Movies Archives - Page 2 of 2 -

2 min read 0

Movie Chat: Three Thousand Years of Longing

Sara Fade
February 23, 2023

Dennis, Sal and I watched the 2022 film Three Thousand Years of Longing, Rated R, […]

3 min read 0

Video Games to Movies

Sara Fade
February 15, 2023

With the popularity of the new show The Last of Us, we decide to take […]

Decoding the 4th Grade Slump + New Music on Hoopla | Ep. 430 - Middle Country Public Library Podcast

Nicole explores the "Fourth Grade Slump"—the well-documented drop in reading comprehension scores that often occurs when students shift from learning to read to reading to learn. Drawing from Daniel Willingham’s book "Why Don’t Students Like School?", she discusses how background knowledge is essential for understanding texts, why the gap widens along socioeconomic lines, and how prior exposure to ideas, vocabulary, and experiences gives some children a significant advantage. Then, Sara highlights popular music available to stream instantly on Hoopla Digital, playing a game of name-that-tune, along with plenty of "singing."