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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reflect with PreK students AND communicate with parents!It can feel like our youngest learners, our PreK Students, need the most support communicating their day’s learning with families.  Yet, it is just as important for them to reflect on their learning and be able to communicate it with others.   If you are a Library Media Specialist who works with PreK students and know how important it is for them to reflect on and share their learning, this resource is perfect for you! AFTER downloading thi

Make reading fluency FUN and ENGAGING with this augmented reality activity. Do you wish that your students would want to practice their reading fluency? Are you looking for some ways to jazz up fluency practice? Would you like it if they were more interested in becoming fluent readers? After downloading this lesson you will receive printable and digital resources that engage students in becoming more fluent. This resource includes:  Standards Based lesson Printable reflection sheets Students ha

Educate your ‘tech savvy’ students the parts of an iPad™ through engaging activities! Whether it’s discovering the functionalities of the home button, mastering volume controls, or understanding the intricacies of headphone connections, this resource aims to demystify these tablet-related terms. These parts of an ipad activities bridge the gap between daily interaction with technology and a deeper comprehension of its fundamental components. Empower students to navigate the digital world with co

It can be really hard to remember everything that needs to be included in a citation and in what order to place it. Teaching young students how to use a citation generator will save time and decrease stress. Do you wish your students could remember EVERYTHING that needs to be included in a bibliography to properly cite sources? Citation and bibliography generators make this process so much easier. Easier for you to teach, and easier for your students to engage in Digital Citizenship.   Just beca

Teach students to follow and respect copyright law when using digital content!Did you know that most people take images online and share them on their social media or within their own multimedia presentations without giving credit to the original artist?  Believe it or not, when they do that, they are breaking the law. If you are a 3rd grade teacher or Library Media Specialist who teaches citation or research this lesson will give you: Standards Based lesson that engages students in inquiry as

Use Siri™ to teach students how to craft HOT research questions! Do you wish your students were researching with purpose? Are you struggling to teach them how to write solid research questions that require them to do actual research? If you want your 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade researchers to come up with questions on their own, this lesson will give you: Standards Based lesson Filled with inquiry, interaction, collaboration, critical thinkingLoads of teacher choice; giving you the opportunity to make

A complete research unit for Kindergarteners! Kindergarteners are inherently curious. What’s better than feeding that curiosity by teaching them to research?   If you teach Kindergarteners information literacy, media literacy, resources, or research, this complete unit provides you with low prep activities.  After downloading this research bundle, your Kindergarteners will be able to identify and analyze resources, and take notes on their chosen research topic. This bundle includes: Standards

Keep students focused on the research at hand!Do you want to give your students focus when researching?  Help them develop research questions to steer them in a direction!  This Standards-Based lesson and accompanying graphic organizers will teach students how to develop open-ended research questions and support beginning citation skills. It includes:  2 Brainstorming Sheets Student handout linked to video tutorial for citing sources with MyBibStudents handout linked to video tutorial for downlo

Encourage students to be creative and reflective as they set library learning goals for the upcoming school year. Students get to truly shine as they teach others about themselves and consider what they’re interested in learning during the year.  As students reflect on the previous school year's learning experiences they can set goals for the current year. Directions are provided to help you facilitate this part of the activity.  This is also a great activity to complete in those last weeks of

Help students see the school library as an important part of the school where they can set and achieve goals. They’ll reflect on their reading habits, set reading goals, and work towards reaching those goals. Kick off the school year in the library media center with these goal setting & reflection sheets. They show off All About Me, but with a library twist! They share books they’ve read, library activities they loved in the past, and what they’re looking forward to in the upcoming year.  Stu

Help students see the school library as an important part of the school where they can set and achieve goals. They’ll reflect on their reading habits, set reading goals, and work towards reaching those goals. Kick off the school year in the library media center with these goal setting & reflection sheets. They show off All About Me, but with a library twist! They share books they’ve read, library activities they loved in the past, and what they’re looking forward to in the upcoming year.  Stu