Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: August 10: #ClassroomLibraries, #ComicBooks + #LoveOfWriting
August 10, 2018
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include: #anxiety, #AP, #BookLists, #ClassroomLibraries, #ComicBooks, #DiverseBooks, #Failure, #FlexibleSeating, #GraphicNovels, #HigherEd, #introversion, #Math, #parenting, #Schools, reading, storytelling, teaching, testing, and writing.
Top Tweet of the Week
A #ClassroomLibrary: If You Build It, They Will Read @nerdybookclub ow.ly/auEW30lh6tH | "#Students who are able to utilize a well-stocked, diverse classroom library spend 60% more time #reading compared to those that don’t" - @jcbailey3 takes action!
Book Lists
#FunnyBooks make kids want to read. Here's a #BookList from @momandkiddo to help: Beyond Elephant and Piggie: Funny #EarlyReaders ow.ly/1uVd30li8tJ #kidlit #UndiscoveredReaders
Wonderful Wordless #PictureBooks | new #BookList from @momandkiddo ow.ly/MchQ30lln6g | My family especially loves #Rainstorm by #BarbaraLehman + #WheresWalrus by #StevenSavage
Four new + uncommon #GraphicNovels for beginners w/ mini-reviews from Elissa Gershowitz @HornBook ow.ly/su0930lkg6K #BookList
10 Bingeable Series That
#MiddleGrade Readers Love | @Bookopolis @ReadBrightly ow.ly/J6xZ30lliLw #kidlit #fantasy #mystery #BookList
Events + Programs + Research
NYC Study Shows #Literacy Coaches Had No Effect on Low-Income 2nd-Graders. I bet spending the $ on awesome #ClassroomLibraries + focusing on #LoveOfReading would have worked better ow.ly/IFfX30lg1w5 @lesliebrody @WSJ
Study finds the most effective #teachers are the ones who turn to their colleagues for advice (while weaker teachers don’t bother) @Inner_Drive @ResearchDigest ow.ly/DIV930lfRtU #PLN #learning #TeacherEffectiveness
The 'Brain' in #GrowthMindset: Does Teaching Students Neuroscience Help? @SarahDSparks @educationweek ow.ly/Ro8b30lklgW #Neuroplasticity #resilience #StereotypeThreat
How #LearningScience Is Catching Up To Mr. Rogers | @anya1anya @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/PChl30llijX | social + emotional #learning
Diversity + Gender
Why inclusive
#PictureBooks need to think about #SocialClass and #poverty, by @AnnaMMcQuinn @Booktrust via @MindShiftKQED ow.ly/Zm8Q30lh6TK #DiverseBooks
Sigh: Japan Medical School Accused of Rigging Exam Scores to Keep Out Women (b/c they might take time off for marriage or kids) @megumifujikawa @WSJ ow.ly/qQP330lg1Id #GenderBias
#Gatekeepers Do Kids A Disservice When Defining Books as “Boy” or “Girl” | @literacious ow.ly/UXkv30lkks2 | "Do we really want kids to ... Automatically assume because there’s a character of a different gender, the book isn’t for them?"
Growing Bookworms
All You Need to #ReadAloud: "a good book, an engaged adult, and a receptive child" ow.ly/1HZD30llmXm | excellent tips from @mrskatiefitz for #GrowingBookworms
Tips & Tricks for #Booktalking Great Books to Kids from @literacious ow.ly/8ciD30llnek | "It's not our right book" but "what the child needs at that particular moment in time" | #GrowingBookworms #kidlit
A Friendly Reminder (especially for #parent) from @lucasjmaxwell @BookRiot that #ComicBooks Still Count as #Reading ow.ly/B2Iw30ljddH #GraphicNovels #ReadingChoice
I mean, if I told my child (as @lucasjmaxwell witnessed a parent doing) that #GraphicNovels didn't count for #library checkout, she would never go to the library with me again. And THAT would be sad.
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
#GraphicNovels Get New Respect, showing up in the #ManBooker prize longlist + elsewhere by Ellen Gamerman @WSJ ow.ly/7szp30lh6X9 | Mostly about adult books, but notes rise in #kidlit GN sales
One more benefit kids enjoying #reading: When adolescents read (especially a variety of) books they realize "You’re not alone" | @donald_gately https://t.co/ir2WNBTCS4
'Elitist': angry #ebook pirates hit back after author campaign sinks website | @GuardianBooks ow.ly/TnrS30lklv6 | I say reading #PiratedBooks is theft. #Authors + #publishers should be paid for their efforts.
The Way We Read Now. A new survey of America’s favorite
#novels shows that #storytelling moves us far more than #LiteraryQuality | Adam Kirsch @WSJ ow.ly/NzTp30lh6Kp #reading
On getting kids started writing realistic #fiction by having them get to know their characters | #writing #teacher @MelanieMeehan1 @ChoiceLiteracy ow.ly/vhzj30lh6BI
Want Young Students to Love #Writing? Let Them #Play With It. "reaching standards and finding joy, creativity, and a sense of identity through writing are not mutually exclusive" @EmilySkeie ow.ly/ZJoz30lg5u1 @EdWeekTeacher
This month's #Costco magazine has a couple of nice articles about the benefits of #reading (brain health, reduced stress, etc) + tips for including more reading in your life (and modeling for your kids) https://t.co/yt6iCP5DII
Parenting
Good advice here: What to Do When Your Child Says, ‘But Everyone Can Read But Me’ | @lalalalambert @ReadBrightly ow.ly/qtNt30lliBs #GrowingBookworms #Parenting #reading
Three ways to ease your child’s #BackToSchool jitters - @marijanewilliam @washingtonpost ow.ly/wzVM30ljd1S #Parenting #Anxiety #Listening #Schools
Schools and Libraries (inc. Classroom Libraries)
Questions to Assess our #ClassroomLibrary Before #BackToSchool from @pernilleripp ow.ly/9o2N30li9L7 #BookCondition #WindowsAndMirrors #Organization + more
New Resources for
#Teaching #Nonfiction by @mstewartscience @nerdybookclub ow.ly/TRqY30lfRGY | #educators tend to prefer #NarrativeNonfiction but many kids like #ExpositoryNonfiction | #ClassroomLibraries
#BuildYourStack: Five Ways to Stay on Top of the Latest and Greatest in Children's Literature | @colbysharp on new @ncte blog for #teachers ow.ly/lKvC30lklHl | "most important: Listen to your students" | #ClassroomLibraries #kidlit
Four Reasons to Tackle #FlexibleLearningSpaces. @RossCoops31 shares his elementary school's experience ow.ly/EOF330ljcb4 #Schools #FlexibleSeating #Classrooms
There’s Strength in Being Vulnerable @ReadByExample suggests #principals become "more aware of the areas in which you lack knowledge or experience with regard to excellent #literacy instruction" ow.ly/j1kh30lh6qK #education
One Approach Does Not Fit All when figuring out what's best for individual #learners (e.g. taking notes by hand vs. typing) @katiemartinedu ow.ly/WhWt30lh6lc #schools @gcouros
How California is transforming bus drivers, clerks and yard supervisors into #teachers by giving them #grants to earn #TeachingCredentials ow.ly/fHT730ljb3W @sacbee_news
Should we be setting our kids up for
#failure in the safe space of #classrooms instead of only success? "Failure not only builds our #resilience; it makes success all the more joyful and fruitful" | @paul_emerich https://t.co/FEL1C3GaD9
This seems like quite a resource for #PLN enhancement: 400 #Educators to Follow on Twitter: Crowd-Sourced List for Educators by Educators – @mrkempnz ow.ly/vSLI30lklpi #teaching #literacy #STEM #whatisschool
STEM
Changing teachers’ ideas about #math boosts student test scores @carolynjones100 @EdSource @mercnews ow.ly/PGoE30li6Ad | @joboaler + team recruited 40 CA 5th grade #teachers for course, kids scored 8 pts higher than control group
Make Your Daughter Practice #Math. She’ll Thank You Later. @barbaraoakley @nytopinion ow.ly/QHgq30lkgrr | Girls think they aren't good at #math because they are often better at #reading, so they don't put in the time to practice + improve
Testing + College Admissions
More students are taking #AP exams, but researchers don’t know if that helps them (especially black + Hispanic #students) ow.ly/eU5S30li7OX @Chalkbeat #testing
Huh. I never thought about #collegeadmissions discriminating against #introverts. This is very interesting...
@JonHaidt: The admissions scandal at Harvard (which gave Asians bad ratings on personality to reduce their numbers) reveals a related kind of discrimination in admissions: against introverts. Great essay by Jonathan Zimmerman: https://t.co/CtOdBQuIBC
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