Last week was a short week for us – classes dismissed early on Wednesday so that the teachers could travel to Phoenix for the annual ACSI Professional Development. I still got in most of my elementary classes and a couple of extra classes besides. **This post contains affiliate links and I will be compensated if… More Week by Week Series – Week 11
Each month our library displays a list of “national” events which occur during the month. This list includes monthly recognitions, weekly celebrations, wacky and crazy daily celebrations, as well as the birthdays of famous people and authors/illustrators. For our display, I also include the birthdays of our students and faculty. Feel free to adapt the… More What’s happening this month?
Good morning! How was your week last week? With my kinders I took an easy week. We’ve had a lot of rain lately which is highly unusual for us, so they were quite wiggly. We started with some calisthenics and they settled down for the story. I read Library Mouse this week. For our activity after check… More Week by Week Series – Week 10
It was another week in the library – thankfully this was a short week for us. We had parent teacher conferences on Thursday and no school on Friday so I only had three days with the kiddos. On Thursday evening we hosted a FAFSA workshop with our local college – NMSU. They sent a couple… More Week by Week Series – Week 9
Sometimes with new skills, repetition is key. Once again we focused on alphabetical order with the kinder and first grade classes. My story this week was L is for Library, another alphabet book. With my very littles, the kiddos in our two-year kindergarten program, I had them put alphabet cards in order by themselves. Up… More Week by Week Series – Week 8
This week we continued on alphabetical order with the kinder and first graders. My story this week with those groups was Harold’s ABC . With the kinder kids, they worked in small groups put alphabet cards in the correct order. If you’d like some ready-to-print alphabet cards, see my link to my TpT store at the end of… More Week by Week Series – Week 7
I am here today to tell you about an awesome giveaway you can participate in. I know that librarians really never have enough money to spend on books. Avid readers don’t have enough money for books either. Here is a way to enter this giveaway for $100. $100 Amazon Gift Card or Paypal Cash Giveaway… More Money for books for your library!
I recently read “Time Management in the School Library,” an article by Marge Cox in the October 2017 issue of School Library Connection. It got me to thinking of how I manage my time in the school library. Here are some things I do – maybe you will find them helpful as well. 1. Folder for each… More 8 Tips for Time Management
Our book fair arrived on the Thursday before the fair was scheduled to start. This was our first year using I55 Fundraising and we are very pleased. They provide materials from Christian as well as secular publishers. Each box was labeled with the type of books in the box: board books, early readers, independent readers,… More Week by Week series – Week 6 – Book Fair Week
I have been posting weekly what I am doing in my school library. I thought it might be helpful to have links to each post in my Week by Week series in one place. I will add to these links each time a new article is posted. First Week! Week by Week Series – Week… More Week by Week Series: links to all the posts