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SJYALit: More Social Justice Reading in Schools, a guest post by Alex B.
6th grade (and any grade) can be great. YA literature can be great. Educators, librarians, writers, publishers, and other advocates can be great. In a time of uncertainty, it is helpful for me to say so! Also, you’re here, reading this, as part of Teen Librarian Toolbox’s Social Justice in YA Lit project. That’s great, […]
SJYALit: Social Justice Reading in Schools, a guest post by Alex B.
I have had many great experiences in graduate school for Library and Information science, but one of them has been the discussion on personality traits of people who work in libraries versus museums versus archives; coming from a background in education, I consider schools as well. Personality trait is maybe the wrong phrase, but I […]
Middle School Monday: Jumpstart Creative Writing with Storybird Poetry
Have you been using Storybird? It’s a wonderful free digital tool that uses images to unlock creative writing in our students [and ourselves!]. Sometimes, writing poetry or prose from scratch can be daunting for students—this is why Storybird can be so effective. With Storybird, users choose the art FIRST and then create poems, picture books, […]
Friday Finds: March 24, 2017
This Week at TLT Support Libraries, Save the IMLS Quick Book Review: The Other F-Word by Natasha Friend Recently in Book Mail Middle School Monday: I Wish Donald Trump Knew That… by J. Getting Ready for May the Fourth: Some Star Wars STEAM Ideas Things I Never Learned in Library School: The Best Made Plans […]
Book Review: Pyromantic by Lish McBride
The ARC for this sequel to her 2014 novel Firebug hit my doorstep extremely early, but I still dropped everything to read it – and I was not disappointed. I enjoyed this entry into McBride’s universe every bit as much as her previous novels. Rejoining her characters felt like coming home. For some context, read […]
Getting Ready for May the Fourth: Some Star Wars STEAM Ideas
Our weekly STEM program for 3 to 18 year old patrons took a turn for the galactic yesterday as we focused on Star Wars. None of the ideas I’m about to link to are my own, but I will tell you ho well they worked for us and give you some tips for success. Our […]
Middle School Monday: I Wish Donald Trump Knew That… by J.
Creative writing…am I right? So many benefits for our students. Writing for expression. Empowerment. Literacy gains. Ownership. Imagination. Empathy. I don’t do enough of it with our students. I’m working to change that. One of my goals is to make creative writing a cornerstone of my library practice. A group of students recently participated in […]
Friday Finds: March 17, 2017
This Week at TLT Sunday Reflections: Who Gets to Decide What it Means to be “Real”? The Intersection of #Ownvoices, Genre Fiction, and Empathy: Guest post by Shaila Patel Book Review: BRACED by Alyson Gerber Middle School Monday: G. Neri Writer-in-Residence Book Review: Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee Book Review: The Gentleman’s Guide to Vice and […]
Middle School Monday: G. Neri Writer-in-Residence
A Week in Quotes. How does one tell the story of a week where our students got to meet and learn from an award-winning author? You share some quotes. Of course! I love how you made Reina a brave, strong girl. ~Jalen, 6th Grader To prepare for the lucky reality that was G. Neri serving […]
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