FOMS has a
growing number of materials in Spanish, French, Russian, and other languages.
Many of these are bilingual books, with information written in both English and
another language.
According to the ESOL department at our school, about
14 different languages are spoken by Forest Oak students. By offering books in
some of these languages we hope to achieve two different sets of goals: -
encourage native speakers of other languages to patronize the media center and
to provide support for their transition to using English. - challenge
students in the foreign language program to expand their use of the language by
reading books written in that language.
Foreign language books at FOMS
are marked with an orange dot on the spine label and are housed on 6 ft. shelves
near the TV studio door, along with audiobooks. Many of these books are part of the Accelerated
Reader program as well.
Art Prints
Over
600 Shorewood Art prints are available to staff members to enrich curriculum
units. Staff members can access a database on the school network to match
particular prints with individual units as they plan for
instruction.
Audiobooks
FOMS has over 280 unabridged audiobooks available
in cassette or CD format for student and staff checkout. Titles
include a number of anchor texts for the English curriculum and other titles of
general interest. In nearly all cases FOMS has a paper copy of the book,
allowing readers to follow the text while listening to the
audiobook.
Other special collections are temporary,
supporting instructional/research units or highlighting holidays or special
events throughout the year, including:
African-American
History Month
Arab American Heritage Month
Asian/Pacific Islander Heritage Month Maryland Women's History Month Maryland Math
Month National Hispanic Heritage Month
Ramadan Rosh Hashanah
