NEW GUIDE: Today Grade 12 Lang & Lit students participated in a pre-reading activity before digging into PERSEPOLIS. Starting with quality resources, students then asked Flint clarifying questions to learn as much as possible about their topic. oberoi-is.libguides.com/DP-LL/persep...

NEW GUIDE: Grade 6 Ecosystems Tomorrow students will use this guide with curated resources and learn reading strategies for note-taking and how to create citations using Noodletools. Guide with lesson slides oberoi-is.libguides.com/6-sci/eco

Happy Back-to-School season! Here's my annual share of the LGBTQ+ posters by Dr. Emily Meadows. These signal that your learning spaces are inclusive and safe for all. Available in many languages! lnkd.in/ezwDN5Td

Back to School - Picture Prompts for student writing www.nytimes.com/2025/07/09/l...

My favorite meme from our "Book Return Meme Contest" so far. It's giving "culture of care" in the library which is exactly what we're aiming for! #TLSky #schoollibrarians #BookSky

NEW POST: My Reading Year - a library session to celebrate our independent reading and share ideas for future library programs. #TLSky #BookSky #SchoolLibrarians Includes #CanvaTemplates and a google form to gather student feedback. trycuriosity.blogspot.com/2025/05/our-...

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Speed Reading Parties begin! Our avid readers join me after school to preview the books I'm considering for next year's "OIS Reads" shelf. Students share a rating/comment tracker to help me choose. 💙 Ending the day with reading time 📚(and chocolate) 🍫 #TLSky

Ocean Beach, San Francisco today. 👏 #50501movement #HandsOff (📸 Stephen Lam, SF Chronicle)

Another fabulous idea to steal - love this, Jennifer!

NEW POST: Books-into-Movies Bingo & Booktalks This has been a fun way to build students' #TBR lists! trycuriosity.blogspot.com #TLsky #BookSky #booktalks #SchoolLibrarians #MGLit #YALit #CanvaTemplates

NEW POST: Rules for Reading The magic of a whole class immersed in reading, isn't magic - it's the work of teachers and librarians communicating common expectations around what SSR looks like. For example: "One person per chair" 😅 trycuriosity.blogspot.com/2025/04/rule...

Thank you, @jenniferlagarde.bsky.social for your everlasting generosity!

"Beyond Basic Book Talks" a podcast episode about Creating a Culture of Reading - with @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social and me, as his guest! open.spotify.com/episode/6KVu...

Thanks for the invite, Steve! @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social

It's vacation time, so we're talking about "Beach Reads." What makes a good beach read? How can we plan our reading time to finish books over the break? Canva Template - www.canva.com/design/DAGg2... Printable bookmarks docs.google.com/document/d/1... #TLSky #ReadingPromotion #SchoolLibraries

Ridiculously pleased with my "live results" page showing votes as they come in during our March Madness tournament this year. Thank you @flintk12.bsky.social, which helped me learn how to do this using GoogleAppScripts. Flint, you're my favorite 😍 #TLSky #Flintk12 #BookPromotion #SchoolLibraries

Any other Secondary school librarians doing March Book Madness this year? Would love to see your brackets! Here's ours (still using this great template from Barbara Hertz, Yokosuka Middle School) docs.google.com/presentation...

Any other Secondary school librarians doing March Book Madness this year? Would love to see your brackets! Here's ours (still using this great template from Barbara Hertz, Yokosuka Middle School) docs.google.com/presentation...

Today we start "Save-a-Buck" booktalks! Every book claimed earns the student a "buck" bookmark. Borrow from the library instead of buying! New Post: trycuriosity.blogspot.com/2025/01/save... #BookSky #INTLchat #TLsky #booktalks

Congratulations to @mrschureads.bsky.social for WINNING the Schneider Family award! This is such a beautiful and important book for middle graders (and beyond!) #eatingdisorders #MGlit #BookSky #NovelsInVerse

If ur participating in the @bookriot.bsky.social #readharder challenge, here’s a template to use to track ur #books bit.ly/readharder25 #library #books #tlsky #skybrarians #bookrecommendations #librarian #readerscommunity #librarians

A reminder that BlueSky works differently. Make sure if something resonated with you to repost so others in the community can see the awesome. #TLSky #TLSkyChat #EduSky #EduSkyChat #EduAI #KitLit #TLChat #Skybrarians #Edtech

Vacation Checkout at our library begins next week! Canva template linked: www.canva.com/design/DAGYM...

It's holiday craft time - evidently a fave activity in the library each year, based on my annual feedback. This year, we're making these little trees - bit.ly/Trees-24

I've written a little bit about why we started #TLSkyChat and why this work matters so much to me here: www.librarygirl.net/post/mark-yo...

Starter pack alert for #school-librarians 📚❤️📚

Word.

See you with my morning coffee on Thursday, 6:30 am India time. Thanks for organizing!

Grade 9: Love in Literature (and Life) using "Tiny Love Stories" via The New York Times. How do authors help us "Catch Feelings"? Objective: Identify the emotion evoked in a short piece of writing. (a no Tech mini-lesson) #TLsky #EduSky #LangLit docs.google.com/presentation...

I'm here to learn. Looking forward to following these women who call out disinformation 👇

Love your blog - so many fun and creative ideas 👇

At #NCTE24 this week, this is the message I'll be sharing on repeat.

So many great #MGlit titles here - love seeing @mrschureads.bsky.social and @adamgidwitz.bsky.social

@leticarino.bsky.social Thanks for the repost!

Election day in the state of Maharashtra - no school! #AmReading ❤️📚❤️

Oooh - the people I (book) talk about 📚❤️📚 #MGlit

#WeNeedDiverseBooks #TLsky #EduSky

NEW POST: "Beat the Clock" Book talks. 25 books, 25 seconds each. Can I finish before the slide advances? trycuriosity.blogspot.com/2024/11/beat... #SchoolLibrary #BookTalks #MGlit

Let's get the band back together!