I haven't written in a while, and while there are lots of reasons (well, really one: I got busy.) I felt a tug at me to write this post for days. So here goes: I saw a post on Facebook recently that was a cheer to teachers in all different kinds of circumstances. With some …
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In a conversation with a teacher the other day, she remarked how much she enjoyed seeing "student stuff" around the library. I kind of laughed and wasn't really sure what she was talking about; of course we have the forgotten agenda, an occasional lunchbox, and the renegade pencil case, but she mentioned things I didn't …
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One of the things I love most about being a school librarian is networking with other librarians - to collaborate, share ideas, and get inspiration for how to improve my practice. Through a generous scholarship from the Virginia Association of School Librarians, I was able to attend the 2017 School Library Journal Leadership Summit in …
Continue reading Top 5 Takeaways: My Experience at SLJ Leadership Summit 2017
When I was younger, I think around elementary school, my friends and I would make these origami things for our fingers - we called them fortune tellers. The outsides usually had colors, like red, and you would open and close your fingers based on the number of letters there were in the word your partner …
Continue reading Makerspace on the Road: Beginning English and Origami
I want to share an experience I had recently with one of my students, because it personifies our purpose as librarians (and it's also a really good story). He came into the library a few months ago with his English class, with the task of finding a book for a free-choice independent reading project. Aside …
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Grover's Corner of the Library 