Manipulatives
Games Collection
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Alkek Library Games CollectionHoused on the 3rd floor, many of the games cover the content areas but some are also leisure games.
TCMC K-12 Textbook Collection
If you're teaching (or planning to teach) in Texas public schools, access to K-12 textbooks approved by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) is a must. The TCMC K-12 Textbook Collection on the 3rd floor provides access to textbooks currently in adoption in the State of Texas.
TEA also offers State-Developed Open-Source Instructional Materials
Scholastic Guided Reading
The Scholastic Guided Reading Program is a cool instructional resource that supplements TEA-approved textbook series. It's not just for reading instruction ... there are hundreds of fiction, non-fiction, and Spanish-language books arranged by reading level that can be used as instructional tie-ins for math, science, and social studies.
Novels, biographies, picture books, and more come in sets of six for small group instruction so each student can have their own copy. Better yet, each title comes with a concise instructional guide for teachers.
A "Scholastic Guided Reading" title search in the library catalog pulls up a browsable list of available titles. You can also narrow the results by limiting the search to a keyword.
Alkek Juvenile Collection
The 3rd floor Juvenile Collection offers approximately 30,000 books, audiobooks, Big Books, and eBooks. The Juvenile Literature guide covers the collection in depth, including the literature awards represented and supports coursework in Education and English. Certification programs in related disciplines are also covered, including math, science, social studies, art. A related collection is the Graphic Novels Collection.
Websites
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Child Poverty FactsA series of reports from the National Center for Children in Poverty, Mailman School of Public Health of Columbia University, New York.
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ChildStats.govThe Official Web Site of the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics.
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Child Trends DataBankFeatures up-to-date data and research on over 70 indicators of child and youth well-being, with new indicators added each month.
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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)NCES is the primary federal entity for collecting and analyzing data related to education.
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Southern Regional Education Board (SREB) DataSREB works with Texas policymakers, colleges and schools to help them improve education.
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Urban Institute: EducationA nonprofit policy research organization in Washington, D.C. This page provides access to a number of online health-related press releases, periodicals, and publications.
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U.S.Census Bureau: ChildrenInformation about children is available from several data sources