tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69096780408804252122024-03-14T06:16:40.785+01:00Try Curiosity!Information Literacy for young digital citizensSarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.comBlogger297125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-54548246265024812262023-01-04T04:17:00.005+01:002023-01-04T04:21:42.720+01:00Book Tasting Cafe: Gathering anecdotal evidence about student reading behaviors<p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The idea of the "Book Tasting Cafe" was sparked in 2008 when Jennie Scott-McKenzie posted about her activity, "<a href="http://schoolzandtoolz.blogspot.com/2009/11/chez-dewey-library-proud.html" target="_blank">Chez Dewey</a>" on LM_Net. She had designed an activity to engage students in <a href="http://mediamatterslcss.blogspot.com/2009/10/chef-dewey.html" target="_blank">learning about the Dewey Decimal System</a> by "ordering" books using a menu, but spin-offs quickly emerged. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Today, the most common iteration is to set up the library like restaurant with books to "taste" as a way to hook students on choosing pleasure reading titles. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">The special touches of a place setting, placemat, tablecloths, menus, and other details create an ambiance conducive to reading and a feeling of ownership over one's book choices.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I've done variations of Book Tastings over the years because it's a great way to promote books, encourage students to take time to read <i>into</i> a book, and make reading feel like a special activity. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="font-size: medium;">But what I REALLY love about Book Tasting is the anecdotal evidence I gather while the students are busy reading.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>While the students read silently at their tables, I watch them like a mama hawk. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">I'm watching to gather evidence about each one as a reader. What I learn about each child during the Book Tasting helps me connect him or her with books throughout the school year.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>I learn...</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">which students can get into the flow of reading quickly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">who struggles to keep their focus</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">which students flip right to the end</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">which students drift from the page quickly</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">which genres grab their attention</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">which students like lots of white space</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">which students are willing to take a risk on an usual book</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">which ones like a challenge</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">which ones read fast </span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b>Book choosing behaviors I see...</b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">starting in the middle</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">smelling the pages</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">reading the first page and looking at the cover again</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">reading the blurb and moving on to something else</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">reading the blurb and telling a friend about it</span></li><li><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">flipping to the end to read the last page</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">These little bits of personal information about students' reading behaviors and preferences go into my mental file. When a child comes to the library, I pull up my memories of the Book Tasting and use the information I gathered to suggest books that will fit with what I saw that day. </span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHnaXE3cW96uMOx6Tfxnwu-Q-PhvYWAP3Kh4pSslAk7M6D9uuMzNdmWIYlWHLX4giC-Hs46o9RkALi0HUpG6AsX-7ZAQkLXkSz1XRvaUcNZSxXE6BMcnxLJ2BcKHCdbPUWXfcpGCDgDRDlsETFAL82x1bv-0KTmToDkD7gIUCGfnIUvCINQ25G8i0/s1122/imageedit_11_9379500402.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="842" data-original-width="1122" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwHnaXE3cW96uMOx6Tfxnwu-Q-PhvYWAP3Kh4pSslAk7M6D9uuMzNdmWIYlWHLX4giC-Hs46o9RkALi0HUpG6AsX-7ZAQkLXkSz1XRvaUcNZSxXE6BMcnxLJ2BcKHCdbPUWXfcpGCDgDRDlsETFAL82x1bv-0KTmToDkD7gIUCGfnIUvCINQ25G8i0/w400-h300/imageedit_11_9379500402.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">December Book Tastings in our library at</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Oberoi International School in Mumbai</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLBWmqIIZptyjCNa8Hfd1Ufb6i7cxGaylgUm20TH4x2U2UWU-RUi3aAyH-etY2kSQ3gRtBdAswQ45SjFOdcJKvsjdlpDUuWrvJgxKuI6dFJAO-2ukJ4Mgy2-H7pnXLBRGd6SOivyCdGrT3KJrQ1ng6A1-7ahUhxAOzT_BuxFuA834itiTsA1DLyFV/s4032/PXL_20221208_115800641.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHLBWmqIIZptyjCNa8Hfd1Ufb6i7cxGaylgUm20TH4x2U2UWU-RUi3aAyH-etY2kSQ3gRtBdAswQ45SjFOdcJKvsjdlpDUuWrvJgxKuI6dFJAO-2ukJ4Mgy2-H7pnXLBRGd6SOivyCdGrT3KJrQ1ng6A1-7ahUhxAOzT_BuxFuA834itiTsA1DLyFV/w400-h300/PXL_20221208_115800641.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">"Tasting" Notes</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkHZl0qrMvwuu1Vg8yi9NqZO33y-msPhbiivqeq-gpT91mZ75u4eMXYFRSiH7o1-siMGgC0eTuLC9j6A0GG6hI8udvOjShc0c5tqvm8oQ5-X0v_DeH2Y83mYHbPoJGVIaHtDzjblJD6oYTQgGLDFoRI62nk0NmO2ZRe4Ay0kYSQrh3d_Zo7HUQo6w/s3700/PXL_20221208_115746373.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="3700" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYkHZl0qrMvwuu1Vg8yi9NqZO33y-msPhbiivqeq-gpT91mZ75u4eMXYFRSiH7o1-siMGgC0eTuLC9j6A0GG6hI8udvOjShc0c5tqvm8oQ5-X0v_DeH2Y83mYHbPoJGVIaHtDzjblJD6oYTQgGLDFoRI62nk0NmO2ZRe4Ay0kYSQrh3d_Zo7HUQo6w/w400-h328/PXL_20221208_115746373.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsBfo_fJqN8MPhR-Kym-lqM6pE2ITtBN1krh5FVNfuNJJt_laMpzcMPcRd5hBaHrLPC9pdjEvJKrwrXCfbweFqEbONbe23r406HrB3aEwZHYgvhudJmWBFZ2CDcZHJzi107vRd9l6uPX7BWU4Y_a5rGrpeE121coa91SyEkUfkWmxtGQ3GvVhb6ag/s4032/PXL_20221208_115847277.MP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2658" data-original-width="4032" height="264" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQsBfo_fJqN8MPhR-Kym-lqM6pE2ITtBN1krh5FVNfuNJJt_laMpzcMPcRd5hBaHrLPC9pdjEvJKrwrXCfbweFqEbONbe23r406HrB3aEwZHYgvhudJmWBFZ2CDcZHJzi107vRd9l6uPX7BWU4Y_a5rGrpeE121coa91SyEkUfkWmxtGQ3GvVhb6ag/w400-h264/PXL_20221208_115847277.MP.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">One genre per table</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Students choose where to sit</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">They can move or stay where they are, depending on</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">how much they are </span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">enjoying the book. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;">Five minutes per table.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p>Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-58011183325258906462022-10-10T08:20:00.009+02:002022-10-10T11:32:45.424+02:00Jarul Awards: 2022<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0O0ZPBVIf-HPdH4rtFYskBWct7F7OPGNmmdrqVIUd6OV7AGoGBV3LuUKqC7uHtc0BwMhaYefBUfy7kl0fq3AGpbSrc1XW14W59eD60RhiiCLJv49kxednCw8DUVUQma3W8xKfxVZ8BvJTNjQCCypl7OIjpNj0DFOMs4seR_b94wwHrTn4U8C65zlJ/s1294/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-10%20at%2011.23.59%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="316" data-original-width="1294" height="98" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0O0ZPBVIf-HPdH4rtFYskBWct7F7OPGNmmdrqVIUd6OV7AGoGBV3LuUKqC7uHtc0BwMhaYefBUfy7kl0fq3AGpbSrc1XW14W59eD60RhiiCLJv49kxednCw8DUVUQma3W8xKfxVZ8BvJTNjQCCypl7OIjpNj0DFOMs4seR_b94wwHrTn4U8C65zlJ/w400-h98/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-10%20at%2011.23.59%20AM.png" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: 700; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">What’s the “Jarul” Award?</span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span id="docs-internal-guid-91634c73-7fff-450c-9352-df49ae667276"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">The </span><a href="https://www.jarulbookawards.com/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Jarul Award</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> aims to promote picture books by Indian authors and/or publishers each year. They put out a longlist of titles, and students ages up to 11 vote to create a shortlist of three winners. The final winner is voted on at the end of the year and announced at a ceremony at The American School of Bombay in January.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">As a newbie to India, each of these was an eye-opener for me and all of them would be good choices for any kind of lesson or read-aloud about empathy. Several of them tie to the UN Sustainable Development Goals as well.</span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Here are my short summaries of each book. Click each cover for more information via Goodreads. See my favorite at the end.</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><br /><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/44018929-machher-jhol?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=ez371JMG7r&rank=1#" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="318" height="219" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpmc2RSFOMxOtMZ5K7IOqNZ5qtJX24atIrF6O22-GYVvyiRHlgVW4V14kf75UV4YMSyfUwOx8GQzG-rduoOtORZuXmym0wrvh8D5jSCU6OwGXYFrLw9F8h61dxS2LTMGDcfIDPriv37-LRGQCq6PYD1eCYFBbSiUzUE0UNO79W0XDUlqY-y-byfZ-F/w320-h219/44018929._SX318_.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Machher Jhol</span>, </b>by<b> </b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Richa Jha and Summanta Dey</span><b><br /></b></span><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A boy is worried about his grandfather, his “Baba”, and goes in search of his favorite food called Machher Jhol, a fish curry. He ventures farther on his own than ever before but uses what he has learned from his grandfather as a guide - selecting the freshest fish by smell, finding the market by the noises around him. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Once he’s home, his family is a bit angry with him for leaving but they’re also proud to realize he navigated by himself even though he’s blind. The surprise ending and the realistic illustrations gave me chills.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Illustrations are finely detailed paintings of street scenes in an unnamed city in India. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LhiSXpM9PgmbsH6HulbJ1yAmN5I4MP81Pknm0lEy6GnfwGxv8gy3UPPA3fzzMpKKOmv6X-FZAM8oOuMT-FwmPNQrBjmsvKohrpyS9KqsvGNqSjQVGbBapcb6CGmafeM5sy17TG_p0XFcExDa_dtewqT1oBDwMgwEnIEQT0AfpuTZ7eDPnQY5v-9n/s4032/PXL_20221010_031909362.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2LhiSXpM9PgmbsH6HulbJ1yAmN5I4MP81Pknm0lEy6GnfwGxv8gy3UPPA3fzzMpKKOmv6X-FZAM8oOuMT-FwmPNQrBjmsvKohrpyS9KqsvGNqSjQVGbBapcb6CGmafeM5sy17TG_p0XFcExDa_dtewqT1oBDwMgwEnIEQT0AfpuTZ7eDPnQY5v-9n/w400-h300/PXL_20221010_031909362.MP.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/53725262-ritu-weds-chandni?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=lohnXBcPSo&rank=1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="257" data-original-width="318" height="257" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnnCBGB8hrouLNVbDyMTe9MDSUNXDg2sEBeIQbT9uiG0FUUGkwDAIEMBjj-Qe1WVApV33Zue5noI68Id-6bQ3oWV3ZTUtBRrz7HmfdLcqeFKTANR05CIziM-CPmQ9tsV3dIkMs0DC6u5_i70KlMsh40JQW4FMxzL8Dz5fiDrb1IxrXPIScZq-edmS_/s1600/53725262._SX318_.jpg" width="318" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Ritu Weds Chandani</span>, </b>by <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Ameye Narvankar</span><b><br /></b><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Ritu is marrying her girlfriend and the community is not supportive. Her family is, however, and we hear about various Indian wedding traditions as the celebrations begin. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Unfortunately, some in the community actively try to stop the bride from leading her own </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">baraat</span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> or wedding procession. The disruption of the event is shocking and upsetting to the little niece who narrates the story. She stands up to the crowd and asserts that the love of her aunt Ritu and her new wife Chandani is just as real as any other love. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Illustrations are a graphic style with natural tones. The illustrations are upbeat and lively so even though there are some upsetting moments, the illustrations keep the mood relatively light.</span></span></p><div><span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRwO8EBOlNEiTYlp9wY9MkBrbZTkwaYsqN8UZRnPYHje-ZMndIgIVkrChG9fBIjmqPkmnI6LXSqWYBmHhI_k76ADtfOmLyr2a2w2-r1c0M0mFJ90vfuFdJqbt8WGBombF18gOs5gaiUYwUDgZyhU98IzDBEq497imb8MxjTvL82b35Jrz22ghNwOO/s4032/PXL_20221010_031849495.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCRwO8EBOlNEiTYlp9wY9MkBrbZTkwaYsqN8UZRnPYHje-ZMndIgIVkrChG9fBIjmqPkmnI6LXSqWYBmHhI_k76ADtfOmLyr2a2w2-r1c0M0mFJ90vfuFdJqbt8WGBombF18gOs5gaiUYwUDgZyhU98IzDBEq497imb8MxjTvL82b35Jrz22ghNwOO/w400-h300/PXL_20221010_031849495.MP.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqoWs3PuQorQF7cfi4MjzFlWVz89KQR0oqwJv4Qvof2bQi9KiWsSZl9faumxf542zpGEdM8QxeIktrdOBg0KR6W5JqAPywyylm-TrCRI6OmwGE9AH9ILeQFwg5OjOLzc2QRFYg9PfEJ-FFDcfFAi_imMvojEXHSxKSpKWTvRK1lFL0fzmg2ikTG_5/s3661/PXL_20221010_052858820.MP.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3661" data-original-width="2746" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUqoWs3PuQorQF7cfi4MjzFlWVz89KQR0oqwJv4Qvof2bQi9KiWsSZl9faumxf542zpGEdM8QxeIktrdOBg0KR6W5JqAPywyylm-TrCRI6OmwGE9AH9ILeQFwg5OjOLzc2QRFYg9PfEJ-FFDcfFAi_imMvojEXHSxKSpKWTvRK1lFL0fzmg2ikTG_5/s320/PXL_20221010_052858820.MP.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Aai and I,</span> </b>by <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Mamta Nainy and Sanket Pethkar</span><b><br /></b><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A girl is separated from her mother while the mom is being treated for cancer. When the mother returns her hair is cut short (the images do not show the mother’s head as being bald, so this is somewhat unrealistic). </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The girl is disappointed about the mother not having her long hair and tries to fix the problem by having her wear hats or scarves, but the mother resists and says she’s happy with her new hair. The girl wants to match with her mom, so she cuts her hair too.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Illustrations are bold and brightly colored domestic scenes and close-ups of the girl and her mother and...the family dog!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoDIx2hLk_CsEDpJSHBE4AkrK4jqqaqXCFdhCdfTlgrVgzRsrMfmY6NSeynyA1BnbMvFpHUnrCXQG5N7SVvjhKu2akK6qpzI12hXf-EiFQXiqs2x2vB4H17UorBlKnMtI0I5f3wR-KDSuEolZil_VWUC5eqeJT5URC10zR9j5wc8pfkWVhFn3CY_G/s4032/PXL_20221010_034030220.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWoDIx2hLk_CsEDpJSHBE4AkrK4jqqaqXCFdhCdfTlgrVgzRsrMfmY6NSeynyA1BnbMvFpHUnrCXQG5N7SVvjhKu2akK6qpzI12hXf-EiFQXiqs2x2vB4H17UorBlKnMtI0I5f3wR-KDSuEolZil_VWUC5eqeJT5URC10zR9j5wc8pfkWVhFn3CY_G/w400-h300/PXL_20221010_034030220.MP.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><br /></span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/56855702-sometimes-mama-sometimes-papa?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=3skeHRstV5&rank=1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZyETfjHmiEJJeGpXYVzZGoroGz1u6yGuyYDCIt1G6JFlHhXI84tk7vpf3Bs7_slRme6V7vLvi67H6Q4bH1PgeOyYcd3qFzFsuFGTBmIuo6C0WQamnamL_0gm5OUibfCHV79fk9kElgJYpKg4zhdjUK1dBv0uJmWr3IGVvGgDteq3svicp9UeYfBOp/s320/56855702._SX318_.jpg" width="290" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Sometimes Mama, Sometimes Papa</span>, </b>by<b> </b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Nandini Nayar and Upamany Bhattacharyya</span><b><br /></b><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Keya’s parents have separated so she is adjusting to her new life where some things are with Mama and others are with Papa. She’s taking a positive spin and seeing this new life as more expansive - more choices for in packed lunch, more different stories at bedtime. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium; white-space: pre-wrap;">But difficulties surface too; will she need to choose which parent will come to school events? Will her parents be able to be together at times to celebrate her accomplishments? It seems that all will be ok for her, since Mama and Papa are both always there for her.</span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Illustrations are paintings of what’s going on in her mind and various scenes from school and home where she feels suspended between her two homes.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutyMfLimIKA2EvMdXKdK7SiTuNMXvqSPeuztoaivhx3ikqzGxQzjOBPdFJ_7DhoStbAMHBzt1Li-PT8ELCVa0TLHW8C1dW5EKQrVcn96P-D2dz7a4bAj6YwhQlmi-RCVuRY0EBgen1joUQCaOPYxERCeHSY2OyFVYk08PZqIITFBiFaA7w34I4bTO/s4032/PXL_20221010_034327009.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgutyMfLimIKA2EvMdXKdK7SiTuNMXvqSPeuztoaivhx3ikqzGxQzjOBPdFJ_7DhoStbAMHBzt1Li-PT8ELCVa0TLHW8C1dW5EKQrVcn96P-D2dz7a4bAj6YwhQlmi-RCVuRY0EBgen1joUQCaOPYxERCeHSY2OyFVYk08PZqIITFBiFaA7w34I4bTO/w400-h300/PXL_20221010_034327009.MP.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><p></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55584271-giggi-and-daddy?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=ohoyKXHdOo&rank=1#" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="800" data-original-width="630" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzX-Q8zfkiURjkdo-UGc99Haidh96HXF9zSNbgE1-5V1ERlrONN6sK-QpHcw8xbLC1hz-_JRIwwwaWEJQrHjkdNB5rnuNxNtYaPNWOTbsxKv9XN4C5-RyZb1XHDIho6toSCZLaRaMeywDQt-bel_QUdzSct3OrINKypcWjSgRR0DpivFd-e-H7oEkj/s320/Screen%20Shot%202022-10-10%20at%2010.56.15%20AM.png" width="252" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Giggi and Daddy</span>, </b>by<b> </b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Richa Jha and Mithila Ananth</span><b><br /></b><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Giggi’s daddy likes to tell her wild stories about himself when he was expecting her arrival - how share grew inside his pocket, and how he went to a special school to learn how to be a good daddy. His stories extend to when she was a baby and all of the things he did as a perfect daddy, like give her a dinosaur for her birthday and have a picnic in space. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">She knows he didn’t do ALL of those things, but he likes to pretend. When she laughs at his story as if it’s not real, he gets sad. So she tells HIM a story about how he’s the best daddy she could ever wish for. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Colorful cartoony illustrations enhance the story by showing what’s real and what’s imagined. </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisi1o1a-e7FPc-_6w-3qTwK0mkRZXhG8hUkdmAohPtjrVhjGEAoJUNef0Np_CkVnlpC89UDQLFiUih7c3DpKwRQ9aN-UqYMhoA3N7JoZI1GTm3xUankZKsCFcAoNfiNfMsP7dlL5rvadMlZaX8vmSsxjYu8dZWF2so6bBO56ET2gDP2T_WWuQCObD/s4032/PXL_20221010_052339983.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2890" data-original-width="4032" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhisi1o1a-e7FPc-_6w-3qTwK0mkRZXhG8hUkdmAohPtjrVhjGEAoJUNef0Np_CkVnlpC89UDQLFiUih7c3DpKwRQ9aN-UqYMhoA3N7JoZI1GTm3xUankZKsCFcAoNfiNfMsP7dlL5rvadMlZaX8vmSsxjYu8dZWF2so6bBO56ET2gDP2T_WWuQCObD/w400-h286/PXL_20221010_052339983.MP.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60843739-my-name-is-gulab?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=HepsiJUqyo&rank=1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiai4t9SA_LwsZD4zrsTzO_P7prxlgGTfF7zR3zBmEmcxJ4DLtXW5AJAK6kHCNPm5cjSgpD0KxwyAGjzmpb0hACLARd8KGOfQbrwLjRXEMTYRhdf_X7nn1IxJE73020AYkuFfL6cogKTdINDc2cYDx9LRws-5MF3or9bLnFU4Ci0VZCPAeHeL4uj4Qo/s1600/60843739._SX318_.jpg" width="318" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">My Name is Gulab</span>, </b>by<b> </b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Sagar Kolwankar</span><b><br /></b><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A girl named Gulab is bullied at school and called “stinky” because her father has a job working in the sewers. This is the job he and generations before him have had due to the limitations of the family’s caste. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The injustice of it all spurs Gulab into action to make a machine that will clean gutters instead, and she presents it to her teacher and peers at their annual Science Fair. The harsh reality of the father’s job told in full smelly detail is an eye-opening experience for privileged readers. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Illustrations are expressive cartoon-style drawings.</span></span></p><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbc3joqxXDiPOpC9cQFtfZIUT1l4FaOkXHEz3yA-J3jQuJq5TzytqKBlk9xIuSWw5yXAG9wToQNk81uDG0dGCRrRyDKzzmJImoC_k5Gc2jKoXq0fgFOJBs5r324ghGfz-8sp1JYi1-P_JAJSK-j7ZktJfuJyVXvyVa1L8VwvM57Kk7hrzBP13Je64L/s4032/PXL_20221010_050515384.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbc3joqxXDiPOpC9cQFtfZIUT1l4FaOkXHEz3yA-J3jQuJq5TzytqKBlk9xIuSWw5yXAG9wToQNk81uDG0dGCRrRyDKzzmJImoC_k5Gc2jKoXq0fgFOJBs5r324ghGfz-8sp1JYi1-P_JAJSK-j7ZktJfuJyVXvyVa1L8VwvM57Kk7hrzBP13Je64L/w400-h300/PXL_20221010_050515384.MP.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/46005256-a-home-of-our-own?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=qdmzIALuwz&rank=2#" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="318" height="284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxcaEwx3EO1yXfftf_OpXfyuSxbfdbX10gBUoBURIQUW4xAvhhVt3Gj_F0Cfact9ktcqprV5wWQnRfTN5-J-hMOm-XXiJO53FNjmuuGmnuZqpXqV3B6qKKg2JzgxvWbGkmv67uvc0R1coCm6gLtigYCZr1GSq6b7wLlLAQkxfaB26Zd8Z-4254iZrW/s1600/46005256._SX318_.jpg" width="318" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">A Home of Our Own</span>, </b>by <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Meghaa Gupta and Habib Ali</span><b><br /></b><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A group of children earn bits of money or objects in exchange for doing menial tasks. They delight in using the objects, along with other rejected items they find in the streets to “play house” and create the home of their dreams. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Their simple joy about a chipped bowl or a cardboard box as a fake TV makes this a poignant read about poverty and the joy that still can exist despite unimaginable living conditions. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Watercolor pencil illustrations match the light-hearted tone of the children’s playtime.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHA62WyA4ND4sSnM40x81X2_KVFnH4ir3bcw_qjkceB8VH7Ol5Mrqa6xrdUDszg0t-9F7jAh9ix1Xx7tTXoew6_ATBE4eYBr2UQ7tnJolt4TtYSu83rHk6VnW7b7M70K8Cg0znfrbpbzyw5fZgNkZaSPN-OKsgYS6011ft94DJQEEapV0dhoUJgLJm/s4032/PXL_20221010_033310860.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2780" data-original-width="4032" height="221" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHA62WyA4ND4sSnM40x81X2_KVFnH4ir3bcw_qjkceB8VH7Ol5Mrqa6xrdUDszg0t-9F7jAh9ix1Xx7tTXoew6_ATBE4eYBr2UQ7tnJolt4TtYSu83rHk6VnW7b7M70K8Cg0znfrbpbzyw5fZgNkZaSPN-OKsgYS6011ft94DJQEEapV0dhoUJgLJm/s320/PXL_20221010_033310860.MP.jpg" width="320" /></a></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60585369-paati-s-rasam?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=0GNvwb8OhA&rank=1#" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnFczsRzBhEdPv_2NSPWjwFCOTm2q9cae7N2E3vLnx--IaPdZxlaZkra4plW5l-Qgr5smyZH95m9l_h-DKASwnIUBzNM8IqVNoww283DINMmHnQEUfK80uf6wM9fex6L8b8BeIzqseqRt2dBHQtBxnuGFLz0KVJ2dL6EDH1UKj5y4xLfigVvYrz8_x/s1600/60585369._SX318_.jpg" width="318" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Paati’s Rasam</span>, </b>by <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Janaki Sabesh and Dhwani Sabesh, and </span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Palavi Jain</span><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">A girl loves her time with Paati, her grandmother, and especially loves her rasam - a South Indian chunky soupy dish that’s a popular comfort food. Her grandmother promises she’ll teach her how to make it, but she dies before she has the opportunity. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">As the little girl grieves for her grandmother, she’s going through some things that spark memories of her, and pulls out her grandmother’s most beautiful saree. Out falls the recipe for her rasam and in the act of making the familiar dish, the girl’s grieving process begins to turn toward healing.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Illustrations are dark lined with colored pencil and watercolor - really vibrant and expressive scenes.</span></span></p><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1z6BGLzANm9_AbKXxY_Lv2eNrdom4s4W_9DX9Q_hWjN8AddiZrO2QWQ2hjTcrweZUdUffKzBYgQOvwls4f7aaFBEKrcdaQ06xq5361V_tPnodcc9S4PNx1rmaxtRKJ1zXQTxY29R_fT5SlC8beKzvgErTm0O5h3nA77CSiIGFDjKS-JnLtrzOlvG7/s4032/PXL_20221010_033143129.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2527" data-original-width="4032" height="251" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1z6BGLzANm9_AbKXxY_Lv2eNrdom4s4W_9DX9Q_hWjN8AddiZrO2QWQ2hjTcrweZUdUffKzBYgQOvwls4f7aaFBEKrcdaQ06xq5361V_tPnodcc9S4PNx1rmaxtRKJ1zXQTxY29R_fT5SlC8beKzvgErTm0O5h3nA77CSiIGFDjKS-JnLtrzOlvG7/w400-h251/PXL_20221010_033143129.MP.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55458770-just-like-papa?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=MW4xbvtIQS&rank=3" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="318" data-original-width="318" height="318" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW6mT6EuVYpu7GJ_pFDtLQkLEUb8L3QYBAiEHFIgLuhzr-9f5zNmh-Ze2gWQvS7evoA1h6p3dU5LNJG-09aCZnpEyou44kFZt_CM21ivnB6Wu8Y9zkDjgL61xCb3RsTgduH3PD-M1KnLNvm1sx2KcR1YsIerYxEWRWe3EA0Ci-9yl2ARaA0vj5Fsi7/s1600/55458770._SX318_.jpg" width="318" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">Just Like Papa</span>, </b>by<b> </b><span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Nandita da Cunha and Shreya</span><b><br /></b><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Mumbai author. Gia loves to watch her father work in his studio on his paintings. She dreams of the day when she can draw and paint just like he does. But when she finally gets all of the supplies she needs to be a real artist, she can’t seem to create artwork that matches her imagination and ideas. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It’s frustrating until she comes to realize that HER version of art comes through story. She and Papa can now collaborate as her images told in words become his newest paintings!</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The illustrations are done in a childlike manner which makes it seem like the character Gia illustrated her own story.</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilo2jmRIriuKeniS8SZ8A593fWywvwLuEn94BxEKoEZ1fjvZjRuq5PFAWu5IRRQLxT94xUCcI50lTkoRD0Dtl2AIcP6B5U2dMkoJJzxVXsoP5w5pipoeOBeM478U9Yvos5Cfopu9z940NV3Af-J1itJGiPOGZfiq6-XoXA0u8PjXuzEo4MZxIb27G/s2796/PXL_20221010_033213794.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2796" data-original-width="2775" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiilo2jmRIriuKeniS8SZ8A593fWywvwLuEn94BxEKoEZ1fjvZjRuq5PFAWu5IRRQLxT94xUCcI50lTkoRD0Dtl2AIcP6B5U2dMkoJJzxVXsoP5w5pipoeOBeM478U9Yvos5Cfopu9z940NV3Af-J1itJGiPOGZfiq6-XoXA0u8PjXuzEo4MZxIb27G/w398-h400/PXL_20221010_033213794.MP.jpg" width="398" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60332408-i-am-so-much-more-than-the-colour-of-my-skin?ac=1&from_search=true&qid=CHY2TkgmLF&rank=1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="424" data-original-width="318" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwGJ8QR642b8B4ivSS3jARemh6_OdRgEKH29zCaxIfZT-mA3U0flFmcqSsOh63bJCCxiLlOH8JImlckMcbCqfQwsykeFH3NUXPaUoCbbxeDB1BtYmOeh9HQXkmEkMd2Cd9zI7BAxsXIrZpgI3nuWw-ztmtMogdhy-KJHb6xGHKy18d3NVMHBqBuo_C/s320/60332408._SX318_.jpg" width="240" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><b><span style="background-color: #fcff01;">I am So Much More Than the Colour of My Skin</span>, </b>by <span style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Divya Thomas and Ruchi Shah</span><b><br /></b><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">This series of short poems inspires us to remember that skin color is not a definition of who we are. On each page, we see a new child with a different shade of skin and what that shade matches (stone brown, sandy brown, warm honey…). Each child is doing something s/he is passionate about like soccer, painting, or something s/he is dreaming of for the future like being a politician, taking care of the Earth, and such. </span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">It does a beautiful job of tapping into the idea of pursuing one’s dreams and interests despite any negative or racist talk that may come along. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The illustrations are cartoony with mixed media elements to bring extra warmth and realism to the page. Each page includes a photo on a paint-chip style card that shows the color in real life.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvFG1DBFMAjltoBIaZEjBiwGADayS5HsHMHNj7ftx8y0QuGnwkkyMlcBIi2fl0kZj63T8KVZZ3sApNp6G2nwvmOrAyjm0sY1jf6Vk6zeHXMvRm2L-sT7Mge4-m8zbYI1JrDw7F8KIpmyZCJd3LsaK1wg31nyloHfllE-ralOAG8ZNdr4HbowuX8Kz/s3613/PXL_20221010_033233926.MP.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2657" data-original-width="3613" height="294" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnvFG1DBFMAjltoBIaZEjBiwGADayS5HsHMHNj7ftx8y0QuGnwkkyMlcBIi2fl0kZj63T8KVZZ3sApNp6G2nwvmOrAyjm0sY1jf6Vk6zeHXMvRm2L-sT7Mge4-m8zbYI1JrDw7F8KIpmyZCJd3LsaK1wg31nyloHfllE-ralOAG8ZNdr4HbowuX8Kz/w400-h294/PXL_20221010_033233926.MP.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="background-color: #fcff01; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><br /></span></p>In Summary…</span></span><p></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">If I had had to pick just one book for a school library looking to expand its collection of global literature through picture books, I would choose </span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Machher Jhol</span><span style="font-style: italic; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">due to its fine illustration, emotional reaction from the reader, and immersive feeling of the culture. A stunningly beautiful book. Too bad the voters didn’t agree with me! I wish the publishers had chosen a different cover - I think it would have been more popular.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Shortlist</span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The top three chosen by Primary students (up through grade 6)</span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="border: none; display: inline-block; height: 281px; overflow: hidden; width: 624px;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img height="281" src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Afm_F885M56iRumsJhPYi6LMoexvb1uLG_CJqUJ7DkdxMTaYzNqwityKCj0V5Sl_uF4UVenf2_wENT9eS5zO7R-VV15W09WeNH9mVPo4ulcY17c1ZaSv6TXzTCuPfWh9NWaDAreJj5LiGVqecUJzUDsHWqkWhQ8hnNePFTUC6s_rBavoIHPXeUwbhA" style="margin-left: 0px; margin-top: 0px;" width="624" /></span></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The final vote for the #1 book will close on December 24 and the winner will be announced on January 28 at the Jarul Award Ceremony held at the American School of Bombay. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-weight: 700; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Further Reading</span></span></p><ul style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-inline-start: 48px;"><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><a href="https://www.jarulbookawards.com/other-top-titles-2022-23" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">See 10 books that almost made the Longlist</span></span></a></p></li><li aria-level="1" dir="ltr" style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre;"><p dir="ltr" role="presentation" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DglLezy264XU_nC0yLk_EPfSnmcWDNkV/view" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; text-decoration-line: underline; text-decoration-skip-ink: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Detailed information about all of the titles</span></a><span style="font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">, including notes about how they were used with classes, a PDF, 18 pages, via The Jarul Award site. Compiled by Nandini Vyas at the Karmaveer Bhaurao Patil School</span></span></p></li></ul><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /><br /></span><br />Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-65319368628537659502021-10-21T10:46:00.025+02:002021-10-21T13:36:28.113+02:00Soup to Nuts: The entire research process in 70 minutes<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><br />I initially balked at the idea.</span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">Model the entire research process in one lesson? With students producing a paragraph with sources, cited in-text (!) </span><span style="font-family: helvetica;">by the end of the block? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">Absolute craziness. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">But, when a teacher approached me with the idea, I said YES. I figured I would come up with <i>something</i>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Was it do-able? Kind of.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://imgflip.com/tag/soup+nuts" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" target="_blank"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="837" height="239" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-RZjtA0IZWVg/YXEylm0UYXI/AAAAAAABetM/amgD3LFPraYGHP4G7RViqaD_Co8R7fy7ACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h239/xndar.jpeg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">https://imgflip.com/tag/soup+nuts</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here's how it went down:</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The preparation for the lesson consisted of me actually <i>doing </i> the task: "Find information about Planarian and Light" (grade 9 Science).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">By crafting my guiding questions, selecting sources, searching, note-taking, organizing, writing, and citing, <u>I experienced the task as if I were the student</u>. Along the way, I documented my thinking and my solutions to the obstacles I encountered and these became my "talking points" for the lesson.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fPwYAFzu3xY/YXEg4tzWsII/AAAAAAABetE/Q8LTlCKwqt0AOMQQevjgvi0JvrlB8-uNwCLcBGAsYHQ/s2200/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-10-21%2Bat%2B4.11.48%2BPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="260" data-original-width="2200" height="76" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fPwYAFzu3xY/YXEg4tzWsII/AAAAAAABetE/Q8LTlCKwqt0AOMQQevjgvi0JvrlB8-uNwCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h76/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-10-21%2Bat%2B4.11.48%2BPM.png" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: helvetica;">I created a </span><a href="https://sis-cn.libguides.com/9-Science" style="font-family: helvetica;" target="_blank">guide</a><span style="font-family: helvetica;"> with the process & resources we'd use in class and a shortened version of my work for students to type into as we did the task together.</span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This was a "listening" and "doing" kind of a class. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I told them to work with their eyes glued to my large screen and their laptop screen like a tennis match - my screen/your screen - are we in sync?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><u>Their document had the following key steps</u>:</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Guiding Questions</b> to gather background information</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Source Selection</b> for background </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Where do YOU like to go to learn something new?</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Brief notes for background</b> </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Probably won't be used or cited in the paper - just to get a sense of what we're talking about</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I knew ZERO about the topic, so my background information was extremely basic. The students had done a lab with these little flatworms, so they were way ahead of me. I just briefly narrated my thought process of getting familiar with the topic.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Focused Guiding Questions</b> </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Narrower questions based on learnings from the background information</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Source Selection</b> </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">What types of sources do we need for our new questions - experts? articles?</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here, I explained that I chose targeted databases for them, based on the teacher's request that they find "scholarly" science articles. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Search for & Gather Information</b> (</span><span style="font-family: helvetica;"><span style="font-size: large;">the meatiest part of the process)</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I showed them how to...</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Navigate database filters: "full-text", subject, search within</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Use quotation marks in notes to indicate text cut/pasted from a source</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Use a source number in notes to track sources</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Grab pre-formatted citations</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Paraphrase (they practiced paraphrasing one of my quoted facts)</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Organize Information</b> </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Read over the information gathered</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Determine categories</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Make an outline <i>with</i> the source codes next to the facts/evidence</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Write the paragraph </b></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Copy the outline and add sentences <i>around</i> the headings and facts, keeping the source numbers intact</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">This was a revelation to them - to see how I didn't bother to retype any of the evidence from the outline and how the source numbers stayed with the facts.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Create Citations</b> in Noodletools </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Pre-formatted citations are easy! Copy/paste into the manual section and add the source number in the annotation section - this keeps the sources with the coded source numbers</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Create Works Cited</b> and copy/paste it below the paragraph</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Add in-text citations</b> to the paragraph </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Replace the source number in parenthesis with whatever comes first in the full citation</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">It was a MAD RUSH but somehow we completed a lot of this - <u>but, not all</u>. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">The students did <i>not</i> have time to...</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Take extra notes on their own </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Organize their information </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Write it into a paragraph </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Complete their citations in Noodletools</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">But, they saw me do these last bits and clicked into how it all fits together.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Here is the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/11Xod3iKx5kwuJkb2r2Bei1jOYnNg2QuaBnfy9c-pNao/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">teacher version of the document</a> (my full notes) and the <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LG213ZSRE2roVo1L0LAkma9b0oqxf0q4DCOD75QCHmU/copy" target="_blank">student template</a> (forced copy).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">For max efficiency, all tabs I planned to show were open to the exact right spot in an incognito window (research guide, student template, my notes, each site, noodletools).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;"><b>Will I do this again? </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">YES but with a <u>much</u> easier topic with two sources only. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">I liked that they saw how one document could contain everything, and that lightbulbs went off when they saw how my red "source numbers" acted as a code that made the in-text citations very easy at the end.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">Before I left, I asked the teacher to <i>promise</i> to invite me back to teach about steps we skipped: </span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">source evaluation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">strategies for reading scholarly articles</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">more database tips and tricks</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">more note-taking options</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">more practice with paraphrasing</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">more question generation techniques </span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">(and so forth!) </span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: large;">She said ok :)</span></p><p><br /></p>Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-10234931656616756682021-09-22T06:57:00.001+02:002021-09-22T07:32:17.058+02:00Against My Instincts: Maximizing Shelf Space for Display<p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NJNvOojbYwQ/YUqdh_1C4ZI/AAAAAAABd4A/LaL14lYQwwoZ-CDAKmkhr_6Jw6fhmyoQACLcBGAsYHQ/s1200/DQVyMMPWkAAJeLC.jpeg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="900" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-NJNvOojbYwQ/YUqdh_1C4ZI/AAAAAAABd4A/LaL14lYQwwoZ-CDAKmkhr_6Jw6fhmyoQACLcBGAsYHQ/s320/DQVyMMPWkAAJeLC.jpeg" width="240" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Dedicated Top-Shelf Display, <br />via Kevin Hennah</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">In planning our new library, one aim was to increase circulation through better "merchandising" or "selling" of what the library has to offer. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We hired <a href="https://www.kevinhennah.com.au/" target="_blank">Kevin Hennah</a> for a virtual session to help our design process and explain some key elements:</span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Front-facing books</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Signage</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Flexible shelving</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Genrefication</span></li><li><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">End display spaces</span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Having heard Kevin at a conference several years ago, much of the talk included concepts I have used in previous libraries with good results. The bonus for me was that our admin and building design team also heard the same messages.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s1QuBsy5uuY/YUqRcQSE-PI/AAAAAAABd3w/HtKTbksLSWcWRHTEQtlFFDi5zSZRb8Z9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1080/120290113_188342319473923_8493786503334020159_n.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1080" data-original-width="1080" height="320" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-s1QuBsy5uuY/YUqRcQSE-PI/AAAAAAABd3w/HtKTbksLSWcWRHTEQtlFFDi5zSZRb8Z9QCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h320/120290113_188342319473923_8493786503334020159_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Dedicated side and front-facing display, via Raeko</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">When it came time to purchase our shelving, we limited ourselves to vendors in China, so the recommended vendor, <a href="https://www.raeco.com.au/" target="_blank">Raeko</a>, was not an option. Still, we wanted to use the concepts Kevin recommended, so we designed rolling units with slanted tops to maximize display space.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">When the shelving arrived, we unpacked by filling each shelf 3/4 of the way, leaving space for 1-2 front-facing books. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">With the slanted display space on top it looked great. I was happy with it. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">But I shortly made a big change due to some....</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Extremely-Mini Action Research</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">We are an open library (zero doors!) so I leave the space extra tidy to be able to notice if anyone has been there after school. We always end each day by filling the empty display spaces. Since we were doing that anyway, I figured, let's COUNT how many books are coming off the displays each day.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">For a week, we did a daily count of our empty display spaces and compared it to our circulation data. <u>We discovered that 35-40% of our circulation came from displays</u>. This was true on days with high circulation from a class coming in AND on days when circulation was lower. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">With this clear evidence of the importance of display space, I decided to see if I could maximize the display space even more.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bk_x5bphD6Y/YUqcBR1ZipI/AAAAAAABd34/AOuuMPbQxBs7T3FslVCBwzPmuHktnvFDgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/197438081_353775892930564_939698101195664203_n.jpeg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2048" height="250" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Bk_x5bphD6Y/YUqcBR1ZipI/AAAAAAABd34/AOuuMPbQxBs7T3FslVCBwzPmuHktnvFDgCLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h250/197438081_353775892930564_939698101195664203_n.jpeg" width="320" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: x-small;">Shelves "too empty", via Kevin Hennah</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I remembered an off-hand remark Kevin Hennah made about the shelves in another library - shelves that looked like mine, half to three-quarters full of books.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">He said, <u>"There's way too much space on those shelves."</u> </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I remember thinking, "Huh? No there isn't! That empty space is needed for front-facing books and books that will get returned!""
</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">But no. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I realized he was right. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">I realized his style of shelving is possible if I pack the books tighter to create <u>dedicated display spaces</u>, not accidental display spaces. A front-facing book at the end of a row is fine, but it's even better when LOADS of front-facing books are viewed together in a dedicated area. It's purposeful. It has impact. It screams "Grab me!"</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">After my action research and remembering his comment, I packed my shelves almost full to open more dedicated display space.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Here are some "before and after" photos of our shelving with my new system.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><b>Before, in Realistic Fiction</b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Shelves are 3/4 full and bottom shelves are empty when possible</span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7wiB6ka_xPE/YUqkywcsOwI/AAAAAAABd4Q/f9Wn7iis1FoH5v2rinkCGenI1o8OVUgZQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Realistic%2BBEFORE.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7wiB6ka_xPE/YUqkywcsOwI/AAAAAAABd4Q/f9Wn7iis1FoH5v2rinkCGenI1o8OVUgZQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Realistic%2BBEFORE.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><b><br /></b></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FGz_zeIwohA/YUqk-OrgPmI/AAAAAAABd4U/VbuoUUBWqUMC-z739J-ilZkAupSYYlekACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Realistic%2BBEFORE%2B2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FGz_zeIwohA/YUqk-OrgPmI/AAAAAAABd4U/VbuoUUBWqUMC-z739J-ilZkAupSYYlekACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Realistic%2BBEFORE%2B2.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></b></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">After, in Realistic Fiction</span></b></p><p><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Books are packed more tightly to open an entire unit for display and an extra row at the top for more display (slanted top, <u>plus</u> the row underneath, if possible)</span></p><p><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"></span></b></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EwKlus0klXE/YUqlZ1AJ5zI/AAAAAAABd4k/sjPs8gextRIeqXq4K6sq9nKfuxqdNEKnQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Realistic%2BAFTER%2B2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EwKlus0klXE/YUqlZ1AJ5zI/AAAAAAABd4k/sjPs8gextRIeqXq4K6sq9nKfuxqdNEKnQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Realistic%2BAFTER%2B2.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></b></div><b><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></b><p></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-icP3WXwRAao/YUqlNQl3nbI/AAAAAAABd4c/DBELPUhDXIAUcMUW52__62WAmMEW1gAOgCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Realistic%2BAFTER%2Ball.jpg" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-icP3WXwRAao/YUqlNQl3nbI/AAAAAAABd4c/DBELPUhDXIAUcMUW52__62WAmMEW1gAOgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Realistic%2BAFTER%2Ball.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;">Bottom shelf is full - students don't browse along the bottom anyway. This opens the top shelf for another row of face-out books, at eye level.<br /><b><br />Another example:<br />Before, in Speculative Fiction<br /></b><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--MnALWI-gro/YUqnqGZTaqI/AAAAAAABd4w/pLGxwuZqOjk2A3JSz6rgZmdnR1rMLXgrACLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/SCIFI%2BBEFORE.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--MnALWI-gro/YUqnqGZTaqI/AAAAAAABd4w/pLGxwuZqOjk2A3JSz6rgZmdnR1rMLXgrACLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/SCIFI%2BBEFORE.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Speculative Fiction, After...</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t8VMKZNo5gk/YUqoeDsLWII/AAAAAAABd5I/iZUE32LD5iAymsBfkAQQibDhGDfmJR56gCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/Spec%2BFic%2BAfter%2B1.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="2048" height="422" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t8VMKZNo5gk/YUqoeDsLWII/AAAAAAABd5I/iZUE32LD5iAymsBfkAQQibDhGDfmJR56gCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h422/Spec%2BFic%2BAfter%2B1.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>And after <u>more</u> squishing!</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xsDEIrwQKQg/YUqq8lvFOgI/AAAAAAABd5o/8CHmxAylVx4vBg8gYGL_6qOqhUWbpRFHQCLcBGAsYHQ/s2048/PXL_20210922_035830486.jpeg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1241" data-original-width="2048" height="388" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xsDEIrwQKQg/YUqq8lvFOgI/AAAAAAABd5o/8CHmxAylVx4vBg8gYGL_6qOqhUWbpRFHQCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h388/PXL_20210922_035830486.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Post-Change Results</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Did the expanded displays increase our percentage of circulation from displays?</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Yes, after a week of counting, we saw a slight increase to 40-45% of our circulation coming from displays (a change of 5-10%).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul><li>Our overall circulation in the new library has increased from last year by 39%</li><li>Our overall circulation since the change in displays has increased 13% </li></ul></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>My take-aways:</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><ul><li>Students do not browse the bottom shelf, so I either put displays or pack a row of books there. I think a row of books is best to allow more display at eye level.</li><li>Front-facing books are best when grouped together</li></ul><div><b>Next Steps:</b></div><div><ul><li>Small tables around the library with books flat and standing up - something about a table says "take me" even more than on a shelf</li><li>Find out: What's the ideal amount of time for books to be on display before doing a big overhaul of all titles? </li></ul></div><div>Stale displays won't have the same impact BUT I can't change all of these books daily! or even weekly!</div><div><br /></div><div>Right now, some of the books have been on display for two months (!) without moving. I plan to do a total overhaul once per month. I can't imagine more than that, but maybe I'll need to. I will keep tracking to see if there's an uptick when I put out fresh covers.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Thanks for reading, and happy "Squishing" to create more </b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b>dedicated display space in your library!</b></div></div></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: helvetica; font-size: medium;"><br /></span><p><br /></p>Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-89915659404791365092021-04-07T06:18:00.012+02:002021-04-07T08:54:50.195+02:00Listening to Alarm Bells: Internalizing Source Evaluation<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I've been on the journey about how to "do" source evaluation for 20 years now. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Checklists! Acronyms! Do's and Don'ts! Domains matter - actually, they don't. Wikipedia is trash - actually it's a gold mine. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">We've evolved in our fact-checking abilities as information has become increasingly fed into our personalized feeds and misinformation has become increasingly sophisticated. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Inspired by other librarians, I've been teaching evaluative "moves" rather than focusing on fixed items to look for in a source. It's much better. </span></p><p><span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">The moves include strategies like lateral reading and reading upstream. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But there's been a step of the evaluation process that I've missed, and that is: </span><u style="font-family: verdana;">When</u><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u> is Source Evaluation necessary and how do I know?</u> </span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Until students internalize that answer for themselves, my teaching is incomplete.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><u>The answer for when to use evaluation "moves" isn't simple</u>: </span></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Do I evaluate everything I come in contact with? </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Do I evaluation only if I have a doubt about the information? </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Do I evaluate information I agree with?</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Do I evaluate based on the purpose of my information task? (schoolwork vs. personal entertainment vs. things posted to my feeds?)</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><u><span style="font-size: medium;">Answers might be determined by...</span></u></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Time (<i>I don't have time to check this</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">High Investment (<i>I'm re-sharing this so I want to check it</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Low Investment (<i>I'm just watching for fun, so I really don't care</i>)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Prior Knowledge (<i>I've been to this site before and already vetted it</i>)</span></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">The shortest answer and most teachable point is that <u>the student must choose when to implement evaluative moves and that choice needs to be INTENTIONAL</u>.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Acting on an intentional choice is empowering. So I try to help students identify their internal critical thoughts in the first few seconds of seeing new information.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One label I'm using is "<u>Alarm Bells"</u></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="945" data-original-width="1280" height="237" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-cglRzhPfye8/YG0xu3lKmmI/AAAAAAABVZY/QFM9wLNn59Ad3AkOx-LvqULzM_fCGu0ZACLcBGAsYHQ/w320-h237/clock-3036245_1280.webp" width="320" /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Where are the places on a webpage that might set off an alarm in your head? </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We draw sample webpages and star places where our eyes might </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">quickly </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">encounter an alarm bell. </span></span></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">No author? </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Unfamiliar organization? </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Date updated/created? </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Secure URL if we're shopping? </span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Monetized via ads? </span></span></li></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Listening to these alarms is the beginning to listening to our inner critical voice and making decisions about when to use evaluation moves.</span></span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0lNRe0rSd94/YG0gFdqAStI/AAAAAAABVZI/zHCK4iTPQQI_j_k0yGMLITD9ED1wvjoTwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1876/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-07%2Bat%2B10.59.15%2BAM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1876" height="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0lNRe0rSd94/YG0gFdqAStI/AAAAAAABVZI/zHCK4iTPQQI_j_k0yGMLITD9ED1wvjoTwCLcBGAsYHQ/w489-h275/Screen%2BShot%2B2021-04-07%2Bat%2B10.59.15%2BAM.png" title="SIS student's page with "alarm bells"" width="489" /></span></a></div><p></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This is just one step in the process to internalize the Source Evaluation process. The next step: using questions (such as the 5Ws) to make sense of the source and its possible uses.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">My goal: No acronyms, no teacher reminders. Rather, students encounter content and have internalized a way to handle it based on their needs.</span></div><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"></ul><p></p><p><span style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></p><p><br /></p>Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-20189172260593018242021-01-15T09:42:00.009+01:002021-01-17T08:47:00.625+01:00First Extended Essay launch!<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">I'm new to the Extended Essay Coordinator position. It's a job that has scared me despite my several years of experience with the EE process. Although I have worked closely with my school's DP coordinator and EE coordinator in the past, now...</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>I'm in charge of all of it and it's freaking me out. </b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">In planning the launch of my first cohort of grade 11 students, I want the experience to be perfect for them AND I know that it <u>won't be perfect</u> for them. Part of the process requires independent navigation through any number of obstacles - I've never seen a student have a perfectly perfect EE journey. The struggle is real and that's part of the learning!</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">But still. I want them to be successful.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o7ah4ro6DCA/YAFWvk8_hwI/AAAAAAABSmk/onDZNd_GNxodpQoJNRQMxMw2WacV6nSUACLcBGAsYHQ/s349/EE-Meme.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="144" data-original-width="349" height="165" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-o7ah4ro6DCA/YAFWvk8_hwI/AAAAAAABSmk/onDZNd_GNxodpQoJNRQMxMw2WacV6nSUACLcBGAsYHQ/w400-h165/EE-Meme.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b><u>The Challenge</u>:</b> </span><b style="font-size: large;"><span>Create structures designed to </span><span>support ...</span></b></span><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">independent learning</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">open communication among all parties</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">clear expectations for all</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">successful completion of the task to each student's personal best.</span></li></ul><p></p><p><b><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><u>Elements of our Plan:</u></span></b></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b><a href="https://shekouinternational-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/sducharme_sis_org_cn/EcqT4qKLuC1Hnoc5qF3JV8sB3zPytD4uyKIvUkLGki4muw?e=fUlj3i" target="_blank">Timeline</a> </b>with expectations for students & supervisors on the same document</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">This level of transparency keeps everyone on the literal same page</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Timeline is published as a draft in case dates need to be adjusted</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Formative "Gatepost" tasks</b> in Managebac (MB)</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Proposal (required in order to be assigned a supervisor)</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Link to digital workspace (template provided or student-created)</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">(Students don't seem to like the research space in MB)</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Annotated bibliography with sources showing evidence that answers the proposed research question</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Detailed Outline (2,000+ words) </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">research question and/or thesis statement</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">headings and sub-headings</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">supporting evidence organized under headings and cited</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Option to submit the Draft to a "draft" Turnitin task before deadline</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Model of task</b> posted as part of each MB assignment</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">For example, a correct and complete annotated bibliography is linked in the post about that assignment</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Clear <b>Admin "triggers"</b> to catch anyone falling behind</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Missing any gatepost task elicits an admin intervention</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Differentiated training for supervisors</b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Supervisors choose the workshop topics they're interested in or indicate their level of experience and have an option to help others</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Workshop Topics: </span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Nuts & Bolts for Newbies</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Citation Refresher</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Evaluation & Moderation</span></li></ul></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Dedicated <b>EE work time on Saturdays</b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">One mandatory session in which students rotate among research skills and supervisor sessions about various subject criteria ("EE Cafe")</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Further Saturday sessions are optional if gatepost tasks are complete</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">School provides bagels/pizza/salad for Saturday sessions!</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Scaffolded lessons</b> along the way</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Reading Around Your Topic</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">EE Introduction & Subject Requirements</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Finding Sources & Source Evaluation</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Developing Research Questions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Note-taking & Organization</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Citations and Works Cited page</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Digital lessons</b> for differentiated learning & extra practice</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Lessons are posted for future reference</span></li></ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><b>Consistent platform use</b></span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">LibGuides for resources, lessons, timeline, forms</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">MB for submissions</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Teams for communication with students and supervisors</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">WeChat group (optional) for fun.</span></li><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Students chose their preferred methods of communication: Teams and WeChat</span></li></ul></ul></ul><div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Armed with this plan, we have embarked! </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">As I proceed with this cohort of students, I'll post updates, links to completed lessons, and other resources.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">Until then, good luck to everyone out there who is launching a new EE group. Comments and feedback are always welcome! </span></div><p></p><p><br /></p>Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-58070061816829436972020-05-11T15:26:00.003+02:002020-05-11T16:14:14.963+02:00Online Workshop: Google Power Searching<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.kidzsearch.com/boolify/" target="_blank">Boolify</a> - a puzzle-type interface that shows how different filters impact a google search</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kFbXfzUHb-M&t=7s" target="_blank">My video</a></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> - using Boolify to learn google filters</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.agoogleaday.com/" target="_blank">Google-a-Day home page</a> - a new puzzle every day</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.google.com/insidesearch/searcheducation/lessons.html" target="_blank">Google-a-Day Lesson bank</a> - past puzzles with slideshow answers</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://padlet.com/ScottKinkoph/googleaday" target="_blank">Padlet</a> with Google-a-Day challenges</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://padlet.com/sducharm/wdu6qm7gt77gk7pb" target="_blank">My remix</a> of that Padlet with the answers</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I linked the activities into a Bitmoji Classroom (<a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/15k85-sr-cOG0xMUjSjDlxUC2FKuoUIj8YTZ3aFqUUTM/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">feel free to copy and edit</a>) and shared it with the students. </span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">View the boolify video or demo it "live"</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Explain the extra search tips </span>(truncation, wild cards, and "reading" a search string)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Define "stacking searches" </span>(using the answers from one search to search again and build toward an answer)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Assign Zoom breakout rooms + google puzzles from the Padlet (10 minutes)</span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Regroup and share "Yays & Nays" </span>(what worked and what didn't)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Share the daily google challenge page for those interested in playing on their own</span></span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This was a 45-minute workshop that seemed to go very smoothly!</span><br />
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Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-51945884405167891132020-02-25T22:39:00.003+01:002020-02-26T03:28:54.430+01:00Musical Bean Bags!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's Back-to-School week and <i>many</i> middle and high school English classes are coming to choose new books! Whoo-hoo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To follow our <a href="https://trycuriosity.blogspot.com/2020/02/summer-readsmade-me-feel-fine.html" target="_blank">"Summer Reads" promotion</a>, I wanted to do something with the song "Summer Breeze." It seemed like a version of "Musical Chairs" would work well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1) Expose students to various high-interest titles</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2) Build capacity for sustained reading</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3) Practice book-choosing behaviors </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(read summary, read <i>into</i> the book, take some time!)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">After Round 1: Two 'winners' (in red) chose books!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">For this version of Musical Chairs, everyone always has a spot, but gradually people leave the game as they find a book they'd like to read longer. In each round, they have two books at their place to review and read for about 4-5 minutes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When the music is ON they dance around the area in one direction. When the music STOPS they sit at the nearest spot and read.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I needed 24 places to sit, one for each student, so I did 20 bean bags in parallel rows with two chairs on each end to 'contain' the scene. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I didn't use only chairs because I felt students might choose to leave the game just to go sit in the bean bags. This way, if they decided to leave the game (yay, with a book!) they'd be choosing to leave their bean bag to go sit in a regular chair.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(I'm probably overthinking, but it's always all about the bean bags!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1yh8u3oI1f5JWzStGTnIb_DYpu6XMYpIBtMwyH_nYh4g/edit#slide=id.p" target="_blank">Here's a slide</a> with the directions. The Spotify logo clicks over to a "Summer Reads" playlist. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This activity is super fun the first time, but probably not great to repeat over and over. Still, it was easy to set up, the kiddos enjoyed it, AND, best of all, many went home with one of the books I picked out!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>Some details</u>:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We played three rounds which allowed time for free-range browsing and checking out at the end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When someone exited the game, I added another title to their spot from a backup stack, so the whole thing took 72 books (48 to start + another 24 as backup) plus more for other classes. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I did the activity for all grades who wanted to come and pulled books of various levels within that age band (middle grade or young adult).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Titles at each spot were paired to be appealing to a boy or a girl. (In general, I find that girls read anything and boys don't usually choose "girly" covers).</span><br />
<br />Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-29899879616918510032020-02-21T16:19:00.001+01:002020-02-21T16:20:54.363+01:00Summer Reads...made me feel fine!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I was actually in Boston winter during vacation. Oh well!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">To celebrate our community's summer reading, I asked faculty members to send a photo of themselves with a book they read over the vacation. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I turned their pictures into slides showing them with their books in various vacation-related locations. This was quick, easy, and fun!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>The Steps:</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1) Upload the faculty photo into </span><a href="http://remove.bg/" style="font-family: "helvetica neue", arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">Remove.bg</span></a> </span><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">to remove the background and then download the new image</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2) In Google Draw, insert the desired background image</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3) Insert the new faculty picture on top </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">(Arrange > Move to front, if needed)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">4) Add a text box with whatever words you'd like</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">5) Download the whole thing as a .png or .jpeg</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">When teachers participate in something like this, I send them the final image as a little "thank you." I swear that increases participation!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Loads of possible uses with students as well! </span><br />
<br />Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-20051463846328061112019-11-19T18:31:00.001+01:002019-11-20T17:06:05.092+01:00Source Evaluation Moves with Linda Hoiseth<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The synergy of Twitter always amazes me. </span><br />
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A couple of weeks ago, I was planning a lesson with our grade 9 Science team on source evaluation. In middle school, I had taught students the CRAAP model but now wanted to take them to the next level: to help them listen to their own instincts and push toward more critical thinking rather than checklists. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">With high school students, I have been introducing the idea of evaluation "moves" - actions we take to verify, question, and critique a source. </span><br />
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I found John Green's Crash Course, "<a href="https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8dPuuaLjXtN07XYqqWSKpPrtNDiCHTzU" target="_blank">Navigating Digital Information</a>," particularly helpful and now talk about active evaluation skills, such as lateral reading and reading upstream, as an extension to the CRAAP model.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But I was looking for a new tool. Something that would provide structure to students as they work through the process of choosing sources but encourage them to dig deeper than a checklist.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Enter, <a href="https://twitter.com/lhoiseth" target="_blank">Linda Hoiseth</a>, via Twitter! </b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Linda is a librarian I have admired from afar for her thoughtful and innovative work in research skills with students. Although we've never worked together, we have been Twitter pals for many years and I've learned so much from her. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Just as I was stuck in mid-planning mode, she posted <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iCL6TKmLl76HSqcFWkQ1pMvQU05HOU2rk4IxB_0Yy-g/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this grid</a> that reenergized my approach. She calls her process "Inside/Outside." </span></span><br />
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It provides guiding questions to help students evaluate what's <i>within</i> a source <u>and</u> what can be found beyond the source. She focuses attention on four areas: Authority, Bias, Content, and Date. A final category, Evaluation, is completed at the end.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Here's how I used her grid in my plan for Gr 9 Science:</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">1) Students work in small groups on a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1uKCpRIZwE9HDieG-JrEHK-CLkfqiJTmmBUjF9X6uSjc/edit#" target="_blank">particular topic</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2) They review the list of sources I chose that range from too biased, to overly complicated, to unsuitable purpose, to just right.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">3) As a group, they identify the best source to answer the overall question of the unit:</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> <i><span style="text-align: center;">"How do environmental factors affect </span><span style="text-align: center;">genetic variation?"</span></i></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">4) To make their choice, students work through source evaluation moves, guided by the questions on <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iCL6TKmLl76HSqcFWkQ1pMvQU05HOU2rk4IxB_0Yy-g/edit" target="_blank">Linda's chart</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">These "Inside/Outside" moves include:</span></span><br />
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<b>by <a href="https://twitter.com/lhoiseth" target="_blank">Linda Hoiseth</a>, American Embassy School, New Delhi</b></span><br />
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<i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">"I keep </span><a href="https://news.stanford.edu/2017/10/24/fact-checkers-outperform-historians-evaluating-online-information/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">this article</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> about a Stanford study bookmarked to remind myself of the importance of teaching real-life web evaluation, and have been looking for a framework to teach that is useful in both academic and personal settings. I’ve been using ABCD rather than CRAAP for several years, particularly with middle school students, because I like its simplicity (and it doesn’t make them giggle). Each time I approach the topic with students, they repeat outdated messages about site evaluation that they’ve been taught: “If it’s a .com it’s bad but a .org is good,” “It has ads, so it’s unreliable,” etc., and I know that we have to move them beyond that simplistic thinking. Mike Caulfield’s </span><a href="https://hapgood.us/2019/06/19/sift-the-four-moves/" style="text-decoration-line: none;"><span style="color: #1155cc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">SIFT post</span></a><span style="color: black; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;"> was enlightening to me, and I wanted to incorporate his ideas into my teaching. Thus, the Inside/Outside ABCD.</span></i><br />
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<i style="font-family: verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large; white-space: pre-wrap;">My hope is that this process is quick enough that it isn’t onerous and simply becomes part of their thinking whenever they encounter websites. Let’s be honest: I don’t fill out a checklist whenever I approach a new website, but I do think about who is behind the site and what their bias is and whether or not the content is backed up elsewhere. Ultimately, I want my students to do the same."</i></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Going forward, I like the idea of teaching source evaluation skills as "moves" - actions we take versus viewing a source passively and trying to glean its value from what it presents about itself. I like the ownership and power we experience as researchers when we actively fact-check and seek different perspectives.</span></span><br />
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So now, with Linda's <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iCL6TKmLl76HSqcFWkQ1pMvQU05HOU2rk4IxB_0Yy-g/edit" target="_blank">ABCDE Inside/Outside chart</a> and the SIFT tool, I have two ways to guide students in the source evaluation process. By using both, students will begin to internalize the "moves" needed to become independent evaluators, not dependent users of a checklist or acronym to remember.</span></div>
Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-6003721858889692132019-10-28T18:20:00.000+01:002019-10-28T18:20:32.924+01:00You've Been Booked: The Halloween Version<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Elementary school librarian and <i>fountain</i> of creative ideas, <a href="https://twitter.com/shannonmmiller" target="_blank">Shannon Miller</a>, recently shared an idea she uses with teachers to generate excitement around reading picture books called "<a href="http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/2019/10/youve-been-bookd-for-holidays.html" target="_blank">You've Been Booked!</a>"</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The concept: A bag of books travels around to various classrooms and when it arrives, the class stops what they're doing and READS the books in the bag.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">For our Middle School, I wanted to do a Halloween version. I picked <i>Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark</i> (in English and Spanish), read the stories myself, and tabbed the ones I thought would be the most fun. I made some notes ("Gross!" or "Ghosts" or "Very short") to help teachers choose quickly. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Teachers signed up a week ahead on <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HA7yLkKSUGuNxr8W5lBu8vJlmVLs4I3CT677pwk0Xiw/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">this document</a>. At the start of Halloween week, I print the teacher list and include it with the books, so the class can see where to send the books next.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Today is the first day. Let's see how it goes! </span>Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-84759378244608638322019-10-23T22:16:00.002+02:002019-10-24T00:33:29.302+02:00Community-Building with the Library Whiteboard<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Every library I've worked in has a "usual crew" - a group of students who consider the library a home base at school. They come every day, sometimes multiple times. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I understand why they come; it's for all of the same reasons I choose to work in libraries myself. The library feels safe, expansive, private, and social. It feels personal and inclusive. It's a mix of many feelings that add up to: "I want to be here."</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">My personal challenge as the librarian is to create a climate in the library that expands the numbers of the "usual crew." </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love the regulars and I want more of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Right now, after four years together, we have a lot of regulars. On an average morning, almost 200 middle and high school students fill up every chair, bean bag, sofa, pillow, or square of laminate flooring available. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Many elements keep them coming (and perhaps this post is the start of a series of ideas on those) but today, I'm grateful for the simple strategy of our <u>weekly whiteboard prompt</u> as a way to welcome and continue to attract teens to the library.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At the beginning of each week, I write a question or prompt on the large whiteboard at the entrance of our library. Throughout the week, students (and teachers) chime in with their ideas. When we also housed elementary students, I changed the prompt daily because it got so filled up. But now, with only middle and high school students, the responses come more gradually and even, sometimes, more thoughtfully. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">As I watch them pour in each morning, I love to see their faces light up (or smirk, or grimace) as they read the latest responses. Invariably, the notes interact with each other and the collective responses become a kind of community.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This week, it has been foggy in Lima (STILL). </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">So, o</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">n Monday, I wrote: "Talk about the sun." </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In response, we've got diagrams, odes, encouraging words, and a dose of snark ("Good luck seeing it in Lima"). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Each week, the board captures the fun, the depth, the wisdom, the wonder of <u>Teen Thought</u>. I love to see what they come up with, and I think <i>they</i> love having a place to contribute their ideas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Sample prompts:</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What color are you?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Whom do you admire?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What are you reading?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Favorite restaurant in Lima?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Talk about the universe.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What would you like to know?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">What can you make?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Write a six-word memoir.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I do take suggestions - such as "Favorite Dinosaur." Now <i>that</i> took an interesting turn!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Another use for our Whiteboard: </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Stick Together Puzzles</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br /></span>Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-51797967452471788822018-08-31T02:04:00.004+02:002018-08-31T22:44:34.424+02:00The "silly factor" of Flipgrid<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This week a teacher asked for a lesson to review fiction genres with grade 7 students.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">No problem. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I can talk about genres in fun ways, mingling in book talks and making the genres all sound super cool. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But still. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's just listening on the students' part. For a review lesson, wouldn't it be more engaging if the students did the talking instead of me? Of course! And I'd get some good diagnostic information as well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Enter <a href="https://flipgrid.com/" target="_blank">Flipgrid</a>. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I've played around with it before but this was my first time using it with students.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I set up three stations. </span></span><br />
<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JKWSLiFbaxI/W4k_1AEkzQI/AAAAAAAAifQ/oFlgXGaxDf4si7c8JNvJjSp3heTPUSv4QCLcBGAs/s1600/IMG_20180831_080946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="240" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-JKWSLiFbaxI/W4k_1AEkzQI/AAAAAAAAifQ/oFlgXGaxDf4si7c8JNvJjSp3heTPUSv4QCLcBGAs/s320/IMG_20180831_080946.jpg" width="320" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At each one:</span></span><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">a stack of books for each genre (Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Adventure)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">a pen and <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UHYRk_2hKdLFSFOkm-u6lS07zNZP9aLfC-mFCM5SPSk/edit?usp=sharing" target="_blank">note-taking sheet</a></span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">a Chromebook set up to a Flipgrid video task</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Each station was designed to take 20 minutes (a bit tight!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Directions:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">1) Become familiar with the genre. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Review the books on the table, brainstorm and take notes on the elements of the genre, and share favorite titles in that genre.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">2) Plan and create a video advertisement for that genre. All group members must be in the video. The video must "sell" that genre as "the best." Video cuts off after 3 minutes. The elements of the genre must be clearly featured.</span><br />
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<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EBd1ZzBRLYA/W4iGAbPAP2I/AAAAAAAAidc/_u8MGZEJnKABS_kcDZWY9vw68OqyCB54QCK4BGAYYCw/s1600/IMG_20180828_145046.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><img border="0" height="228" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-EBd1ZzBRLYA/W4iGAbPAP2I/AAAAAAAAidc/_u8MGZEJnKABS_kcDZWY9vw68OqyCB54QCK4BGAYYCw/s320/IMG_20180828_145046.jpg" width="320" /></span></a><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">It sounded like a pretty tight plan to me, but in <i>my</i> vision, the group stayed at their table, quietly </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">talking</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"> into the laptop to film. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Exploding into other parts of the library to build a mountain out of the beanbags wasn't what I pictured.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">What happened? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">The minute students found out they would create a video, they started spinning out all kinds of wild and creative ideas. The adventure group wanted to create their ad in the style of an adventure - plane crash survival! The realistic fiction group wanted to sob their way through a sad story. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It became crazy very quickly! Also: seeing themselves on camera induced <u>fits</u> of giggles!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Happily, the teacher is a laid-back guy and we tamped down the volume as needed. I thought the results were going to be way off-topic based on the amount of action compared to information there seemed to be. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">However, when I viewed the videos later, I was, for the most part, surprised to see that the kids pulled it off! Maybe I'd like to hear a bit more about the elements of the genre next time, but overall they got the gist. And the enthusiasm! It was great.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">At first I planned to limit the next groups to staying in their seats for filming, but after seeing the creative responses to the task, I decided to let them continue to branch out. I did assign them filming areas further apart to help noise control. And I gave them more concrete time limits: 10 minutes for notes, 5 minutes to plan, 5 minutes to film.</span></span><br />
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hJuUPSxiCl0/W4l5HcK_-bI/AAAAAAAAig0/KRKL2waP_KMZbx4w3kdjdHoiSNW_xLz3QCLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-08-31%2Bat%2B12.21.05%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="238" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hJuUPSxiCl0/W4l5HcK_-bI/AAAAAAAAig0/KRKL2waP_KMZbx4w3kdjdHoiSNW_xLz3QCLcBGAs/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2018-08-31%2Bat%2B12.21.05%2BPM.png" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Another thing: Before uploading the video, the kids take a "selfie" which becomes the-most-important-thing-ever. A friendly reminder to keep track of their time at this stage helps.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><b>Flipgrid for the win - I just need to be ready to manage some of the silliness! It might bring out the crazy but it's worth it for the high level of engagement.</b></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">PS: <a href="https://flipgrid.com/" target="_blank">Flipgrid</a> is FREE for educators. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">You create a Grid and then add Activities (like tasks) within the Grid. Students will need to input their school email (with school domain) in order to access. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">A work-around for this: have the computers open to Flipgrid and already logged into your own account. The videos will publish as if they are from you, but the kids take a selfie before posting, so they will be able to see which ones are theirs. </span></span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This skips the whole logging in and inputting a code.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Anyone else have tips on how to manage the silly factor or logistics of Flipgrid?</span></span>Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-2135613175579979872017-09-26T14:12:00.000+02:002017-09-26T14:40:44.674+02:00Dewey Tweak: 800s<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I love tweaking Dewey and my latest reshuffle happened in the 800s.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Mr. Dewey liked the literature section to be organized largely into regions. This makes sense for some works but not for others. P</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">eople looking for "Antigone" expect it to be where the other "Greek" works are. But m</span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">ost students looking for poetry don't differentiate between "American" or "British" poetry. They just want poems. </span><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Same thing for plays and essays. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So, my 800s Dewey tweak organizes most literary pieces by type with some sections organized by region (Greek and Spanish/Latin American Lit).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hfZ3G2xiINAxMqFIzSdQ0JWLWwgZbVbZfbfubfCHpGY/edit?usp=sharing">Here's my planning document</a>. I tried to keep numbers the same as the original Dewey when possible, but the entire "Plays" section needed to be relabeled. You can make a copy of the doc and edit as you like. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">These are our section signs:</span></span><br />
<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">General Literature</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Poetry</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Plays</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Literature Appreciation</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Shakespeare</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Spanish & Latin American Literature (We're in Peru, so this is a large section)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Other Literature</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">In the Spanish & Latin American section, we have all types of literature and criticism written in Spanish. These will stay together according to their original Dewey number + SP for "Spanish". So, a book about Shakespeare in Spanish will be in this section, not the Shakespeare section.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">At least for now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Some books don't fit neatly into my new categories, but I guesstimate based on where I think a patron will hope to find them and remember that we still have the catalog to find things.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Here's a video to give a sense of how it looks when finished:</span><br />
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qZ9ulRWm5ss/V_KLAxv4ofI/AAAAAAAAMnE/_AGqnl0yPOYJln6nGEyt-QCMbGHRxdbPACLcB/s1600/Doh.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facepalm" border="0" height="240" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-qZ9ulRWm5ss/V_KLAxv4ofI/AAAAAAAAMnE/_AGqnl0yPOYJln6nGEyt-QCMbGHRxdbPACLcB/s320/Doh.jpg" title="" width="320" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">I'm behind in my independent reading!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm a big fan of reading calendars to help students plan their reading time and to give them ownership over their reading goals. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">The key aspect of the calendar: it shows what PAGE students should be on for each day. That's better than just knowing how many pages to read per day because if they get behind, the calendar shows their page target for catching up. And if they are ahead, they can see by how much!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is also a fast way to teachers to see how independent reading is progressing. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hnMF4VLHaDsQf0L9HqHlT5UfdxBg6qI3-AKa0HjV2Q8/edit?usp=sharing">Here's a template to use</a>. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Copy and customize however you like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><u>The directions</u>: </span><br />
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Take the number of pages in the book</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Divide by the number of days to finish</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Add the resulting pages-per-day to each subsequent day on the calendar</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Another important aspect of the calendar is taking the time to gauge the READING PACE for a new book. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Students start their new books with a timed reading of 5 minutes. This gives them a sense of how long it will take them to read their pages-per-day. If the time seems too long, they might choose to adjust the number of days for finishing.</span></div>
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<br />Sarah Ducharmehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03612961825419653408noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6909678040880425212.post-12399598504560709902016-09-28T17:50:00.001+02:002016-09-28T17:58:38.766+02:00Genre-shelving for our Graphic section<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm a fan of tweaking library systems to make it easier for patrons to browse. One of my favorite tweaks is for the Graphic Novels section. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">"Graphic" books are cataloged in Dewey with the number 741.5 which is the number for comic art. But Mr. Dewey didn't anticipate that SO many wonderful fiction books would be written in graphic form, so most librarians pull their 741.5 section and put it near the fiction books.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">We did that too, but now we've gone a step further and changed the 741.5 label to GRA (for "graphic"). Next we sorted our graphic books by type. We've added a line to each label to show what type of graphic book it is. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><b>Author's name OR Original Author's name</b> (keeps adaptations together, like Shakespeare, Riorden)</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Hooray for catalog tweaks! Next...I have my eye on the 800s... Stay tuned!</span></span><br />
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