Fields Road Regional

Summer School
Rachel Heller & Jocelyn Martin
School Overview
Fields Road Elementary School
1 School Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20878
301-840-7131
School Overview
Student Enrollment:
Total Enrollment 176 students
Kindergarten-1
st
Grade 51 students
2
nd
-3
rd
Grade 69 students
4
th
-5
th
Grade 29 students
ESOL 32 students
Curriculum:

Reading
Math
ESOL
Computer
Library Media Program
Librarians Role
Teach all students in the school
in math and reading
Supported the administrators
goals for the curriculum
Manage the collection
Only staff members with duty


Fields Road Collection
12,344 titles in the collection
During the summer school
session, we circulated 588
items
Collection has many popular
series
Extensive collection of math
materials in the 510s
Fields Road Summer School -- Strengths
The media center set up
Promethean Board, tables, computers
Diverse library collection
Three staff members in the media center
Three skill sets
Fixed schedule
All students came to the library at least once a
week, most came twice
Teachers stayed in the library during
instruction
Many opportunities to teach
Fields Road Media Center
Fields Road Media Center
Fields Road Summer School -- Weaknesses
Disorganization of the Everybody Section
Dont worry we fixed that!
Duplicate copies of books clogs the
shelves
Location of reference books
Fixed schedule
No time during the school day to plan with
teachers
Not many opportunities to teach
information literacy skills
Everybody Section
Before: After:
Doreen Cronin
Eric Carle
Innovative Ideas
Taught math in media center
Multiplication with Amanda Beans Amazing Dream by Cindy Neuschwander
math riddles with Arithme-Tickle by J. Patrick Lewis
Rounding with Maryland State Symbols

Reading lessons
Readers Theater Moving Day with K-1 classes
Character Traits using Imogenes Last Stand by Candace Fleming with 2-3 classes
Story Elements using A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon

Group Rotations in all classes to ensure students have opportunities
to use the computers

Amanda Beans Amazing Dream
Arithme-Tickle
Arithme-Tickle
Moving Day
Moving Day
Imogenes Last Stand
Imogenes Last Stand
Brave She didnt care what people thought of her and she
wasnt scared to do anything.
Considerate She cared about the people in her community
and her community.
Talented She finger painted an accurate map of the Oregon
Trail.
Risk-taker She risked her life to stand on the porch till the
bulldozers left.
A Bad Case of Stripes
A Bad Case of Stripes
A Bad Case of Stripes
Group Rotations
Group Rotations
Group Rotations
Best Practices
Met with teachers before and
after school as well as in
between classes to plan lessons
Reflected on the effectiveness
of lessons after they were
taught
Invited administrators to watch
and participate in lessons
Utilized technology whenever
possible
Expectations Vs. Reality
~~Rachel~~
Expected collection to be
organized
Expected classroom
management to be harder
Expected that curriculum would
be provided by the county
Expected teachers not to stay
with their classes
~~Jocelyn~~
Expected collection to be
organized
Expected teachers not to stay with
their classes
Expected more time in the library
without classes
Expected to teach information
literacy skills


Promoting the Library Program
Promoting the Library Program
Finish the Summer with a Bang!
Ended the summer session with a special assembly to view the
Animoto video that we created highlighting the activities and lessons
from the summer school session.

Resources
All photos courtesy of Rachel Heller, Jocelyn Martin, and Rui Tsai.

Google. (n.d.). Google Maps. Retrieved August 15, 2014, from
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Video created using Animoto