Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: Square Root Day + #Play + #TheWalter Award
March 25, 2016
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include The Walter Award, historical fiction, the Cybils Award, diverse books, Square Root Day, raising readers, reading aloud, reading levels, comics, play, poetry, summer reading, schools, education, STEM, testing, and growth mindset.
Book Lists
Great #Poetry #PictureBooks | http://ow.ly/ZRldA | #BookList from @pernilleripp
45+ Thrilling Historical Fiction Books for Kids from @momandkiddo #BookList #KidLit
A Tuesday Ten: A #ScienceFiction Pathway Part IV: (introducing 7-9 year olds to SF) | http://ow.ly/ZRmrJ @TesseractViews
On Your Mark, Get Set, Read! Middle Grade #BookList for #SummerReading 2016 http://ow.ly/ZRlyI @mrskatiefitz #kidlit
Cybils
Diversity
At 1st Walter Award, Honorees Ask Industry To Make Change Happen + Encourage #Diverse Readers... http://ow.ly/ZPkYa
Mind the Gap: Questions about Power for Storytellers to ask themselves from @MitaliPerkins http://ow.ly/ZPmox #DiverseBooks
Reviewing When We Think We Know or A Little Learning is a Dangerous Thing | @medinger http://ow.ly/ZOhOe #WeNeedDiverseBooks
How #WeNeedDiverseBooks is Working With #Libraries + changing the world http://ow.ly/ZUGRD @PublishersWkly @diversebooks
Events + Programs
Another fun holiday for #math geeks approaches: Square Root Day is 4/4/16 (which is also opening day for baseball) http://ow.ly/ZLMx6
A happy thing: North Texas Program Gives Moms Books For Newborn Babies @CBSDFW via @starbrightbooks http://ow.ly/ZG8gy #literacy
Growing Bookworms
Why I Created ‘Reading Rules’ for My Children – And Myself by mom of 4 boys @ArielLawhon http://ow.ly/ZPlzx
How to Instill the Love of Reading, and why it's important from @levarburton @Edutopia #RaisingReaders http://ow.ly/ZLCMg
"there still should be places in our day where we just #readaloud for the #joy of the story" @CathyMere http://ow.ly/ZUwLG #g2great
25 #Literacy Activities About Health and Fitness from @mrskatiefitz http://ow.ly/ZUx2Z #nutrition, movement, #play
Kidlitosphere
Catch up on the latest #kidlitosphere news in Fusenews: Who are we to say? — @fuseeight http://ow.ly/ZRn5J
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Can children's books help build a better world? | Author SF Said thinks so http://ow.ly/ZOiWN @GdnChildrensBks
How are our children's reading experiences shaping the people they will become? asks @donalynbooks @nerdybookclub http://ow.ly/ZMkGd
Fun stuff! 10 reasons why you should eat chocolate while reading http://ow.ly/ZRfwt @callaghansstuff @GdnChildrensBks
Play
Why #play is an #equity issue? guest post by @Ijumaaj @earlyedequity http://ow.ly/ZOjOh via @sxwiley #education
Is There Hope for a Return to Common Sense (+ learning via #play) in Early Childhood Education? @laurieadvocates http://ow.ly/ZOLLO
Inspiration from the Blogosphere: Why Play? @sxwiley recaps several articles about #play in #education http://ow.ly/ZOhvG
Secrets of Life from teacher of young kids for > 20 years http://ow.ly/ZRoig "Let them play" "Read them stories" @CarrieGelson
Why Is It Hard to Understand #Learning Through #Play? @gailmult @BAMRadioNetwork http://ow.ly/ZRnPl | Documentation could help
Sigh. Florida Senate Denies Parent Request for Required Daily #Recess | @Lynch39083 http://ow.ly/ZUxUF via @drdouggreen
Schools and Libraries
Ideas for getting kids moving in the classroom from @RACzyz http://ow.ly/ZOi83 #4OCF #EdChat
4 Ways to Promote #GrowthMindset in #ProjectBasedLearning @BIEpbl http://ow.ly/ZMd0N via @drdouggreen
"raising test scores is not a vision for learning" | What core values should your school have @DavidGeurin http://ow.ly/ZMbEh
Books, books, books, everywhere you look: Celebration of a classroom #library by @CarrieGelson http://ow.ly/ZMboO
"Can we modify our language (re: #Reading Levels) to help foster a passion and purpose for reading?" @LPalmReader http://ow.ly/ZGtpR
We’re Trying To Do “The Wrong Thing Right” in Schools, says @willrich45 | We do what's easier for the adults http://ow.ly/ZG71M
10 Practical Ways to Innovate in Your #Classroom from @ajjuliani http://ow.ly/ZReyO #EdChat #GeniusHour
"school libraries and librarians are essential to a child’s growth + development" - Advocacy Post from @literacious http://ow.ly/ZUuaW
STEM
Using #poetry to make connections between #math + #literacy in the classroom http://ow.ly/ZUywf Adventures in Literacy Land
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