Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: July 13: #Reader Identity, the #MarshmallowTest + #FlexibleSeating (or not)
July 13, 2018
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #BookList, #Dystopias, #FlexibleSeating, #GrowthMindset, #LearningStyles, #Literacy, #SummerReading, #Treehouse, #YA, gender roles, failure, play, Project LIT, reading, and science.
Top Tweet of the Week
The cries of joy from my daughter will be audible all across the neighborhood when she gets home today. Yes, we received an early copy of the new
#JediAcademy book by @StudioJJK from @Scholastic today. amzn.to/2zhvhcK [releases July 31st]
Diversity + Gender
Musings on strength, failure + gender in #kidlit by @KMcCaughrain @AwfullyBigBlog ow.ly/Z4gz30kUv9y | "I think a better reaction against the truly awful, helpless Mary Sues of the past is not ‘strong’ female characters, but realistic female characters"
Book Lists
Favorite Dragon #PictureBooks and #ChapterBooks for Kids, new #BookList from @momandkiddo https://t.co/jnv4NofiCL
Kid Tested
#SummerReading: Activity + Information Books | #BookList from @randomlyreading ow.ly/XPY630kRHZR | Making #SummerLearning fun
10 Captivating #YA #Thrillers to Read This Summer | #BookList from Dena McMurdie @ReadBrightly ow.ly/tC3n30kVERu | I found a few worth checking out here
Events + Programs
First Project LIT Summit: @jarredamato shares the welcome address w/ background on this program started by high schoolers to combat #BookDeserts w/ quality #kidlit + #YA https://t.co/1eDdWp84iC
#Literacy Spotlight: NY-based program Literacy for Incarcerated Teens (LIT), profiled @PublishersWkly, provides #reading material + support for teens https://t.co/X7WiCb9po4
Buckle-up for the @Scholastic #SummerReading Road Trip! | @ginacrat ow.ly/rAnW30kUsKw | Family events to meet authors + costume characters
Growing Bookworms
She Just Asked Google To Remind Her to “Read All the Books On the Bottom Shelf” #TeacherMom – @mary_teaching reflects on how not pushing her #reading agenda on her daughter probably led to her daughter CHOOSING to read this summer https://t.co/KxTMzPilpv
On
#ReaderIdentity and Its Importance – #teachers need to help kids understand who they are as readers + set a path to grow, says @pernilleripp ow.ly/EJfT30kRHPo | #Reading
#Literacy Show and Tell Idea for #EarlyChildhood #Classrooms from @growingbbb w/ printable resources https://t.co/QlmtTwsU8n
Growth Mindset + Self Control
"Find your passion" is bad advice, say Yale-NUS and Stanford psychologists | Sitting around waiting to find passion runs counter to #GrowthMindset + developing #curiosity ow.ly/POUp30kR0Xi @qz via @MindShiftKQED
Try to Resist Misinterpreting the #MarshmallowTest - "Early research with the marshmallow test helped pave the way for later theories about how #poverty undermines #SelfControl" @behscientist https://t.co/48EhEdvRew
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
For Teens,
#DystopianFiction Seems Pretty Real — And That's Why They Like It : @ElissaNadworny @npr_ed ow.ly/btdS30kPEWX | #YA #Dystopia #SpeculativeFiction
Resilience, strength, empathy: How books are helping my daughter find her place in the world - @Benjamin_Percy @onparenting ow.ly/HKiJ30kQw2d #LoveOfReading #reading #parenting
You can never have too many books | This photo tour by Anne Rooney of her daughter's overstuffed bookshelves made me smile | @AwfullyBigBlog ow.ly/RjvQ30kRGpb
The #Treehouse series, by Andy Griffiths -- zany, over-the-top, can't-put-it-down stories | @MaryAnnScheuer celebrates the latest release w/ words from the author about the series' kid-engaging vision ow.ly/KXbY30kRGcQ @MacKidsBooks
Parenting + Play
Growing Children's Imagination & Creativity by
@TrevorHCairney | Sample ways to encourage story-based #play by age group ow.ly/8eei30kQwdp
Stop the Slide! #SummerLearningLoss Prevention Tips for 6- to 8-Year-Olds from @ImaginationSoup @ReadBrightly ow.ly/i8Lp30kVFbB #SummerReading #learning #parentingSchools and Libraries
A counterpoint: The Case Against #FlexibleSeating – @paul_emerich ow.ly/E8PI30kSeiU | #schools #LearningStyles #ActiveLearning
I found it refreshing to see someone advocate for Finding the Middle Ground in arguments (listen, assess other arguments for their strengths, etc). Thanks @gcouros ow.ly/IY9y30kPDal #Education #Innovation
How to help struggling #readers when they are young | @GonserSarah @hechingerreport ow.ly/o1pW30kUsZV | #Teachers in training need more support
STEM
Applying the Power of
#Stories to Excite Students About #Science | #HarryPotter, #PercyJackson + #ChooseYourOwnZombieApocalypse #ScienceCamps @Kschwart @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/BwMq30kPE90 #STEAM
How to boost #math skills in the early grades - @GonserSarah @hechingerreport ow.ly/5FhG30kSewN | #Schools #CommonCore #STEAM #ELL
Will New Standards Improve Elementary #Science Education? | @lrmongeau @hechingerreport @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/L2kh30kUsyS | #Curiosity #STEM
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