The Book With No Pictures

Fun! Fun! Fun! with The Book with no Pictures written by B.J. Novak. You might think a book with no pictures is a boring book to share with your students, but this book will keep your students laughing and wanting more. Explore different ways that you can bring this book alive for your students.

School Library Month is Coming

School Library Month is fast approaching and will be here for some of us when we return from our Spring Break. April is School Library Month and the theme for this year is Because School Libraries Empower Students. So how do you as a Paraprofessional empower your students to learn, create, and discover? With makerspaces you can give your students the opportunity to collaborate, create, and bring their own ideas to fruition. You can showcase the latest tech tools in collaboration with your classroom teachers, to help students discover innovative ways to present their classroom projects. Teen Tech Week was in March, but keep it going. The theme was Be the Source of Change; so continue to be that source for your students whether you are serving elementary, middle or high school students. Work with your teachers on essential questions. Post the question in the library and have students respond with their ideas, Think about starting a readers’ theater  group. Or simply sharing a great picture book that captivates your audience and gets them to think outside of the box and discover something “new” about themselves. Here are a few to share: Voices in the Park by: Anthony Browne, Bully by: Laura Vaccaro Seeger, and That New Animal by: Emily Jenkins. I implore you to take time to think of new and creative ways you can show off your school library. We should always be advocating for our school libraries but April is an opportunity to showcase your school library and its program. So have fun! Be innovative! And be the bridge to empowering your students.

Teen Tech Week

As Teen Tech Week comes to a close, what have you done to "Be the Source of Change?" There are so many great digital resources, apps, and programs that we can showcase to our students so that they can be successful, become innovative, and transition into being a 21st century learner. #teentechweek #thesourceofchange

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Future Ready Librarians

Are you a Future-Ready Librarian? What a great opportunity for the work that you do to be recognized by schools and school districts across the nation. "School librarians lead, teach and support the Future Ready goals of their school and district in a variety of ways through their professional practice, programs and spaces. If properly prepared and supported, school librarians are well-positioned to be at the leading edge of the digital transformation of learning." (Future Ready Schools) Get on board and check out this information, and venture to examine how you fit into these seven gears. Future Ready Librarians #futurereadylibs

The Day the Crayons Quit

What a fun and entertaining story about a young boy named Duncan who only wants to color but to his surprise when he opens his crayon box, he finds letters instead of crayons.  There is so much you can do with this story for grades K-6. Check out these lesson plans and activities.

The Library Survey has Launched!!!

I know those of us in library land who work in the state of California, have eagerly been awaiting the updated survey for school libraries. Well the wait is over... The California Department of Education has launched the updated survey and it will be active until June 30, 2017. You do have some time, but I encourage you not to wait until the last minute to complete the survey. The CDE relies on your assistance, to complete the survey for your school or schools, and to encourage other schools to complete the survey even if you or they do not have a library. Please take this opportunity to complete the survey and assist the CDE in gathering information about individual school libraries as they were at the end of the 15-16 school year. I have included the link to the library survey and here is the password: @YourLibrary (typed just as it appears here) to access the survey. 

Connect, Collaborate, and Grow Through Diversity

CSLA Annual Conference 2017 was DYNAMIC! I met new people, enjoyed my time with old friends, and received a wealth of knowledge to take back to my school library. One of the presentations that I shared was on diversity in the school library. Thought I'd share... 😄 Click on the link below ↓

Connect, Collaborate, and Grow through Diversity