Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: July 1: Accelerated Learning, #Reading + #SchoolLibraries
July 01, 2016
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. It's been a fairly quiet week on the blogs, but I do have posts on #BookLists, #PictureBooks, Amazon, Feminist Books, Lois Duncan, Pernille Ripp, playgrounds, reading, Rick Riordan, school libraries, teaching, accelerated learning.
Book Lists
10 Encouraging Books About Making Friends from @growingbbb http://ow.ly/1dsL301GyN0 #BookList #PictureBooks
Shape Books that Think Outside the Box #PictureBook Edition @housefullbkwrms http://ow.ly/JLmi301JboZ #BookList
On the #Cybils blog: #BooList Fun: #Diverse Cybils #PictureBook Finalists, list by Katie @thelogonauts http://ow.ly/AJaV301OHVb
The Ultimate #SummerReading List for 6- to 8-Year-Olds (w/ nice #diversity) by @olugbemisola @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/2Au2301OhmO #kidlit
Roundup of the @camphalfblood series + read-alikes from Jennifer Wharton http://ow.ly/JlGR301Gyhx #kidlit #mythology #fantasy
11 Books Every Feminist Read Growing Up http://ow.ly/PrZ8301C4IQ @bustle via @tashrow #StrongGirls #Matilda #PippiLongstocking
Top Ten Titles That Promote Summer Fun by @jdsniadecki @nerdybookclub http://ow.ly/RlII301GzgH #kidlit #nonfiction #poetry
This #BookList @sljournal caught my eye: 11 #YA #Thrillers That Would Make Lois Duncan Proud http://ow.ly/wJNB301JG63
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Beautiful! An Illustrated Guide to the Best Places to Read w/ Children, Elisha Cooper @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/CLwP301OONe @PWKidsBookshelf
Fun! Braking for Books: @HMHKids Kicks Off Curious World Tour to encourage #SummerReading + #Play http://ow.ly/QkDq301OO3A @PublishersWkly
Love it! How Being A Book Nerd As A Child Turned Me Into A Better Adult, Averi Clements @bustle http://ow.ly/P1Kb301OOw9 via @PWKidsBookshelf
"Reading is NOT answering questions at end of a passage" + lots more in: What #reading is not by @profesornana http://ow.ly/oLRA301M4NY
A plan for giving books that time they deserve: READ, REFLECT, REACT by @Kateywrites @nerdybookclub http://ow.ly/v6Is301JaNd #Reading
Play
Redefining playgrounds: "Play should be imaginative, it should have some element of controlled danger" http://ow.ly/EFMZ301Ogjn @BostonGlobe
Schools and Libraries
"What if every decision we made (as teachers) was centered on what is best for students" asks @pernilleripp https://t.co/eUVECmn9bi
.@amazon Unveils Online #Education Service (marketplace w/ free lesson plans, etc) for #Teachers @nytimes https://t.co/Pw5y1Nsk3q
Trend Alert: More #SchoolLibraries Staying Open all Summer, sometimes giving books away @sljournal http://ow.ly/DwvB301JFAG
Why Don't #Schools Accelerate More Students? @PeterMDeWitt @educationweek http://ow.ly/MQtF301LLhd via @drdouggreen
Will homework disappear in the age of blended learning? 3 examples from @cliffcmaxwell @ChristensenInst http://ow.ly/LvFM301OJFw @drdouggreen
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