Thanks to Joyce Valenza for blogging about the NY tool developed  for School Librarians’ evaluation. It looks like a valuable document.

This “School Librarian Evaluation Rubric” can be found on the NY state ed dept. website.http://usny.nysed.gov/rttt/teachers-leaders/practicerubrics/Docs/nyla-rubric.pdf

Here are some resources for READ  ACROSS  AMERICA DAY (from a previous post) plus some additional resources.Enjoy!

Resources specifically about Dr. Seuss or his books:
Green Eggs and Ham Reader’s Theater Script (pdf)
“Teaching with Dr. Seuss” (author study, lesson plans, etc)
A Dr. Seuss Readers’ Theater (grade level 4+)
A video interview with Audrey Geisel, Dr. Seuss’ wife
The Cat in the Hat Knows A Lot About That on PBSKIDS (videos, games, etc.)
Seussville
Lorax themed family literacy bag
NEA’s Read Across America 2012 Community Reading Chest Classroom          Activity Guide (pdf)
Pre-writing with Dr. Seuss
Green Eggs and Ham Family Literacy Guide (pdf)
Books on the Menu for March 2
Dr. Seuss for OLDER students

Resources about other authors, read alouds and books:
RIF read alouds online (including Brown Bear, Brown Bear read by Eric Carle)
Video booktalks (as well as printed booktalks and discussion guides)
Scholastic Author interviews (videos)
Reading Rockets author videos

For OTHER March resources SEE~~http://caffeinatedlibrarian.edublogs.org/2011/02/25/march-resources/

Please leave comments with other Dr. Seuss or March resources that you have found. Thanks!

I follow several blogs dealing with the topic of leadership. The librarian in a school should be a leader, whether in a formal assigned leadership position or as an assumed leader. I believe every good leader is a servant leader. Here is a good post on Michael Hyatt’s blog regarding becoming a leader others want to follow.  Mr. Hyatt is the chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishers.

With modern technology, it appears possible that we can watch PunxsutawneyPhil make his appearance live from Gobbler’s Knob.

I found a few other resources for Groundhog day.

•  Teacher Vision Groundhog day links
• A fictional  online “book”-Groundhog Day
• Kaboose resources (including crafts and activities)
• Apples 4 the teacher printables
• A non-fiction reading passage with comprehension questions
• Groundhog day predictions research (pdf)
• an internet scavenger hunt with a pdf and answer key from Education World
• Groundhog Day songs
• A printable mini-book from Marcia Goudie  (Very Emergent Readers)
• A pop-up groundhog craft

Please add comments if you have found other Groundhog Day resources.  (Here’s hoping for 6 more weeks of winter with LOTS of snow days!)

Some groundhog books I enjoy are:

• Groundhog Day! by Gail Gibbons
• Punxsutawney Phyllis  by Susanna Hill
• Fluffy meets the groundhog by Kate McMullen

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I am definitely a mashups novice, but I am finding this an inspiring and easy read.  Thanks, ONCE AGAIN, to Joyce Valenza for passing along the info for the FREE kindle version of this book. I have an “antiquated” ereader that operates on the Nook format (Currently, the Nook version of this book is pricey.), so I read Kindle ebooks on my PC & phone. (Thanks to new reading glasses, I can now read more than just 10 words at a time on the itty bitty phone screen.)

Thanks to Joyce Valenza for sharing the info about the book:

School Libraries: What’s Now, What’s Next, What’s Yet to Come an Ebook by Kristin Fontichiaro.

There are numerous choices for downloading it from the format for Kindle to a simple pdf.

…we laugh to keep from crying…

 Here are  some resources for more of the nominated books:

      What Pet To Get? by Emma Dodd

1. A graphing idea
2. A Youtube video of a teacher reading the book
3. A puppy puppet template and instructions from Charlotte Mecklenburg Public Library 
4. A template and instructions for a pet accordian book
5. Pets Preschool Activities and Pet Preschool Crafts, Games, Lessons, and Printables from Kid Soup
6. DLTK’s pet crafts
7. Youth Services Organization of the North Country Library System pet storytime unit
   
8. A preschool theme pet unit
9. A pet unit
10. American Girl Pets online quiz and games
    

Harry and Horsie by Katie Van Camp 

1. PDF printables for the characters
2. A Youtube video interview with the author about how the book began
3. USA Today story about how the book began (the author was David Letterman’s nanny)
4. Colorado Libraries instructions for a super easy toilet paper roll rocket craft
5. Instructions for making a sock horse
6. More Instructions for making a sock horse
7. Enchanted Learning rocket craft
8. Instructions for making a balloon rocket
9. Instructions for a bubble powered rocket
10. Instructions and printable Red Rocket paper airplane from Family Fun
11. Fun School outer space activities, crafts, snack, etc.
12. Recycled materials rocket instructions