Home  /  Learning Commons

Learning Commons

Learning Commons Mission: The mission of the Slaughter Learning Commons is to ensure that students and staff are effective evaluators, users and communicators of ideas and information, enabling them to be literate life-long learners.

The Slaughter Elementary Library has transitioned into a “Learning Commons” to accommodate the needs of our 21st Century learners.  A Learning Commons is a place for experts and learners to come together to engage with information and create new understandings.  Its flexible space allows individuals, small groups, and classes to visit at their own convenience.  The open commons is a place where teachers can demonstrate the very best teaching and learning practices in the school and others can observe excellence in action.

Links for Great Reading

Slaughter Library Catalog

Overdrive Digital Library

Tumblebooks

Click here for information about accessing ebooks through Follett Shelf and Overdrive:  Digital Library Login Info

Links for Media Streaming

Discovery Education

Brain Pop Jr.

Brain Pop

Brain Pop ESL

Brain Pop Espanol

Links for Research

MISD Learning & Research Model

Encyclopedia Britannica

Spanish Encyclopedia Britannica

Maps 101

Gale Databases

Ebsco Databases

Links for Educational Websites

Web 2.0: Cool Tools for Schools

Click here for a collection of learning links.

Be sure to check the teacher websites and the Slaughter Learning Commons Website for more learning links!

Contact the Librarian/Media Resource Specialist:  [email protected].