Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: July 27: #DisruptTexts, Rereading, #LemonadeStands and #SchoolLibrary #Genrefication
July 27, 2018
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #Amazon, #BookAwards, #BookLists, #CharterSchools, #DisruptTexts, #DiverseBooks, #FlexibleSeating, #GirlScouts, #HearingLoss, #Mindfulness, #RequiredReading, #testing, bookstores, education policy, gender, libraries, reading, rereading, schools, and undiscovered readers.
Top Tweet of the Week
Is 'The Great Gatsby' really
#RequiredReading? #Educator driven #DisruptTexts movement challenges #teachers to reconsider the classics + expand perspectives ow.ly/Z5pY30l5ia8 @TchKimpossible @nenagerman @triciaebarvia @juliaerin80
Book Lists + Awards
2018 #EisnerAward Winners Announced! — @100scopenotes ow.ly/dpL130l5gx9 #GraphicNovels #kidlit #BookAwards
#Diverse #BackToSchool Books to Help Everyone Feel Welcome!, new #BookList from @momandkiddo ow.ly/vqZJ30l5gPR #DiverseBooks #PictureBooks
Your Kids Will Relate to these Early #ChapterBooks about #School | #BookList by @momandkiddo featuring #DiverseBooks https://t.co/BRXuyXtpJw
No Romance Required: 30 Books About Girl – Boy Friendships | #BookList from @amightygirl ow.ly/OPEG30l8fml #kidlit #graphicnovels #MiddleGrade #PictureBooks
#GraphicNovels: A Heroic Troll, Ghostly Girl, and Slice-of-Life Manga | July 2018 Xpress Reviews @sljournal ow.ly/wGuc30l36G7 via @tashrow #BookList
Diversity + Gender
Girls-only shop classes are spreading, upending stereotypes but running Title IX risk @biasevoli @hechingerreport ow.ly/xXVR30l6s80 #Gender #HighSchool #STEM
Events, Programs + Research
Does this #SummerReading Program for Disadvantaged Kids Bypass #Librarians, #Teachers, and Fun, While Tracking Students? @NancyEBailey1 shares her concerns (+ some better ideas), and I agree ow.ly/6mjs30l7mCc #ReadingLevels #ReadingLogs
First survey of its kind for 50 years finds 65% of Americans still think they have above average #intelligence – @alexfradera @ResearchDigest https://t.co/XiT2IVfcYk
RT @KMPPerry: “Often, children of low-income households and children of color don’t get the early experiences that get them ready for school.” As @larsonsandra shares in the @nytimes, @FirstTeacherBos is tackling kindergarten readiness by focusing on parental support. https://t.co/LOR6xqxWva
Morning Notes: Facepalm Edition — @100scopenotes | Seconding Travis in congratulating Kathy, blogger from @thebrainlair, on opening real-world #bookstore @brainlairbooks ow.ly/zKd430l7keS #DiverseBooks
RT @DTWillingham: New data: "modest effect" of one-shot growth mindset intervention on beliefs about intelligence ($) https://t.co/AcKIahDIrS
Growing Bookworms
Excellent advice from
#teacher @mrswreads @nerdybookclub on encouraging kids to #Reread - "We naturally want more of the things we love... #Educators should be grateful students want to recreate the experiences they had when reading beloved books." https://t.co/3aOXhQ0ZcI
Why and How #Reading Is in Crisis in our #Schools by @CarolJago @HMHCo ow.ly/rc2x30l37sP | "Everyone would agree that the goal is to help children become confident learners who can read and write and choose to do so"
What should we call "reluctant readers" that is less de-motivating: selective, developing, undiscovered? Whichever, @literacious is seeking Tips & Tricks to Motivate #Readers ow.ly/sZpw30l36qp #GrowingBookworms
For #teachers: How to Easily Do A #BookTalk by @pernilleripp | Don't forget to transfer ownership of talks to #students early on ow.ly/e02s30l6uUV | #LoveOfReading
How to #ReadAloud to Differently Aged Children for Fantastic Family Time!, advice from @momandkiddo, who reads aloud a lot ow.ly/clcy30l8fzi #parenting #GrowingBookworms
Why
#PictureBooks for Year 6?| @smithsmm talks about why + how #schools should aspire to get kids to ENJOY #reading + in detail how to use Picture Books to help, w/ #BookList for older kids https://t.co/aSAyJMjye4
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
How To Do a Beloved Classic Today: Some thoughts from @medinger on new @netflix #TVseries Anne with an E, Season 2 (+ some other remakes) ow.ly/xNXG30l7mqj #AnneOfGreenGables
Phone Addiction? Here’s One Way to Fix It - @michelleruiz writes in @vogue about how she is #reading much more thanks to leaving her phone in the kitchen at night ow.ly/Yxh630l6g8L h/t @gretchenrubin
Today Show, Jimmy Fallon, Reese Witherspoon Lead Online #BookClub Revival | @FortuneMagazine via @gretchenrubin ow.ly/ISQx30l7ohk | Seems like everyone has #SummerReading recommendations, which is nice to see.
Parenting + Leadership
#Mindfulness for Children - @dgelles @nytimes w/ tips for kids (+ their #parents) at different ages ow.ly/UBtY30l3R9x #meditation #parenting
Grown-Ups Fight for Children’s Right to Sell Lukewarm Lemonade - @coryramey @WSJ ow.ly/lJ8W30l5fHu #LemonadeStands #parenting #Summer
This is very cool: How the Humble #LemonadeStand Is Becoming a Pipeline for Young #Entrepreneurs - @SarahDSparks @educationweek @LemonadeDay ow.ly/2Gmp30l7p2B | trying to fight decline in #YouthEntrepreneurship
You’re Never Going to Be “Caught Up” at Work. Stop Feeling Guilty About It. @abmarkman @HarvardBiz ow.ly/mgcg30l37ap | w/ tips for avoiding the negative effects of guilt + shame
Schools and Libraries
How
#Educators Are Trying To Overcome 'Language Deprivation' For #Deaf Kids | @Jung_Carrie @WBUR ow.ly/OMs430l5it1 #HearingLoss #Teaching
#FlexibleSeating: What’s the Point? Elementary principal @ChrisWejr shares some questions and reflections after discussions on Twitter ow.ly/Fgmo30l3RrL #schools
On Rewards – "for longterm motivation and behavior, I have come to question more and more the place of tangible #rewards in the #classroom", but remain open to nuanced approaches, says @mary_teaching https://t.co/u7N8jXOPHQ
Moving Beyond a #GrowthMindset to an #InnovatorsMindset by @gcouros – going beyond, say, learning #math to doing something w/ math https://t.co/zYMlBELA54
How
#Genrefication Makes #SchoolLibraries More Like #Bookstores, making it easier for kids to find books + for #librarians to identify collection gaps | @gailcornwall @MindShiftKQED https://t.co/AnwOwT8Yt1
Here's one of many, many responses refusing the recent @Forbes opinion piece suggesting that @amazon should replace local #libraries. Personally I thought that headline was a joke when I first saw it. ow.ly/JuS430l5gUw @literacious nails it.
11 Things I Will Never, Ever Admit to My Local #Librarian | @BuildaLibrary @ReadBrightly ow.ly/qRzQ30l7GV4 | "I put multiple books on hold — (i.l.l. books) — and then forget to pick them up"
Politics / Education Policy
Trump Priority Gathers Steam as Senate Passes Career-Technical #Education Bill - @PoliticsK12 @educationweek ow.ly/iFst30l6rSa | Idea is to update existing federal grant program to also boost #apprenticeships + #JobTraining
#Schools must grapple with rising costs of #teacher #pensions. This @CALmatters piece by @Calefati in @mercnews sums up what's happening around CA (inc. my daughter's district) ow.ly/S51m30l3Rch
Opinion piece by @DLeonhardt @nytimes | A Plea for a Fact-Based Debate About #CharterSchools - Nice to see someone try to look at both sides in any debate these days ow.ly/P9W130l5iLX #schools
STEM / STEAM
Nice! #GirlScouts add 30 new badges in #robotics, #science and #engineering @PesceNic @nypost ow.ly/sw6U30l36eg | #STEM
A Baltimore #SummerSchool program uses the arts to combat the #AchievementGap, sneaking in #math + #literacy learning and keeping it fun | @TaraGarciaM @hechingerreport ow.ly/U5AP30l6t3m #STEAM
Testing
Seven things research reveals — and doesn’t — about Advanced Placement - @valeriestrauss @PostSchools ow.ly/SfD430l37hE #AP #testing #HigherEd
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