-
Middle School Open House
Last night, I took my cart of materials and set up a table at the middle school with the school librarian for Open House. We have four elementary school, a middle school and high school and a K-8 Catholic school in our service area and are always looking for ways…
-
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
I Am Malala: How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World written by the youngest person ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize, 17-year-old Malala Yousafzai with Patricia McCormick. This was an amazing biography (young reader’s edition) that makes me now what to read the adult version…
-
How I Became a Librarian
I was recently reading the blog, Letters to a Young Librarian and came across a blog post about how the blogger became a librarian and realized I probably never shared my story on my blog. So without further ado, here it goes… I didn’t learn to read at an exceptionally…
-
"Why Kids Should Choose Their Own Books to Read in School"
This is one of those articles that I read and said to myself… “well, duh!” Sadly, that’s now how this issue is looked at by many in the education field. As the writer states, I grew up in a time where Sustained Silent Reading (SSR) was something that happened regularly…
-
Reading in the Wild
Reading in the Wild: The Book Whisperer’s Keys to Cultivating Lifelong Reading Habits by Donalyn Miller with Susan Kelley is a book I would suggest to any reading teacher in elementary, middle, and high school. I first became acquainted with Donalyn Miller’s ideas about reading education when I read her…