Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: November 17: #Cybils #Reviews, #Math in Preschool, and "Dessert Books"
November 17, 2017
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #Cybils, #GraphicNovels, #GrowthMindset, #literacy, book awards, english learners, giftedness, homeschooling, kindness, learning, math, nonfiction, schools, and Veteran's Day.
Top Tweet of the Week
Child: "I don't want to go to school today. Can't I just stay home and read Dork Diaries all day?" No, but I did briefly consider saying yes.
@DorkDiaries [And technically not a link, but an incident to please book lovers.]
Booklists + Gift Guides
9 Illustrated Chapter Book Series to Engage Early Readers | Jennifer Ridgeway @ReadBrightly ow.ly/zBx330gD5Ch #BookList #kidlit #PrincessInBlack #NateTheGreat + more
Other books for kids who are obsessed with Diary of a Wimpy Kid | #kidlit #BookList from @ImaginationSoup at @ReadBrightly https://t.co/gYMajA7FqT
2017 holiday gift guide from @Scholastic suggests #kidlit titles by age, focusing on things the #KFRR found kids want in books, like humor ow.ly/rx0b30gD4BO
Cybils
Today's featured
#Cybils review: #YA Fiction nominee Here Lies Daniel Tate, reviewed by @Pthompson_EMS ow.ly/U7sy30gy4b4
Today's featured #Cybils review is #poetry nominee We Come Apart, review by @SandyBrehl @PBWorkshop ow.ly/BHl230guUYU
#Cybils Update + 4 Good #GraphicNovels for Teens recommended by category chair @everead #kidlit ow.ly/jBby30guUSw
Today's featured #Cybils REVIEW: #YA speculative fiction nominee Landscape with Invisible Hand, reviewed by @tanita_s_davis ow.ly/EONE30gBH8h
A reminder from
@RobertaGibson that #Cybils #Kidlit Nomination Lists Make Great Reading https://t.co/oIBFfD3Dkx
Events + Programs
Collaboration & Creativity! How my Be-a-Famous #Writer Contest Can be Used in Your Classroom! FREE resource roundup for K-4 #Teachers @MrsPstorytime https://t.co/UL4OU5DxrV
Today is #WorldKindnessDay | Claire Noland suggests some kindness-themed #PictureBooks + suggestions for spreading kindness while traveling ow.ly/NYkL30gxDx6
A good story for #VeteransDay: nonprofit founded by teen connects Bay Area teens w/ veterans @mercnews ow.ly/6jNe30gvNuF
Growing Bookworms
The Nutritional Value of Dessert Books, don't dismiss certain books + assume that reading them isn't valuable for kids ow.ly/ScBt30gzYiV |
@AnnieTWard @Scholastic
Making time for independent #reading at #school | How + why to do it @ERobbPrincipal @Scholastic via Wendie Old ow.ly/NyXT30guH0z
Growth Mindset + Giftedness
Students Share The Downside Of Being Labeled #Gifted | @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/GdUh30gyi02 #GrowthMindset @joboaler #STEM
RT @MindshiftKQED: "High achievers are being neglected in all sort of ways by schools that had no incentive to push them farther up" owl.li/Jhmp30gAhr0 #edchat #gifted #gate
Miscellaneous
Forget The 10,000-Hour Rule; Edison, Bezos, & Zuckerberg Follow The 10,000-Experiment Rule @michaeldsimmons @Medium ow.ly/nsIG30gws5B @drdouggreen
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Wonder No More: A Look at a Book to Screen Adaptation, positives + negatives
@fuseeight ow.ly/AfhA30gBGlq #ChooseKind
A Screen-Based Analogy of Books from @op_booklover | Like Kate, I'm all about meaty book series as well as complex TV dramas https://t.co/UyXqulprg3
Historical #Nonfiction Children’s Books I’d Like to See (Based Entirely on Stuff You Missed in History Class Episodes) — @fuseeight ow.ly/v58Z30gzWIB
Guest post by @Jess_Keating for @mstewartscience | The Overlooked Benefits of Expository #Nonfiction ow.ly/uNS930gBFr6 | Different kids relate to different things
Parenting
7 Things I Was Totally Wrong About When It Came to #Homeschooling - From a Dad @Sara_HIHBlog ow.ly/CKkm30guGzN #JoyOfLearning
Schools and Libraries
Keep it R.E.A.L.! Relevant, Engaging + Affirming
#Literacy for Adolescent English Learners by @DrMandyStewart https://t.co/YFIdeh0XDF
9 Ways to Shift the Energy in the Classroom + help potentially anxious or sad kids focus on #learning @DavidGeurin ow.ly/EYH630guG6j
"Educators have more control of the future of #schools than any outside source will. Continue to create that meaningful change." ow.ly/9RCK30gzX09 @gcouros
Silent #Reading vs. Independent Reading: What’s the Difference? (plus digital tools to assess IR) – @ReadByExample https://t.co/mD17EcPmtQ
Small things a new assistant principal does to show students that someone cares | passing on a book, celebrating positives, + more ow.ly/tZWB30gD6f6 #Schools
STEM
Stanford's Deborah Stipek says we should teach more #math in #preschool — @jandersonQZ @qz https://t.co/vqF3URg9Dy
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