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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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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Makerspace Center Update
The makerspace projects that students have been working on are really coming along. There’s a flute-playing machine, a “deadly” panda-bot, and a cat that waves…
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How to Be Brave: Book Checkout Limits and Sacred Cows
In School Library Journal’s October 2012 issue, the cover article centered on the hot topic of Dewey vs. METIS classification systems, but the best advice…
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Simplifying Dewey
I’m about to take a huge leap into the unknown here and risking the ire of librarians (not to mention my fantastic library assistant) everywhere. I’m…
