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  • A black male student using a laptop at a table with text: Using Blended Teaching for Library Centers.
    Get Organized | Library Centers | Library Lessons | Online Teaching

    Using Google Classroom to Manage Library Centers

    ByCollette Jakubowicz October 11, 2023October 22, 2024

    Despite a lot of bad press and terrible implementation in 2020-2022, there are many research-supported ways to successfully use a hybrid or blended approach to…

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    Using Google Classroom to Save Time with Elementary Library Classes

    ByCollette Jakubowicz November 7, 2022October 22, 2024

    or, a New Approach to Hybrid / Blended Teaching Hybrid teaching or blended teaching seems like a curse word lately. I’ve talked to several educators…

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    Organizing & Teaching Library Class on a Cart

    ByCollette Jakubowicz July 26, 2020December 15, 2023

    Teaching “on a cart” means that all of your teaching supplies, materials, and tech are on a rolling cart, such as an AV cart or…

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    4 Things to Give Up After a Library Program Cut (and One to Keep)

    ByCollette Jakubowicz October 20, 2019October 31, 2021

    Veteran teacher-librarians know that there’s always something being added to our plate, and rarely (if ever) is something taken away.  It’s one of the universal…

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    Days 3, 4, and 5 of Library Set-up in 5 Days

    ByCollette Jakubowicz August 25, 2019September 19, 2025

    Welcome back to the 5-Day Library Set-up Challenge! I gave myself a challenge to prepare, set-up, and decorate my elementary school library in just 5…

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    Day 2 of Library Set-up in Just 5 Days

    ByCollette Jakubowicz August 21, 2019October 22, 2024

    Welcome back to the 5-Day Library Set-up Challenge! I set a goal to prepare and decorate my elementary school library in just 5 days by…

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  • Photo collage of the 5-Day Library Set-up blog post series by Mrs. J in the Library
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    Library Set-up in Just 5 Days: Day One

    ByCollette Jakubowicz August 19, 2019September 19, 2025

    I set a goal for myself this back-to-school season to prep and set up my school library in just 3 days. This is my 12th…

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    Get Organized | Library Management | Library Space | What Worked

    What Worked Wednesday: Grade-Level Lesson Bins

    ByCollette Jakubowicz July 18, 2018February 26, 2023

    Summer is a time for relaxing, recharging, and spending time with my family.  The back-to-school season is just around the corner, though, and I’m already…

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