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KidLinks Grades K - 6
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KidLinks is Hennepin County Library's website to help kids achieve success in school. Go to KidLinks as a first-stop on the Internet for finding great books and reliable resources for homework projects.
On November 4 KidLinks will host a special Quick Poll "Kids Vote for President!" This online poll will be open 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. with students seeing instant voting results. |
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Books & Reading
Check out the popular 'books & reading' section to get book ideas by genre, award winners, beginning readers, audio books, and series books.
How do you keep up with new books being published? Every two months KidLinks posts new books for children. Connect directly to the suburban or the Minneapolis catalogs from all book lists in order to request books.
Point your students to our new Lexile and Guided Reading Level information page to help them find Lexile scores for a large number of children's books.
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Homework Help
Homework Help is organized by subjects. Within each subject you'll see databases on the left and selected websites on the right. Databases are paid for by the library and require a library card for access. Students can apply for a library card online.
Help for students doing projects about Native American nations and tribes is found under History & Social Studies. A good starting website is Native Americans: Facts for Kids.
Questions? Feel free to contact Ann Melrose at 952.847.8529 or
amelrose@hclib.org
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TeenLinks Grades 6 - 12
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TeenLinks hosts Online Class Rooms!
Hennepin Teens Read M.T. Anderson!
Hennepin Teens Read program series is bringing award-winning author M.T. Anderson to visit local libraries this December. On Wednesday, December 10 at 1:30 p.m. he'll participate in an online discussion with teens from around the county. Please contact Jody if you'd like to participate. He'll also appear at the Southdale Library, Wednesday, December 10, 5:30 p.m. at a reception open to the public and hosted by teens. On Thursday, December 11, 10:00 a.m. he'll be visiting the Minneapolis Central Library for a special presentation just for students and teachers. Please contact Christy if you'd like to reserve room for you and/or your group. If you miss Anderson during the day, you have one last chance to meet him at a Talk of the Stacks event at Minneapolis Central which is open to the public and hosted by Teen Central's Advisory Group on Thursday, December 11, 7:00 p.m.
In addition to these special events in December, TeenLinks is hosting a Moodle course management system class room for any Hennepin County educators and students interested in using this resource. Starting November 3 and running through December 11, log in to this online class room to discuss and explore the works of M.T. Anderson with other students from around Hennepin County. Fascinating books such as Feed, Thirsty, The Pox Party and more will each have a topic thread to explore. Log in whenever it's convenient, whether it's once a week or every day for a week. Please contact Jody to register.
Hennepin Teens participate in The Big Read!
Hennepin County Library also supports The Big Read, sponsored by The Givens Foundation for African American Literature and the National Endowment for the Arts. This year's title is Ernest J. Gaines' A Lesson Before Dying, and TeenLinks is hosting a Moodle course management system class room for any Hennepin County educators and students interested in using this resource. Starting November 3 and running through January 30, register to use this class room by contacting Jody. Log in whenever it's convenient, whether it's once a week or every day for a week so you can discuss this book and related topics with students from around the county.
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Homework Hub was TTYL@HCL!
City of Minneapolis libraries merged with suburban Hennepin County libraries earlier this year and together have created a new in-person tutoring service called Homework Hub. Trained tutors will help with research, writing papers, and working on computers to help students make the grade! Students can play games such as chess and Scrabble and, at some locations, create their own computer games and compete in gaming competitions.
Free; no advance sign-up needed. For middle and high school students at Augsburg Park, Brookdale and Hopkins; K-12 at all other libraries. Available during the school year from Sept. 8 through Dec. 18, 2008 and Jan. 5 through May 30, 2009.
Any questions? Feel free to contact Jody Wurl at 952.847.8521 or
jwurl@hclib.org
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