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The must-have solution for school librarians: the Editable Library Planner. Designed with your specific needs in mind, this planner is a game-changer in organizing and optimizing your library's lesson plans. Effortlessly plan your monthly at a glance and note any important literary celebrations. Plus, you get not one, but seven distinct weekly planning templates. This Editable Library Planner offers unparalleled customization options, allowing you to tailor it to fit your unique library environm

ENGAGE STUDENTS IN THE ENGINEERING AND DESIGN PROCESS THROUGH LITERATURE! Encourage students to think creatively about the problems characters face in the books they read when you invite them to engineer alternative solutions. Whether you are reading a picture book, early reader, or chapter book, students can participate in creative problem solving as a way to interact with the story. Characters face problems and those problems require potential solutions.  That’s where our students come in to s

Keep families informed about what their children are learning in the library with no prep newsletters! Who has time to write up newsletters? That’s why these no prep newsletters are perfect for busy librarians and library media specialists. These no prep newsletters are available to print or upload on digital platforms. All you have to do is choose the one you want to use! After downloading this resource you will receive no prep newsletters for school librarians to keep families up to date. This

Encourage a love and appreciation for reading within your school community with these print & play newsletters. As Librarians and Media Specialists, we have so much information about the importance of reading and other literacies. It can be challenging to share that information without overwhelming staff and families. After downloading this resource, you will receive 3 formats to share literacy statistics and tips with staff and/or families with the intent to increase reading engagement. This re

Active and interactive book tastings for upper elementary students to discover books that act as sliding glass doors. Get students excited to read new books, series, authors and genres! After downloading this resource you will receive a bundle of lessons, recording sheets, and activities for upper elementary students to push their reading interests and borrow new titles from the library. This resource includes:  4 Standards Based lessons that walk you through step - by - step how to facilitate t

Share with parents and families what students are learning about coding with these whimsical and informative newsletters.Students love coding and their families are eager to continue that passion at home. However, they don’t always know where to begin or how to do it. These newsletters teach families about different coding concepts and skills. While also giving them fun, everyday ideas to teach and reinforce the skills. Ideas such as books, board games, life skills, and free apps! After download

Recognize students’ efforts to analyze websites; identifying what to trust and believe online.  Do your students think that just because they Googled™ it, they can trust it? If so, these achievement awards are perfect for recognizing all of their efforts in evaluating websites. This resource includes the following SITE SLEUTH achievement awards: 4 pages of color achievement badges to print, laminate, cut & hole punch4 page of black & white achievement badges to print, laminate, cut & hole p

USE PRINT & DIGITAL REMINDERS TO ENCOURAGE STUDENTS & FAMILIES TO RETURN LIBRARY BOOKS ON TIME. These fun and positive reminders will help students and their families remember which day library is so that library books are returned on time. These print and digital reminders can be used proactively.  → Set up routines with classroom teachers to give students a sticker or bracelet the day before library to remind everyone to return books. → P ost the images to Seesaw, Remind, Instagram or other f

Kid friendly achievement badges to award students for independently using eBook platforms. If you are looking for ways to encourage students to independently use your eBook platforms, reward them with achievement badges, bracelets, and digital stickers!   AFTER downloading this resource you’ll get:color printable research achievement badges, perfect to add students’ achievement ringsblack and white printable research achievement badges, perfect to add students’ achievement ringscolor printable r

Help students code & write simple algorithms while engaging in Computational Thinking without robots! Coding can be a difficult concept for young children to understand, even with highly engaging robots and apps.  When coding a robot or on an app, many children lack the necessary spatial recognition required to make a character turn.  These hands-on activities support young programmers as they begin to build these skills.  They allow them to manipulate materials and plan out a piece of code befo

Introduce Coding Concepts to PreK Students.Teach young programmers about coding concepts like sequences or series, loops, and conditionals. The activities included in this bundle engage students with drawing, cute creatures, and tablets.  Each activity can be paired with a read aloud or used on its own. This BUNDLE includes all of these great resources: House Coded Drawing → great to use with the book The Napping House or This Little House, and moreShape Characters Coded Drawing → great to use w

Teach students coding skills while they draw. Directed drawing is a great way to help students understand what coding is and related coding concepts. Since drawing is a familiar activity, students have the ability to focus their attention on coding specific terms.  Teaching students coding concepts begins with activities that they are familiar with.  These activities draw on students’ knowledge of shapes, lines, and directional relation to teach them about sequencing and conditionals.  AFTER dow

Help students be successful and independent with digital learning! Not everyone has the skills or organization to be an independent learner. Students need to be taught how to manage their time, space, and materials when learning independently; especially in digital spaces. The included slideshow has 5 tips to help students be successful digital learners. It was designed with the intent for you to create your own notes and present them to students and/or families. This is a great resource for set

Print. Post. Promote.So many books.  So little time to talk about them all!  Promote books with ‘What I’m Reading’ flyers.  The 9 editable templates will allow you to share with staff and students what you are currently reading, have just finished reading, and plan to read next.  After customizing your flyer, just print and display!   Flyers are designed to print on 8.5 x 11 paperAll flyers are editable; allowing you to change your name and book titles.There are 9 designs for you to choose from!

Are you an elementary librarian seeking to make your book fair more inclusive and captivating for all students? You understand the importance of creating an environment where every child can participate in the excitement of the book fair without feeling left out. These specially curated book fair activities are designed to keep things calm, purposeful, and equitable. Promoting Equitable Engagement – Not every student can purchase books at the fair, and traditional wish lists may disengage those

Empower student voice, choice, and circulation with digital book reviews! Are your students struggling to find books that they are interested in? Let’s help them find books that they will actually read!  As librarians, and media specialists, we want to get and keep books in the hands of our students. One way to do that is through book reviews! Students are more likely to read books when they feel like they are capable of reading them, and know that others have also enjoyed them.  AFTER download

Save time preparing your schoolwide literacy initiative!Rolling out a schoolwide literacy program can take a lot of preparation.  With all of the responsibilities that we already have (think circulation, purchasing, lesson plans, tech support) we need every precious moment available. If you are a School Librarian, Library Media Specialist, Literacy Coach, or just have great affection for literacy and are ready to start a You’ve Been Book’d program don’t spend time creating eye-catching flyers fo

Let students renew books on the fly!When books are collected in the morning, students frequently rush by asking you to renew their books.  Then you head back to your computer and forget who asked you to renew that copy of Dork Diaries!  If you or students collect books every morning to get them checked in before classes head your way, you will appreciate these renewal slips to remind you who wants to renew their books. Quick Byte:Just have the slips printed, cut and on the collection cart so th

FUN activities to teach and reinforce coding and computational thinking vocabulary while students have fun! Help your students master important vocabulary terms! Students love to code and need to acquire computer science terms to master computer science.  If you teach coding or computer science to elementary students, you know how necessary but tricky learning coding vocabulary is. Robotics and coding games are incredibly engaging. Students are creating algorithms, loops, conditionals, changin

Don't miss out on this fantastic opportunity to enhance your students' digital citizenship skills effortlessly. Say goodbye to prep work and hello to engaging, no-prep digital citizenship activities. With this free resource, you can empower your students to use technology for good while showcasing their digital citizenship knowledge. When you download this resource, you'll receive 16 task cards tailor-made for elementary students to express their digital citizenship expertise. Discover 16 engagi