A couple of weeks back, we were fortunate to host a visit from author James Kennedy. James was adorable and so very generous with our students. He charmed even the most charm-resistant of our kids. He mesmerized my Book Club fan-girls for two whole hours after a full day of formal presentations at both our [...]
What a week for reading!
February 25, 2012 By 1 Comment
This is going to be a lovely week (or two) for the readers of the world! 1. March 1st is the 15th annual World Book Day, designated by UNESCO as a worldwide celebration of books and reading, and marked in over 100 countries all over the world. The site (with a bit of UK flavor) [...]
Yesterday
January 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Sometimes you’ve got to sit on a day for a bit before you realize how interesting it was. Yesterday was one of those days. Ordinary. But lying in bed, desperately trying to come up with one special thing to blog about, I realized that maybe it was the day as a whole–a slice of school [...]
Join the SomeWhatVirtualBookClub on Twitter (#SWVBC)
December 16, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s time for the voice of student readers to be heard on Twitter! After our first few synchronous SomeWhatVirtualBookClub meetings, it occurred to us that we could expand our discussion to include more clubs and more kids if we moved some of our discussion to Twitter. We hope your clubs will join us! After a [...]
On our somewhat virtual book club
December 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
I’ve been meaning to share about what’s happened to our book club since it grew somewhat virtual. My friend and colleague Jane Lofton beat me to it with this post. I asked her if I could re-post with a few comments to describe what it looked like on the Springfield end. From Jane: Connecting Our [...]
Two goals, one stone, easy magic
September 17, 2011 By 4 Comments
So my two big goals for the school year are 1) encouraging reading outside the curriculum 2) proving that learning opportunities exist outside the doors of our school and our library. Shannon Miller and I started chatted about connecting our book clubs late this summer, but the beginning of the school year hit and so [...]
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