tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16731431733802276712024-03-15T18:10:24.365-07:00 No Shhing HereLindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.comBlogger112125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-79645317332798922322023-05-17T02:59:00.002-07:002023-05-17T02:59:10.597-07:00Summer Reading<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When we think about classic children's literature, names like Louisa May Alcott, S.E. Hinton, and George Orwell instantly come to mind. While these literary giants have left an indelible mark on the reading landscape, it's crucial to expand our horizons and also introduce teenagers to contemporary YA literature. These traditional pieces in the canon have their place, but I think they're the most impactful when bookended by today's YA lit.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Point #1: Windows, Mirrors & Doors</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Contemporary YA literature offers a fresh perspective on the world teenagers inhabit today. It delves into the challenges, triumphs, and experiences that resonate deeply with young readers. By exposing teens to diverse characters, backgrounds, and contemporary issues, we empower them to develop empathy, understanding, and critical thinking skills. These stories become mirrors, windows, and doors for teenagers to explore their own identities, question societal norms, and imagine new possibilities.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Point #2: Develops Empathy & Desire for Positive Change</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Contemporary YA literature tackles a wide range of important topics such as mental health, social justice, LGBTQ+ representation, racial and cultural diversity, and much more. By engaging with these themes, teenagers can gain insight, broaden their perspectives, and foster a sense of social responsibility. They learn to navigate the complexities of the world with an open mind, compassion, and a desire for positive change.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For this year's summer reading suggestions, I chose to feature one classic paired with three contemporary books that address the same themes. This strategy was heavily inspired by the <i>Refreshing the Canon </i>series from <a href="https://www.slj.com/page/refreshing-canon-booklist" target="_blank">2022 </a>and <a href="https://www.slj.com/page/refreshing-canon-booklist" target="_blank">2023</a> compiled by School Library Journal and the National Council of Teachers of English.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3Qt0XCwpUsqKaE4hqnZikZcpdLNAgyZXbO_6YZMFo6wTjky5nFa0V5nwYfUO8FshM6nXd-_ybF-a5Blg4oWpIUIcDFy3q5EAqcgYzU3DYBqJ_KmUmTd0dnM_qM78VeYGoKiXu16JBURWtP48hfaSnxr1ywnMoAG0qaF2OND2EUTt7rQq0z6dcnuR/s2000/Summer%20Reading%20for%20TikTok.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1294" height="770" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiM3Qt0XCwpUsqKaE4hqnZikZcpdLNAgyZXbO_6YZMFo6wTjky5nFa0V5nwYfUO8FshM6nXd-_ybF-a5Blg4oWpIUIcDFy3q5EAqcgYzU3DYBqJ_KmUmTd0dnM_qM78VeYGoKiXu16JBURWtP48hfaSnxr1ywnMoAG0qaF2OND2EUTt7rQq0z6dcnuR/w498-h770/Summer%20Reading%20for%20TikTok.png" width="498" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Want to do something similar with your own summer reading list? See links below.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFjKdx8PFs/_ow_Y4ww1-TNTJxgDzyJug/view?utm_content=DAFjKdx8PFs&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink&mode=preview" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Access the editable Canva version of the template here.</span></a></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MNfBNOO6NZvr5_voxY_xzqWWb9J1sj4Z/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Access a printable PDF here.</a> </span></li></ul><span style="font-size: medium;"></span></div><br /><p></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-62664848820980390262023-02-19T04:49:00.003-08:002023-02-19T04:58:02.222-08:00End Your YA Reading Slump: The Teacher's Printz Reader Challenge<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">In a reading slump? Looking for a little extra motivation? Not sure what to read next?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Join us in the Teacher's Printz Reader Challenge!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOb4cNraXXuUoBj3AGGz6RbhmDeYEBwdMRhPihSmWUZK6ibezlAxitHp5jwASC1ZQPYZFU4123H6ikfQECTN6-IYjXTea69W1CBITp13y_KlYvwoTTIFelptm9sebtn5l-OYNPKsTnqq_yesxjOtt5tQ-NsUze85YSeN6fcjogKH5owLSHmfeQ0Szc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="6000" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhOb4cNraXXuUoBj3AGGz6RbhmDeYEBwdMRhPihSmWUZK6ibezlAxitHp5jwASC1ZQPYZFU4123H6ikfQECTN6-IYjXTea69W1CBITp13y_KlYvwoTTIFelptm9sebtn5l-OYNPKsTnqq_yesxjOtt5tQ-NsUze85YSeN6fcjogKH5owLSHmfeQ0Szc=w677-h180" width="677" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Calling all teachers and school staff! Join my building and some of my favorite teachers in the Printz Reader Challenge! It's a perfect option for ELA teachers, librarians, or anyone that enjoys reading YA - bonus if you also work with the target audience for YA - teenagers!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The challenge is super simple: </span></p><p></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Print off a copy of the challenge badge. If you have a button maker, turn it into a button. Here's a <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1wuPSpTLxnbYH3oky5fmewO709icPV0WH/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">PDF of printable badges</a>, and a <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFak0I640Y/OGts6vU0_ICmIYnf1RxuIA/view?utm_content=DAFak0I640Y&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink&mode=preview" target="_blank">link to the original Canva template</a>.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Read the 5 young adult books that won the Printz Award or were designated Printz Honor books: <i>All my Rage</i> by Sabba Tahir,<i> Icebreaker</i> by A. L. Graziadei, <i>Queer Ducks</i> by Eliot Schrefer and Jules Zuckerberg, <i>When the Angels Left the Old Country</i> by Sacha Lamb, and <i>Scout's Honor</i> by Lily Anderson. Your goal? Finish before your school year ends.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Every time you finish a book, award yourself a sticker - use it to cover up one of the 5 stars on your badge.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Optional: Interact with the #booktok reviews on @bee_in_the_library on TikTok to share your thoughts about each book, or leave comments on this blog post. </span></li></ol><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Unfamiliar with the Printz Award? It's a literary award given out each year by the American Library Association to honor the best book written for young adults. The award was named after Michael L. Printz, a school librarian in Topeka, Kansas, who was known for his passion for books and for encouraging teenagers to read.</span></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Winning the Printz Award is a big deal for authors and publishers because it's one of the most prestigious awards in young adult literature- it's on par with awards like the Newbery and Caldecott Medals. The committee that chooses the winner considers a variety of factors, such as the quality of the writing, the originality of the story, and the book's overall contribution to the world of literature.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some of my favorite young adult books have won the Printz Award over the years, including <i>Firekeeper's Daughter</i> by Angeline Boulley ('22), <i>The Poet X</i> by Elizabeth Acevedo ('19), and <i>I'll Give You the Sun</i> by Jandy Nelson ('15), so I'm excited to read these newest honorees.</span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-31010053328905436262023-02-16T02:55:00.002-08:002023-02-16T03:01:24.313-08:00Supporting Social-Emotional Learning with Library Bulletin Boards<p> <span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As librarians, we cover so many different standards. Information literacy? Check. English Language Arts? Check. Reading? Check. STEM? Check. Computer science? Check. Over the last year or two, I've added social-emotional learning to the list of skills and competencies I teach through library instruction. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Some strategies are super obvious - like direct instruction as part of my teaching, but other methods like book displays and bulletin boards are more subtle. One primary focus of my library program is supporting students' mental health, which is directly tied to the SEL strand of emotional regulation. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Emotional regulation refers to the ability to manage and express emotions in a healthy and appropriate way. Emotional regulation is essential for secondary students, who are navigating the challenges and complexities of adolescence. During this time, my junior high kids feel a huge range of intense emotions, from excitement and joy to frustration and anger and everything in between. Without proper emotional regulation skills, these intense emotions can lead to impulsive behavior, conflicts with others, and lack of focus (which, as we know, all get in the way of teaching).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Our building recently experienced a significant tragedy, so helping students move through emotions has been especially important lately. One effort I've made was to create a "take what you need" affirmations bulletin board (<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Interactive-Affirmations-Bulletin-Board-Helping-Students-Move-Through-Emotions-9137414" target="_blank">it's available here if you don't want to re-recreate your own</a>).</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV3CwpKFH7bEp1NzyNogv43HXKBjuqNinBF-gQrW4UMIt5JWRIXTUAkTs8dbGaIpItDwGsGlJ0mbBPzgGBzdfCWMxG0q3npFhYP3Uuo7yVov5q5164bPqHE38ryNaYvd3-tUa8sYDlppDCya7vWcViI500udWjfRToqMhJqLui_WVX_ePWMzlYUxkJ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1000" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgV3CwpKFH7bEp1NzyNogv43HXKBjuqNinBF-gQrW4UMIt5JWRIXTUAkTs8dbGaIpItDwGsGlJ0mbBPzgGBzdfCWMxG0q3npFhYP3Uuo7yVov5q5164bPqHE38ryNaYvd3-tUa8sYDlppDCya7vWcViI500udWjfRToqMhJqLui_WVX_ePWMzlYUxkJ=w640-h321" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The board features 16 different emotions, including hopelessness, jealousy, anxiety, fear, stress, anger, guilt, etc. Each feeling includes an envelope that contains an affirmation. Students reach into the envelope and grab an affirmation to help them move through the feeling. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjikAgokmdSi9feWLbPtoi4Oux90QccKbXVIQEdkFSzy5-NM2WMLAOjicb0NTCQDVaabLaUMcYGNauWGT1VI8ZQFULnSWfegnXLYjH-VKVl6Y8M_B3JkEgMlO1MrcuFDvYQY_AmniTKhgIeFfH_90v1ki-tbZA5rmkw-_E6zd3wrM4VJcQ4ogIfEi6f" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="373" data-original-width="491" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjikAgokmdSi9feWLbPtoi4Oux90QccKbXVIQEdkFSzy5-NM2WMLAOjicb0NTCQDVaabLaUMcYGNauWGT1VI8ZQFULnSWfegnXLYjH-VKVl6Y8M_B3JkEgMlO1MrcuFDvYQY_AmniTKhgIeFfH_90v1ki-tbZA5rmkw-_E6zd3wrM4VJcQ4ogIfEi6f=w475-h360" width="475" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Tips for creating your own affirmation bulletin board:</span><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Affirmations are super prevalent online - so it's easy to find ones that fit different emotions.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Include directions on how to use affirmations - it's probably something that most students are unfamiliar with.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Business-size envelopes stapled to the board, make a convenient container to stash each set of affirmations.</span></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></div><div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-30824569895610766162023-01-23T02:32:00.004-08:002023-01-23T02:36:41.090-08:00Black History Month Daily Agenda Slides<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One of our diversity, equity, and inclusion goals is to increase students' exposure to diverse voices. Although we strive to do this all year long, history and heritage months are good opportunities for a special focus. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Black History Month, celebrated in February each year, recognizes and honors the contributions and accomplishments of African Americans throughout history. It also serves as a reminder of the ongoing struggle for civil rights and racial equality, and it provides an opportunity for education and reflection on the ways in which black history has shaped and continues to shape the United States. Additionally, it helps to combat the lack of representation of black history and achievements in mainstream education and media.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My go-to method for history and heritage months is to create a slide deck celebrating noteworthy individuals. I share the slides with my teachers, who then can utilize them at the start of every class period. <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Black-History-Month-Daily-Agenda-Slides-Noteworthy-Black-Americans-8930551" target="_blank">Black History month's slides are available here</a>. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisb-3IJRn3_f_eFuGutsRo6Gm9cwLCD29ytvoX0mJx0rfaIiTix9ZV3odIBS9910jqUBq2H5ErC2r1n9lfPP08wx_Dp762j0HFmIzPBamKyY1zr4xJZV6nT-hOCtpCNAnDEzsXT-pLQtFjnbAw-dW8NLpQ2c6ywa3qbrSzOGRF9TMMxJ2dQCtE9cOE/s1808/Black%20History%20Month%20Slides.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1018" data-original-width="1808" height="370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisb-3IJRn3_f_eFuGutsRo6Gm9cwLCD29ytvoX0mJx0rfaIiTix9ZV3odIBS9910jqUBq2H5ErC2r1n9lfPP08wx_Dp762j0HFmIzPBamKyY1zr4xJZV6nT-hOCtpCNAnDEzsXT-pLQtFjnbAw-dW8NLpQ2c6ywa3qbrSzOGRF9TMMxJ2dQCtE9cOE/w658-h370/Black%20History%20Month%20Slides.png" width="658" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you want to create your own slides, here's a list of the people I choose to feature. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; color: #222222; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Alvin Ailey</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Muhammad Ali</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Maya Angelou</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">James Baldwin</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ernie Banks</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Benjamin Banneker</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ruby Bridges Hall</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">George Washington Carver</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Shirley Chisholm</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Bessie Coleman</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ella Fitzgerald</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Aretha Franklin</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Kareem Abdul-Jabbar</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lonnie G. Johnson</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jimi Hendrix</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mae Carol Jemison</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Percy Julian</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">John Lewis</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Garrett Morgan</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sidney Poitier</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jason Reynolds</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Charles Sifford</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cicely Tyson</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Madame C. J. Walker</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Serena Williams</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: disc; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Oprah Winfrey</span></li></ul></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My goal was to expose students to both familiar and new names.</span></div></div><br /><p></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-55134176892981516202022-11-06T03:24:00.004-08:002022-11-06T03:38:42.554-08:00What YA Characters Are Grateful For This Thanksgiving<p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! This is a time where we come together to celebrate all that we are grateful for. For many of us, that includes our families and friends, good food, and plenty of warm memories. But what about our favorite book characters? What do they have to be grateful for? To celebrate Thanksgiving and the month of November, I've put together a special book display featuring YA characters who are grateful for everything they have in their lives. </span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Like most of us, these YA characters are grateful for friends, family and their health, but UNLIKE us, they're also grateful for things like newfound magical powers and recent escapes from serial killers.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box;" /></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjj-agE7qY7UxacsFkGZX1-7CkyXqi8xQBmP2LZ7-4LiMBv37zqnv4swZVoW_1ljWs-uLXJilDuTqNOzGqTD-LsLlm5kqnt_yH2XvFt3Br2aMnxMkAcJrNZYChhg-G0FRRF-PX7kotPa6vYjTWy-OzB58CsYEWPPViS4BI6sywJP-bVJDedg01H3Ck/s4032/IMG_4086.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="653" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjj-agE7qY7UxacsFkGZX1-7CkyXqi8xQBmP2LZ7-4LiMBv37zqnv4swZVoW_1ljWs-uLXJilDuTqNOzGqTD-LsLlm5kqnt_yH2XvFt3Br2aMnxMkAcJrNZYChhg-G0FRRF-PX7kotPa6vYjTWy-OzB58CsYEWPPViS4BI6sywJP-bVJDedg01H3Ck/w490-h653/IMG_4086.HEIC" width="490" /></span></a></div><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Interactivity is a key feature of this display. Not only does it include gratitude reflections for each YA character, but it also invites students to use provided post-it notes and add what they're grateful for. This interactive aspect is a great way to get students engaged with the material and thinking about what they're thankful for in their own lives.</span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAemTV8mkp_31rTK4u6KOUL8JrM-sOWzij6Z3aUZ1xNb3yVcqRiR9vVoN-rKItMYSM_CDo6aPsAQeCki5geIRCLz0QrkBfvRLF9No0FfuYuyCuMkut2xIsNaOofVC7nu4cMXk74j_zDsCL1zP4FjCse0FUjK8HmSDJyv15-0zIQRyxguKoqLWW8rZ/s2000/These%20characters%20are%20greatful%20for...%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1294" data-original-width="2000" height="419" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUAemTV8mkp_31rTK4u6KOUL8JrM-sOWzij6Z3aUZ1xNb3yVcqRiR9vVoN-rKItMYSM_CDo6aPsAQeCki5geIRCLz0QrkBfvRLF9No0FfuYuyCuMkut2xIsNaOofVC7nu4cMXk74j_zDsCL1zP4FjCse0FUjK8HmSDJyv15-0zIQRyxguKoqLWW8rZ/w648-h419/These%20characters%20are%20greatful%20for...%20(1).png" width="648" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">No time to create your own? <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Gratitude-Themed-Book-Display-or-Bulletin-Board-with-YA-Characters--8741061" target="_blank">This display is also available as a resource on TPT</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p><p style="--tw-border-opacity: 1; --tw-ring-color: rgba(0,38,234,0.5); --tw-ring-inset: var(--tw-empty, ); --tw-ring-offset-color: #fff; --tw-ring-offset-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-ring-offset-width: 0px; --tw-ring-shadow: 0 0 transparent; --tw-shadow: 0 0 transparent; border-color: rgba(226,232,240,var(--tw-border-opacity)); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #1e293b; counter-reset: list-1 0 list-2 0 list-3 0 list-4 0 list-5 0 list-6 0 list-7 0 list-8 0 list-9 0; cursor: text; font-family: "Inter var", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, "Noto Sans", sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol", "Noto Color Emoji"; font-size: 17.5px; margin: 0px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-39696362817006991982022-10-23T04:33:00.002-07:002022-10-23T13:45:31.636-07:00Native American Heritage Month, Daily Agenda Slides<p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br />As a school librarian, I often create resources for teachers, but I don't always know if they have the desired impact, as they might be utilized when I'm not in the classroom. Case in point:<a href="http://noshhinghere.blogspot.com/2022/09/addressing-our-dei-goals-with-daily.html" target="_blank"> the daily agenda slides I created for Hispanic Heritage month</a>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">This resource took a ton of time to create and was one of my big summer projects before the school year ramped up. I thought they were an accessible way to introduce diverse voices into our curriculum, and I liked the tie-in to national heritage months, but I wasn't sure if my teachers felt the same.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Then, last week, I started getting emails asking if I had daily agenda slides to share for the upcoming Native American Heritage Month - teachers were reporting it had become part of their classroom routine, and that students would remind them if they had forgotten to introduce the "person of the day."</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Happily, I had a slide deck ready to go, and now our social studies teachers have a month's worth of daily agenda slides to celebrate Native American Heritage month. </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL8e9zjAtpIuwTRdu_xB0geuPcBdJYuh7B_-es8If9b53v5Wcy79q680Ijc8qCKHWjYChwCS-czFwJYbrvvEXL7_kvtB0HDyH1cWKLP-Fh0Nd7csDjhB8Q_RT8Lvk_44J_PvdanuDPz5dKnZAXQ7kbZLrBhClWV7QvKHfOHbWPYTrBfpuSLSnshXBN" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="540" data-original-width="960" height="369" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjL8e9zjAtpIuwTRdu_xB0geuPcBdJYuh7B_-es8If9b53v5Wcy79q680Ijc8qCKHWjYChwCS-czFwJYbrvvEXL7_kvtB0HDyH1cWKLP-Fh0Nd7csDjhB8Q_RT8Lvk_44J_PvdanuDPz5dKnZAXQ7kbZLrBhClWV7QvKHfOHbWPYTrBfpuSLSnshXBN=w655-h369" width="655" /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><i>If you'd like to use these specific slides, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Native-American-Heritage-Month-Daily-Agenda-Slides-Noteworthy-Native-Americans-8293652" target="_blank">they're available here on TPT</a>. </i></b></span><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><i><br /></i></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">One of the hardest parts was identifying the individuals to incorporate into the resource - there were so many options and a limited number of school days in November. I ended up selecting the following individuals:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9H0pERjQjgQViZhXIXuiAQxx0P9b90ShGpZEQiMLQ1DSRGzhWo2sAg3K2yxx8ivGJizOLulQ8VpYw4NEwjbqUPdKMfxIbvB1A-mrz2WFh0P2eCuXnwyzwwGgfT5AiqsRNca0uznbbPSRJDXxCjsUZOw5c7YJyt9D00yHgLb0HIPZ8vstWmEaV_CJv" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="544" data-original-width="547" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj9H0pERjQjgQViZhXIXuiAQxx0P9b90ShGpZEQiMLQ1DSRGzhWo2sAg3K2yxx8ivGJizOLulQ8VpYw4NEwjbqUPdKMfxIbvB1A-mrz2WFh0P2eCuXnwyzwwGgfT5AiqsRNca0uznbbPSRJDXxCjsUZOw5c7YJyt9D00yHgLb0HIPZ8vstWmEaV_CJv=w452-h450" width="452" /></a></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">When I'm building these resources, one of the biggest challenges is to find copyright-free images or images with an appropriate creative commons license. My go-to sources are <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" target="_blank">Wikimedia Commons</a> (it's part of Wikipedia and devoted to images and media files) and <a href="https://www.flickr.com/">Flickr</a>. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">When you search Wikimedia Commons, your results will be a series of images. If you click on a photo, it will display information underneath the photo, on the right side of your screen. This will tell you what kind of license the photo has. This particular image of Maria Tallchief is part of the Public Domain, so it does not have copyright restrictions. Images in the public domain are either older or taken by a U.S. government agency. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHNZDD0rEiy7cdXb8myQXPrtuCtOS9-tpjXdgQR2gZyei1L0_qqtyM0e1F_hchjv-MwJPW7Jy1vMNtMijBbK66z-AQTbBFp04I4vV1uUpjyWZrkbcb3p27cZGWM3lzrp_pSXjADm8J6TYXeNAZzhNFgYQXCPByu6HkCo80lMtab5EJxUKMhE7FhcWp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="942" data-original-width="1686" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHNZDD0rEiy7cdXb8myQXPrtuCtOS9-tpjXdgQR2gZyei1L0_qqtyM0e1F_hchjv-MwJPW7Jy1vMNtMijBbK66z-AQTbBFp04I4vV1uUpjyWZrkbcb3p27cZGWM3lzrp_pSXjADm8J6TYXeNAZzhNFgYQXCPByu6HkCo80lMtab5EJxUKMhE7FhcWp=w650-h364" width="650" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">If it's not in the public domain, you'll see a Creative Commons license underneath the photo. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">When you first start working with CC licenses, it might seem confusing -- there are different categories of CC licenses, and simply having a CC license doesn't mean you can use it on TPT. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Luckily, it's pretty easy to read them - the language is very user-friendly. To read a CC license, just click on the link underneath the photo (circled in green below).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTJPLPY0ndD1ODwgtfal35pJ0SJLODmyaz3jw6EQuHsQKkpnP-Gbi5Q8jMQ8Ap2BoI41TjVUvUMpo7bw5gY3V2no5wjrc308jazKr_hHqqSywaJFZF4MplnXgYO3-uBaZjiF3g6HoBgKDqGnu5-9nO9ZK4htj4bcqB5xBCr_m7qqIqwDmV_BjqkPHn" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="757" data-original-width="680" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTJPLPY0ndD1ODwgtfal35pJ0SJLODmyaz3jw6EQuHsQKkpnP-Gbi5Q8jMQ8Ap2BoI41TjVUvUMpo7bw5gY3V2no5wjrc308jazKr_hHqqSywaJFZF4MplnXgYO3-uBaZjiF3g6HoBgKDqGnu5-9nO9ZK4htj4bcqB5xBCr_m7qqIqwDmV_BjqkPHn=w461-h512" width="461" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Below is an image of what you'll see when you click on the CC license link. It's always divided into two parts: 1) What you are allowed to do with the image, and then 2) the rules you have to follow when using the image as allowed. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOmtsN8C5xklTIylIE30G8opF7ZQMKoiXLu5pqeiXg4wUWUvVim5s4AsV58x-4MKLzq7xWX5X7UKwmI54yKWDj1GEfIEYxaccnygrYdmzgoVThff18C5LztLI7Gm-gQY7qYSL960l0MEwVq0qeDrBHIFR7EVtN4ymR1Q9Iq1Q29wa3dqhoisEzRdjO" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="931" data-original-width="882" height="488" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiOmtsN8C5xklTIylIE30G8opF7ZQMKoiXLu5pqeiXg4wUWUvVim5s4AsV58x-4MKLzq7xWX5X7UKwmI54yKWDj1GEfIEYxaccnygrYdmzgoVThff18C5LztLI7Gm-gQY7qYSL960l0MEwVq0qeDrBHIFR7EVtN4ymR1Q9Iq1Q29wa3dqhoisEzRdjO=w460-h488" width="460" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">When I search Flickr, I have the option to select the type of images I'd like returned during a search. If I'm going to be using the images for TPT, I look for ones labeled "commercial use allowed," "no known copyright restrictions," and "U.S. Government works."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO6TOuXQ5ahGQau9QxApAhwWulhaNGxJWXTu0Jdfm-n7k7gqvFiox7y24z44elmMJ_tYZbjy79DPxVgdVov-0mAX2s8YFrF5aQapQu9od96Wc4spYcDwtAoz4AnykdTV2h1TlBDAdxHTr6Rr_N2Ecuy6sD9lbWZwbJp6uoVQ3jH7IZTt_iK70IegH-" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="878" data-original-width="1283" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhO6TOuXQ5ahGQau9QxApAhwWulhaNGxJWXTu0Jdfm-n7k7gqvFiox7y24z44elmMJ_tYZbjy79DPxVgdVov-0mAX2s8YFrF5aQapQu9od96Wc4spYcDwtAoz4AnykdTV2h1TlBDAdxHTr6Rr_N2Ecuy6sD9lbWZwbJp6uoVQ3jH7IZTt_iK70IegH-=w621-h426" width="621" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-58814605318479288552022-10-15T04:21:00.009-07:002022-10-15T04:23:24.614-07:00October Classroom Book Clubs<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My building overhauled the schedule this year, and with the new changes, my opportunities to hold a student book club during the school day were significantly impacted. I was extra disappointed because I'd worked really hard to develop and establish our new <a href="http://noshhinghere.blogspot.com/2022/10/reader-challenge.html" target="_blank">Reader Challenge</a>, which required a monthly book club-style meeting for kids to earn their challenge badge.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I was lamenting to some ELA colleagues how book clubs were my only opportunity to address these NYS library standards:</span></div><div><ul style="background-color: white;"><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Grade 8: Participates in literary discussions, special literary programs, and book clubs</span></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Grade 9: Shares reading experiences and responses to literature in multiple ways (e.g., face-to-face conversations, technology presentations, posters, creative products)</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Unlike classroom teachers with rostered students, I don't have DEDICATED time to work with kids, so a schedule change meant that I wasn't able to cover these standards during the school day.</span></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Eighth-grade ELA teachers to the rescue! While we were figuring out the new schedule, they suggested I come into their ELA classes once a month to run a book club with their students. LOVE IT! We've since figured out a way to hold the Reader Challenge Book Club during the school day, but I'm pumped to take the opportunity to hold a monthly book club in classrooms, too!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For classroom book clubs, students are NOT going to read the same book. Instead, I'm going to use their independent reading selections as the basis for our monthly meetings/activities. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpBS0iC_02_CFfRinQM3vXzkHNlALjcY9Q5lLllzX7UE0bNPByHFUwCWCBfjTmHdPWUHUDP4ZdPupPcp8HGMFopPmk4rfT9h35IF8JKXTHDBShwk6QHah4vj9KcfXtOgzWgfWl861l990GJ1S5V57AO442o7svCzDll8p2gEHYaK8Qn1GRHfu_asa/s1000/Speed%20Dating%20with%20Books%20(29).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="395" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDpBS0iC_02_CFfRinQM3vXzkHNlALjcY9Q5lLllzX7UE0bNPByHFUwCWCBfjTmHdPWUHUDP4ZdPupPcp8HGMFopPmk4rfT9h35IF8JKXTHDBShwk6QHah4vj9KcfXtOgzWgfWl861l990GJ1S5V57AO442o7svCzDll8p2gEHYaK8Qn1GRHfu_asa/w395-h395/Speed%20Dating%20with%20Books%20(29).png" width="395" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span>Since our first meeting is in October, I wanted to design something spooky -- and came up with Character Tombstones:</span><span style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: var(--ds-font-weight-strong); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> Imagine the main character in your independent reading (or classroom) novel dies at the end of the book. What would be written on their tombstone?</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqQEXLT3pIWT5tkQWgiAg6UfN4OfugjutCCbgpoAfx4tX7WQHhzzNcNtZR9K2rt8MagRY6g6SfiMN2K2brlRPgbYLH6rBGIzoNr5C98et2mSzVEBn_JEjFijRPEJh_1Hko8kQj8XhQzH0ORS5EBI7dFFdfpKLAXUSe0QWmcEhM8eX0xYR5oK-AsKG/s1000/Speed%20Dating%20with%20Books%20(30).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjqQEXLT3pIWT5tkQWgiAg6UfN4OfugjutCCbgpoAfx4tX7WQHhzzNcNtZR9K2rt8MagRY6g6SfiMN2K2brlRPgbYLH6rBGIzoNr5C98et2mSzVEBn_JEjFijRPEJh_1Hko8kQj8XhQzH0ORS5EBI7dFFdfpKLAXUSe0QWmcEhM8eX0xYR5oK-AsKG/w379-h379/Speed%20Dating%20with%20Books%20(30).png" width="379" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Spooky-Character-Tombstones-Creative-writing-w-independent-or-classroom-novels-8658772" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #2b00fe;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">This book club activity </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: large;">is available on TPT.</span></span></b></a></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">Students learn about epitaphs (engravings written on a tombstone), review literary terms like tone and voice, think about characterization and then create an epitaph for the protagonist in their independent reading novel. </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">My goal is to use these "classroom book club" sessions as a fun, low-stakes way to share our individual reading journeys. I really want to celebrate their books, rather than "kill the joy" of reading! </span></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-26965526797876772432022-10-15T03:35:00.006-07:002022-10-15T03:36:09.348-07:00Sell your Book: Using Student-Created Booktalks for Student Book Selection<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I love booktalking, but I always find it frustrating; I prep 3-5 booktalks, go into classrooms for the day, and pitch the book. It's great for a couple periods, but after a while, I run out of copies of the books I'm promoting. It feels silly to booktalk books that aren't available to be checked out, and creating booktalks is a TON of work, so it's not practical to just switch to different booktalks in the afternoon. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The "Sell Your Book!" activity is my answer to this problem.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6eLH1xsD59EI2Pfk_OQbdgwj69_SfS21iC-6n2TXwfaT0uJACXmWYPb_oSCqU9QHvETWGKZenJzt3yIkmlVncmumy-mP63Jli2l81IYB3h8WI1O7IvXTXI8ub5vhWQSn2U7v2lHKPwyOGYNsKIe0kGWCJdCdKR2TPUNT_vx7AYQ4r8hj7FUEEPUge" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1000" data-original-width="1000" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6eLH1xsD59EI2Pfk_OQbdgwj69_SfS21iC-6n2TXwfaT0uJACXmWYPb_oSCqU9QHvETWGKZenJzt3yIkmlVncmumy-mP63Jli2l81IYB3h8WI1O7IvXTXI8ub5vhWQSn2U7v2lHKPwyOGYNsKIe0kGWCJdCdKR2TPUNT_vx7AYQ4r8hj7FUEEPUge=w359-h359" width="359" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />It's a fresh, new alternative to speed-dating or book-tasting selection activities. <span style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; font-weight: var(--ds-font-weight-strong); line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">This book selection activity asks students to "sell" a book by working collaboratively to create a booktalk they present to the class</span><span style="background-color: white;">. The lesson takes 40-45 minutes, requires both independent and collaborative work, and harnesses the power of student voice and student choice. </span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Because STUDENTS are creating NEW booktalks every period, it solves my booktalk problem; we never run out of books, and students get to decide what's worthy of promotion.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>This resource is<a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Sell-That-Book-Using-Student-Generated-Booktalks-for-Book-Selection-Activity-8664147" target="_blank"> available in my TPT store</a>.</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you'd like to create your own version, here are more details about the steps:</span></p><ol style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Students sit in groups. Each group is provided with one book per person. Students spend 2 minutes reviewing their book, using the provided graphic organizer to summarize their feelings, then pass it to the next person in their group. This continues until everyone in the group has reviewed each book.</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Each group then votes, selecting their favorite book to "sell." Working collaboratively, they create a Google Slide about their book, using the provided template.</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Next, the groups present their books, using the Google Slide they created to pitch the title to the class. As the audience listens, they rate each title on the provided handout.</span></li><li style="background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Finally, when it's time for book checkout, students can select any of the titles - either ones they reviewed independently or titles other groups "sold."</span></li></ol>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-82567042742582908672022-10-04T15:04:00.005-07:002022-10-04T15:04:37.183-07:00Scaffolded Support Cycle for Students<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I found this fantastic idea from @MonteSyrie, shared by @teacher2teacher on Twitter. It provides students with scaffolded support to help complete missing assignments, but also requires students to take ownership of the process. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The idea's all his -- I just tweaked the wording and threw it into Canva so I could print four to a page. If you're looking for the <a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFOAesDmfQ/8Q1edQfjne13X76zm8WdXg/view?utm_content=DAFOAesDmfQ&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink&mode=preview">Canva template link -- click here</a>. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOfsv1Skx76MEnBW7lWLCEAP4IMv-GBCCJyeyv3Bh5pNDDVuwJylisgVZvsbkFL_EzaeHb_Q5rsNNZxJEcF-h1NiLaQovCujwwX4Vne0z1d3jWzl7rNnaJeqrlnG_JUGhShErfyb4Y_JKOur6EIWGe7BEPv1kU0jQd2E2kTk7_BkgkVu7aKToCoPBT" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="752" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjOfsv1Skx76MEnBW7lWLCEAP4IMv-GBCCJyeyv3Bh5pNDDVuwJylisgVZvsbkFL_EzaeHb_Q5rsNNZxJEcF-h1NiLaQovCujwwX4Vne0z1d3jWzl7rNnaJeqrlnG_JUGhShErfyb4Y_JKOur6EIWGe7BEPv1kU0jQd2E2kTk7_BkgkVu7aKToCoPBT=w579-h752" width="579" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-51554118555477678292022-10-02T07:20:00.004-07:002022-10-02T07:20:22.568-07:00Reader Challenge<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Looking for the posters and stickers we used for our reading challenge? </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here's a<a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFN5mxCask/9W45iVJ1YJAMHChBfTJDWA/view?utm_content=DAFN5mxCask&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink&mode=preview" target="_blank"> link to the Canva template</a> for the poster. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEOuLq8QOBbDy3Xgtc3Emba7VAk_X1dVQKhyKvEMR1qN7Af82C3AtDLrt6BJc68CY6gYubm1R79zZlksuG3fagNFX9P_CMDKy4nDVPT06soitoCRu7oJpq7di1SgHSwuLg-l4FK8LSLLExyK6ejDq6MKZ6rfm7UeLlgJOdzK9E1OLdS0wjoLpXnEtx" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3264" data-original-width="2112" height="757" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEOuLq8QOBbDy3Xgtc3Emba7VAk_X1dVQKhyKvEMR1qN7Af82C3AtDLrt6BJc68CY6gYubm1R79zZlksuG3fagNFX9P_CMDKy4nDVPT06soitoCRu7oJpq7di1SgHSwuLg-l4FK8LSLLExyK6ejDq6MKZ6rfm7UeLlgJOdzK9E1OLdS0wjoLpXnEtx=w490-h757" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">And here's a<a href="https://www.canva.com/design/DAFN5jKUWSY/GISPneBYHtUvqN2PRh8XYw/view?utm_content=DAFN5jKUWSY&utm_campaign=designshare&utm_medium=link&utm_source=publishsharelink&mode=preview"> link to the Canva template with all the individual sticker graphics.</a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimWhZeXhvjtQpsGgoATdvm5A4cOu_z880wRyQ0KKO6lQHIcfANBPWeyEEqgyZPGZBxaS8FgpPLfeNoLabV2qbD6yQJr8kl4xtLo3BQI2RzbOKdp1j_ZcudRdBHrCupkBxmhpP1XGJvPVamtsuORfRwQiw0GG_vgWepAIX0K05RmhNghQla-lqhOZyc" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="485" data-original-width="1062" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEimWhZeXhvjtQpsGgoATdvm5A4cOu_z880wRyQ0KKO6lQHIcfANBPWeyEEqgyZPGZBxaS8FgpPLfeNoLabV2qbD6yQJr8kl4xtLo3BQI2RzbOKdp1j_ZcudRdBHrCupkBxmhpP1XGJvPVamtsuORfRwQiw0GG_vgWepAIX0K05RmhNghQla-lqhOZyc=w601-h274" width="601" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Please note: I've got some fair criticism about featuring "Black Characters" vs "Hispanic Authors" and "A.A.P.I. Authors," so going forward, I will be changing my version to: "Black Voices," "Hispanic Voices," "A.A.P.I Voices," etc. You may wish to do the same with these templates before printing.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Want to have stickers printed? I had good luck with <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09R8LSPL7/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&th=1">this company</a>, ordering through the Amazon website. My ordering specs were: 1) Shape = Contour Cut, 2) Size = 2", 3) Quantity = 100, 4) Lamination = no. Each pack of 100 stickers came to $35.91. I am happy with the quality and size -- we'll see if they hold up well once kids stick them on laptops, etc.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikUWFfEeqr3uShd22Oc2Mx3T9EUsnvImfxEapG33-LGIZHo6kRMOEyUPKXpEq_TEleTHa1m1Df_2zodIP5hrkjxUU2K0SJLqB43rJORBDYf1gezzfI6LL5t4Rp46a-HhGyRvQBcrMSgETBl0wLrbFQyIaFHyMplDIkwPXP2tsEG5Cs3h5-frDxSlB7" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="518" data-original-width="1172" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEikUWFfEeqr3uShd22Oc2Mx3T9EUsnvImfxEapG33-LGIZHo6kRMOEyUPKXpEq_TEleTHa1m1Df_2zodIP5hrkjxUU2K0SJLqB43rJORBDYf1gezzfI6LL5t4Rp46a-HhGyRvQBcrMSgETBl0wLrbFQyIaFHyMplDIkwPXP2tsEG5Cs3h5-frDxSlB7=w650-h286" width="650" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><br /> <p></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-39468298730001418672022-09-11T06:06:00.001-07:002022-09-11T06:06:31.044-07:00Addressing our DEI goals with daily agenda slides<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I co-chair the diversity, equity, and inclusion committee for my building (but don't confuse me for an expert—I still have so much to learn). As a school librarian, this work feels like a natural fit, as so many tenets of our profession parallel traditional D.E.I. goals. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In my building, one of our current goals is to increase the diversity and range of viewpoints and voices in classrooms and curriculum, especially those that are historically marginalized. We've done some big work in this area—for example, we overhauled the novels and some short stories students read in 9th grade ELA. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sometimes, though, we move towards our D.E.I. goals with baby steps—small changes that send us in the right direction, but on a smaller scale. An example? We're using daily agenda slides to highlight Hispanic voices during National Hispanic Heritage Month, celebrated from September 15th—October 15th. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDLtfHLtZRAJBh8Uu9V6vf6ZDv0JnHFw-1w0dBiVmB4tfkDMMAt6Tl6ijtt5MVCilOrYFPkeq28F6eRHOO4uQHSX3LMF_IQ_pXIYTleXm9XwB5h51YsVot6d_1gmstscftLqAjBMdU4mE7ZYpAxF9m2h_ukGPaMf6BSmK7LCAQPkUBZlHHIBTO8N4X" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1075" data-original-width="1919" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhDLtfHLtZRAJBh8Uu9V6vf6ZDv0JnHFw-1w0dBiVmB4tfkDMMAt6Tl6ijtt5MVCilOrYFPkeq28F6eRHOO4uQHSX3LMF_IQ_pXIYTleXm9XwB5h51YsVot6d_1gmstscftLqAjBMdU4mE7ZYpAxF9m2h_ukGPaMf6BSmK7LCAQPkUBZlHHIBTO8N4X=w641-h359" width="641" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Almost every teacher in my junior high starts class with an agenda slide. Agenda slides are typically created in Google Slides and displayed on the SmartBoard/Cleartouch board when students enter the classroom. They might contain the day's agenda, reminders about homework or upcoming quizzes, a list of materials students need for the day, a bell-ringer and learning goals. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">By creating agenda slide templates specific to National Hispanic Heritage Month, teachers are able to introduce these voices without a lot of additional prep or time. Don't get me wrong--these voices DESERVE lots of prep and time—and that's happening too—but small steps get us moving in the right direction while we've got bigger things in the works. Also, we want to ensure we aren't limiting our celebration of Hispanic voices to September 15 - October 15, so we're very intentional about incorporating Hispanic authors in the library program and ELA readings all year round.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhJ5h0U-J5IMU-DIWhQsikBdnFIrlD-B0uE_YOLMfdu8orFG8QT_7cPCG_wmJrKVIIv5OD9cHm6sGYOfJ1bAm6Cxw4cNssDnwsKN4fWnn3EwMTtisaCUH7XOsFCsjHoGF95eJmKkgnnqVm5fEXyZ3QIJi6llIiWGXIG88VbjWNyrXKxOx6EdL_C905" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1913" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjhJ5h0U-J5IMU-DIWhQsikBdnFIrlD-B0uE_YOLMfdu8orFG8QT_7cPCG_wmJrKVIIv5OD9cHm6sGYOfJ1bAm6Cxw4cNssDnwsKN4fWnn3EwMTtisaCUH7XOsFCsjHoGF95eJmKkgnnqVm5fEXyZ3QIJi6llIiWGXIG88VbjWNyrXKxOx6EdL_C905=w599-h339" width="599" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This agenda slides deck features 24 different Hispanic Americans, and includes a photograph and brief biography. Teachers can edit the rest of the text on the slide, customizing the agenda and reminders section to meet each day's needs. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I used Canva to design the slides. By utilizing resources like Wikimedia Commons and Flickr, I was able to select photographs with appropriate CC licenses. After designing the image in Canva, I download them as .jpg files and added them as backgrounds in Google Slides. After that, it was easy to add text boxes on top of the background to create customizable fields for agenda items and reminders. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I chose to feature these individuals:</span></p><ul style="background-color: white; background-repeat: no-repeat; border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style-position: outside; margin: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 40px;"><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ted Williams</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jean-Michel Basquiat</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Lin-Manuel Miranda</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Celia Cruz</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sonia Sotomayor</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dolores Huerta</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ellen Ochoa</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Selena Gomez</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Cesar Chavez</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Rita Moreno</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Gloria Estefan</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Richard E. Cavazos</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Roberto Clemente</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Carlos Santana</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Oscar De La Hoya</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Severo Ochoa</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jennifer Lopez</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Joseph A. Unanue</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Jovita Idar</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Guy Gabaldon</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Sylvia Mendez</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">José Andrés</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Antonia Novello</span></span></li><li><span class="JsGRdQ"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Oscar de la Renta</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><i><b>If you'd like to utilize daily agenda slides for National Hispanic Heritage Month, but don't want to create your own, they're <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Hispanic-Heritage-Month-Daily-Agenda-Slides-Noteworthy-Hispanic-Americans-8231169?ref=feed/seller_updates_page_product" target="_blank">available on TPT here</a>.</b></i></span></div><div><br /></div><p><br /></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-31340248785592673592022-09-02T13:36:00.002-07:002022-09-02T13:36:16.898-07:00Banned Books Display: Addressing both sides & encouraging student voice<p><span style="background-color: white; font-size: 16px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">As a school librarian, it's super important for me to mark the <a href="https://bannedbooksweek.org/" target="_blank">American Library Association's Banned Books Week </a>(this year, it's Sept 18 - 24). As long as I've been a school librarian, I've included a Banned Books display in my library. In the past, the stakes felt low, and I didn't worry that it would cause any kind of controversy.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">And things have changed.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">Now that book banning is MUCH more prevalent, and considered by many to be both a controversial issue and a highly politicized issue, I'm VERY careful to ensure my display is informational and allows lots of room for students to draw their OWN conclusions about the topic. (This aligns with my district's school board policy on teaching controversial issues.)</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">To do this, I use the display to incorporate three reasons why people support book banning AND three reasons why people oppose book banning. I provide students with paper and pens, and encourage them to reflect on their opinions about the topic. There's a large bulletin board (labeled "Hot Takes") just to the left of the display, where students can post their thoughts and contribute to the conversation. As a side benefit, this also plays right into my eternal mission to encourage student voice in the library!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiijIKrjidbwG5B4XOoQkl-LRgtgw8pVyJcvUHI8kNI3NAk238smhQ1VTr_Y9bwtht0FhrmNdbpPAxqkufMNj3fZX05lxqJs_et3ciT4g3VPI27UmVLqLN1vpxb0N-jDAY10Pl8AeVQMUkaN-qydpSV3_DnVYEUv0yKukodNq8KDeTfGcGV0MLsNMJZ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="824" data-original-width="610" height="659" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiijIKrjidbwG5B4XOoQkl-LRgtgw8pVyJcvUHI8kNI3NAk238smhQ1VTr_Y9bwtht0FhrmNdbpPAxqkufMNj3fZX05lxqJs_et3ciT4g3VPI27UmVLqLN1vpxb0N-jDAY10Pl8AeVQMUkaN-qydpSV3_DnVYEUv0yKukodNq8KDeTfGcGV0MLsNMJZ=w489-h659" width="489" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">If you'd like to use my resources to create your own display, you can <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Banned-Books-Week-ProCon-Book-Display-Bulletin-Board-edit-in-Google-Slides-8501476" target="_blank">find them at this link on Teachers Pay Teachers</a>.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;">What's your Banned Books Week display/bulletin board looking like this year? I'd love to hear what you're doing, especially if it's different than what you've done in the past.</span></p><p><br /></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-90286318012046242432022-08-15T04:54:00.004-07:002022-08-15T04:59:31.649-07:00Library Promo for New Staff<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Is it your first year in a new school library? Are there new staff members in your building this year? How are you going to introduce yourself and ensure they understand what your library program offers?</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To facilitate this in my building, I created this front/back "Library Menu." On the first page, it introduces myself (the teacher-librarian), and my staff, including our library secretary and teaching assistant. In addition to a short bio, it also provides information on each person's duties a well as their contact information. Check it out below (I've redacted our personal/identifying information).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVE138sh8BUSOVrECIVt8D7ZcPiv_JgPHXzIKBJn9TGWkZPvjxNWr2Hny6zXvy58GUm8btVghh88nXxQRsW8r3OOalouoGHJCT5d3xuEHg6NnqEY0x4LPm2lj_Xy7MpWEH71f590ddIsjkJdbeYd2YgJSmgWvT7N_Y_QXS1VT7g1J6dw7OyGvtywmV" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="758" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiVE138sh8BUSOVrECIVt8D7ZcPiv_JgPHXzIKBJn9TGWkZPvjxNWr2Hny6zXvy58GUm8btVghh88nXxQRsW8r3OOalouoGHJCT5d3xuEHg6NnqEY0x4LPm2lj_Xy7MpWEH71f590ddIsjkJdbeYd2YgJSmgWvT7N_Y_QXS1VT7g1J6dw7OyGvtywmV=w585-h758" width="585" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">19421942<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbZakLwzUiWZnTrINyS5mkdEj8kDmnT1npwykn8maeJKfUYFUgLaTf9DevYvbSDecbhMFL_kb9Rg9ZAXzhURn0T9OksAwHb9_x2NVKXnOqzg0ISQQwTCOO54BhyvGntpbcqXTedHpxhRgLf1Of6RGXpZUclV6Dk7hds0edzZUKNT2avCX36kZeX3FS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="757" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgbZakLwzUiWZnTrINyS5mkdEj8kDmnT1npwykn8maeJKfUYFUgLaTf9DevYvbSDecbhMFL_kb9Rg9ZAXzhURn0T9OksAwHb9_x2NVKXnOqzg0ISQQwTCOO54BhyvGntpbcqXTedHpxhRgLf1Of6RGXpZUclV6Dk7hds0edzZUKNT2avCX36kZeX3FS=w583-h757" width="583" /></a></div><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Don't want to create your own? The template is available on Teachers Pay Teachers. You'll be provided with a Canva template link, and will just need to create a free Canva account to access. Note: not all fonts and graphics are available with a free account, though all educators can upgrade to Canva for Education, free of charge. <br /><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-14233674918817443592022-08-02T11:19:00.002-07:002022-08-02T11:20:45.634-07:00Book Display: They're a 10 but...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Have you seen the "He's a 10 but..." social media trend? Thanks to some Twitter inspo from <a href="https://dontyoushushme.com/2022/07/28/hes-a-10-but-display-free-downloads/">Kesley Bogan</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/102714296480241/posts/pfbid0d2Haw3oMFyA6Jh7y4ehGCBtbDDt2FA4rd7oMD2S7Xy9DG6YfwkMgAGuVSvJg7b3Yl/?d=n">Megis County District Library</a>, I had fun putting a literary twist on the idea. Here's my y2k aesthetic version of the trend. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Want to recreate, but save yourself the 4 hours it took me to assemble this display?</b> <b><a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Theyre-a-10-But-Bulletin-Board-Book-Display-for-Libraries-and-Classrooms-8374366" target="_blank">Resources to create your own display or bulletin board are available for download here</a>.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEictmPABEaEgWKdZrgJKVeI4ttuyYDV-yYogyb2pH9irzzM-vqJU9RTzVJJmig8i2F3j2852P9yekDdqGuxcaNnqczIzoVE3wG39xw4iar9C8XGx9sDXSFkFwOr3v-bFy0Xk5bcivFQi-9hxZOKCtxjqFb6V7d9wQhDYVorqdBgZvRFpDRiatSTCqfH" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="379" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEictmPABEaEgWKdZrgJKVeI4ttuyYDV-yYogyb2pH9irzzM-vqJU9RTzVJJmig8i2F3j2852P9yekDdqGuxcaNnqczIzoVE3wG39xw4iar9C8XGx9sDXSFkFwOr3v-bFy0Xk5bcivFQi-9hxZOKCtxjqFb6V7d9wQhDYVorqdBgZvRFpDRiatSTCqfH=w673-h379" width="673" /></a></div><br />Whenever possible, I like to make my library book displays interactive, especially if I can figure out a way to incorporate opportunities for student voice and choice. For this display, I included plastic cups labeled with "Not a 10" and "Still a 10" for each book featured. Students (when they come back next month), will use pom poms to vote, deciding if the main character is still a 10, despite their flaw. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This display translates well to a bulletin board, too. Just print and hang your signs, and staple the cups to the bulletin board to keep the interactive element. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I always try to develop a "trending" display for back-to-school -- it's important to me that students' first impression of our program conveys the idea that THIS library is culturally relevant to THEIR lives. Last year's back to school display featured Olivia Rodrigo -- this year, it's a TikTok trend. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div><br /></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-53469869433718183562022-07-31T07:06:00.006-07:002022-08-01T14:57:13.577-07:00You: The Video Game - A Back to School Icebreaker & Community Builder<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As an introvert, I'm not a giant fan of icebreaker/get to know you activities that require awkward conversations with people you don't know. I'm not the only one - plenty of students feel the same way! Last year I came up with a beginning of school activity that introduces content, allows me to learn about each student, and begins to establish classroom community connections— AND it's cringe free! :) Our kids really enjoy this activity - there's lots of opportunity to be creative and it's culturally relevant with its video game tie-in.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>No Cringe Icebreakers</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In this activity, <i>You: The Video Game</i>, students share the things that make them unique and learn about their classmates' lives, but there's no uncomfortable conversations. Instead, students pretend their lives have been turned into a video game. They create a "screenshot" of their imaginary video game that includes 10 symbols, and write a bit of text to explain the meaning behind each symbol. They also name their game, and identify their game's final "boss battle" - aka a challenge they face in their life. Below is my teacher example - I use it to model expectations, and</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> introduce myself to students.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW33jPitF-dCGJgGZ1P10d5nEbpE3XMGW6SnwwsrswI5jsa_vjLkqrBZ_DW-tZw_ghqoAOXr2KqqJF-2927_G6kRjyU_TzNkMHfqAMsrfN_AErq1vSs9FCNw8E7xIoA0hIpVnHm6OLrz292LNfJo7CwRNW4DaFoKuTwTcAhhskusCKWGnUnrbY4aKy/s1920/PREVIEW%20Includes%2018%20lesson%20slides%20that%20are%20100%25%20editable%20(1).png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW33jPitF-dCGJgGZ1P10d5nEbpE3XMGW6SnwwsrswI5jsa_vjLkqrBZ_DW-tZw_ghqoAOXr2KqqJF-2927_G6kRjyU_TzNkMHfqAMsrfN_AErq1vSs9FCNw8E7xIoA0hIpVnHm6OLrz292LNfJo7CwRNW4DaFoKuTwTcAhhskusCKWGnUnrbY4aKy/w637-h358/PREVIEW%20Includes%2018%20lesson%20slides%20that%20are%20100%25%20editable%20(1).png" width="637" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Building Classroom Community</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Once students complete their Slide, they'll add it to a digital Slides gallery. Students will individually explore the digital gallery of classmates' video games screenshots. They'll use the "speaker notes" section underneath each slide to identify connections they have with classmates.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>A Little Content</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As part of this activity, I introduce the concept of symbols. We analyze visual symbols, and then explore the difference between concrete symbols and abstract symbols. This sets students up for later work analyzing texts, and preps them to begin examining graphics and images for potentially deeper meanings (hello, information literacy!). </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-oyHVJ-mvEsJ2glz_61AnmW69nitIBtHwu73PqhsUFeGamtAiGBjM0HWjJ6b4-U_goAk1MvmvYbFcziqaU6uUHE3nlmrmauzuZIuriajPkV-_G4J3JyVZxNNyvqxM8fE9ujkxHjwL5_CrNRX9c5w46yV3EkT4Ldn8Aq2mrxtug3ADm9LbqJf5J39/s887/Screenshot%202022-07-31%20095749.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="887" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil-oyHVJ-mvEsJ2glz_61AnmW69nitIBtHwu73PqhsUFeGamtAiGBjM0HWjJ6b4-U_goAk1MvmvYbFcziqaU6uUHE3nlmrmauzuZIuriajPkV-_G4J3JyVZxNNyvqxM8fE9ujkxHjwL5_CrNRX9c5w46yV3EkT4Ldn8Aq2mrxtug3ADm9LbqJf5J39/w661-h372/Screenshot%202022-07-31%20095749.png" width="661" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Resources</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">If you adapt this idea for your own classroom, I'd love to see what you create! If you'd like access to my resources for this project, you can access them here in my <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/You-The-Video-Game-Community-Building-Ice-Breaker-Activity-for-Back-to-School-8344338" target="_blank">Teachers Pay Teachers store</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbsX1tskhwH6XUqQQ_EMeMv_A-Yiv6BGI-Qd2ZLSWLM5AZTeLqiMyxpQ7tSMzt6w8-JsiKRIL8RG-msopPFqvJBg60suU395kZYv681oNNfX3dg3sP_u84LCh_HTNxzArkFK7y9PK_w9TOr8Uje4JEYPBgYXUJWh0Nt9HAMQWe9i4JPsqB5vsZb7C/s1085/Screenshot%202022-07-31%20100725.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="561" data-original-width="1085" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbbsX1tskhwH6XUqQQ_EMeMv_A-Yiv6BGI-Qd2ZLSWLM5AZTeLqiMyxpQ7tSMzt6w8-JsiKRIL8RG-msopPFqvJBg60suU395kZYv681oNNfX3dg3sP_u84LCh_HTNxzArkFK7y9PK_w9TOr8Uje4JEYPBgYXUJWh0Nt9HAMQWe9i4JPsqB5vsZb7C/w658-h339/Screenshot%202022-07-31%20100725.png" width="658" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></span><br /></div></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-25600344069344599282022-07-30T05:46:00.004-07:002022-07-30T05:48:36.731-07:00Designing Genre Signs with Photos in Canva<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlkbd_1TfnJbDiPUF974Z25VO09xSipAztgW3W57pLo-Pn7WLY9U1Oxu_yl3jQCPbtxoeLR06ilOmx43XU-j9TssU9gZY9K85oGRP974Pmivo6D-PZ_dMwOxeLeq7qOHbYAFw0-AICA2aHfntZrrfty05ddIagsvP5O5VJs6wYw6BBBiEsEvB-Nqws" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="1032" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhlkbd_1TfnJbDiPUF974Z25VO09xSipAztgW3W57pLo-Pn7WLY9U1Oxu_yl3jQCPbtxoeLR06ilOmx43XU-j9TssU9gZY9K85oGRP974Pmivo6D-PZ_dMwOxeLeq7qOHbYAFw0-AICA2aHfntZrrfty05ddIagsvP5O5VJs6wYw6BBBiEsEvB-Nqws=w667-h271" width="667" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I recently spent two weeks with a colleague that works at the elementary level. She'd just completed the most amazing project, organizing her nonfiction books into easily browsable genres. I love creating graphics, so with her input, I designed shelf labels and signs for 78 different nonfiction genres and 11 fiction genres. </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you'd like to purchase these genre labels and signs, you can<b> <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Fiction-Nonfiction-Signs-for-Elementary-Classroom-Libraries-in-TWO-sizes-8355600">buy them via my Teachers Pay Teachers store.</a></b> The resource includes 78 nonfiction and 11 fiction labels in two different sizes: 8.5" x 11" and 2" x 4". </span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For a quick crash course in creating your own labels, keep reading!</span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white;">The first thing you're going to need is a </span><a href="https://www.canva.com/" style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank">Canva account</a><span style="background-color: white;">, preferably a Pro account or an Education account, to ensure you have access to ALL the photographs. Remember,<a href="https://www.canva.com/education/"> education accounts are FREE for K-12 teachers.</a></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;">With Canva open, you'll click on "Custom Size" in the upper right hand corner, and then enter your dimensions. In my example below, I'm creating images 4" wide by 2" tall.</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwEh5Rvzw5LuqTMtiNlTBwz546998Agt4DKavNo_zjf_4D_tqK6NTh5EwRfksdgAhxdk3y_0AFiGiCgg1oPu92E0-6JLVCu5hprg97jK8_gQ5NwgP3oXnL0ptucVlw6_ZQu6SkFS97BEYIdZM3nmAFzy6kvxY_OuAhYywVmMm2pueHWfVQxNuT1L5h" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="749" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgwEh5Rvzw5LuqTMtiNlTBwz546998Agt4DKavNo_zjf_4D_tqK6NTh5EwRfksdgAhxdk3y_0AFiGiCgg1oPu92E0-6JLVCu5hprg97jK8_gQ5NwgP3oXnL0ptucVlw6_ZQu6SkFS97BEYIdZM3nmAFzy6kvxY_OuAhYywVmMm2pueHWfVQxNuT1L5h=w606-h354" width="606" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Then, on the left hand side of your screen, you'll want to select "Elements" (1), type the content you're looking for (I did "dogs") (2), and then click on "Photos" (3) to narrow the results to photographs.</span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ-i-2nrLCFI3P_ncSBqonD_rBjLuigHwyhkQPMBXUlsA1t6by-pXQx93jmhlfW65V9pvADmAG2BlpSDJZ5WGfLvHiVBhcc8_Bz9yVi15gsc_qOADEmUoQ_-RPVROEWrCOW6O37GyA_nkM5fUv0DY5vo_cx2DReUtth-fGWb3Xn8uzeC0_lITpqz2k" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="538" data-original-width="487" height="338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgJ-i-2nrLCFI3P_ncSBqonD_rBjLuigHwyhkQPMBXUlsA1t6by-pXQx93jmhlfW65V9pvADmAG2BlpSDJZ5WGfLvHiVBhcc8_Bz9yVi15gsc_qOADEmUoQ_-RPVROEWrCOW6O37GyA_nkM5fUv0DY5vo_cx2DReUtth-fGWb3Xn8uzeC0_lITpqz2k=w306-h338" width="306" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br />You'll need to resize your image. Click and drag the circles in the corners to change the image size. </span><p></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8loZPBpCH4TD5KS9kR6iGfmnhCj2-GJ96LgdsTkgyAlDq0xgiXkJEsTRgIBuvxQWBtxmMM8RrJPqoXZB6eNjzDsnWxBMi1JyHqcohKJB6Lj54pAZv10Yj-W-cBTgDqVytfSJDj7KSVxjZRoBqVzLHkdAH32_uvmbuSbPGvTu_PCNS-Hzd-7PacOAg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="937" height="319" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg8loZPBpCH4TD5KS9kR6iGfmnhCj2-GJ96LgdsTkgyAlDq0xgiXkJEsTRgIBuvxQWBtxmMM8RrJPqoXZB6eNjzDsnWxBMi1JyHqcohKJB6Lj54pAZv10Yj-W-cBTgDqVytfSJDj7KSVxjZRoBqVzLHkdAH32_uvmbuSbPGvTu_PCNS-Hzd-7PacOAg=w551-h319" width="551" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">You'll want to make sure the image fills ALL the white space (see below).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-XNkg8oV5wrQgrVPlZbBi1ET7nwKKy5kZpOgN7w8r_YRpuT6eLbjhCsdY00HZT3WhJVDClNGsxbd9aw3iwG3RZI-u9tjsl-bJm-mPfxTIpm8kLLrGdWLj1TRePm7J_LQCqb0LKdg_zIEPyNd7IGPEfGfLSw5hZIg_aE3fNNP9MGQQT3x3LX9xW51g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="567" data-original-width="944" height="326" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-XNkg8oV5wrQgrVPlZbBi1ET7nwKKy5kZpOgN7w8r_YRpuT6eLbjhCsdY00HZT3WhJVDClNGsxbd9aw3iwG3RZI-u9tjsl-bJm-mPfxTIpm8kLLrGdWLj1TRePm7J_LQCqb0LKdg_zIEPyNd7IGPEfGfLSw5hZIg_aE3fNNP9MGQQT3x3LX9xW51g=w543-h326" width="543" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The last step is to add your text. Select "Text" from the left-hand menu, then click on "Add a subheading" (2). Type your genre name in the text box, and then use the text formatting menu (3) to alter it to your liking. Note: I used the font "Sensei" in the labels and signs I created.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW4MZiXxJCfkg1qn-mG4SAX1eLiZlw9sXfGy7Cwbh84SGlCRFEBmlBylEkiIzhF1OJkyFg4dJkOS8fFAwSSgaIbmrXuXbRGbvYaxIIEABL66c6zg5hlsp8LDIvGh_101xhTdndHXSME6xtcgr6QseC7BxT1SFl652epVLPU08igdGDN9E3hb4KPPq8" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="639" data-original-width="1324" height="285" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiW4MZiXxJCfkg1qn-mG4SAX1eLiZlw9sXfGy7Cwbh84SGlCRFEBmlBylEkiIzhF1OJkyFg4dJkOS8fFAwSSgaIbmrXuXbRGbvYaxIIEABL66c6zg5hlsp8LDIvGh_101xhTdndHXSME6xtcgr6QseC7BxT1SFl652epVLPU08igdGDN9E3hb4KPPq8=w592-h285" width="592" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />If you want to add a colored background behind your text, you can do that using the "Effects" menu. Select the text by clicking on it, then click on Effects 1. Select the style "Background" (2). You can change the background color using the color selector (3).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY-r97N6wB6N2RxtK9KRMakItir5_1INLje0qQwVTvaG8uvjrso8Fv-MahblSbnqd6NCA8-s-Xf44cBEJqbHwbNsekZPfMrkuWwkJkh-5FA_L3IIksRcC1dK1zpKdxdMXYKwDR673FfiyiMYqI3qBRKT_03adGcrFWzYnQCMMvycNYX_bxQo6ZI15c" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="1268" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY-r97N6wB6N2RxtK9KRMakItir5_1INLje0qQwVTvaG8uvjrso8Fv-MahblSbnqd6NCA8-s-Xf44cBEJqbHwbNsekZPfMrkuWwkJkh-5FA_L3IIksRcC1dK1zpKdxdMXYKwDR673FfiyiMYqI3qBRKT_03adGcrFWzYnQCMMvycNYX_bxQo6ZI15c=w614-h337" width="614" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Once you're happy with your image, click on "Share" (1) in the upper left-hand corner, then click on "Download" (2).</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidqW4TreB6z5oC-IOliJo_VGillJHJp23g5VXkAU55qmPYC4AlMaj3RdEUEJPyzCqenYx1o-FZYp2amvKMDINjBBBmbU2JpkPfiTOUkJjjtrR-MUJcZwbrXxF19SthyiRebujgrdW-OfOnlQTrh5kf2bBRHuLN7inuMNGyiK4odGaY5An5LVTMkVvX" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="798" data-original-width="1001" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEidqW4TreB6z5oC-IOliJo_VGillJHJp23g5VXkAU55qmPYC4AlMaj3RdEUEJPyzCqenYx1o-FZYp2amvKMDINjBBBmbU2JpkPfiTOUkJjjtrR-MUJcZwbrXxF19SthyiRebujgrdW-OfOnlQTrh5kf2bBRHuLN7inuMNGyiK4odGaY5An5LVTMkVvX=w572-h456" width="572" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Now you'll want to download it as an image file, so make sure PNG is the selected file type (1). Then click "Download" (2).<br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-8vD6YUxGhovREMz76KbYsz3kBzBbguKt989OgAo4ykgmgGbRA0jflhp8newZHlQaCam2Pla4lRDs7Dz0H-CM3obFW1Pi4JpKirGYBf3tP4u9EEiEVjlYd3X45lNOuGc_DLKhcwhZQj8LF-U5tVZ38YxH_Yb82sQYGKvO2FItDHx9oUclpFHKcoD9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="446" data-original-width="974" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh-8vD6YUxGhovREMz76KbYsz3kBzBbguKt989OgAo4ykgmgGbRA0jflhp8newZHlQaCam2Pla4lRDs7Dz0H-CM3obFW1Pi4JpKirGYBf3tP4u9EEiEVjlYd3X45lNOuGc_DLKhcwhZQj8LF-U5tVZ38YxH_Yb82sQYGKvO2FItDHx9oUclpFHKcoD9=w546-h251" width="546" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br />That's it! I'd love to see the genre signs you create for your library!</span></div></div><span style="color: #444444; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-90517969102562542702022-07-03T04:49:00.009-07:002022-07-03T04:58:26.465-07:00Designing Watercolor Genre Signs in Canva<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I decided this summer that it was time to overhaul my library genre signs. We have signage in place, but you can't read the labels from across the library, and they're just words - no images to support the text. </span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I looked for pre-made genre signs, but everything felt elementary or boring, and I was looking for something with a little more style. To meet my needs, I ended up creating a set of my own genre posters for the following 15 sections: horror, sci fi, comics & manga, realistic fiction, adventure, teen, thriller, poetry, romance, historical fiction, mystery, sports, fantasy, humor, and classics. </span></div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJYvjkA1DrDQskwI7TFq2UWQqsiH9KwvezAyEd2z3rFO178PDx9VkfYGzxWo66XZttWYMqmPsPSDS8N7AUEVFUFqKK-SvTBAxz8BzCHVuQHtcoG7ar_HyNlafHRLkewMcFlUaGi80uSSws0jtHHR_XP9UPBrGorxz5zsZZxnNB6inJEyCYW2QqFEqQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="1105" height="372" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJYvjkA1DrDQskwI7TFq2UWQqsiH9KwvezAyEd2z3rFO178PDx9VkfYGzxWo66XZttWYMqmPsPSDS8N7AUEVFUFqKK-SvTBAxz8BzCHVuQHtcoG7ar_HyNlafHRLkewMcFlUaGi80uSSws0jtHHR_XP9UPBrGorxz5zsZZxnNB6inJEyCYW2QqFEqQ=w669-h372" width="669" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>If you're short on time, and you want to purchase these pre-made genre signs as a printable PDF file, <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Watercolor-Fiction-Genre-Signs-for-School-Library-and-Classroom-Books-8238394" target="_blank">they're in my TPT store.</a> </b>The PDF gives you access to 15 different genres, along with a second set of signs that includes a description of the genre on each sign, for a total of 30 signs. Here's what the signs look like with added genre descriptions:</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3hEtX0mkEHrvELzQu_Pli4VikrOFZSClWJECA7386GKn-qIq5NzRMBxJCW9N_LSKpmAXzfOoK2kfFhrFgvweGat3xZ8-34ivy2zRcXftdNH3KJx1gzP88LJ_2WbG3PXzhuUP1jxSZYhU1pAP2DjmBTO5Ma-O3ifsXTSOVM_bNfp4UO1GsuWInH1DP" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="614" data-original-width="1135" height="347" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg3hEtX0mkEHrvELzQu_Pli4VikrOFZSClWJECA7386GKn-qIq5NzRMBxJCW9N_LSKpmAXzfOoK2kfFhrFgvweGat3xZ8-34ivy2zRcXftdNH3KJx1gzP88LJ_2WbG3PXzhuUP1jxSZYhU1pAP2DjmBTO5Ma-O3ifsXTSOVM_bNfp4UO1GsuWInH1DP=w642-h347" width="642" /></a></div><br />I'm going to use the signs with genre descriptions for book selection activities in my library.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>If you want to create your own genre signs, keep reading for directions.</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>The first thing you're going to need is a <a href="https://www.canva.com/" target="_blank">Canva account</a>, preferably a Pro account or an Education account so you have access to ALL the clipart. Then I created a custom size design with dimensions of 8.5" x 11".</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Next, you'll need to find the clip art you'd like to use. Click on "Elements" then enter your search term, along with the word "watercolor" in the search box. Click on the image you want to add it to your design.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVV6Bu_jlqYUob3-LIlixA2ua40r22pl-IvYCn5fshcTy1QpDgIwOWiC9rDJkxRRaBPPxje6esj8YM49Q3y_bObda8TVs1QNeiBi7fYhVtZFzKbjhWsRk4vhkV8q5FDxR8g6t88-dHaYnCMpr88KyWHVZO39nAO4SyfDuoIurDXI9Lzao8dYgC34fL" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="433" height="599" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjVV6Bu_jlqYUob3-LIlixA2ua40r22pl-IvYCn5fshcTy1QpDgIwOWiC9rDJkxRRaBPPxje6esj8YM49Q3y_bObda8TVs1QNeiBi7fYhVtZFzKbjhWsRk4vhkV8q5FDxR8g6t88-dHaYnCMpr88KyWHVZO39nAO4SyfDuoIurDXI9Lzao8dYgC34fL=w307-h599" width="307" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Now we want to give the image a fun pop of color. To do this, make sure the image is selected, then we're going to click the option to "Edit Image" in the top menu, and you'll scroll down on the left-hand side until you see "Duotone." Click on "See All" to start playing with the filter.<br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBHvxwyTVoiaxfP-u-0wQnwnQpF7jozuGubyWub9LnOxGSviVKC-SLD7aRozkU1qRlgOsOI6pquD3ybeTHBdbQph4zvOXim3-fF8ZeIq77V7G8qCjsRxnMQCB0hOosfGQ9YOZBsumLOxU40Zg2x5g2_kcQyAzQkC3nK6vLvBzjkdF5FZ4PO1rFmm2Z" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="526" data-original-width="551" height="495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBHvxwyTVoiaxfP-u-0wQnwnQpF7jozuGubyWub9LnOxGSviVKC-SLD7aRozkU1qRlgOsOI6pquD3ybeTHBdbQph4zvOXim3-fF8ZeIq77V7G8qCjsRxnMQCB0hOosfGQ9YOZBsumLOxU40Zg2x5g2_kcQyAzQkC3nK6vLvBzjkdF5FZ4PO1rFmm2Z=w518-h495" width="518" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Select the color you like best, then click "Apply" at the bottom to change the image (don't worry, you can always go back and make a new selection, or remove the filter entirely).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0VhRnFnfz4Ff-SgvZudFHJWMfvc95yh89CUY5wgBVpN-B55WdKuZ7Ric6ftSZquMdp7yMZW_oIqPcwDDO5ifeQuudo4U6mduOA0s9YKFRw70ZzHCkOyiK7VJ9irGdOpXOQDfbf0GTCQwtu-Q2IOfyurGPSfZr6z9NFhxAAPu0Ut9QNXHGiubIPBNt" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="902" data-original-width="1082" height="448" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi0VhRnFnfz4Ff-SgvZudFHJWMfvc95yh89CUY5wgBVpN-B55WdKuZ7Ric6ftSZquMdp7yMZW_oIqPcwDDO5ifeQuudo4U6mduOA0s9YKFRw70ZzHCkOyiK7VJ9irGdOpXOQDfbf0GTCQwtu-Q2IOfyurGPSfZr6z9NFhxAAPu0Ut9QNXHGiubIPBNt=w538-h448" width="538" /></a></div><br />Continue to add images and play with filters until you're happy with the design. Then it's time to add the text. Click on the "Text" option on the left-hand menu, then click on "Add a Heading."</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtLW0hL6TrIEQXM6VLuWLYQV2sXouytRjZvm2CQf526yvbyoUxfx_bzujxXIO4xIdiYLlu5s7Tv5KJxQLtD936sCjoT4Uy0l97nRmwGh9ujnCjuHn2d5zlAI6NFLN0-XvVGiqSOtNVsp7ongWLVY3F61UV9cCT938pSJu1auNjeNUIH_9zaEsYth0y" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="782" data-original-width="1057" height="376" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtLW0hL6TrIEQXM6VLuWLYQV2sXouytRjZvm2CQf526yvbyoUxfx_bzujxXIO4xIdiYLlu5s7Tv5KJxQLtD936sCjoT4Uy0l97nRmwGh9ujnCjuHn2d5zlAI6NFLN0-XvVGiqSOtNVsp7ongWLVY3F61UV9cCT938pSJu1auNjeNUIH_9zaEsYth0y=w507-h376" width="507" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Click on the text you've added, and type in the name of the genre. Then, with the text selected, click on "Effects." There are lots of styles to choose from, but I went with "Splice." You can also tweak the color, which I've done. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY-8gVH8tYSMEJamhEBdLXSUhDKJHzHdZpXFFwt_flaWFcs6V_G0xifMZ5uGk6b3tx8kJEJJnNelGiMrtKPG9FJOKHxVOI1Q9rbf2nDIrKf_aHgAN549X5kpUIIEepfnSvqjkzcGtTGrASR3MUfHwvEo5WS-Pj2qqIHopS6KpfpEST51LO3NRzBneS" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="734" data-original-width="1063" height="339" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjY-8gVH8tYSMEJamhEBdLXSUhDKJHzHdZpXFFwt_flaWFcs6V_G0xifMZ5uGk6b3tx8kJEJJnNelGiMrtKPG9FJOKHxVOI1Q9rbf2nDIrKf_aHgAN549X5kpUIIEepfnSvqjkzcGtTGrASR3MUfHwvEo5WS-Pj2qqIHopS6KpfpEST51LO3NRzBneS=w491-h339" width="491" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>The last technique you'll need is adding a semi-transparent rectangle behind the text. Click on "Elements" in the left-hand menu, and select "Square" from underneath the search box.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4S3aLK5iGFl9eU708bY_AOL58yHuc-h93V90kXsDmKZLqYV2jpxfWv3zdvNSzRiXXGIS5A3ZafdcucXFUbivuW748ObtKPZ07AZBlZbASiiSBNk3s_iG11rNToRAEY8WXxv-UvoDIhJ1LdRBpD18isgLRO_mHkObZNWSmUGBkbOIbnE9t29rg7gta" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="617" data-original-width="1179" height="337" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi4S3aLK5iGFl9eU708bY_AOL58yHuc-h93V90kXsDmKZLqYV2jpxfWv3zdvNSzRiXXGIS5A3ZafdcucXFUbivuW748ObtKPZ07AZBlZbASiiSBNk3s_iG11rNToRAEY8WXxv-UvoDIhJ1LdRBpD18isgLRO_mHkObZNWSmUGBkbOIbnE9t29rg7gta=w645-h337" width="645" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Click on the square (1), then click and drag the small rectangles to change the dimensions as desired (2). You can also change the color (3).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbc4fRtr0lpQPXQyNoPZqvXc_NRBPkOf8YSuyv04wSJZXV_JJOqt-jaeo9MfkihRYJYjw3Rg64Blkw6S3kzQOBxOyCPee2WPXAVPalq1Pmq0RvAGW4s5xxVa4_u3_Qq_bpknrml_J8sgZvznlMZOZYdRI4NJhHr-AL3QI1Cuehm67PmIj9rdc_Feha" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="1261" height="305" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjbc4fRtr0lpQPXQyNoPZqvXc_NRBPkOf8YSuyv04wSJZXV_JJOqt-jaeo9MfkihRYJYjw3Rg64Blkw6S3kzQOBxOyCPee2WPXAVPalq1Pmq0RvAGW4s5xxVa4_u3_Qq_bpknrml_J8sgZvznlMZOZYdRI4NJhHr-AL3QI1Cuehm67PmIj9rdc_Feha=w646-h305" width="646" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The last thing you'll want to do is change the transparency, so the image behind shows through. With the rectangle selected, click on the three dots in the top menu (1). Then click on the transparency button (2), and on the new menu, you can use the slider or the value box to make it more or less transparent (3).</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxnPKGbZ3JmJf27IDOXxXlXx14_kJjFpcvHcL1OaPTfWPCyu1mA5s1tJ_n2_2Wpt06u0vBTE5QNuTJDfq8ERjgYckrvDs5PWidDr3X-ndW9NdCtR5H69ngphMt0PBvg3nd1erBP5cywacBWRPtwAat9kGutqZDYr74-GXL9zoSt57ev7J5273E7EBT" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1039" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxnPKGbZ3JmJf27IDOXxXlXx14_kJjFpcvHcL1OaPTfWPCyu1mA5s1tJ_n2_2Wpt06u0vBTE5QNuTJDfq8ERjgYckrvDs5PWidDr3X-ndW9NdCtR5H69ngphMt0PBvg3nd1erBP5cywacBWRPtwAat9kGutqZDYr74-GXL9zoSt57ev7J5273E7EBT=w614-h413" width="614" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">That's it for technique! When you're happy with your final design, download as a PDF and print!</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><br /></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-36670129393319972982022-04-07T04:55:00.006-07:002022-06-19T05:58:58.617-07:00Ketchup Mustard & Pickle Days<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It's the end of the quarter, which means we like to give students time to get things submitted. Ketchup, mustard, and pickle days are one way to structure the time. It provides direction for your students that need it most, but also provides an opportunity for students in "good standing" to make choices about how they spend the period. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Update: You can download the free resource via <a href="https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Slide-for-student-catch-up-days-picnic-theme-with-must-do-catch-up-pick-one-8187330" target="_blank">my Teachers Pay Teacher's store</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMi2RMbhlzQOBt--5RAeLWtyNdkVc7p-DM0IuA_CEgyb9h2TWkGbXv71TXUOaHPIjnJ2hpz_nOI93Pwdchwe34c8db6Xx35-VYw7ziVx22LTGwtJDuV2NBdzanf_dmkx154xGAwi4aewGMvBPYX8Bq0sROnonyja5nTX7jn1rNU6bwAaRXzfdMo5uw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="368" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgMi2RMbhlzQOBt--5RAeLWtyNdkVc7p-DM0IuA_CEgyb9h2TWkGbXv71TXUOaHPIjnJ2hpz_nOI93Pwdchwe34c8db6Xx35-VYw7ziVx22LTGwtJDuV2NBdzanf_dmkx154xGAwi4aewGMvBPYX8Bq0sROnonyja5nTX7jn1rNU6bwAaRXzfdMo5uw=w655-h368" width="655" /></a></div><br /> <p></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-3228694242600364402022-02-19T13:35:00.002-08:002022-02-19T13:37:32.008-08:00Using Tables to Help Writers (and Graders!)<p> </p><p><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Brainstorm</span></u></b></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I work with some amazing English teacher colleagues. During last year's remote learning experience, I collaborated with Tonya Buda, an 9th grade teacher, to make writing a research paper as fool-proof as possible. When teaching research writing virtually, we found our lessons to be most successful when everything was in ONE tab - students got lost when they were switching back and forth between windows with a model and their own work. To combat this, we developed a new writing template that combined all the scaffolded supports on one screen.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This method utilizes a table with four columns, one devoted to each of the following: a section or component label, a model, an explanation, and then a blank column for students to type their own work.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tkxchrKx7Yxs8FTZxI8vXKboSQJTkJkVthMl2exUUg4/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Here's a link to a table for a simple three paragraph research paper</a> in Google Docs. I'd strongly encourage you to make a copy of the Doc and reformat it to meet your OWN expectations and reflect the models you've developed for your students! </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6XWBTfZkk3Eq-CrY2UwUCeGu-oRVmDC5DsHb1z52XY8LLU8Go0D2ZYsQ1BggvTFLCbxuT9Sec8umW-bCy2DU-fLTIeyZxlJ0hqIEnumrg9iJuJOuYW_YeqsTYmZtSlNYFRf_Qzhqa1Avdo2sPefEql33NvQDoj_-m0EvCGNwnaiu0cQFZBnDZAB-l" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1255" data-original-width="2497" height="289" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg6XWBTfZkk3Eq-CrY2UwUCeGu-oRVmDC5DsHb1z52XY8LLU8Go0D2ZYsQ1BggvTFLCbxuT9Sec8umW-bCy2DU-fLTIeyZxlJ0hqIEnumrg9iJuJOuYW_YeqsTYmZtSlNYFRf_Qzhqa1Avdo2sPefEql33NvQDoj_-m0EvCGNwnaiu0cQFZBnDZAB-l=w574-h289" width="574" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">How it Works</span></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The "section" columnlabels each part of the essay - these are the writing vocab words we teach our students like "hook," "bridge," and "thesis statement." Different types of writing might have different sections or components. Typically, I like to think of a component as being one or two sentences, but for stronger writers, these sections might be longer. Each section or component gets its own row in the table. <br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The "model" column is just what it sounds like - a model of the term identified in the section column. When we teach writing, we always provide a model. In this method, we take that model and break it into chunks or rows that illustrate what we expect students to do in each section of the essay.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The "explanation" column is where we added teaching tips - you can think of this column as a mini anchor chart to explain what GOOD writers do in this section of an essay. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The final column is devoted to the student's own writing - the "your work" portion. Using the model and the explanation, students create each section of their essay, moving row by row down the chart. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Why We Love This Format</span></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">In addition to making it much easier to teach virtually, this table is fantastic for scaffolding. Writing longer pieces can be really overwhelming for students, but breaking it up into smaller chunks, each in a clearly delineated row, addresses some of those barriers. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This table is easy to modify - as students become more proficient, you can remove some of the columns; the "model" and "explanation" columns may eventually be phased out.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Labeling each section of an essay provides students with a formula. It's like giving them a detailed recipe -- after enough practice, students can memorize the recipe, providing them with a formula to apply in other subject areas. </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Although we always provide a model, we noticed students had trouble finding the applicable sections, and because it wasn't easy to locate the correct parts, they just ignored the model all together - placing the model into the table increases the likelihood they're actually going to refer to it.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">THIS IS SO EASY TO GRADE! You might ask students to copy and paste their rows into paragraphs so it looks "traditional," but when it's time to apply your rubric, grade using the table! You might even choose to create a rubric that directly mirrors the rows you've included in the table.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Keep Us Posted! </span></u></b></div><div><b><u><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></u></b></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Did you use this kind of table to organize student writing? How'd it work? Make any good modifications? We'd love to hear about them!</span></div></div><br /><br /><p></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-89626950157907558772022-02-18T11:29:00.002-08:002022-02-18T11:29:40.322-08:00Virtual Relaxation Room<span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A virtual relaxation room is my 2022 version of a Bitmoji classroom. It's an interactive scene - most objects in the room are clickable links - that provide opportunities for students to de-stress and chill out. <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1MkqqGrIgrQ75bBkDZbIC6MdizNSjutct/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Here's my PDF version</a>.</span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There are MANY different digital activities you can add to a virtual relaxation room. This room, for example, links to calming music, guided meditations, a virtual lava lamp, a fish tank cam, coloring pages, cute puppies, and a set of virtual bongo drums. </span><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF5EDPcLdrveMhP5x89kV3QHvecygieX3cOkFiHgVPp6wdpX76N16Gw7z9JMaMwpHkVB3JM2G8ztrZK2Ii87RQ7hHAOtlqpOKXXrId9cTwuswH1RF_E0-hfqKIf_WfwX4OMOuEmbylv3ImoQ7LGJVvuUvp21SPVoahHvZXs2QjOWKpO_TU95gWvgd9" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1920" height="354" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjF5EDPcLdrveMhP5x89kV3QHvecygieX3cOkFiHgVPp6wdpX76N16Gw7z9JMaMwpHkVB3JM2G8ztrZK2Ii87RQ7hHAOtlqpOKXXrId9cTwuswH1RF_E0-hfqKIf_WfwX4OMOuEmbylv3ImoQ7LGJVvuUvp21SPVoahHvZXs2QjOWKpO_TU95gWvgd9=w630-h354" width="630" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i>Above: This is a screenshot of the virtual room - to interact with the links, you'll need to open the PDF.</i></div><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I really enjoyed creating this scene in Canva - there are so many options for graphics (with transparent backgrounds!) and it's easy to add links to each item, then export to a PDF. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I also wanted to<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11Lhd6Gg7zuaXqutNUvJ8yZJmhRny5IvVgbNi0S6HzZ8/edit?usp=sharing"> share this great resource</a> (created by Sarah Wood and participants of the Kent ISD Virtual Relaxation Room Course) for virtual relaxation ideas - so many options! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I'm planning to post my virtual relaxation room to Classroom, and when we've got 5 minutes at the end or beginning of the period, I'll give students the opportunity to explore and "chill," and then they can easily access the resource in study halls or at home on their own time. </span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-73988897419678685042022-02-03T11:52:00.000-08:002022-02-03T11:52:00.119-08:00Dicebreakers Community Building with Voice and Choice<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Dicebreakers activities, like the one below, are a great way to integrate student voice and student choice into community-building activities. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I designed a dice board with two rows -- students roll two dice -- they can use either number horizontally or vertically, giving them two possible questions to pick from for each turn. This gives students an element of choice. If you want to simplify, or you don't have enough dice to provide each group with two, you could always eliminate the top row, and just have 1 option for each number. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you'd like a copy, <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AoxVUEGH2um5N4h5wHbp5Df_uiMBRfnLahuaN9OhJPQ/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">you can access the Google Doc here</a>. To edit, go to File --> Make a copy.</span></p><p><br /></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkVS0_ujEK_7YG8Zhda7FB6ekujFNTnEaeDgRVwaf2ZuUPMJ_QxXDchiWFdZbehmQT8G7OuOu6svrayJKCQTBibTME0fPWzo9QpA3ZyYGXe0sY9Tgvwk6QX8T2BOzTTEyPg1EK_ekK4CwrJLLnOZp8jHGwbvKXvO_vxwFoFElAClQ4niuswskxLqKp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="464" height="515" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjkVS0_ujEK_7YG8Zhda7FB6ekujFNTnEaeDgRVwaf2ZuUPMJ_QxXDchiWFdZbehmQT8G7OuOu6svrayJKCQTBibTME0fPWzo9QpA3ZyYGXe0sY9Tgvwk6QX8T2BOzTTEyPg1EK_ekK4CwrJLLnOZp8jHGwbvKXvO_vxwFoFElAClQ4niuswskxLqKp=w447-h515" width="447" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-28184966564367687862022-01-18T08:48:00.002-08:002022-01-18T08:48:22.236-08:00Student Voice in the Library<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One of my personal goals for this school year is to increase student voice in our library program. I have some great mentors in this area (Hello, Sue Kowalski!), but it's not my personal strength. I know it's super-valuable, as it provides students with a sense of ownership and increases engagement, but it's not been as high a priority as it should be. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">So, for my first targeted attempt of increasing student voice this year, I built a "Your Book Picks" display. To kick things off, our library helpers all recommended their favorite books. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EPkz9txkInE/Yebsld8DThI/AAAAAAACOiM/KSqpmocbL2QXY14BP6Arj85LOjlrYzyVgCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="436" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-EPkz9txkInE/Yebsld8DThI/AAAAAAACOiM/KSqpmocbL2QXY14BP6Arj85LOjlrYzyVgCNcBGAsYHQ/w582-h436/image.png" width="582" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">But I built the display so it's constantly evolving and other students can add their favorites at any time. They simply grab a "thumbs-up" tag from the jar, write their name on it, and then stick it on their favorite book, adding it to the display. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IMFm6LSR0pw/YebtVxggODI/AAAAAAACOis/CKeh1Jz1dqwRaLdvikJdyKJA1YrlKRryQCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img alt="" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="439" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-IMFm6LSR0pw/YebtVxggODI/AAAAAAACOis/CKeh1Jz1dqwRaLdvikJdyKJA1YrlKRryQCNcBGAsYHQ/w585-h439/image.png" width="585" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Want to create this display for yourself? Here's a<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/11ykIMwymbA5srNCpEhnUp2QpRVxhaTL2/view?usp=sharing"> link to a PDF where you can download the materials</a>. I just printed the thumbs on cardstock and then laminated them so we could easily wipe off the marker and reuse them. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jd3utUsRyIg/YebuOwP4AgI/AAAAAAACOi4/eHeSVQ36fuIs3OzW2GZk_t54Z-yaOhV8wCNcBGAsYHQ/image.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="413" data-original-width="323" height="509" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-jd3utUsRyIg/YebuOwP4AgI/AAAAAAACOi4/eHeSVQ36fuIs3OzW2GZk_t54Z-yaOhV8wCNcBGAsYHQ/w399-h509/image.png" width="399" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><p></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-28033036134394521452022-01-12T09:06:00.002-08:002022-01-12T09:06:48.885-08:00Teaching Lateral Reading<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Hands down, lateral reading is my FAVORITE strategy for evaluating sources. It's concise, it's super practical, and it's accurate. It can be used for websites AND social media sources. It's also the strategy endorsed by the Stanford History Education Group (SHEG) in their Online Civic Reasoning framework. Here's a link to <a href="https://cor.stanford.edu/curriculum/collections/teaching-lateral-reading" target="_blank">their collection of lessons for teaching lateral reading</a>. There's also a <a href="https://youtu.be/GoQG6Tin-1E" target="_blank">Crash Course video</a> on YouTube introducing the skill.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To apply lateral reading, you Google the name of a source, then look at the results to see what OTHER sources have to say about your original source. It's called lateral reading because, instead of reading vertically (scrolling down the original website), you open new tabs in your browser to see what other sources say (reading laterally across your browser). </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Once you spend some time with lateral reading, it becomes a really organic process, but I've found that students need distinct steps when they're first beginning. Here's the process I use to scaffold the skill with students:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-lVzK0MuD9Yf5DBqNLjlrgNN6HtJUoBgExkh4jrn_F2xodEf6Artnqx3I0buTvuMANzkrFQTN4H0XIrfY20F0DivQB3VH_-vbTxBOYsUjW8j8rgmzAnrDrfDTypfyB9nWO_U1xRfJnJEJYbo4743wTY7RGx5g9oXMLwmPjD91SAgsxcqsVkIiCGvH=s2000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2000" data-original-width="1545" height="638" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj-lVzK0MuD9Yf5DBqNLjlrgNN6HtJUoBgExkh4jrn_F2xodEf6Artnqx3I0buTvuMANzkrFQTN4H0XIrfY20F0DivQB3VH_-vbTxBOYsUjW8j8rgmzAnrDrfDTypfyB9nWO_U1xRfJnJEJYbo4743wTY7RGx5g9oXMLwmPjD91SAgsxcqsVkIiCGvH=w493-h638" width="493" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've taught lateral reading in a few different ways. Here's <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1WILb2Fa3VLIfulFUyxT98i1cfFOpq5o8UhrG_0m2aQY/edit?usp=sharing">Part I </a>and <a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1jmpP-2x917qg3swBzFAxImDw2N_JmpJKi_kuaeYNwmg/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Part II</a> of this year's version in Google Slides with the PearDeck add on. </span></div><br /><p><br /></p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-9934939657998719932022-01-06T07:49:00.002-08:002022-01-06T07:57:19.108-08:00Happy New Beginnings Bulletin Board<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This is my go-to bulletin board for January: Happy New Beginnings. It's interactive - students read the first line, guess what book it's from, then lift the flap to check their guess.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DlYTpttng9c/YdcM1IN810I/AAAAAAACNcw/aK_iM2MetTIXVKoSWSdyxuSadCC5xFCEgCNcBGAsYHQ/IMG_3910.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="1904" height="353" src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-DlYTpttng9c/YdcM1IN810I/AAAAAAACNcw/aK_iM2MetTIXVKoSWSdyxuSadCC5xFCEgCNcBGAsYHQ/w574-h353/IMG_3910.jpg" width="574" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here's a list of the first lines I used, and their corresponding books:</span></div><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: black; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It was a pleasure to burn. (Fahrenheit 451)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. (<i>Holes</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The best time to talk to ghosts is just before the sun comes up. (<i>Chains</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">We went to the moon to have fun, but the moon turned out to completely suck. (<i>Feed</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The early morning sky was the color of cat vomit. (<i>Imposters</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">When the doorbell rings at three in the morning, it's never good news. (<i>Stormbreaker</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Blue Sargent had forgotten how many times she’d been told that she would kill her true love. (<i>The Raven Boys</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The demon exploded in a shower of ichor and guts. (<i>Clockwork Angel</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My mother was raised on fairy tales, but I was raised on highways. (<i>The Hazel Wood</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Depending on who—sorry, whom—you ask, I may have killed my three best friends. (<i>Goodbye Days</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I don’t wake up screaming anymore. (<i>Restore Me</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">A</span><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">liens are stupid. (<i>The 5th Wave</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I shouldn’t have come to this party. (<i>The Hate U Give</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="background-color: white; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">My mother thinks I’m dead. (<i>Legend</i>)</span></span></li></ul><div><span style="color: #292929; font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">If you want to throw this bulletin board together for yourself, feel free to use these printables:</span></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RjDc3EfzKzcGM1SgEXpwas8s9x24aNMozL7bPBEq2qc/edit?usp=sharing">Book Quotes</a> (make a copy if you want to edit)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wFGwDBk80ZNkmjK8BY9Um5gFYaykURpE9YYJGImPW10/edit?usp=sharing">Book Covers</a> (make a copy if you want to edit)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1f7sIcng8PBOBjtN_G28ykrFsFlsdGPNS/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Happy New Beginnings Bulletin Board Heading </a>(PDF)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AowzoNF4nmD7eNwzeJifS2IQU1NSIJFM/view?usp=sharing">Board Directions </a>(PDF)</span></li></ul></div><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-8380b966-7fff-223b-edd6-83ba40cbdd39"><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #292929; font-family: Sniglet, cursive; font-size: 12pt; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></div></span></div><p><br /> </p>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1673143173380227671.post-72728901035380644282022-01-03T11:36:00.003-08:002022-01-06T07:51:28.749-08:00Using Discussion Cards<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ever noticed, during group discussions, that students are really good at sharing their opinion, but then it's a massive struggle to build the conversation from there? I've slowly discovered that we have to teach students about the RANGE of ways they can contribute to a discussion. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">For example, during a conversation, participants can add to the discussion in any of these ways:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Add a new idea</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Challenge or disagree with what's been said</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Ask a clarifying question</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Build on someone else's idea</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Offer evidence to support an idea or a challenge</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">To support this, I created a "card game." </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here's what all 14 cards look like:</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpKk-uujioX1GKLTmgNMm6toToWec9bomo-h4IhPkEOgYnmMuJ9rQmkmFly2LzbrtrtOadlkkHNOykd-BQgPLjrxdUXcYLETFWIshSCxZ_cuAMp1m90KdjTMiHl92nQFlieCddrb1vLMAar4ca9SPHVjjABW_WN8tNaIsn_Tg3gqWTMJqcwZHeAjWy=s589" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="589" data-original-width="445" height="371" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhpKk-uujioX1GKLTmgNMm6toToWec9bomo-h4IhPkEOgYnmMuJ9rQmkmFly2LzbrtrtOadlkkHNOykd-BQgPLjrxdUXcYLETFWIshSCxZ_cuAMp1m90KdjTMiHl92nQFlieCddrb1vLMAar4ca9SPHVjjABW_WN8tNaIsn_Tg3gqWTMJqcwZHeAjWy=w280-h371" width="280" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii9l0nGRPPgP2kt2p3Ndskmzby1QCCRrTN0g2vSatV39GTLFP0wr86FypLeoqQFfJj0sB-j0Q8FK-axwf5qlWpjNatQMP0IONExm2heaJDL1-F4j6VPlVoBZTEfFiLH8hXoniZ3dmGPjDY3dEy4HMP_AMwXxLDW-ZHCQsW9ZzTEssgj01PDUHuRGCN=s445" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="438" data-original-width="445" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEii9l0nGRPPgP2kt2p3Ndskmzby1QCCRrTN0g2vSatV39GTLFP0wr86FypLeoqQFfJj0sB-j0Q8FK-axwf5qlWpjNatQMP0IONExm2heaJDL1-F4j6VPlVoBZTEfFiLH8hXoniZ3dmGPjDY3dEy4HMP_AMwXxLDW-ZHCQsW9ZzTEssgj01PDUHuRGCN=w306-h301" width="306" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Here are the basic rules we've used to play -- but feel free to change them up. We also let the kids play rounds where they made up their own rules - this was successful, too! </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">If you're looking for a video version of the rules, <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@bee_in_the_library/video/7049835291191971118?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id7050120863753373190">watch this TikTok</a>.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Number of Players:</b></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This works best with teams of 4, but will also work with 3-5 players.</span></li></ul></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Materials needed for play:</b></span></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Set of discussion cards (<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v4ywm6bDxKIFOg_DRtXpdmiPo5GdgRmd/view?usp=sharing">print a PDF copy here</a>). You'll need one set of cards for each group. Print copies, then cut.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">5-10 teacher-generated or student-generated discussion prompts </span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A countdown timer (digital timers are fine)</span></li></ul></div><div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The goal of the game: </b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The team tries to play as many discussion cards as they can before time runs out. </span></li></ul></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>The rules, round 1:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1) A discussion prompt is posted or shared (these can be teacher or student-generated). For example, "In <i>The Poet X</i>, Xiomara's Mom fails her daughter."</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2) Shuffle the deck of cards, and deal an even number to everyone in the group. Leftover cards go in the middle of the table, face up. (In a group of 4, for example, everyone will have three cards, and then there will 2 cards face up in the middle).</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">3) The teacher sets a timer - 5 minutes is a good place to start. The youngest person in the group begins. They start the discussion by playing any one of their cards. When they play the card, they have to use the sentence stem written on that card to respond to the discussion prompt. After they've played the card, they place it face down in the discard pile.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">4) Now that the conversation has started, players can go in any order. When a player has a discussion card that fits, they play it by using the discussion stem listed on the card to contribute to the conversation. Players may also play any of the leftover cards sitting in the center of the table.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">5) Players continue playing their cards and using the discussion stems to contribute to the conversation until time runs out.</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Scoring Points:</b></span></div><div><ul><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At the end of each timed round, the team gets 1 point for every card that was successfully played.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Successive Rounds:</b></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">1) A new discussion prompt is shared. The team with the lowest number of total points gets to pick the prompt from a list of options. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">2) Play occurs in the same way as the initial round.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Winning the Game:</b></span></div></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">At the conclusion of all rounds, the team with the most total points wins.</span></li></ul><div><br /></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As always, I'm thankful for collaborative partners that are willing to try all these new things with me!</span></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div>Lindsayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08787251338666247585noreply@blogger.com0