Transcript PCMS Library Virtual Field Trip

Booking It Around West Virginia
Welcome to PCMS’s Tour of West Virginia.
This field trip will help you travel around
our state to visit many of our towns and people
without leaving the library.
Join Booker as you “book it” around West Virginia.
Click to start the tour.
The Places We Will Visit
Morgantown
Friendly
Clarksburg
Williamson
Martinsburg
Fayetteville
Coalwood
Click the symbol to go to the town.
Hi, I’m Booker.
I will be your
tour guide
today. Pick the
town where
you would like
to start your
tour.
Welcome to Friendly, WV
Friendly, West Virginia, is the setting for three
books by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor:
Shiloh, Shiloh Season, and Saving Shiloh
Click the pic to learn
more about
Friendly.
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return to
Belmont.
Click the pic to learn
more about
Shiloh.
Click the pic to learn
more about
finding fiction books.
Click here to
travel to
Clarksburg.
Finding Fiction Books
If the Call Number starts with the letter F,
the book is a fiction book.
AB C DEF GHI
F
Nay
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Belmont.
The book will be found in the fiction
section, which is marked by the
letters of the alphabet.
The books are arranged in alphabetical
order by the author’s last name. Look
for the label on the spine of the book to
help you find it quickly.
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travel to
Clarksburg.
Welcome to Clarksburg, WV
Clarksburg is the setting for
The Star Fisher
by Laurence Yep.
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more about
Clarksburg.
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return to
Belmont.
Click the pic to learn
more about
The Star Fisher.
Click the pic to learn
more about
using the card catalog.
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travel to
Morgantown.
Oh, No!
This book is not yet available.
Please return later.
How to Search for Books by Author
If you know the name of an author,
you can search for books written
by that person.
First, type the author’s name in the Find box.
Then, click on the Author button.
That will take you to a list of books by that author
that are available in the school library.
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return to
Belmont.
Be sure to check again because books
are being added frequently.
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travel to
Morgantown.
Welcome to Morgantown, WV
Morgantown is one of the locations in
One Giant Leap
by Jeff Hostetler (with Ed Fitzgerald).
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more about
Morgantown.
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Belmont.
Click the pic to learn
more about
One Giant Leap.
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more about
finding biographies.
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travel to
Martinsburg..
One Giant Leap can be found in the biography section.
Biographies are part of the nonfiction section of the library.
However, this book is actually an autobiography
because it was written by Jeff Hostetler himself.
Here’s another
autobiography you
might enjoy:
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return to
Belmont.
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travel to
Martinsburg..
Welcome to Martinsburg, WV
Martinsburg is located
near the fictional town of Burneytown, WV,
which is the setting of
The Haunting of Swain’s Fancy
by Brenda Seabrooke.
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more about
Martinsburg.
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Belmont.
Click the pic to learn
more about
The Haunting of
Swain’s Fancy.
Click the pic to learn how
to find
more books like this one.
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travel to
Fayetteville.
If you enjoy a book, you can use the card catalog to find
books that are similar to it.
Go to the screen that describes the book you enjoyed.
Then click on one of the links in the Explore! section.
If you choose the Ghosts-Fiction link, these
are some of the titles you will see:
If you look closely,
you will see that the
library has 29 books
in this category.
That’s lots of choices
to scare you!
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return to
Belmont.
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travel to
Fayetteville.
Welcome to Fayetteville, WV
Fayette County is one of the locations
in Missing May
by Cynthia Rylant.
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more about
Fayetteville.
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Belmont.
Click the pic to learn
more about
Missing May.
Click the pic to learn
how to find
Information about
Accelerated Reader.
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travel to
Coalwood.
You can use Follett Destiny to find information
about Accelerated Reader quizzes.
After you do a search for the title, click on the
search results link, then scroll down to the section
called “Quiz Info.”
If an AR quiz is available, you will see this information:
This will help you decide if this book is a good choice for you.
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return to
Belmont.
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travel to
Coalwood.
Welcome to Coalwood, WV
Coalwood is the setting of
Rocket Boys
by Homer Hickam.
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more about
Coalwood.
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return to
Belmont.
Click the pic to learn
more about
Rocket Boys.
Click the pic to learn
how to find
nonfiction books.
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travel to
Williamson.
Finding Nonfiction Books
If the Call Number is a series of numbers,
the book is a nonfiction book.
The book will be found in the nonfiction
section, which is marked by signs
showing the call number groups.
629.1
Hic
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Belmont.
The books are arranged in numerical
order. Look for the label on the spine of
the book to help you find it quickly.
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travel to
Williamson.
Welcome to Williamson, WV
Mingo County is the setting of
The Coffin Quilt
by Ann Rinaldi.
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more about
Williamson.
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return to
Belmont.
Click the pic to learn
more about
The Coffin Quilt.
Click the pic to learn
more about
Lexile measures.
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travel to
Friendly.
How to Find and Use Lexile Measures
Your Lexile measure is a guide to your reading level.
A book’s Lexile measure is a guide to its difficulty.
Your teacher can tell you your Lexile measure based
on your WESTEST 2 scores.
Follett will show a book’s Lexile measure which is
based on how difficult it is to read.
Your Lexile range is from 100 points
below your measure to 50 points above it.
Books in your range should be not too hard
but not too easy for you to understand.
If a book is too difficult for you to read,
look for a book with a lower Lexile measure.
If a book is too easy,
look for a book with a higher Lexile measure.
Be sure to look at the topic of the book
as you are making your choice.
You want to choose a book you will enjoy.
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return to
Belmont.
Click here to
travel to
Friendly.
Welcome Home!
Belmont
Click on the word Belmont to return to the beginning.