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Spending my Friday night watching the Wisconsin Badgers women's hockey team kick off their league playoffs. The Badger lineup includes 5 women from the US team that won Olympic gold, so you know it's going to be a good game!

Orange and hot pink paper plates with wedges cut out and assembled to resemble fish shapes. Plates are lying on a gray plush blanket with a stapler and scissors.

Going to work a little late this morning after another doctor appointment, so I decided to spend a little time getting ready for classes next week. We’re reading some fish themed books for March Book Madness, so some classes are making paper plate fish. #SchoolLibrary

It was a fantastic visit! We've got a long wait list for the SPACE CHASERS books now!

Virtual author visit with astronaut and author Leland Melvin. He is holding a copy of SPACE CHASERS TO THE MOON.

Virtual author visit with astronaut and author Leland Melvin. He is holding a copy of SPACE CHASERS.

Virtual author visit with astronaut and author Leland Melvin. He is showing the patches from his trips to space.

Our 4th & 5th graders enjoyed today’s @bookbreak4schools.bsky.social virtual author visit w/Leland Melvin. They were fascinated about his experiences as an astronaut & are excited about reading the 2nd SPACE CHASERS book. They also loved the shout out to DC area schools! #MGLit #SchoolLibrary

Thank you!

@authorstuartmiller.bsky.social can you help share?

My colleague's #DonorsChoose project for an assistive tech device to give her PreK special education students w/language delays a voice expires in 1 day!

Code THANKATEACHER doubles donations!

#ClearTheList

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We love your books! WHERE ARE MY BOOKS? is a reader favorite at our school.

My board is going up at the end of this week!

And now that the gold medal game is over, it's time for more hockey! Wisconsin Badgers women's team plays at noon. If you watched the women's Olympic hockey games, you saw lots of players with roots in the Badger hockey program. The players are amazing and the games are so fun to watch!

Looking forward to adding this book to our school's media center collection! I can see pairing it with digital citizenship lessons for our K-2 students that focus on having a healthy balance of online/offline activities. #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky #kidlit

What an amazing game! Way to go #TeamUSA!

This is a truth that school librarians know well! Remember your school librarian is there to help collaborate, support your curriculum, and extend your literacy instruction in explicit and meaningful ways like those mentioned in the @edutopia.org article below ⬇️
#EduSky #TLSky #Skybrarian

Red mini Goldendoodle curled up on a pile of blankets on a couch

This is a dog who is not enjoying this morning’s gold medal Olympic hockey game. Definitely not a fan of cheering and clapping. He’d prefer that we’d slept in instead of getting up to be ready for the game.

Two students sit around a 5 by 5 grid on yellow paper. There are planet photo cards on some of the grid squares. One student is putting a Bee-Bot robot on the grid.

Three students sit around a 5 by 5 grid on purple paper. There are planet photo cards on some of the grid squares. One student is pressing buttons to code a Bee-Bot robot on the grid.

Wrapped up the week with 1st grade using Bee-Bots to “travel” from planet to planet. They put planet cards on a mat, drew a card to see which planet they needed to get to, then programmed the robot. Great computational thinking practice—and fun, too! #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky

We’re having our own version of the Winter Olympics this week with our Finch robots. Students programmed figure skating routines with spins, lights & sounds, then performed on the “ice.” So much fun! #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky

Copy of graphic novel CAMP MONSTER by Kate Messner with art by Falynn Koch on a woodgrain table. A baseball cap is next to the book. It says “Camp Monster” in the same orange lettering and font style as on the book cover.

Looking forward to sharing CAMP MONSTER by @katemessner.com w/art by @falynnk.bsky.social w/readers! This one’s not a scary monster story, but one of building bonds & having summer camp adventures as the monsters come together to save their camp. #MGLit @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social

When books are removed, voices disappear. Sometimes, this is even the intent. thehill.com/opinion/educ...

Cover of AGENTS OF S.U.I.T.: SEW MUCH TROUBLE by John Patrick Green. A red cartoon octopus is holding knitting needles. A badger is behind him, wrapped up in a ball of yarn.

My school's readers love the INVESTIGATORS series & have been anxiously awaiting John Patrick Green's AGENTS OF S.U.I.T.: SEW MUCH TROUBLE! Sven's in the spotlight here, going undercover in a reality show competition to catch a BBQ sauce thief. Lots of humor & hijinks! #MGLit
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Aryssa Damron shares five things she's doing differently in her school library in 2026 to better serve her students and make her work easier. Read on...

DonorsChoose banner for a project called Project AAC (Part 2). Text reads "Help me give my students a voice to communicate their basic wants and needs and socialize with their peers!" A round icon shows 7 days left to fund. The progress bar shows 2 donors with $494 still needed.

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My colleague's #DonorsChoose project for a device to support communication needs for her PreK special education class expires in 7 days!

Donations doubled w/code THANKATEACH at checkout.

Any support/RP to help meet the project goal appreciated.
#ClearTheList

www.donorschoose.org/project/proj...

Looking forward to reading both of these!

What an amazing collection of books! Thank you to all of the participating authors for spreading the love of reading. Having books like these to share with readers is what makes kids fall in love with reading.
#AuthorsLoveTeachers

Loved book 1, too! I think our readers will really like this one. They're really into books that include cooking and baking right now, so this is a perfect fit.

Would love to be included in the future! I don't have a current #DonorsChoose project, but I have colleagues at my school who have live projects. One is expiring in 9 days and I'd love to see it funded for her PreK students.

@mackidssl.bsky.social

Celebrate Women's History Month

Consider adding PEDAL PUSHER by @boonewrites.bsky.social & Lisa Anchin to your Women's History Month curriculum 📚 This picture book tells the story of feminist icon Annie Cohen Kopchovsky, who was the first woman to ride a bicycle around the world. tinyurl.com/3vnc9p55

#edusky #womenshistorymonth

Cover of GABBY TORRES IS THE BEST WINNER EVER by Angela Dominguez. A girl with brown hair and large eyeglasses is standing next to a blue stand mixer with a bowl filled with a pink mixture. Blobs of the mixture are flying out of the bowl and are on her face and glasses.

In Angela Dominguez's GABBY TORRES IS A WINNER, after her friends win competitions, Gabby decides to win one, too. She enters a baking contest & challenges ensue as she tries to find a winning recipe & manage her supply budget. Lesson that winning isn’t everything delivered w/humor & heart. #MGLit

LEGO challenge calendar with grid that includes 31 different ideas for building challenges

Thinking I might put this LEGO calendar from Little Bins for Little Hands on a table in the media center next month w/ some bases & blocks to see what students come up with. I'm always looking for fun passive programming to encourage creativity & collaboration! #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky

ANIMALS IN THE SNOW book on a woodgrain table next to three student made penguin crafts.

Read books about polar animals with our school community based special education classes this week, then made these cute penguins. I made sure to include some heart shapes since Valentine's Day is coming up. #SchoolLibrary #TLSky #EduSky

We're having a spirit week with dress up days all week & today was hat day. I wore a sparkly dollar store tiara & told kids I was the queen of the library. Highly recommend! All day long I had kids stop to tell me I was a beautiful princess & that they loved my crown. So funny!