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Library Bulletin Board Ideas for your elementary library

Make the Most of Your Library Bulletin Boards

When the new year rolls around, or really at any change of seasons during the school year, I like to tackle the to-do list with something fun. For me, that's working on my library bulletin boards. Itโ€™s a low-pressure way to start working in the library to get ready for a new school year, or a new season. Library Bulletin Boards Make an … [Read More...]

5 Benefits of Early Reader Series Books

5 Benefits of Early Reader Series Books

Do you purchase early reader series books for your elementary library? I am a fan of having all kinds of kids book series available for readers. Series books for beginning readers can motivate and excite these young students as they develop a love for reading and build important reading skills. There are many benefits of having easy reader … [Read More...]

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๐Ÿ“š Elementary School Librarian
๐ŸŒŸ NBCT 2011
๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿซ Teacher Author
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Laura Trapp | Elementary School Librarian
โญ๐Ÿ’œ GIVEAWAY TIME!! ๐Ÿ’œโญโฃ I'm teaming up โญ๐Ÿ’œ GIVEAWAY TIME!! ๐Ÿ’œโญโฃ
I'm teaming up with some awesome librarians for a fun giveaway!โฃ
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๐Ÿ’œ We're each giving away a free resource (up to $20) from our TPT stores, and YOU get to pick the resource!โฃ
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Giveaway ends Monday January 30th at midnight. A winner will be announced by each host on their post and notified via DM within 48 hours. Open to US residents only. This giveaway is in no way sponsored, endorsed, associated, or administered by Instagram. By entering, you understand you are providing your information to the administrators of this Instagram page and not to Instagram.โฃ
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โญ ๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ข๐——๐—จ๐—–๐—ง ๐—จ๐—ฃ๐——๐—”๐—ง๐—˜ ๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—ฅ๐—ง!! โญโฃ
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If you own this ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ resource for ๐—ฃ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, you can download the latest update now!โฃ
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โœ… 55+ popular book series for K-2 studentsโฃ
โœ… Over 70 pagesโฃ
โœ… ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ PDF fileโฃ
โœ… ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น PDF file can be used on a deviceโฃ
โœ… ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ!โฃ
โœ… Requests for more series taken by emailโฃ
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โญClick the Smart.Bio link @thetrappedlibrarian to take a look at the preview!โฃ
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๐Ÿ’™ Kids LOVE these Winter Bookmarks! ๐Ÿ’™โฃ โฃ ๐Ÿ’™ Kids LOVE these Winter Bookmarks! ๐Ÿ’™โฃ
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๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€? โ›„โฃ
(* ๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป!) โ›„โฃ
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๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€!โ›„ They'll giggle while reading the jokes to their friends.โฃ
โ›„ They'll chuckle when they read the cute winter greetings.โฃ
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Use the black and white versions for a library coloring center!โฃ
Includes prompts for want-to-read lists for the back side of the bookmarks.โฃ
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โญโญโญ Grab them today! โ›„ (Click the Smart.Bio link @thetrappedlibrarian)โฃ
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Beginning readers ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜ series books ju Beginning readers ๐—Ÿ๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜ series books just as much as older students! โฃ
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๐Ÿ“š Thatโ€™s why I created this Series Lists resource for picture books and easy reader series. โฃ
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โžก See what happy librarians think and learn more at the Smart.Bio link @thetrappedlibrarian โฃ
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๐Ÿ’™ Kids LOVE these Winter Bookmarks! ๐Ÿ’™

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€? โ›„
(* ๐—–๐—›๐—œ๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ-๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป!) โ›„

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—ป ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€!
โ›„ They'll giggle while reading the jokes to their friends.
โ›„ They'll chuckle when they read the cute winter greetings.

Use the black and white versions for a library coloring center!
Includes prompts for want-to-read lists for the back side of the bookmarks

โญ๏ธโญ๏ธโญ๏ธ Grab them today! โ›„ >>> https://bit.ly/3XlEKXb
"There are SO MANY resources in this bundle! So m "There are SO MANY resources in this bundle!  So many that it's hard to get them all in at once--I'm NOT complaining... this is a GREAT resource for everyone!"โฃ
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โฌ† I just got that message from a happy customer! โคโฃ
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๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฌ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—•๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ!โฃ
โญ ALL of my monthly library bundlesโฃโฃ
โญ Save MORE than 25% on individual pricesโฃโฃ
โญ Bonus guide to tell you when I use each resourceโฃโฃ
โญ Lessons, Bulletin Boards, & Resources to carry you through the school yearโฃโฃโฃ
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โœ… Take a look at the preview (in the Smart.Bio @thetrappedlibrarian) to see how to make your life easier as you ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น!โฃโฃ
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Celebrating Chinese New Year this week? โญ If you Celebrating Chinese New Year this week? โญ If youโ€™re looking for some good books to read aloud, donโ€™t forget about Epic!  The best part is that theyโ€™re always available with your free educator account. โฃ
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You can find all of these and more when you search โ€œChinese New Yearโ€ and โ€œLunar New Yearโ€ at getepic.comโฃ
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๐Ÿ“š Have you read ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—–๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐˜† by Bonnie Garmus?โฃ
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๐Ÿ“š My HS pals chose this for our January book club and I really enjoyed it.  I especially love a good story about a strong, smart woman โ€“ fun and inspiring, in a way!!โฃ
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๐Ÿ“š What are you reading right now??โฃ
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#teachersread #bookclub #strongwomen #lessonsinchemistry
Have you downloaded the ๐—™๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ yet?! โฃ
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โญ Take the guesswork out of what to teach and whenโฃ
โญ Get ideas for engaging interactive lessonsโฃ
โญ Links to helpful products for every month of the school year โฃ
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โžก Take back your nights and weekends and download today at the Smart.Bio link @thetrappedlibrarianโฃ
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