How do you review sight words? Flash cards? Boring! Worksheets? Boring! Writing them five times? Boring! Are you looking for fun ways to teach sight words to students? How about turning it into a game? My students would study anything…
Did you vote? No, not in the mid-term elections! For the PBS Great American Read. I have been wearing my campaign button on my handbag for months, ever since I got it at the New York Library Association (NYLA) conference….
Have you ever wanted to try augmented reality in your classroom or library (you say you have enough problems with “reality” reality)? Well, you should try Quiver. It is an augmented reality app that allows coloring sheets to pop up…
So, you are getting ready for a major library renovation? Let me know where to send the sympathy card! No, seriously, you have a golden opportunity to chart your own future (if cranky school administrators, spartan budgets, diva designers, and…
Are you ready to become a Google Certified Educator? You must pass Level 1 before taking the Level 2 exam. If you missed my blog post on Level 1, here is the link: Become a Google Certified Educator, Level 1…
How are you spending your summer break? Sipping piña coladas at a tropical resort? Cooling off in an Olympic-sized swimming pool? (Please don’t say redecorating your classroom! I just ran over to the HOT school to snap pictures for my…
SUMMER BUCKET LIST 1. Read books above a Lexile 6002. Make improvements in the garden:remove some overgrown shrubs,spread some mulch,plant a few more perennials,get the last of the annuals into the flower beds,(yes, I know I am quite behind on…
“Shh. We’re in the library! You need to be quiet!” Ever hear that line? My room is probably one of the noisiest in the the school. We laugh and groan at stories, sometimes chant (or SHOUT) the repetitive story lines,…
Are you frustrated at the end of every school year (yeah, yeah, not by faculty pep rallies in a 100 degree meeting room; not by professional development courses one week before the summer brain drain; not by parents complaining about…