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she/her K-8 librarian in a small, rural school district who is determined to love, support and encourage ALL students and to provide diverse books that are mirrors and windows
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#TLSky #Skybrarians #TLChat #TLSkyChat I have the opportunity to teach a 6-8th grade elective course; it will basically be literature circles. I need to come up with a course title and description. What would you call it?

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February’s reads & coordinating granny squares. More books & squares in the comments #Booksky #grannysquare #crochet

submitted 107 days ago • 1 comment

The school board in my district is considering cutting school librarians on Tuesday at their board meeting. If you can, please help by emailing the members to show your support for keeping them ⤵️

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I woke up this morning and saw a bunch of state park closure announcements, and severely cut hours, from across our state. The comments were so nasty and hateful and usually revolved around thanking DOGE. Anyone who said they were sad about the closures got laughing emojis and ugly remarks. (1/8)

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#TLSkyChat A8: Facebook groups, TikTok, and Instagram. Everything I know I learned from social media. 😂

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#TLSkyChat A6: Reflection handout for students to fill out while listening to a read aloud. Space for Questions-? they have, Relatable- connections to the book, Quotable, a Doodle, Important - things they think are important/want to remember, Discuss-answer to discussion ? Feeling-circle an emoji

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#TLSkyChat A5: Book bins on the tables with a variety of pictures books, fiction & nonfiction, various grade/reading levels. Every K-5 class starts with silent/quiet reading & book sharing. I try to rotate the books and or the bins weekly.

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#TLSkyChat A3: haven’t had a chance bc of ❄️ days, but I’ve collaborated with the MS social studies teacher. She will bring her classes to my Elm classes to buddy read nonfiction picture books about historical black Americans for BOM. They will discuss problems and solutions.

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#TLSkyChat A2: First Line Face Off stack of books on the tables Timer set for 2-3 minutes -Ss read the first few lines of a book. Time up- Ss try to convince their group why their first lines are best. Do twice at each table, then switch tables. It works because it’s fast paced.

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#TLSkyChat A1: My go to protocol for student engagement is 👍🏻, 👎🏻, sideways thumb. 👍🏻 if Ss have an idea or answer, 👎🏻 if they don’t know/need help, sideways if they think they know/not sure. I also use it for opinions on the read aloud. 👍🏻= great 👎🏻=not a fan, sideways = meh/take or leave.

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This morning because of my choices I was: *in a car crash *took a ride on a run away polar bear *destroyed by people-eating chicken nuggets *lost & found in Walmart *made it to candy land and lived happily ever after. 4th grade choose-your-own adventure stories were really adventuring today. #TLsky

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I’m challenging myself to crochet a granny square for every book I read this year. Here are January’s reads. (More in comments) #books #reading #crochet

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It was so fun to watch this. I cheered when books that are already a part of my school library collection won. And I immediately added everything else to a future “to order” list. Congrats to all the authors and illustrators! Thanks for doing what you do! ❤️ 📚

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Awards are just one piece of a big puzzle. Some books win awards. Some books get no stickers but STICK in our hearts forever. This year, all of those books, written so kids might better understand their place in this dark and scary world, feel more important than ever. #ALAYMA #TLSkyChat #KidLit

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My husband and I talking while working on separate projects Him: I need to show you something I picked up at the thrift store Me: Ok. Go get it Him: Not now. When I finish this. 1 thing @ a time Me: 1 thing @ a time?! What’s that like? I didn’t even know that was option! #adhd #neurodivergent

submitted 141 days ago • 1 comment

I’m sorry (but not really). But this is all I can think about when they talk about how the inauguration has been moved inside because of the “cold”. 😂 Iconic.

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This week I read Pretty Ugly by David Sedaris and Ian Falconer to my K-5 classes as part of Mock Caldecott. Without fail, every class had visceral reactions. Everything from hysterical 😂 to fake 🤮. Every time, they voted it as a fave. “That’s disgusting! I love it” about sums up their responses.

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