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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

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

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

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

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

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 the 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 teach elementary students how to research or create presentations with images, this bundle gives you lessons that:  Teach and assess copyright through inquiry and movementWalk students th

After engaging with these citation activities, students will become citation experts! Are you tired of fielding questions from your students about the purpose of creating bibliographies or trying to make them grasp that just because information is on the internet doesn’t grant them carte blanche to use it as they please?  As an educator, you understand the critical role citation skills play in fostering academic integrity, proper research, and responsible digital citizenship. By integrating thes

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

Teach students about what, how, and why we cite so that they can cite like a pro!Did you know that just because we find something online doesn’t mean that we can use it any way that we want?  If you teach research, digital presentations, or citation this bundle gives you: An array of activities to teach students what a source is and different ways to include citations, and how to evaluate sources.Inquiry based activities that teach about citation and copyright.Developmentally appropriate activit