No Shhing Here

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? 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). 19421942 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. 

Have you seen the "He's a 10 but..." social media trend? Thanks to some Twitter inspo from Kesley Bogan and Megis County District Library , I had fun putting a literary twist on the idea. Here's my y2k aesthetic version of the trend.  Want to recreate, but save yourself the 4 hours it took me to assemble this display? Resources to create your own display or bulletin board are available for download here . 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.  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 th...