Jamie Winchell

teacher librarian | pursuer of critical consciousness | food allergy advocate l humbled by autism + ADHD | enough & more. -tweets reflect my own views.

[Jamie Winchell @jamie_winchell]

The Julian Library Advisory Board is finally up & running! Students are making displays, checking books in, & shelving. Soon they will help me make decisions about library programming & more. I’ve been dreaming of this for years! #tweens #libraries97 @OakPark97 #julianworks

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For #NationalPoetryMonth #julianworks 6th graders are making #blackoutpoetry, editing in @WeVideoEdu, and uploading to @FlipgridEvents. @MrsOrman’s “who wrote it?” interactive bulletin boards in the background. Engaged self-directed learners! @oakpark97 #libraries97

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A bill that explicitly prohibits Illinois libraries from banning books is speeding its way toward passage by the General Assembly, and the Illinois Secretary of State said he wants “every librarian in the country to know we have their backs.” https://t.co/kSLQbk0qvC

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#WomenHistoryMonth in the Julian Library this year is DIY: read, make a card for an extraordinary woman you know, matching, and guess the name of the extraordinary woman. Work together, alone, go in any order, but do it all! #oakpark97 #libraries97 @OakPark97

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Our 6 week professional development discussion group with @MeenooRami’s accessible & inspiring book *Thrive* ended today. It was a great run! #oakpark97 #julianworks

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Black Resistance: “Fighting for your rights. When you get pushed down, get up & fight even harder.” Julian students read & discussed @kwamealexander’s The Undefeated to compliment the #BlackHistoryMonth theme. Such great discussions, I forgot pics! #libraries97 @OakPark97

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We thought big with our @OakPark97 library funds and this giant Connect 4 has been in use all day! #oakpark97 #libraries97

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Today for #WorldReadAloudDay2023, Ms Flynn & Ms Williams arranged for @EngageReaders to read & talk about A Comb of Wishes. The #julianworks readers loved this experience!! #oakpark97 @OakPark97 #libraries97 @norakflynn

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🍋 Are these books lemons or lemonade? We pulled 300+ books published after 2019 that haven’t circulated (remote learning is the main culprit) and Ss are previewing, tallying, checking out, and having a taste of lemonade today and after break. #oakpark97 #libraries97

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We had great discussions at #julianworks about remembering via @JoyHarjo’s beautiful and useful poem “Remember” for #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth. We were so engaged, I forgot to take pictures of students! @OakPark97 #libraries97

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Today starts the #julianworks 2022 mid-terms mock election. Thanks to I&S teachers for helping prepare students. Students are loving being able to vote in actual booths courtesy of @LWV. Our “I voted!” sticker made by Sofia R. #oakpark97 #libraries97

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.@Brooks97lib created a Spooky Shorts mini writing lesson that some classes did @ #julianworks. First they learned about haunted places around Oak Park and then they did @sljournal’s Two Sentence Haunted Stories lesson. 🎃👻💀#oakpark97 #libraries97

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This book fair has been so successful! Thank you @AndersonsBkshp! So many families bought for teachers’ classroom libraries! #oakpark97 #libraries97

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The #julianworks Book Fair is up and running! Huge thanks to Deborah Levine and many parent volunteers for making this happen. This event gets books into kids’ hands and is a community builder. All students can enter the raffle! #oakpark97 #libraries97

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Señoras Bultas and Foronda are scaffolding to support students with this big research undertaking!

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Spanish 1 is researching Spanish-speaking countries during #HispanicHeritageMonth. We spent time differentiating around the skill of paraphrasing and everyone us citing their sources. Research looks like reading, thinking, and then using your own words. #oakpark97 #libraries97

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This week we’re mailing our #dearbannedauthor postcards from @BannedBooksWeek. #julianworks students are fired up about intellectual freedom and the freedom to read. #davpilkey #judybloom @goraina #oakpark97 #libraries97

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Many of you following along with #LizzoAtLOC were surprised that the Library has a flute vault. We are the largest Library in the world & home to more than 173 million objects, so there are many more surprises like that in our collections. Enjoy this thread of just a few of them.