Recently completed longitudinal study of significant factors in children’s levels of literacy by @skrashen found that school libraries & their collections were main contributing factor & made up for some of negative effort of poverty. #MichiganLiteracy@aasl#tlchat
@holden Just taught a lesson to sophomores and included this site. I use this site and AllSides as well as the Ad Fontes bias chart. One of the students today asked why she should trust the bias chart. I replied “I’m so happy you asked that.” Critical thinking has started.
The School District of the Chathams is cutting school librarians - again.We need your help today! Please sign this petition. https://t.co/XkCS4S9WvW via @EveryLibrary @jilanmills @NJASL@NJEA@GovMurphy@EveryLibrary
“Children should learn that reading is pleasure, not just something that teachers make you do in school.”
Thank you, Beverly Cleary for creating the stories that so many of us enjoyed reading as children. Rest in peace.
@Jamie_A_Becker @imcraddock My problem with this is that my projects and ideas often rely on classroom teachers or supervisors for implementation and that doesn’t always happen.
Summit High School teachers were treated to an amazing presentation by @ibizoboi today. It was wonderful to hear background info about her novels, her writing process, the importance of representation in books, and pairing contemporary novels with classics @SummitSchoolsNJ@NJASL
We head over to Summit High School to get to know media specialist Rebecca Zarabi! See what her favorite books are and why reading is important below ⬇️
Our library takeover concludes with SHS library media specialist, Ms. Judy Shue! We are so fortunate to have a wonderful group of school librarians and media specialists at Summit Public Schools! We hope you enjoyed getting to know the valued members of our team 📚
In honor of Read Across America, we will be showcasing our dedicated librarians & media specialists every day throughout the week on our social media pages and sharing their favorite books, how long they’ve been with the District, and why reading is important! Stay tuned 📚