Monthly planning meetings with fellow cluster librarians to share lesson plans, favorite reads, and discuss upcoming events and activities.
Collaborated with instructional coaches for feedback and input on organizing our Morning Announcement Team and brainstorming ideas for teacher interview prompts and student segment ideas.
Collaborated with the third grade team to incorporate SEL topics within their library lessons that focused on acceptance, inclusion and diversity. Our first lesson on empathy was introduced with a short BrainPop video that described empathy. Next, we read the book I Am Human: A Book on Empathy and discussed the meaning of empathy and how we can show empathy. Students completed a “Walk in their Shoes” activity where they gave examples on how they can put themselves in other’s shoes.
Worked with kindergarten team to discuss and plan lessons that are age appropriate and adapted for Holocaust Remembrance week. As a team we decided the BrainPop video on empathy would be a great introduction for discussing what it means to understand another person’s feelings. We selected Whoever You Are by Mem Fox and All Are Wonders by RJ Palacio to further extend the lesson and focus on accepting each other’s differences and treating everyone equally.
Organized and co-facilitated lessons with the fourth grade team to encourage students to explore a variety of genres through book tastings, interest surveys, book talks, and reading goals. In this, students completed a genre personality quiz to see which genre they might enjoy reading. During this week of lessons, I gave students an opportunity to explore these genres and added TeachingBooks QR codes for each genre that included author talks, sample readings, and recommended books.
The collaboration I am most proud of is having the opportunity to work with our fourth grade teachers, administration and family specialist in the planning and implementation process of our Family Reading Night. I was able to contribute by creating a list of activity ideas for each grade level in which students could read with their parents for a multitude of purposes. One activity asked students to read a variety of camping-themed picture books. Next, students worked with their parents to
create their own “campfire story” using different artifacts to activate ideas.These artifacts included a lantern, flashlight, tree branches and leaves, and more. I also assisted our family specialist in creating a map and schedule for the event. During the event, I facilitated a station with the fourth grade teachers that focused on the author Mo Willems. Our station began with a video of an interview with author Mo Willems. Next, students shared some of their favorite books by the author.