INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS COMMITTEE
MEETING Minutes
Tuesday, May 19, 2005 - 4:00-5:30 p.m., Conference Room 204
Present: Adrienne Nelson, Nancy Messmer, NancyOswald, Sue Sullivan, and Speaker, Don Shephard from Sehome.
Book. The Great Influenza . John M. Barry. Penguin books. 2005
Approved for basic text for high school biology classes.
Approved for use in schools as part of video library collection.
Video. The Amazing Bone by William Steig. Produced by the Video Library of Scholastic Books.
use in schools as a supplementary material kept in the school library and used as part of instruction.
The IMC watched the video, The Amazing Bone , in response to a parent Request for Reconsideration of Instructional Materials. The book, The Amazing Bone , is part of the library collection in most elementary schools. The video contains this story and others by William Steig. The video is essentially a moving set of the still images from the book, with narration of the text. The video was awarded the Parents Choice award and a citation from the Coalition for Quality Children's Videos, in addition to the American Library Association Notable Video award. It was a Caldecott Honor Book in 1976.
The assembled members believe that the video is appropriate for viewing in elementary classrooms as part of a lesson plan, involving folk and fairy tales
Title V and Title II Part D Systematic Consultation
The group reviewed the budgets and goals for use of Title V and Title II Part D and approved the goals and plans for the 05/06 school year.