Links I Shared on Twitter this Week: September 27: #ReadingLevels, #PlayBasedLearning + Deferring #Smartphones for Kids
September 27, 2019
Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter this week @JensBookPage. Topics this week include #BookLists, #BookSelection, #ClassroomLibraries, #eBooks, #GraphicNovels, #GrowthMindset, #LoveOfBooks, #PictureBooks, #play, #ReadingLevels, #ScreenTime, parenting, publishing, reading, and schools.
Top Tweet of the Week
Here's what I'd like to know. How many kids around the country today are hoping to do poorly on the Star Reading Test, so that (w/ lower #ReadingLevel) they can read books that they actually want to read? #AR #testing #JoyOfReading #Schools [Not a link, but this tweet generated some nice discussion last weekend.]
Book Lists
The BEST List of Preschool Books About Seasons, new #BookList from @growingbbb ow.ly/iljM30pAHII #PictureBooks
If You Like The #HungerGames... Read These Next! #BookList from @momandkiddo | I would add the #Uglies + #Imposters series from @ScottWesterfeld
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
#BookGirl by Sarah Clarkson @thoroughlyalive: How To Choose Books – I chimed in on discussion on #BookSelection @semicolonblog ow.ly/zTTB30pAUW6
Physical books still outsell #eBooks — and here's why ow.ly/eJxB30pzOg2 | @MerylHalls tells @CNBC that people love to display what they've read + signal #LoveOfBooks to the world
Bring Back #Handwriting: It’s Good for Your Brain - @markhamh @elemental via @TheReadingTub ow.ly/SZPA30pzO8K | #writing #MentalHealth
New study finds that Our Brains Represent The Meaning Of Words the Same Way Whether We Read Them Or Hear Them – @EmmaELYoung @ResearchDigest ow.ly/whrd30pBAh2 #reading #Audiobooks #eBooks
Why New @goraina Graphic Memoir ‘Guts’ Has A One Million Copy Print Run ow.ly/t2Ax30pzObK | @Forbes @Scholastic via @tashrow | "Raina is a fantastic advocate" for the message that #GraphicNovels are real #reading
Children + Authors To Collaborate on The #StorySeeds #Podcast, Launching this Fall w/ the #Kidlitosphere's own @fuseeight as host ow.ly/YwAg30pBm8B @LitSafariMedia
Parenting, Play + #ScreenTime
We Need to Define #PlayBasedLearning – #Play is not a child going through structured stations in a classroom, says @HonorsGradU. It is truly child led. https://t.co/WZIlsqgFxl?amp=1
Girls vs. Boys: Brain Differences Might Explain Tech Behaviors (girls spending time on #SocialMedia + boys on #gaming) | @juliejargon @WSJ ow.ly/JRy530pC1jL | #ScreenTime
I liked this piece in @TheAtlantic about why Sarah P. Weeldreyer Won't Buy Her Teenagers Smartphones ow.ly/qpd830pAmY1 #ScreenTime #parenting
Schools and Libraries
The Smaller Class Size Debate- What’s the Deal With The Numbers? – @HonorsGradU ow.ly/nXEZ30pC1Wy | Research finds "Class sizes need to be 13-17 students in order to be considered small enough to yield impactful advances." Worth the cost?
Schools will dump it': expert raises doubts over schools' ability to teach #GrowthMindset ow.ly/3p6F30pANjx @smh via @greg_ashman
Creating and Maintaining a #ClassroomLibrary that gives kids an authentic #reading life, instead of defining them by #ReadingLevels by Savannah Campbell @nerdybookclub https://t.co/FwRQ0DEKIh?amp=1
How 'Standards' Work In A New Knowledge-Driven #Reading Curriculum - @Doug_Lemov ow.ly/cFbf30pBAtL #SpacedPractice #BackgroundKnowledge
I Should Have Thanked My #Teachers. I regret I never told them how profound their effect on me was, says former MLB commissioner Fay Vincent @WSJopinion https://t.co/okZ27fWyvB?amp=1
Good piece on helping students to remember things. The difference between #EpisodicMemory + #SemanticMemory -> working on the latter before planning memorable experiences @ClareSealy @EducationNext
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