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May 18, 2022 by: Laura

May Library Lessons

May Library Lessons

It’s May and most of us in the US are in our last full month of school. It can certainly be a challenge to plan May library lessons that are engaging and meaningful. Especially with all the loose ends we need to tie up for the end of the year in the library! This time of year is good for review and looking ahead to

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September 22, 2021 by: Laura

September Library Lessons

What to Teach in September Library Lessons

The beginning of a new school year is always full of excitement! It’s important to start with engaging activities and lessons that will set the stage for a year full of active learning for all students. I choose September library lessons that are fun, foundational, and differentiated/scaffolded. I teach all 4 of these topics with all of my grade levels K-5, so that the concepts

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August 27, 2021 by: Laura

4 Tips to Get Organized for Back-to-School in the Library

Get Organized for Back to School in the Library

Although I always hate to see summer come to an end, I do find satisfaction and joy in the preparations I make in my school library each year. I love it when it’s time to get organized for back-to-school in the library, but I also want to have some time to squeeze a little more fun out of summer. Here are some organizational tricks to

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August 8, 2021 by: Laura

How to Color Code Your Teaching Materials to Save Your Sanity

Organize with color code your teaching materials

Picture this: You teach different grade level library classes back to back without a break in between. Although you are working on the same topic with each grade level (maybe library catalog practice), the lesson materials and practice pages are slightly different. After a couple of classes, your teaching area is a mass of white worksheets and you can’t find the materials your need for

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April 30, 2021 by: Laura

How to Make School Library Assessment Fun

Assessment in the School Library

Assessment in the school library can be tricky. In my opinion, it’s not strictly a paper-pencil thing. We see our students on a limited basis (for me it was once a week, now it’s once or twice per month). The skills we are teaching in our library classes support lifelong learning – they’re definitely important! Therefore it makes sense that we want to check that

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February 26, 2021 by: Laura

7 Fantastic Easy Readers for 2021

7 Fantastic Easy Readers for 2021

Are you looking for some new easy reader books for your elementary library or classroom? I’ve got some fun recommendations. But first, have you heard of the Cybils Awards? The Cybils Awards aims to recognize the children’s and young adult authors and illustrators whose books combine the highest literary merit and popular appeal.  http://www.cybils.com/ Volunteer panelists and judges from the blogging community read nominated titles

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January 16, 2021 by: Laura

Why You Should Teach About Advertising Techniques

Teach About Advertising Techniques

My son begged me to buy an Oreck XL vacuum when he was in first grade. Let me stop you before you assume that Nick was one of those kids who loved to clean. Nope. He was the kid who would drag his feet on chore day, complaining that it took soooooo long. So he was NOT dying to push a new vacuum around the

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January 2, 2021 by: Laura

Reimagine Your School Library in the New Year

Reimagine Your School Library in the New Year

I don’t know if there’s ever been a time in my life that I’ve seen so many people ready to kick the current year out the door and welcome a new beginning! The new year brings new goals in our professional lives as well as our personal lives. Are you as eager as I am to reimagine your school library in the new year? I’ve

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September 25, 2020 by: Laura

School Library Book Displays to Hook Your Readers

Seasonal book displays are a great way to brighten up your school library. Eye-catching book arrangements will draw the interest of your students and might just hook your readers on a new book. I’ve got some school library book display ideas for you! Create Monthly Displays The easiest way to get started with book displays in your school library is to start with a monthly

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September 17, 2020 by: Laura

Build a Lifetime Love of Reading with Fantastic Kids Book Series

Kids' Book Series Build Lifelong Readers

You’ve seen it before. A reluctant reader finds a book series they connect with and they won’t stop until they’ve read them all! It’s like magic – one day a non reader, the next day they’re hooked. The challenge is always to help our elementary students find those kids’ book series they will connect with. I’ve got some ideas for you! First Chapter Fun I’ve

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⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yasmin the Scientist by Saadia Far ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Yasmin the Scientist by Saadia Faruqi, illustrated by Hatem Aly, published by Picture Window Books, 2021 ⁣
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🌋  Another fun Yasmin adventure!  This time she’s getting ready for the Science Fair.  Her baba (father) wants to help her make a volcano, like he did at her age.  Yasmin, being very independent, wants to do it on her own.  She tries multiple times, but she’s never happy with the result (or the mess!). An accidental discovery leads her to a fun science experiment for the Science Fair. ⁣
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✅  Students will relate to the science fair project (and possibly to getting too much help from a family member!). ⁣
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✅  As in all Yasmin books, Pakistan information and an Urdu glossary are included. ⁣
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⭐  Although I’m not sure if it’s really an easy reader or early chapter book, as I’ve said before, Yasmin is a series you want to include in your elementary library collection! ⁣
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⭐ RESOURCE UPDATE! This Book Series List Bundle ⭐ RESOURCE UPDATE!  This Book Series List Bundle just keeps getting better!  It was recently updated with 37 new series and 8 series updates. 

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🐟 For now, here's a photo of the tiny fish I caught in front of my dad’s house last season!⁣
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