<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">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! </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Here's some of what I've done this year... </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">* I have gone into ELA classes 1 time per quarter this year to do book talks. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">* I've gone into lunch periods to "show off" new books. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">* I'm still doing a book club (held during study hall in person & virtually & in the evening virtually). </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">* I made videos of how kids can access Destiny and place a hold & also created videos on how to access ebooks. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">* I have a virtual author visit set for next week - I've been talking up her books </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">* We have a reading challenge going using this year's Caudill and Lincoln books - students will be eligible for many prizes </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">* I made book carts for the ELA classrooms - students take from the carts and teachers have been emailing me barcodes </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">* 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... </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Mrs. Kathy McCoy<br></font></span></div><div><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif">Library Media Specialist Teacher - CCUSD#301</font></span></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><i><font color="#000000">Lily Lake Grade School (</font><font color="#ff9900">M & T - alternate W</font><font color="#000000">)</font></i></font></div><div><font face="trebuchet ms, sans-serif"><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Central Middle School (</i><i><font color="#ff9900">Th & Fr - alternate W</font></i><i style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">)</i></font></div></div></div><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><b><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><b><br></b></span></div>"E</b></span><b style="font-family:garamond,serif">ngage </b><b style="font-family:garamond,serif">the mind, empower the learner, </b></div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family:garamond,serif">insp</b><b style="font-family:garamond,serif">ire excellence, influence the world"</b></div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family:garamond,serif"><br></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family:garamond,serif"><img src="https://docs.google.com/uc?export=download&id=1abAw55vpEUhh6Uql3IKe8DbDS5ZciFcx&revid=0B8aszZvzrEe6b1J3UUcwVGMrWnlaTmpOZU9ZUkRTanM3RHgwPQ" width="72" height="96"><br></b></div><div dir="ltr"><b style="font-family:garamond,serif"><br></b></div><div dir="ltr"><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><b><br></b></span></div><br><div><span style="font-family:garamond,serif"><b><br><br></b></span></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 2:26 PM Kelly Cook via AISLE <<a href="mailto:aisle@list.railslibraries.info">aisle@list.railslibraries.info</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">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?<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><strong><font face="arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span></span><span></span>Kelly Cook </font></strong><img src="https://s3.amazonaws.com/ucwebapp.wisestamp.com/ad4fa115-1566-4fa3-8c42-c76b94c72148/emailimage.format_png.resize_200x.png" alt="photo" width="96" height="96"></div>
<div><b>Library Director</b></div>
<div><b>Rotolo Middle School</b></div><div><i><br></i></div>
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