Creating and using a library event calendar provides a springboard for promoting a wide range of books in your collection appealing to a wide audience, capturing interests and providing opportunities for syncing with the curriculum within library lessons.
Reading Success in the Early Primary Years: A Teacher's Guide to Implementing Systematic Instruction by Jocelyn SeamerMy rating: 5 of 5 starsAn absolute gem of a book for teachers and teacher librarians outlining the strategies/pedagogy developing reading success for early primary students. Topics discussed include setting up for success, theoretical underpinning of the big six,... Continue Reading →
Student to class teacher: Miss, can I borrow this book please? Teacher: No, you can't - this isn't at your reading level. Choose something else. Teacher librarian: Students should be encouraged to borrow uncontrolled texts from the school library, such as chapter books and informational texts, to look at the pictures or read them with... Continue Reading →
The information landscape is ever changing due to technological advancements creating new ways for information to be communicated and stored. With algorithms predicting our biases, dictating the information we receive, students require skills to navigate their way through this complex environment (Wall, 2022) from deciphering that sponsored content is advertising, identifying clickbait, resisting the impatience for... Continue Reading →
At the heart of the school library is the goal for teacher librarians and educators to develop the reading ability and literacy of students to set them on a path to lifelong success (Saikaly, 2019). There are extensive benefits stemming from students reading for pleasure including developing superior general knowledge, increasing scores on reading tests... Continue Reading →
Ken knows where the information is at - the library! For in depth and reliable information, with the guidance of a teacher librarian, the library is a fount of knowledge. Scratch beyond the surface to dig deep into those questions and don’t assume students know how to navigate this increasingly complex information landscape. A teacher... Continue Reading →
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I write southern historical fiction, local history, and I've written a devotional book. The two novels I'm writing are set in Virginia and the Carolinas in the 1760s. My weekly blog started out to follow my journey as a writer and a reader, but in 2025 it has been greatly expanded to include current events and politics in the United States as I see our democracy under attack from within. The political science major in me cannot sit idly by and remain silent.
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