Are you looking for new ways of promoting your library? I may an idea for you!      I’ve been busy working on my End of the Year Library report.  This year, our district coordinator revamped what was needed, so it wasn’t the “hair-pulling-out-horror” that we had had in the past!  (Think excel spreadsheets with LOTS…

     Have you ever come across a new book that fits perfectly with a lesson you do or an idea you have and then you uncontrollably break out into a happy dance!?  That’s exactly how I felt when I came across this book: Your Fantastic Elastic Brain by JoAnn Deak Ph.D.       I…

     Have I told you that I love buying and advertising new books for the library!?  (I personally think that it’s directly tied to my love of new school supplies!)  When the new books come in, my receptionist lets me know right away, and I always do a HAPPY DANCE as I go pick…

     In a previous post in October, I had described my lesson using the Reading Brain Hat  where students practice “turning their brain on” and thinking when reading a Fiction story.        In November, I took the same concept, and used the brain hat to introduce the different type of thinking that should…

     I’ve started doing BOOK TASTINGS this year, and the level of excitement about books has really grown! So much so, that the students are constantly asking me to put a book on hold for them.  I created these book request forms to help manage the process.       The process is pretty simple.  Students…