Welcoming New Students to the Library Mid-Year
For many students, moving to a new school in the middle of a school year is challenging. They may feel overwhelmed as they learn new…
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Makerspaces Without a Space: Circulating Maker Kits for the School Library
This fall in our school library, I tried something new: I created some circulating maker kits for students in 2nd through 5th grades to check…
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Feedback & Assessments for Student-Written Book Reviews
Last updated: April 18, 2023 Years ago, I attended a three-day assessment seminar taught by Jay McTighe in my local area. Though the presentation wasn’t anything…
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Whole Number Dewey: A Year Without Decimals
It’s been almost a whole school year since I hit the “Import Titles” button and replaced ALL of my Dewey nonfiction MARC records with whole…
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Cheap and Easy Library Decorations
With the first day of school rapidly approaching, the most stressful “getting ready” tasks for me are: This year, our library has been transformed into…
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Summer Making and Learning
So I’m back with a few updates about what I’ve been up to this summer… First, I’ve been making things! I started by playing with…
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Library Treasure Store to Encourage Student Responsibility and Returning Books On Time
For several years now I’ve had a “treasure store” for students in kindergarten, 1st and 2nd grades. Each cycle when students bring their library books…
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FrontRow Juno Audio System Review
After having some voice strain and fatigue problems last year, I’ve been very blessed to get a voice amplification system, FrontRow’s Juno System. Like most…
