Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: July 8: Storytelling, International Books + #Homework
July 08, 2016
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics for this relatively light week include book clubs, book lists, Books on Bikes, classroom reading, growing bookworms, homework, international books, libraries, literacy, raising readers, schools, and storytelling.
Book Lists
Some Student-Favorite Book Club Books for Middle School from @pernilleripp http://ow.ly/wrHk301ZE9i #BookList #YA
Diversity
What Good Are Windows + Mirrors When the Windows Just Look at Your Own Back Yard? — @fuseeight on international lit http://ow.ly/RDlZ301Xntc
Events + Programs
This is super cool. Teachers + librarians visit kids during the summer to bring books @BooksonBikes @nerdybookclub https://t.co/nZCbhWwaR0
Growing Bookworms
What 10 Minutes of #Reading Really Is. Why @pernilleripp makes the investment for her students + how it works https://t.co/8iiS8LzY3c
Teaching Kids to Make Inferences with Magazine Pictures by @thisreadingmama http://ow.ly/PKzE30221HK #literacy
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Interesting: Why Good Storytellers Are Happier in Life and in Love by @EBernsteinWSJ https://t.co/M9FUr4LfYm
9 Children’s Book Authors on the Joys of #SummerReading | @olugbemisola @ReadBrightly http://ow.ly/A7g3301ZMto @KateMessner + more
Schools and Libraries
New study of #homework finds self-reporting of time spent by kids is inaccurate, more research needed http://ow.ly/ZGvP301XlEo @DTWillingham
This is pretty powerful: An Analogy to Help Teachers Understand #Homework http://ow.ly/R4Vt301R57i @d_mulder #EdChat #schools
New Study Finds Positive Association between Public Library Use + #ReadingAloud for Families w/ Young Kids http://ow.ly/N2kP301Xr9d @JPediatr
No grades, no timetable: Berlin #school turns teaching upside down | @guardian http://ow.ly/bfur301R4Ev #EdChat
How #Schools Can Help Notice and Serve the ‘Quiet Kids’ | @ElissaNadworny @MindShiftKQED http://ow.ly/97df301ZGqy #Introversion
Should #reading groups in #schools be based on ability groupings? Nicole Hewes @HornBook shares alternatives http://ow.ly/1OFK30222GF
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