Anne Ruefle

So many great ideas for school-wide literacy activities that start in the library!

Here are a collection of ideas for the reading program of the learning commons that concentrates on the building of the love of reading. For teacher librarians, our suggestion is to sort through these ideas and turn most of them over to paraprofessionals and volunteers. For example, many of these activities can be done by paras during scheduled LC times so that the teacher librarian is freed up to plan with the teacher whose class is in the LC that period and or work with another class on a show more collaborative project requiring co-teaching. It is part of the balance needed in many elementary school programs so that both schedules and activities/collaborative units push the entire school forward. The activities outlined in this book are explained in enough detail that the teacher librarian can plan easily with paras or volunteers to make them happen. Recommended for the solid ideas contained. show less