Make your library the center of your school
Since the newest Star Wars movie was coming out right before our winter break, it was the perfect time to build excitement in our library around a new theme. This year, my music and physical education colleagues wanted to tap into the latest movie buzz with Star Wars themed activities throughout our school. For one of our library activities we tried a Star Wars scavenger
88 1st Graders + 4 Teachers + 1 Principal + 1 Librarian + 1 Amazing Author = Pure Magic! Tuesday was a terrific day in the library because my first grade students, their teachers, our principal and I got to meet and visit with the inspiring Ame Dyckman! We had been reading her books, Boy + Bot and Tea Party Rules, which are fabulous friendship
I follow fabulous librarian Mr. Schu (@MrSchuReads) on Twitter. He always has lots of exciting and interesting things going on and if you haven’t seen it, his blog Watch, Connect, Read is an amazing source of book trailers and other terrific school library goodies. Mr. Schu and Travis Jonker (@100scopenotes) host an event each month called #Holdshelf, where everyone is invited to tweet or email
