Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: March 9: #WomensHistoryMonth, #SchoolLibraryMonth, #STEM + #ReadingCommunities
March 09, 2018
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #audiobooks, #BookLists, #EarlyLiteracy, #Flipgrid, #InquiryMindset, #nonfiction, #PictureBooks, #ReadAcrossAmerica, #reading, #ReadingAloud, #SchoolLibraries, #STEM, child development, Growing Bookworms, play, schools, science fiction, and Women's History Month.
Top Tweet of the Week
Authors Share Their Favorite Kids’ Books About Girls, Written by Women @ReadBrightly ow.ly/erV530iOSM0 #kidlit #WomensHistoryMonth
Book Lists
31 New #PictureBook Biographies to Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth by @KateChicago @nerdybookclub ow.ly/ezJw30iIrSU #31Women31Books
Dynamic
#PictureBooks Featuring Boisterous, Spirited Girl Protagonists! for boys or girls to read, a #BookList from @momandkiddo https://t.co/7Nie2CI2uM
14 #PictureBooks to Introduce #Math Concepts | #STEM #BookList from @literacious https://t.co/1n0f44k8AM
New #BookList: #PictureBooks About Dogs from @housefullbkwrms ow.ly/3xKC30iMTD9
RA RA Read: #WimpyKid #ReadAlikes + Notebook Novels, #BookList from Jennifer Wharton ow.ly/nhCw30iK5Bb | #kidlit
100 Must-Read Young Adult
#ScienceFiction Books, new #BookList by @Sarah_Nicolas @BookRiot ow.ly/zXBA30iIL03 | #YA books by books by: @bethrevis @philipreeve1 + more
RT @CharlottesLib: Nothing is quite like a Wrinkle in Time, but after much careful thought, I made a list (8 Great Books for Kids Who Love A Wrinkle In Time @BNKids) I was happy with! What would you add? http://ow.ly/YhDN30iMQSD
Cybils Awards
Today on the #Cybils blog: An Interview with @NealShusterman, author of @cybils winner SCYTHE ow.ly/BpHD30iNjhm
Events + Programs
Happy Birthday #DrSeuss! Here are Ideas to Celebrate Read Across America Week & Dr. Seuss from @MerkleJill ow.ly/Ac7t30iIoR5 @NEAToday #ReadAcrossAmerica
New @KidLitCon Blog Post (+ new blog!): We’ve Secured Hotel Providence for KidLitCon 2019 (3/22+23/19)! | @pragmaticmom + @charlotteslib are rock stars! https://t.co/uM1YVrrajf
April is
#SchoolLibraryMonth | This year's theme is Making Connections at Your #SchoolLibrary, w/ spokesperson @JasonReynolds83 | Details: ow.ly/XBNI30iILOR @aasl
Growing Bookworms
Five Tips For Helping Kids Read Better | Stella Tokar @UnitedWay Blog | #ReadAloud #parenting #RaisingReaders https://t.co/8CJYBfkn6S
Four Steps to Get Screen-Loving Kids to Read Books, guest post by @kayenewtonbooks at @BookChook | #RaisingReaders #LoveOfBooks https://t.co/mVdV8CB7xJ
Fostering a #ReadingCommunity With FlipGrid ow.ly/Loih30iK5Sv @mssackstein @EdWeekTeacher @Flipgrid @MrsKTerwilliger #LoveOfReading
Now, more than ever, young children need to be read to –
@DavidKThorpe @AwfullyBigBlog ow.ly/cHbi30iK5uZ | "Parents must read to children. #Libraries must be in every community" | #ReadAloud
The importance of teaching children early #literacy skills | @wpri12 ow.ly/7dnx30iJwPe | Why #ReadingAloud is important + when to begin
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
On #Audiobooks, @op_booklover shares her guidelines for Buy vs. Borrow, and asks for yours ow.ly/TER330iLKBV #reading
Can you recommend a book?…Maybe, or maybe not? |
@smithsmm will "recommend w/ caution + w/ an eye on the past as well as the present" ow.ly/ihj230iMUjS #kidlit
Parenting
Delaying #School May Protect Against Developmental Disorders - @raisedgood ow.ly/uUB930iLKgA | #kindergarten #ADHD #play
How to Spot #TeenageDepression - New guidelines focus on helping better identify teens who may be struggling, as rates climb | @EBernsteinWSJ https://t.co/C19zOJDB5S
Schools and Libraries
#Homework overhaul in schools | District aims to reduce quantity + improve quality where it remains ow.ly/TVZK30iOff5 | @Zalaznick @DA_magazine
“There’s no room for you here…you can’t play” | Thoughts on how to keep kids from excluding others from
#play in the #classroom from LBurkins https://t.co/V28cKz4Dst
What are public #schools to do when a student is clearly #dyslexic, but does not qualify for #SpecialEducation asks @ShawnaCoppola https://t.co/gnBVs25pGu
When You Know Better- #Reading Edition ow.ly/peyF30iILt6 | @CoriOrlando1 shares thoughts (evolved over time) on round robin #ReadingAloud + #AbilityGroups in the #classroom
Kids learn better when they’re moving. Just ask this Memphis #teacher and dance coach. | @Chalkbeat ow.ly/PS5R30iPFUi via @drdouggreen
How To Ease
#Students Into Independent Inquiry Projects | @trev_mackenzie + @rbathursthunt @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/jGmA30iIqWO | #InquiryMindset
Ideas for choosing #classroom #ReadAlouds that build a love for story + help students master key #literacy + content-area standards ow.ly/BWgE30iJwEa | @mariacaplin @ChoiceLiteracy
Ideas for including more #nonfiction in classrom #ReadAlouds, w/ book suggestions, from @frankisibberson @ChoiceLiteracy ow.ly/D42h30iJwB4
Why Tech Executive Susan Wu Says Her Plan to Disrupt #Education Is Different - @nytimes @ads_b @nytimesaus ow.ly/NGYh30iJwX9 | #schools
RT @MrsPStorytime: Do you need funding for your school library? Check out the grant channel mackin.com/corp/resources …. Thx @MackinVIA for the valuable resource! #tlchat #schoolLibraries
#Testing, the #Opt-Out Movement, and #School Excellence. What can we do as educators to change the testing culture education has become? asks @mssackstein https://t.co/brE35TpmHr
STEM
Global study finds more women go into #STEM fields where they have fewer options. In places like US w/ more options, they make other choices | Susan Pinker @WSJ https://t.co/rxsr68SCvu
Eight ways to introduce kids to #STEM at an early age @jackiemader @hechingerreport ow.ly/PXez30iLLrN | Toys w/ manipulative elements + more
This is surprising: #Stanford students protest at #AppleHQ over smartphone addiction ow.ly/eFM930iPxz8 | @seungylee14 @mercnews
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