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Multiple Days 2: Quilling Art

OVERVIEW Students will learn about paper quilling and the art of rolled paper. Quilling is also known as paper filigree, paper rolling,...

Quick Idea 3: Bookmarks

Content Area(s)/Course/Grade: All (6 -12th) Lesson Topic: Literary Bookmarks Teacher: Librarian Expectation(s): Students will create...

Contest 2: Graphic Novel Ads & Story

OVERVIEW Students will create graphic ads showing why they belong at their school library based on popular graphic novels. Students will...

Large Programming: March Book Madness

OVERVIEW This promotion explores a March Madness for books. It’s a reading competition where books are voted on to see which is the...

Multiple Days: Explore the Blues

OVERVIEW Explore Blues music and its influence on American popular music. This lesson can coincide with National and/or International...

Contest 1: Caught You Reading

Overview Get Caught Reading contests can coincide with an of the national reading/library events like: I Love to Read Month (February),...

Quick Idea 2: Copyright and Fair Use

Content Area(s)/Course/Grade: All (7-8th) Lesson Topic: Copyright & Fair use Indicator(s)/Sub-Outcome(s)/Expectation(s): Students will...

Quick Idea 1: First Chapter Fridays

Content Area(s)/Course/Grade: ELA (K-12) Lesson Topic: Reading Engagement & Independent Book Selection Indicator(s)/Sub-Outcome(s)/Expect...

My Digital Tech Journey

Learning is a powerful thing as it’s all about feeding your curiosity and giving you insight into the world around you. Learning is also...

Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a way to approach teaching and learning that minimizes barriers and maximizes learning for all...

Over Sea, Under Stone

BIBLIOGRAPHY Cooper, S. (2004). Over Sea, Under Stone (The Dark is Rising, #1). Aladdin Paperbacks. ISBN: 9780689840357. PLOT SUMMARY On...

Cinder

BIBLIOGRAPHY Meyer, M. (2012). The Lunar Chronicles: Cinder. Adfo Books. ISBN: 9780312641894 PLOT SUMMARY Cinder, a gifted mechanic and a...

Six of Crows

BIBLIOGRAPHY Bardugo, L. (2015). Six of Crows. Henry Holt and Company (BYR). ISBN: 9781627792127 PLOT SUMMARY Ketterdam: a bustling hub...

Copyright & Fair Use

Copyright is the lawful right of an author, artist, composer or other creator to control the use of his or her work by others. Generally...

Listen Up: Podcasts for Patrons

Most students love to learn, regardless of whether or not they admit to it. Although they would lead you to believe that school is a...

Cartoons & Comic Books in Education

The origins of modern-day comics can be traced back to the 1930s. Although, they were initially deemed as dangerous, things changed in...

The Downstairs Girl

BIBLIOGRAPHY Lee, S. (2021). The Downstairs Girl. G.P. Putnam’s Sons Books for Young Readers. ISBN: 9781524740979 PLOT SUMMARY By day,...

The Red Umbrella

BIBLIOGRAPHY Gonzalez, C. D. (2011). The Red Umbrella (Reissue). Yearling. ISBN: 9780375854897 PLOT SUMMARY In 1961, two years after the...

Out of the Easy

BIBLIOGRAPHY Sepetys, R. (2014b). Out of the Easy (Reprint). Philomel Books. ISBN:9780147508430 PLOT SUMMARY It's 1950, and as the French...

Everyone has secrets, right?

BIBLIOGRAPHY McManus, K. M. (2017, May 30). One of Us Is Lying. Delacorte Press. ISBN 978-1524714758 PLOT SUMMARY Pay close attention and...

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