National School Choice Week

January 26 - February 1, 2020 is National School Choice Week.

This week is set aside to highlight that not every child learns the same and that there are options. Having the ability for families to choose the best k-12 education for their children is vital. Options include all forms of education, from traditional public schools, to public charter schools, public magnet schools, private schools, online academies, and homeschooling.

Each student deserves to be challenged and motivated in their education. Because each student has their own strengths, weaknesses, talents, interests, and challenges the availability of options in education is crucial. School choice ensures that each student can find a learning environment that allows them to be inspired, successful, and happy.

Here at the Jennie Woodworth Library we have students from all walks check out books and DVDs as well as use our computers for research. We are in favor of education.

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World Book Resources For Our Patrons

The main hub on World Book online that features the below sections.

• Premier reference website developed especially for elementary-aged users, featuring image-driven navigation and an intuitive user experience. 
• Thousands of easy-to-read articles packed with stunning illustrations, videos, interactive maps, and a wealth of engaging games and activities. 
• World of Animals: Fun and easy-to-use tool to help kids research their favorite animals. 
• Use the Compare Places feature to explore and compare countries, states, and provinces. 
• Hands-on science projects and experiments cater to many different levels and interests. 
• Correlations to Common Core, state, and provincial standards. 
• Age-appropriate web quests provide exploratory print-and-go activities.

• Tens of thousands of encyclopedia articles featuring high-interest, readable content. 
• Rich multimedia, including nearly 700 videos and original animations and 17,000+ photos and illustrations. 
• My Research offers individualized accounts, allowing users to compile content that can be accessed from home or school. 
• World Book Biography Center, with more than 10,000 biographies of both historical and contemporary figures. 
• Google Drive and Google Classroom integration. 
• Trivia quizzes make learning fun. 
• Lexile® measures on Student’s most popular articles deliver a “targeted” reading experience. 
• Extensive built-in dictionary and an easy-to navigate atlas. 
• Translation tool with 100+ languages! 
• Correlations to Common Core, state, and provincial standards. 
• Age-appropriate web quests provide exploratory print-and-go activities.

• Integrated search of articles, media, primary sources, eBooks, dictionary, back in time articles, and special reports. 
• Advanced research tools include dictionary, atlas, and more. 
• Teaching with Primary Source Documents include advanced lesson plans. 
• Pathfinders of pre-generated content sets aid in research and subject matter understanding. 
• My Research offers individualized accounts, allowing users to compile content that can be accessed from home or school. 
• Thousands of fiction and nonfiction online books. 
• World Newspapers of more than 400 periodicals from around the globe. 
• Citation Builder creates flawless citations in MLA, APA, and Harvard formats. 
• Correlations to Common Core, state, and provincial standards. 
• Age-appropriate web quests provide exploratory print-and-go activities.

• World Book Explains videos feature experts answering questions on high-interest topics. 
• How to Do Research feature contains invaluable resources for both students and educators. 
• Visual Dictionary—in English, Spanish and French—displays a label next to an image to make content more accessible to readers of all levels. 
• Citation Builder creates flawless citations in MLA, APA, and Harvard formats. 
• Translate articles into 100+ languages or have them read aloud in English. 
• Correlations to Common Core, state, and provincial standards. 
• Rich, interactive Life Skills 101 offers practical tips on such topics as applying for jobs, budgeting, arranging housing, health care issues, social skills, and more.

• Highly visual articles written in Spanish at an easier reading level. 
• Mundo de Animales (World of Animals) feature provides younger readers with a fun and easy-to-use tool for learning about their favorite animals. 
• Integrated with World Book Kids so users can toggle back and forth between Spanish and English.
• Appealing Spanish visual dictionary helps readers identify word meanings and build vocabulary. 
• Hands-on learning activities. 
• Colorful photos, illustrations, and videos. 
• Spanish language news from around the world.

• A highly engaging and visual site designed for easy integration into classroom instruction and library programming. 
• A rich collection of educational, interactive games and topical videos is ideal for use with interactive white boards. 
• Guided reading program with stories spread across Lexile levels provide building blocks for early learners. 
• Easily adaptable with new features and content added regularly based on user feedback. 
• Proprietary stories utilizing small bursts of content will support micro-learning. 
• Includes a robust collection of educator resources, including lesson plans, mini-lessons, and printables as well as correlations to Common Core, state, and provincial standards.

• Access to over 3,000 titles including World Book exclusive content. 
• 24/7 unlimited, simultaneous access and unlimited renewals. 
• Automatically updated and continually growing collection at no additional charge.

• Optimized for iPads and the most popular Android devices. 
• 650+ unique Timelines spanning the arts, science and technology, society and culture, sports, world history and geography, and more. 
• Create, customize, collaborate, and share your Timelines. 
• More than 14,000 events built directly into the product. 
• Build Timelines for any purpose, from school research projects to family histories and just for fun. 
• Timelines includes synopsized historical notes and a wealth of engaging images and videos to craft stunning presentations. 
• Great for visual learners. 
• Perfect for all ages.