[aisle] [External Message From Outside of Central 301] Looking for middle school reading boosts!

[Kathy McCoy]

This hybrid schedule has been so difficult & my library is being used to
space larger groups apart. This is my first year in my current position -
I'm in an 8th grade center, only 2-3 days per week and split my time with a
small elementary building the other days during the week.    I would
totally love to follow this conversation!

Here's some of what I've done this year...
* I have gone into ELA classes 1 time per quarter this year to do book
talks.
* I've gone into lunch periods to "show off" new books.
* I'm still doing a book club (held during study hall in person & virtually
& in the evening virtually).
* I made videos of how kids can access Destiny and place a hold & also
created videos on how to access ebooks.
* I have a virtual author visit set for next week - I've been talking up
her books
* We have a reading challenge going using this year's Caudill and Lincoln
books - students will be eligible for many prizes
* I made book carts for the ELA classrooms - students take from the carts
and teachers have been emailing me barcodes
* I also have a library course in our learning management platform (we use
Canvas).  I do 1st chapter readings, post my book talk slides, have an area
where kids can suggest books they'd like...


Mrs. Kathy McCoy
Library Media Specialist Teacher - CCUSD#301
*Lily Lake Grade School (M & T - alternate W)*
*Central Middle School (**Th & Fr - alternate W**)*

*"E**ngage **the mind, empower the learner, *
*insp**ire excellence, influence the world"*









On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 2:26 PM Kelly Cook via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> We need a way to get students reading this long winter.  We usually do
> March Madness and count minutes but students don't want to record their
> time.  What are some ways you are encouraging students to read more in
> middle school? Any good short programs that work?
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> *Kelly Cook *[image: photo]
> *Library Director*
> *Rotolo Middle School*
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