For the second half of the year, I wanted to do an activity that would encourage my students to reflect more about the “type” of books that they were checking out, with the hopes that they might explore some new genres instead of just checking out the same books or series over and…

Are you in need of Kinder Literacy Lesson Plans?  Then check this out!      When I became a librarian, I had already taught third grade for 15 years.  I was pretty confident in my teaching, and I felt like I had a good grasp on how to plan interesting lessons, build differentiated activities, and create…

     This has been an amazingly BUSY year so far, and it’s been hard to catch my breath, much less update my blog! But, better late than never, right?!  So here’s a summary of all the exciting library events we did throughout October!      Our first fun event was our 2nd annual Monster…

     I LOVE DOT DAY!!       Dot Day is on September 15th, but instead of just doing one day of celebrating, I’ve decided to do a whole 6 days of celebrating!  Why you may ask?  Well..it’s due to our schedule changes for this year.  Instead of having teachers sign up for a weekly…

Don’t you just LOVE the start of a new school year and putting up new displays?!  That’s one of my favorite things to do when we first go back to help me “get in the mood” for a new and fabulous school year!  Most off my new displays were inspired by things I saw on…