Smart Librarians

December 13

Every Other Thursday, you’ll get this short, fun, relevant newsletter.  It will contain a quote about the library and those who love it, an idea you can use to promote your library or reading in general, a Common Core implementation idea and occasionally a shameless plug for the programs I offer.  Enjoy!

Quote

A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.

(Daniel Handler, writing as) Lemony Snicket

Promote

With apologies to John Wesley,
“Promote all the books you can,
By all the means you can,
In all the ways you can,
In all the places you can,
At all the times you can,
To all the people you can,
As long as you ever can.”

Let your passion for reading shine through in all you do. Be an unapologetic promoter of books and reading. Be loud and be proud!

Common Core Connection

With connections to literature at the center of the Common Core Standards, your job as an equipper and collaborator with classroom teacher becomes MUCH more important to the academic success of your school.  That’s a lot of responsibility, but I see two things growing out of this. 

First, your role as TEACHER becomes more obvious, and second, the role of the media specialist becomes even more OBVIOUSLY essential to the school.  We’ve always known that school success is based in large part on what you and the media center do and offer students and faculty.  CCS helps to make that more evident and visible to staff and administration, IF you become the “go to person” when it comes to resources – helping teachers understand the standards and providing resources as needed to implement them.

I found this 14 minute video very helpful in understanding how to adapt the exemplar performance tasks for use in the classroom and understanding the importance of teaching literacy across disciplines.  Share it with your teachers! Enjoy!

https://www.teachingchannel.org/videos/understanding-the-common-core-standards

Shameless Plug

No promotional plug this time.  Just a BIG happy wish for a wonderful holiday season (whichever ones you celebrate!) and a time of rest and recharging for an exciting new year!

Thanks for reading this far!  See you next year! (I always loved saying that to my classmates when I got off the bus on the last school day before the Christmas break!)

Encouraging kids to read, I am
Tommy Johns
Educational Entertainment Specialist
www.TommyJohnsPresents.com
tommy@tommyjohnspresents.com
Call (770) 640-6509 or Toll Free at (866) 490-READ
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