Here are highlights from the links that I shared on Twitter over the past two weeks @JensBookPage. Topics in this jam-packed edition include #BookLists, #GettingReadingRight, #GiftGuides, #GivingTuesday, #GraphicNovels, #GrowthMindset, #HigherEd, #KidLitCon, #Kidlitosphere, #LoveOfReading, #PISA, #Play, #Poetry, #ReadAloud, #SocialMedia, math, parenting, schools, teaching #literacy, and testing.
Top Tweets of the Week
The Most Popular #Reading Programs Aren't Backed by Science, according to @educationweek survey + review - @s_e_schwartz http://ow.ly/zPQD30pZ6Bd #GettingReadingRight #Phonics #teaching
Three Cheers For Repeating Text! @HonorsGradU celebrates the power of repetition in books like #BrownBearBrownBear to engage young readers https://t.co/x2Nwne5plf?amp=1
Book Lists + Gift Guides
Happy Thanksgiving! 15 Books About Being Grateful from @literacious http://ow.ly/QGN630pXjbR #PictureBooks #BookList #ElephantAndPiggie
It's 31 Days, 31 Lists time @FuseEight | Today: 2019 Transcendent Holiday #PictureBooks http://ow.ly/gfXA30pYO9w #BookLists #GiftGuides
Kicking off her 12 Days of Giving series, @abbylibrarian shares Books for Babies and Toddlers http://ow.ly/coU430pYNXJ #BookList #BoardBooks #GiftGuides
10 #ChristmasBooks to Read with Your Kids - timely #BookList from @MarlaSzwast http://ow.ly/veE130pYO5S #PictureBooks #poetry + #Dickens
Top 10 Holiday Reads from @literacious http://ow.ly/6RjS30pYOew #PictureBooks, #MGLit + #YA in this #BookList
101 Great Books for Kids (2019 Edition) — @fuseeight announces Evanston #Library #BookList, by category + w/ PDF version http://ow.ly/lDYR30pXjpm #PictureBooks #GraphicNovels #MGLit #Poetry + more
Creative Gifts for Kids Just Learning to Read, one of many nice #Literacy themed #GiftGuides from @growingbbb http://ow.ly/vD9Q30pXjlN #GrowingBookworms #reading
Best #GraphicNovels 2019 per @sljournal http://ow.ly/KUoA30pVMA7 | We already have nearly all of the ones in my daughter's age range on this solid #BookList
Books Like Smile: Read These Next if You Love @goraina http://ow.ly/7Cxe30pZ74U #GraphicNovels + #MGLit, #BookList from @momandkiddo
12 Books Tweens Can Read after Raina Telgemeier - My #GraphicNovel -obsessed 4th grader would approve of this #BookList from @wearealsc http://ow.ly/RSgt30pW0o0 @goraina
Books About Kids in Crisis, #BookList from @growingbbb http://ow.ly/IwRE30pYNVs #immigration #war #NaturalDisasters + more
Events, Programs + Research
Registration for #KidLitCon2020 is now open, reports @charlotteslib http://ow.ly/RuNZ30pW0zw | The new logo is super-cute. Tagline for @KidLitCon this year is "Seeing Clearly" | #kidlit + #YA bloggers + authors should check it out!
This story will brighten your day: 104-year-old writer Betty X. Davis collects 104 kids’ books to donate to #SchoolLibrary for her birthday | @KXAN_News http://ow.ly/pAjJ30pWBZx #KidLit
Interested in supporting #literacy for #GivingTuesday? Great roundup in the 2019 Bookish Charitable Giving Guide — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/j3Ow30pYD8Y | #BookAccess @RIFWEB @FirstBook @dollyslibrary + lots more
#SCBWI's Third Annual #Literacy Initiative Gives Books to Readers in Need http://ow.ly/HFzd30pW0x7 @scbwi @CynLeitichSmith #BookAccess #BooksForReaders
The Call for Hosts for the next 6 months of #PoetryFriday is up: http://ow.ly/MmZL30pXAoh @MaryLeeHahn #poetry #kidlitosphere
A Prescription of #Poetry to Help Patients Speak Their Minds - Doctors at several hospitals experimenting w/ poems to offer psychological relief + connection @rddysum @WSJ https://t.co/w2mFNEn3jf?amp=1
When the best way to take notes is by hand - @BBC_Future via @ResearchDigest http://ow.ly/he4c30pXAcM Except for #learning simple facts, you process material more deeply when you take selective notes by hand (vs. typing verbatim) + remember it better
Interesting: Abstaining From #SocialMedia Doesn’t Improve Well-Being, Experimental Study Finds, in contrast to more correlational research http://ow.ly/gLRY30pXjcY @mattbwarren @ResearchDigest
Using #FidgetSpinners May Actually Impede #Learning – @rey_z @ResearchDigest http://ow.ly/ADXD30pWf43 | Study finds they may be actively distracting, rather than helping kids focus
Growing Bookworms
If you want to raise a #bookworm, make it more about #play than work http://ow.ly/1c6o30pW0tP | "the joy gets wrung right out of the act of #reading when students don’t have ample time to get excited about books they read for themselves" @estherjcepeda
This is excellent advice! Teacher @biblio_phile on Bringing the Joy of #ReadAlouds to #MiddleSchool Students, using "real-along" to add learning, build community + celebrate #JoyOfReading @EdWeekTeacher
I think the idea of #ReadAloud Posters for coloring is genius | Give kids something active to do related to the book while you are #ReadingAloud http://ow.ly/nhAl30pXjgk #RubyReads via @growingbbb #Vanderbeekers #LittleHouse #EdwardTulane
Match.com: Helping Older Students Fall in Love With Reading (Again) by Nicole Kronzer @nerdybookclub http://ow.ly/SOyn30pXMU0 | Teacher + #SchoolLibrarian work together to help HS seniors find #JoyOfReading
Higher Ed
How to Fix #College Admissions - @WSJ surveyed various stakeholders + distills 10 ideas to remove some of the distortions of privilege http://ow.ly/3COH30pXPL9 @melissakorn #HigherEd
On Reading, Writing, Blogging, and Publishing
Bold Girls | On how striving for perfection is holding back girls, and the need to distance #creativity from right + wrong | "there is value in the half-finished, failed, messed up, abandoned story too" http://ow.ly/vDJE30pZjl0 @KMcCaughrain #writing
Various fun stuff in 2019 Children’s Lit: The Year in Miscellanea — @100scopenotes http://ow.ly/pf5t30pZ6YZ #kidlit #kidlitosphere
This looks like good advice: A guide to fighting lies, #FakeNews, and chaos online - @thedextriarchy @verge http://ow.ly/tfYH30pYYCw #InformationLiteracy #SocialMedia
I want to write for children... A guide to #Writing for Children & YA - @Strachanlinda @AwfullyBigBlog http://ow.ly/SqIi30pXjoi | #kidlit #YA
Parenting + Play
The Importance of The Father-Daughter Relationship http://ow.ly/GMNc30pZ765 Helping girls achieve more academically, make better relationship choices and have more confidence. @Danaparenting #parenting
A reminder from @McKenzieRoss20 @HonorsGradU that Imaginative #Play is A Product Of Boredom http://ow.ly/u6FH30pYO81 | If you don't rush to find something for your kids to do when they are bored, incredible things can follow | #parenting
I just downloaded some suggestions from Family-Friendly #Podcasts to Make Thanksgiving Travel Tolerable - Chris Kornelis @WSJ http://ow.ly/W5eE30pWjEm #STEM #parenting
Schools and Libraries
Stop Arguing About 'Equity' and Focus on Improving Classroom Instruction to Increase Students' Academic Outcomes http://ow.ly/XcJX30pZpxG @MsJasmineMN #EduCountdown2019 #schools #teaching
Sharp Nationwide Enrollment Drop in #Teacher Prep Programs Cause for Alarm | http://ow.ly/Kx7c30pZpDz @laurenonthehill @usnews #TeacherShortage
Why teachers need to do so much to help kids develop #vocabulary in the Classroom + some daily strategies for doing so http://ow.ly/6O6T30pZ72m @HuntingEnglish @EducationNext (adapted from #ResearchEd Guide to #Literacy)
Lots of links on #phonics + #TeachingReading in this @educationweek Special Report: #Getting Reading Right http://ow.ly/2aZZ30pZ6OG #EarlyLiteracy
Why I Decided The Clip Chart Wasn’t For Me from @McKenzieRoss20 @HonorsGradU http://ow.ly/ZHpV30pWDX0 | How + why a 1st grade #teacher shifted to #PositiveReinforcement in #ClassroomManagement
In Mississippi, an Unlikely Model for #SchoolDesegregation - @Tawnell @WSJ http://ow.ly/FCCR30pVWSX | K-12 district organizes by #GradeLevel instead of geography, w/ each school having 1-2 grades. Lots of busing, but success, too
Testing
Students talk through #math in this CA school. Now test scores are rising, especially among Latino students | @sydneyfjohnson @EdSource http://ow.ly/v55H30pVWQH #testing #WordProblems
In today's obvious (but w/ important implications) news: Students Who Eat Breakfast Perform Better on Standardized Tests, UK Study Finds http://ow.ly/of5930pWC6W #testing @Newsweek @drdouggreen
Are #Reading Pressures Leading to the Decline in Scores? Tiffany Post @WeAreTeachers argues that schools pressure kids to read too soon, too fast + then too much https://t.co/NBQhugLDVr?amp=1
Australia and Finland slide further in #PISA 2018 – @greg_ashman blames use of progressivist #education policies instead of knowledge-rich curricula http://ow.ly/6blr30pYOap #KnowledgeGap
U.S. Students Fail to Make Gains Against International Peers in #PISA #testing, especially trailing students in Asian countries http://ow.ly/VgsU30pZ6ts | Performance gap in US also widened @Tawnell @WSJ
On a brighter note re: #PISA results, @tonywan @EdSurge highlights the fact that students w/ more of a #GrowthMindset did better in #reading than those w/out https://t.co/WyXMr66VWh?amp=1
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