About the Library
Mission: The mission Triton Elementary School Libraries is to foster and inspire the life long passion for reading. We will enrich students by maintaining a nurturing, safe, and inviting learning environment for all and strive to meet the needs of all ethnic, cultural, and educational differences for all children to excel in our global community. We will collaborate to inspire learning and ensure that we have adequate resources for students to become 21st century learners.
Vision: The vision of the Triton Elementary School Libraries is to empower students to become enthusiastic readers, critical thinkers, and proficient researchers, and ethical citizens. We will maintain equality and freedom to access all information for our diverse population.
Resources
- Search the SES Catalog
- Search the Salisbury Public Library Catalog
- Seussville
- Book Hive Book Reviews to Help You Find a Book!
- Internet Public Library Kidspace - Information Specifically for Kids
- Fact Monster - Search for Information, Play Games, and Get Homework Help
- Britannica School Edition
- BrainPop Jr - Find Research, Play Games, or Watch Educational Movies
- National Geographic Kids
- Voicethread - Upon creating a free account, students can use voicethread to create an interactive presentation
- Animoto - Students can make 30 second videos on any topic such as books they have read or subjects they have studied.
- Your Life in a Comic - Students can use comics to express their understanding of a new concept
- xtranormal - his site allows students to create digital dialogues
- tumblr - A great space to teach students about blogging or to help them create a portfolio of their work from the year
- Glogster - Use glogster to create a modern version of a posterboard. Students can add links, video and music
- Provide a framework for the consistent selection and acquisition of library resources in all formats using a standard set of criteria.
- Ensure a diversity of viewpoints on all topics, including those that may be considered controversial.
- Establish a process by which individuals may share their concerns about library resources in a discussion with a librarian or, if their concerns are unresolved, invoke a formal reconsideration process.
- Affirm the importance of intellectual freedom, referencing key documents such as the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, the Library Bill of Rights, and the Freedom to Read Statement.
Grades K-3 Resources
Finding Books
eBooks
Reading Games
Read Alouds
Grades 4-6 Resources
Helpful Resources
Information Search
Homework Help
Citing Your Information
Project Resources
Reconsideration of Library Materials
The reconsideration of library materials procedure relates to the selection, deselection and reconsideration of library materials as recommended by the American Library Association (ALA), Massachusetts Library System (MLS), and in our local library consortium the Merrimack Valley Library Consortium MVLC.
The procedure will:
Please click here to find a copy of the procedure that contains a link to request a reconsideration.
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