It was another fun week in our library. I am winding down our Caldecott unit – finished it this week with most of the classes. With my kinder classes we watched Aaron Becker’s trailer of Journey We then worked our way through the picture book, stopping to discuss what was happening on each page. For their… More Week by Week Series – Week 22
This week was a fun one for me. I got to do one of the things I most enjoy – helping elementary students learn the joys of research. I also got to share Caldecott books with my elementary classes. My second graders visited the library to research – their first time to do so. The… More Week by Week series – Week 19
Welcome to second semester. Our administration always tries to have a first week be a short one, so we started on Wednesday. The first day is always a little chaotic in the library – students with new independent studies, students with schedule issues who need a temporary home, etc. As first days go, this one… More Week by Week series – Week 18
What do you call them? How should they be represented in materials given to our students? When I got up this morning, I had no thought of discussing this topic in my blog but two things happened before 9:15 AM that made me decide to talk about this today. I want to start by saying… More Thoughts Surrounding Thanksgiving and Native Americans
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
One of the most fundamental skills in both the classroom and the school library is alphabetical order. With my kinder and first graders we read ABC ZooBorns! and Firefighters AtoZ as a lead in to the lesson. I explained that books in the library are often in ABC order so it is important to know… More Week by Week Series – Week 5
Most of my elementary classes fall on Tuesday this year. I am in a K-12 school so this helps the secondary students and teachers know which day the library is “closed” to them. This year, September 11 fell on Tuesday. Our students and faculty were encouraged to wear red, white, and blue in honor of… More Week by Week Series – Week 4