[aisle] Help with Teacher Relationships Needed

[Mrs. Brunner]

I actually had a teacher wanting her kids to branch out into other genres,
so we developed a book bingo.  As the kids read the books they can mark
them off their card.  This allows the kids to try new things and they might
even find something unexpected that they like!  It had a variety of items,
like a blue book, or a book with an alien, or book recommended by a
friend.  If you could get the teachers on board with the general idea, it
might help the kids safely try other genres, as they could defend a graphic
or picture book as being for the bingo game!  It was not hard to come up
with possible squares and there are many free bingo card generators.

Could you also perhaps not count graphic in the number of books students
are allowed?  My kids are allowed 2 books generally, but maybe they could
have two books plus a graphic so the teachers would not feel like they are
reading them instead of longer print book, but along with . . . ?

valerie

Mrs. Brunner
Mt. Zion Jr. High Librarian
315 S. Henderson
Mt. Zion, IL 62549
217-864-2369
brunnerv at mtzschools.org


*Be kind.  everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.*

*"If there are no dogs in Heaven, I want to go wherever they went." Will
Rogers *


On Tue, Jan 25, 2022 at 9:55 AM Leanne Brown via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> Good morning,
>
> I am in need of some wisdom, if you have the time to share it.
>
> I am in my 7th year of being a librarian, and this year I am in a new
> school in my district. My administration is very supportive of students
> taking out whatever they would like to read, as long as they are doing some
> "stretching" and trying new things, challenging themselves, etc. My admin
> are great to work with.
>
> My struggle is with some staff members; they have some very specific ideas
> on what their students should check out, particularly avoiding "candy
> books," as they are called--books with lots of pictures. Some teachers even
> say picture books aren't welcomed, even though I have been educating on how
> some are made for older readers, such as our Bluestem selections. Graphic
> novels aren't particularly welcomed either, and my efforts to have the
> students take a balance of graphic novels with traditional novels has lead
> one teacher to banning graphic novels altogether with a "No Graphic Novel
> November."
>
> I am trying not to go hard on this because I am new to the building, and
> relationships and trust need to be built so that I can do my job the way it
> needs to be done. However, the daily struggle is getting to me.
> I would appreciate any ideas you have; please email me off-list so we
> don't clog everyone's emails. Many thanks in advance!
>
> Leanne Brown, MLIS
> Librarian
> Meadow Ridge School
> 10959 W. 159th Street
> Orland Park, IL 60467
> (708) 364-3600
>
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