A School Librarian Sharing Books & #ClassroomBookADay
I’m all about any day that lets us celebrate reading with our students. Any chance I have to encourage more excitement around reading is something I want to talk up in my classroom. That’s why I enjoyed Read Across America Day. Even with my middle school students, I celebrated Read Across America Day every year I taught. But as I… Read More
Encouraging Risk-Taking in Choice Reading You know Ryan. If you’re a teacher, you’ve met him in your classroom. He’s the one who comes in every day and appears to be reading, yet after a month, he’s still pulling out the same book when reading time starts. You just know that book isn’t working for him, so what do you do?… Read More
I can’t believe how little blogging I’ve done this spring, but sometimes life gets in the way. Even with busy plans for summer, I’m hoping to get back to it more in the next couple of months, especially since I have lots of books to talk about. Because the end of the school year is at hand this week, I’ve… Read More
I’ve been busy reading, very busy reading, but there hasn’t been as much time to blog about the books individually because of an exciting new role I’ve taken on and the reading I’ve been doing related to it. It became official this weekend! The Wisconsin State Reading Association (WSRA) Children’s Literature Committee is a group of WI education professionals who… Read More
I want to make a big impact with the read alouds I choose for the first day of school. Yes, I read picture books to my 7th & 8th graders. I want a quick text that we can all share to start creating our classroom community in a positive way. I want my students to see the value and depth… Read More
Another school year has wrapped up with one of my favorite days…book tally day! I work very hard to help my students increase their reading stamina, volume, motivation, and engagement when they are with me, and at the end of the year, we celebrate the reading we have done. I don’t ask my students to do anything I’m not willing… Read More
I am so honored to have been asked by Kirby Larson to be a guest on her Teacher Tuesday feature. I’m so appreciative of Kirby’s support of teachers and spreading the word of some of the things we’re all working so hard to do in our classrooms for our students. When Kirby asked me what I wanted to talk about,… Read More
I’m in a new school this year. One that I love and in which I’m fortunate to have a beautiful building with K-8 students. One of the things I have really worked on this year is spreading and sharing my love of reading by creating a culture of literacy throughout the school and sharing my reading life with students beyond… Read More
