ownership in their library. Please come by to get acquainted when you visit the school. We will be happy to show you around.
Here you will find information about the Accelerated Reader Program, AR BookFinder, Home Connect and AVL, but please do not stop with this main page. Click on the links at the top of this page to get to other important, educational and fun information.
Destiny Quest: to search for books in our library.
Accelerated Reader Program
Students at McDavid-Jones have access to every Accelerated Reader test made by Renaissance Learning. While students must test on all books at school, we strongly encourage students to read books from home or the public library as well. To see if the books your child is reading from home or the public library are AR, go to AR BookFinder with the link shown on the home page of this site or click on this link http://www.arbookfind.com/ If the books your child has read are indeed AR titles, simply make a list of those books and send it to school with your child. Your child can test on those titles as time allows in their classroom or in the library.
Both the K-2 and 3-5 libraries work together to provide an incentive program to the students to encourage them to reach their quarterly AR goals. AR goals are set individually for each student according to their independent reading level. This insures that all students are working on their level and have attainable goals and opportunity for success with the AR program.
The Accelerated Reader program gives you access to your child's AR information with the Home Connect option. With this feature, parents can keep up with their students' AR and STAR reading test scores by using the link for Home Connect also on the home page for this site or by going to this link https://www.renaissance.com/products/practice/home-connect/ and logging in with the student's username and password. All students will use their 10-digit State number as the username. Ask your child's teacher for this and their password.
AVL - Alabama Virtual Library
The Alabama Virtual Library is a free online database for all students, teachers and citizens of the State of Alabama which gives access to essential library and information resources. It contains dictionaries, encyclopedias, magazines and more! This awesome resource is paid for with your tax dollars so you will want to tap into this resource, and remember to thank our State Legislators for providing it. Click on this AVL link http://www.avl.lib.al.us/ to access this valuable resource for help with projects and research.
K-2 Library Links
Homework Alabama
Teacher Resources
Copyright Information
http://copyright.gov/
Copyright Information
http://www.loc.gov/teachers/copyrightmystery/
Destiny for K-5 grade students.
Mobile Public Library
Science
Lots of fun activities and facts about the Solar System.
Nasa
When you go to this website, click on "For Students" at top of the
screen--choose "age group" which is located at the left of the screen.
This will give you age-appropriate information and activities. The site
even includes games and homework help. A fun site, even when you are
not studying the Solar System.
http://www.nasa.gov
Check Your Weight on Other Planets
Ever wondered what you would weigh on Jupiter or Mars? This site will let you know with a simple conversion calculator.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_on_other_planets.htm
Reading
Starfall Reading
A good online program for beginning or struggling readers.
http://www.starfall.com
Classic Fairy Tales
Animation is used to retell Grimm, Andersen, and
other classic fairy tales. This site includes games and print-out
coloring pages.
http://http://www.classicfairytales.com/en/main
Destiny
Students can go to this site and access our e-books. McDavid-Jones K-2 and 3-5 have over 600 titles.
https://mcpss.follettdestiny.com/common/welcome.jsp?site=191&context=saas03_0139762
Alabama Virtual Library
The Alabama Virtual Library provides all students, teachers, and citizens of the State of Alabama with online access to essential library and information resources. It is primarily a group of online databases that have magazine, journal, and newspaper articles for research. When you go to this site, choose the Age Group Elementary to find resources that are helpful for your elementary students. Available here are encyclopedias, dictionaries, almanacs and other resources that are age appropriate.
http://www.avl.lib.al.us
Student Reference and Digital Resources
Discovery Education
https://mcpss.discoveryeducation.com/public:session/login?next=http%3A%2F%2Fmcpss%2Ediscoveryeducation%2Ecom
Renaissance Learning--AR
Students can only take quizzes at school.http://hosted240.renlearn.com/79853
Great source to check out whether or not your personal books are AR.http://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx
Moby Max
https://www.mobymax.com/signin
World Almanac For Kids
A website filled with all kinds of
information, including: animals, environment, inventions, nations,
populations, U.S. presidents, religion, space, sports, states and U.S.
history timeline. http://www.worldalmanacforkids.com
Kids Click
A great web site created by librarians! This site lists over 5,000 websites for children. Don't miss it! http://www.KidsClick.org
Panda Central: Live Panda Cam
Who can resist a baby panda live? http://sandiegozoo.org/pandas/pandacam/
Big Universe
http://www.biguniverse.com/signin
Great AUTHORS
Visit Arthur and his friends on this website. There are coloring pages and other activities to keep you busy at home.
http://pbskids.org/arthur
This popular children's author provides coloring pages, activities, crafts and much more on her exciting web page for children.
http://janbrett.com
David Adler
Author of the Cam Jansen series--a student favorite. http://www.davidaadler.com
Lynne Reid Banks
Read her latest news, her interview with herself, and see an array of
photographs and videos, and you can even listen to her read from some
of her books. http://www.lynnereidbanks.com/
http://www.judyblume.com/reference/multimedia.php click her to hear her read some of her audio books. Want to know how Judy came to write her books. It's all here. http://www.judyblume.com/
Betsy Byars has written over sixty books for young people. Her
first published in 1962 and since then she has published regularly. Her
books have been translated into nineteen languages and she gets
thousands of letters from readers in the United States and from all over
the world. http://www.betsybyars.com/
Matt Christopher is the writer young readers turn to when they’re looking for fast-paced, action-packed sports novels. He is the best-selling author of more than one hundred sports books for young readers. http://www.mattchristopher.com/
Sharon Creech
http://www.sharoncreech.com/
Some of his best know books are Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Matilda, and The BFG. http://www.roalddahl.com/
Kate DiCamilloBecause of Winn-Dixie is one of this author's books. http://www.katedicamillo.com/