Beth Herforth

pk-4 teacher librarian. avid reader. wannabe farmer. Harry Potter obsessed.

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@pernilleripp @iantrevor Could you just snap pictures and create an album of photos students could browse? Would be faster than actually cataloging and students could just email or jot down requested titles. Could create sub folders for genres.

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@cheryltice This came out so great!

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@cheryltice 2- He works independently, does his chores and has his screen time. He can not interrupt me. He must wait or ask his dad. I work until 5. It gives me about 4-5 solid hours. Then in the evening after bedtime I do another quick email check. That's it. I do NOT work on sat/sun.

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@cheryltice 1- 1 have a 3rd grader at home. So in the morning I help him with school work. I'm completely available. I coach and teach as necessary. During this time I work on emails randomly when I have a minute. Then all afternoon is mine.

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@donalynbooks Blue light glasses. After we left school and life turned to online I had many sleepless nights until I discovered them.

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@pernilleripp Same here. I also try incredibly hard to have no calls. And we all just try to finish up the week's work and not start anything new!

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

We are trying to help in every capacity we can. Tap your librarian! They want to help!

[SchoolLibraryJournal @sljournal]

63% of librarians have provided students w tech assistance during the shutdown, 57% have provided access to online learning software & 57% prepared teachers for online learning. 42% have licensed additional ebooks & other digital tools. https://t.co/UXG2YhVkZB SLJ COVID-19 survey

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@pernilleripp I had a family email me and say pick a restaurant near you. We are sending you dinner. It was an amazingly kind thing to do! I am the librarian so I'm not even their classroom teacher!

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@GARDNER_RD_PRIN @HhdsSchools Always with the thumbnail. 🤦😂

[Ron Clark @mrronclark_]

There will be no high stakes testing this year, and yet all over America educators have continued to teach and inspire their students online. I hope the powers that be realize we do what we do because we love children and not because a test is held over our heads.

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@CWESchneider @ann_dibella @CWE_Library @myccs @college_wood Tell me about the awesome wall of book covers behind her! Where is that? I love it!

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@pernilleripp @DevineReaders @gossen_jennifer @tweets2jen I loved Saturday so much!!!

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@iiTalW @emokirby24 We almost named our cat stache too! We went with Charlie (Chaplin). Found him in our barn, he befriended our dog and never left.

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@lizzy_ng If you have a school Librarian go see them!! They may be able to help! I have access to Scholastic dollars earned through bookfairs I use to try to help teachers stock their libraries.

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@pernilleripp Yesterday I found notes I'd make the first time I visited the library I currently work in. Almost all of my concerns I had 4 years ago have been addressed.

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

@pernilleripp Related - why are so many great conferences scheduled during the school year? I think it's hard on everyone when we are out of the classrooms. I wish some of the conferences I'd like to attend were during the summer. (I know not everyone has summers off but so many schools do)

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

So excited to try out this project that the brilliant Amanda Robbins designed!

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

Dear @Sonos peeps. I'm obsessed with audiobooks. Can you hook up with the @OverDriveInc people so I can blast Harry Potter in every room of my house while I clean??

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

Something I've known in my heart for a long time.

[Lauren Tarshis @laurenTarshis]

“Our brains are not meant to be constantly processing inputs. When we are constantly processing inputs from other minds-social media, news- we get anxious. Our brains need freedom from these inputs to actually think.” author Cal Newport w/great ideas on breaking tech addiction

[Beth Herforth @BethHerforth]

Today I got to share my love of bees with our kindergarten Golden Stars who have been learning about them! So fun! @GARDNER_RD_PRIN