Lacey Phillips Collection Development Assignment FRIT 7134/Spring 2012 February 19, 2012

DESCRIPTION OF SITE AND LEARNERS I currently work at Arthur Williams Middle School which is located in Wayne County, Jesup, GA. It is one of two middle schools in Wayne County, and it serves students in the southern and eastern portions of Wayne County. In our school district, there are also five elementary schools (all of which are PreK 5), and one high school. At Arthur Williams Middle School, there are currently 594 students enrolled. 70% of our students qualify for free or reduced lunch, as all schools in our entire county are deemed low-income on the state of Georgias list. Our school also has been working this year on the paperwork to become Title I distinguished, so that we can receive benefits from the state of Georgia. Our school houses 45 certified employees, 2 administrators (Principal and Assistant Principal), and 13 classified staff members. Last year, our school received a technology grant, which provided funding for each grade level a laptop cart with 35 laptops for teachers to use in their classrooms. It also provided each teacher a Redcat speaker system. Our schools Media Center is strategically placed at the center of our school, providing easy access to all grade levels. The Media Center houses 15,467 books, providing an average of around 26 books per student. Our Media Center has around 400 titles in the audiovisual collection, mostly of which are Science and Social Studies related. The Media Center also has a computer lab inside of it, which has 35 student computers, one teacher computer, a scanner, and two printers. Teachers can sign up to book this lab for their students to do research, or use the Internet to enhance their skills in any content area. There are also 7 new Apple computers that can be found around the Media Center, which are available for AR testing,

research, and looking up books in the Destiny catalog. There is also a 60 flat-screen TV located in the center of the Media Center, which shows school announcements and notifications, which streams all day long. Also located in the Media Center, is the media room, which is where our student News Crew (advised by our Media Specialist) records the morning announcements which stream through closed-circuit television is every classroom each morning. Jesup, GA is located in Wayne County, which is located in coastal Georgia, just around 50 miles from the coast. Wayne County has a total population of 29,407. The majority of the population is located in the county seat of Jesup, with others located in the other cities in the county: Odum and Screven. Wayne County was Georgias 28th county, and was established on May 11th, 1803. The county was named after Revolutionary War commander, General Mad Anthony Wayne. Seventy-four percent of the population is white, twenty percent is African American, nearly five percent is Hispanic, 1.5% is bi-racial, and only .5% is Asian. The median household income is $36,748. The top three employers in this county are: Rayonier Pulp Mill, Wayne County Board of Education, and the Federal Prison. There are eight 7th grade teachers at Arthur Williams Middle School this year, and two 7th grade Math teachers. There is one special education resource room, where 7th grade Math is taught in a self-contained setting. Each class has between 28-32 students per class period. There are 7 students in the self-contained Math class, and there is one gifted resource class. There are a total of 198 students in the 7th grade at Arthur Williams Middle School. The ethnic breakdown of 7th grade students is as follows: Caucasian: 135 African American: 49 Multi-racial: 5

Hispanic: 6 Asian: 3 The Math grade equivalency of these students in 7th grade ranges from anywhere to Grade 2 Math to Algebra 1. Those students who are struggling in Math, or who Did Not Meet on the CRCT last year, are enrolled in a Math Academy class also. They take this class for one of their two Connections classes. Connections are like electives (Physical Education, Art, Family and Consumer Science, Technology, Band, and Computer Science are available at our school.) Arthur Williams Middle School has one of the highest African American populations of any of the schools in our county. 24.7% of our students are African American. Since many of these families are also economically disadvantaged, I want to focus on them with my collection. I feel that if we can give these students appropriate resources, including technology, to enhance their learning, they will greatly benefit.

CURRICULUM REVIEW For this assignment, I have chosen to focus on our Geometry unit, which includes translations, dilations, and similar figures. This unit is taught in 7th grade Mathematics. The following standards are addressed within this unit. M7G1. Students will construct plane figures that meet given conditions. a. Perform basic constructions using both compass and straight edge, and appropriate technology. Constructions should include copying a segment; copying an angle; bisecting a segment; bisecting an angle; constructing perpendicular lines, including the perpendicular bisector of a line segment; and constructing a line parallel to a given line through a point not on the line. b. Recognize that many constructions are based on the creation of congruent triangles.

M7G2. Students will demonstrate understanding of transformations. a. Demonstrate understanding of translations, dilations, rotations, reflections, and relate symmetry to appropriate transformations. b. Given a figure in the coordinate plane, determine the coordinates resulting from a translation, dilation, rotation, or reflection. M7G3. Students will use the properties of similarity and apply these concepts to geometric figures. a. Understand the meaning of similarity, visually compare geometric figures for similarity, and describe similarities by listing corresponding parts. b. Understand the relationships among scale factors, length ratios, and area ratios between similar figures. Use scale factors, length ratios, and area ratios to determine side lengths and areas of similar geometric figures. c. Understand congruence of geometric figures as a special case of similarity: The figures have the same size and shape. SS7CG6. The student will compare and contrast various forms of government. a. Describe the ways government systems distribute power: unitary, confederation, and federal. b. Explain how governments determine citizen participation: autocratic, oligarchic, and democratic. c. Describe the two predominant forms of democratic governments: parliamentary and presidential.
SS8CG2 The student will analyze the role of the legislative branch in Georgia state government. a. Explain the qualifications, term, election, and duties of members of the General Assembly. b. Describe the organization of the General Assembly, with emphasis on leadership and the committee system. c. Evaluate how the legislative branch fulfills its role as the lawmaking body for the state of Georgia. SS8CG3 The student will analyze the role of the executive branch in Georgia state government. a. Explain the qualifications, term, election, and duties of the governor and lieutenant governor. b. Describe the organization of the executive branch, with emphasis on major policy areas of state programs; include education, human resources, public safety, transportation, economic development, and natural resources. c. Evaluate how the executive branch fulfills its role through state agencies that administer programs and enforce laws. SS8CG4 The student will analyze the role of the judicial branch in Georgia state government. a. Explain the structure of the court system in Georgia including trial and appellate procedures and how judges are selected. b. Explain the difference between criminal law and civil law. c. Describe the adult justice system, emphasizing the different jurisdictions, terminology, and steps in the criminal justice process. d. Describe ways to avoid trouble and settle disputes peacefully. e. Evaluate how the judicial branch fulfills its role in interpreting the laws of Georgia and ensuring justice in our legal system.

Standard M7G1

Concept Construct plane figures

M7G2

Demonstrate understanding of transformations

M7G3

Apply properties of similarity to geometric figures

SS7CG6

Compare and contrast forms of government

Tasks/Activities/Products Performs basic constructions - Copy a segment - Copy an angle - Bisect a segment - Bisect an angle - Construct perpendicular lines - Construct perpendicular bisector - Construct parallel lines Perform and understand/recognize: - Translations - Dilations - Rotations - Reflections Relate symmetry to transformations Compare figures for similarity Understand relationships using: - Scale factors - Length ratios - Area ratios Understand congruence Compare various forms of government - Describe how they distribute power - Explain citizen participation - Describe the parliamentary and presidential forms of government Describe how the legislative branch fulfills

Resources 1. Mathopenref.com

1. Gullivers Travels by Jonathan Swift 2. Gullivers Travels audiobook 3. Connected Math (Stretching and Shrinking) 1. Connected Math (Comparing and Scaling)

SS8CG2

Analyze the legislative branch

SS8CG3

Analyze the executive branch

SS8CG4

Analyze the judicial branch

its role as the lawmaking body. Explain organization of the executive branch. Describe how the executive branch fulfills its role to enforce the laws. Explain difference between criminal law and civil law Evaluate how the judicial branch interprets the laws and ensures justice.

COLLECTION REVIEW For the collection review, I first went to our school media center to see what resources I could find to go along with this unit. Our media center is very well organized, and provides room for comfortable browsing of all titles. The non-fiction books and fiction books are located on opposite sides of the media center, so it is easy to know which books you are looking at. The shelves are labeled with ranges of the books contained on that shelf, using the Dewey decimal system. Within the shelf, the books are arranged by the authors last name, in alphabetical order. On each book, you can find the Dewey decimal number, the reading level, and how many AR points the book is worth. Research books, such as the Encyclopedias, are located near the circulation desk in our media center. There are tables located in the center of the library, equidistant to all sections of the books. I was shocked to find that our middle school library contained really low reading levels. However, I then thought about this and realized that many of our Special Education students were on very low reading levels. I was then proud that we could

have books for them in our collection. I asked our media specialist how she performs her collection evaluations, and she informed me that one main thing she uses is a circulation study. She goes through the books, and finds how often they have been checked out in order to decide whether or not she will keep the book in circulation, and whether she needs to purchase more copies of the book. Since I am a Math teacher, there is only one book which is connected to this unit, and there was only one copy of it in our media center. This book is Gullivers Travels, by Jonathan Swift. The book was very old, which you could tell from the pictures on the cover of the book. The book was written in 1726, but this books copyright date was 1996, and it was a paperback version, however, the cover and pages were not even bent! You could tell that this book hadnt been used very much, and if it had, a teacher had probably checked it out for this same unit. The age of the resources available in my media center are listed in the chart below. Number of Resources Publication Date 1 2 1 2 5 3 1 2 1 1993 2001 1959 1980 1990 2000 1976 1963 1987

1 1 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1

1975 1992 1985 2004 2003 1996 1971 1999 2010 2002 1986 1988 2008 2006 1995

Since there was only one book which went along with my Math unit, I also decided to incorporate a 7th grade Social Studies standard, which will go along with the Gullivers Travels book. These books give students more information pertaining to governments, which is a major theme in Gullivers Travels. Since the book requirements for my unit were limited, I also researched technology tools which would be useful for our entire school. My schools technology resources are limited, and I

believe that these units could greatly benefit from the use of appropriate technology tools. The technology tools I researched would not only benefit this particular unit, but would benefit all grade levels and subject areas of our school. They would also be more interactive for our students, which would get them more actively involved in their learning. Summary of collection needs: 1. Choose resources published within the last ten years. I feel that it is important to have upto-date information on government research, and how the governments work today, and how they worked in the past. 2. Choose many non-fiction and resource books, since our media center is lacking in this area. These books should be non-fiction, because we need reliable media sources to use for the government aspect of this unit. 3. Choose many technology-based resources which could be implemented in all grade levels and all subject areas. This is where the bulk of the money will be spent, since these resources can benefit every teacher in our school and since these resources will be helpful to our students who may not be using technology resources as home. These technology resources will help increase understanding in our Mathematics units. 4. Find several Mathematics-related sources to include in our order, so that they can be implemented to help teach the Mathematics standards listed. Items meeting this need will be highlighted in yellow. 5. Include resources which will help students with special needs, as we have a high percentage in our school. Items meeting this criterion will be highlighted in pink. BUDGET SUMMARY

I researched the topics covered in the content standards using many book vendors, and also using many websites. I believe the books and resources I have found will greatly enhance the collection, and I believe they will also have a major impact on the learners in my classroom. The resources in the collection will cover the topics of constructions, translations, dilations, creating and recognizing similar figures, and governments. Different aspects of the standards are covered through a book, video, website, or technology tool. Please see the spreadsheet, which is also attached with this assignment, for individual titles and resources included in my collection assignment. The total cost of my order is $3,980.41. I chose to implement many technology resources, because I strongly believe that they can be used as great manipulatives to help our African American students, and our Special Education students. These technology resources will be able to provide our learners with different forms of hands-on experiences, which sometimes is hard to do in a Math class. The books that I have chosen, which are based on governments, will provide these learners with the background knowledge they need in order to understand what is happening in our Gullivers Travels reading. The books are also at varied reading levels so that special education students will be able to receive the background knowledge as well. We will be using the Classic Starts Series version of Gullivers Travels in order to accommodate for the students with special needs who may have difficulty understanding the language of the book.