[aisle] Help with Teacher Relationships Needed

[sia paganis]

I skirt around that attitude with telling the kids to get one book that
they like and makes their teacher happy and another of their choice.

We do a graphic novel book study with 6th grade and talk about the
vocabulary related to comics and how to read them. Teachers love it and I
think they begin to understand the value of comics more. People are scared
of what they don't know!



On Tue, Jan 25, 2022, 10:43 AM Mrs. Brunner via AISLE <
aisle at list.railslibraries.info> wrote:

> 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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