Welcome to a new “Off the Shelf” blog post highlighting important key dates, ideas, and activities  that you can incorporate into your library lesson plans or classroom activities. My goal is to help you stay organized and inspired as you plan your month, making it simpler to bring exciting and meaningful activities to your students. Whether you’re…

Word Read Aloud Day (WRAD) is typically celebrated toward the end of January and the beginning of February. As the librarian, I’m usually the one put in charge to coordinate the day’s events.  In the past, we have celebrated by pairing older students with younger grades to read aloud to each other as part of…

Hello, and a very Happy New Year! 🎉 I’m so glad you’re here, and I truly appreciate you taking the time to check out my website as we step into another exciting year.  To kick off this new chapter, I’m thrilled to share a change that I believe will make your planning a little easier…

I love celebrating the Hour Of Code in December, and I’m always on the lookout for new coding activities to do with my students.  While the Hour of Code week is celebrated Dec. 9-15 this year, I usually extend it to the entire month of December as there are always so many interruptions to our…

Are you ready for the start of school this year?  It’s hard to believe that I go back on Wednesday!  Where on earth did the summer go?! LOL  So, of course, I’m trying to get everything copied, cut out, and assembled this weekend!  As I get all my things organized, I thought I would share…