Gadsden Public Library

Holiday Closings 08
January	1
January	19 - 21
March	21 - 23
May	24 - 26
July	4 - 6
August	30 - Sep 1
November	11
November	27 - 30
December	24 - 25
January	1, 2009

Hours
Sunday	Closed
Monday	9 - 8
Tuesday	9 - 8
Wednesday	9 - 5
Thursday	9 - 8
Friday	9 - 5
Saturday	9 - 5

Teachers

Let the Gadsden Public Library make your job a little bit easier. Contact the library to come speak to your classroom about research, reading, history, library resources. Letting the library know about group projects ahead of time will allow us to make sure we have the necessary resources available to help your students when they come in, and it gives us possible display ideas to educate your students on our resources. The Alabama Virtual Library has a wealth of resources available through your school, the public library and from your home if you have a personal AVL account. Contact the Reference Department for more information on using the AVL in your classroom. Listed below are some internet resources that feature research, free worksheets, educational games and lesson plans.

Gadsden City Board of Education - http://www.gcs.k12.al.us/

Etowah County Board of Education - http://etowah.k12.al.us/

Alabama Department of Education - http://www.alsde.edu

U.S. Department of Education - www.ed.gov/

Websites and Lesson Plans

ABC TEACH
This site has all the flashcards, worksheets, mazes, puzzles, and themes a teacher needs!

Berit's Best Sites for Children
Berit's arranges about 1000 sites in the general categories of Fun, Holidays and Seasons, Creatures, and Serious Stuff. Most of these sites contain educational games, crafts or work sheets and coloring pages.

The Bookhive
Read reviews of children's books, both fiction and non-fiction, on a variety of subjects.

Born to Read: How to Raise a Reader
Tips on how to share literature with children. Also featured is a booklist of great titles that children will enjoy. This site is part of the American Library Association page.

Child Fun
Includes articles and tips for parents and day care providers. Hundreds of crafts, songs, rhymes, fingerplays and coloring pages and book titles, all arranged by theme.

Children's Book Council
The Children's Book Council is a non-profit trade organization dedicated to encouraging literacy and the use and enjoyment of children's books. It includes a list of exciting classroom activities, information on how to choose children's books, information on key authors and illustrators, and informative links to other children's literacy sites and resources.

Children's Literature
A site devoted to children's literature with book reviews, author/illustrator interviews, events, and gift ideas.

Children's Picture Book Database
Indexes abstracts of over 4,000 picture books for children. Useful for teachers, parents and librarians working with children in preschool to third grade.

Childrensbooks.about.com
Booklists, articles and loads of information about children's books, awards, and current topics like censorship. Also features titles for different age and reading levels.

Cooperative Children's Book Center
This site for the CCBC at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is a research library for adults with an interest in children's and young adult literature. Contains excellent lists of multicultural titles.

Enchanted Learning
Hundreds of activities for preschoolers and elementary students and teachers. This visually rich page contains craft projects, themed activities, coloring pages, rebus rhymes and even a picture dictionary in four languages.

Federal Resources for Educational Excellence
This government site links to hundreds of education resources supported by agencies of the U.S. government. This is an excellent site for teachers in developing lesson plans.

Library in the Sky
This reference site guides teachers, students, parents, librarians, and members of the community to over 10,000 links to some of the best educational resources.

PBS Teacher Source
PBS Teacher Sourceoffers 3,000+ lesson plans and activities based on topics in their many TV offerings. These curriculum materials weave together video and online resources into an exciting instructional strategy that builds on the visual and collaborative strengths of these medias. The materials are developed by trained and practicing educators.

Sites For Teachers
Hundreds of articles relating to the teaching profession, ranging from curriculum and lesson plans to how to save money in the classroom.

US Department of Education: Reading Resources
This all-purpose site includes lists of, and links to reading programs and initiatives; lesson ideas and instructional materials; research and information, and much more for parents and teachers of K-12 students.

Web timeStories
A "best of" list of websites on children's literature.