[CASL-L] listening comprehension

[Cathy Andronik]

Wow, I missed quite a few good ones!

Cathy
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On Wed, 9/16/15, Williams, Linda <Linda.Williams at ct.gov> wrote:

 Subject: Re: [CASL-L] listening comprehension
 To: "casl-l at mylist.net" <casl-l at mylist.net>
 Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 4:21 PM
 
 To add to what Cathy said
 in terms of Service Center availability, here is a list of J
 and Y nonfiction titles that we have on CD:
 
 BCDJ 323.092 BAU    Freedom
 Riders    Ann Bausum    2 discs    Available
 BCDJ 363.738 DAV    The Down-to-Earth Guide
 to Global Warming    David Laurie    2 discs   
 Available
 BCDJ 398.209 NAP    Treasury of
 Greek Mythology    Donna Jo Napoli    3 discs   
 out
 BCDJ 398.21 DAU   
 D'Aulaires' Book of Greek Myths    Ingri and
 Edgar D'Aulaire    4 discs    out
 BCDJ 614.5 MUR    An American Plague   
 Jim Murphy    4 discs    Available
 BCDJ 639.2 KUR    The Cod's Tale   
 Mark Kurlansky    1 disc Available
 BCDJ
 813.54 PAT    Stories of My LIfe    Katherine
 Paterson    7 discs    out
 BCDJ
 910.916 HOP    Titanic    Deborah Hopkinson    4
 discs    Available
 BCDJ 920 BRA    How
 They Croaked    Georgia Bragg    3 discs   
 Available
 BCDJ 940.483    Stubby the War
 Dog    Ann Bausum    2 discs    Available
 BCDJ 951.056 JIA    REd Scarf Girl   
 Ji-li Jiang    6 discs    Available
 BCDJ 971.622 WAL    Blizzard of Glass   
 Sally M. Walker    3 discs    Available
 BCDY 362.29092 RUN    The Burn
 Journals    Brent Runyon    7 discs    Available
 BCDY 370.82 YOU    I am Malala    Malala
 Yousafzai    4 discs    out
 BCDY
 940.54 TRU    The Raft    Robert Trumbull    5
 discs    Available
 BCDY 977.3 MUR   
 The Great Fire    Jim Murphy    3 discs    out
 
 Linda Williams
 Connecticut State Library - WLSC
 1320 Main Street, Suite 25
 Willimantic, CT 06226
 phone:
 1-860-456-1717 x302
 or 1-800-253-7944
 x302
 email: Linda.Williams at ct.gov
 
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 Torrie Phillips
 Subject: Re: [CASL-L]
 listening comprehension
 
 Okay, here's what I was able to find.
 
 Many public libraries offer
 Hoopla--borrow-able digital audiobooks, movies, music,
 etc.  Different libraries may have different collections,
 much like Overdrive.  HOWEVER, they cannot be downloaded
 and saved for future use; you have it for 2 weeks (I think),
 then it goes away.  Can't be saved to disc (trust me, I
 tried with some of the music selections).  Not a great
 selection of children's nonfiction:  some Magic School
 Bus, some dinosaur titles, "Chasing Lincoln's
 Killer" (Swanson), "Charlie Needs a Cloak"
 (DePaola), "China's Long March" (Fritz),
 "Coretta Scott King" (Shange), and a
 handful--truly a SMALL handful--of non-notable others.
 
 Sometimes audiobook producers
 offer samplers of their most recent titles (generally not
 nonfiction) at conferences.  Might be worth contacting the
 individual producers and asking...???  No samplers showed
 up on the producer websites I checked (Scholastic, LiveOak,
 Random House, Brilliance).
 
 The CT library service centers show 4
 nonfiction/children's audio titles, including Jim
 Murphy's "The Great Fire."  Which is out
 until December.
 
 Are you
 familiar with ALSC's "Notable Children's
 Recordings" lists?  I don't know if you have a
 budget for this initiative, but the lists pretty much always
 include very high quality nonfiction as well as fiction, and
 would be a good start for collection development to support
 listening skills.  Some of this past year's nf
 selections were really, really good.
 
 As an audiobook lover heading out for my
 commute where I will finish "The Kite Runner,"
 good luck and happy listening!!!
 
 Cathy Andronik
 Teacher
 Librarian
 Brien McMahon HS
 Norwalk
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 On Wed, 9/16/15, Torrie Phillips <tphillips at cpsctg.org>
 wrote:
 
  Subject: [CASL-L]
 listening comprehension
  To: casl-l at mylist.net
  Date: Wednesday, September 16, 2015, 12:24
 PM
 
  Hello all,  I’m in
 the midst of
  planning my SLO and one
 school-wide goal is to increase
  listening
 comprehension.  Our MAPS scores showed we are
  quite low in the area of students listening to
 a non-fiction
  passage and answering
 comprehension questions.  Does
  anyone know
 of  resources (online or iPad apps) where I
  could find a variety of K-5 non-fiction audio
 books or
  passages (preferably free) for
 students to listen to? I
  would not want
 them to be able to read along as this is
 
 strictly for listening comprehension.  If there are
  comprehension questions to go with them, all
 the
  better.  Otherwise, I could create my
 own as I will
  need to show data and
 growth.    Thanks in advance,    Torrie PhillipsK-5
 Library Media
  Specialisttphillips at coventryct.org
 
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