What I’m reading : Ramped-Up Read Aloud

During this time of pandemic, I’m reaching out to my school community through live and recorded read-alouds. I consider it a way to maintain connections, and to preserve comfortable routines, while providing additional educational resources for students, staff, and families.

To learn more about, and to adopt, best-practices for read-alouds, I’ve turned to The Ramped-Up Read Aloud. This book, by Maria Walther, offers a variety of resources for enhancing the read-aloud experience. But above all and always, I hope to infuse my readings with the SIMPLE JOY of sharing a book.

School library books due during materials distribution

In my latest video on YouTube: I’ve been checking out textbooks and other resources in preparation for our school’s materials distribution that takes place at the end of October. Here’s a friendly reminder that library books will be due during materials distribution; look for the big metal cart in our parking lot, with a sign saying, “Return Books Here.” And if anybody has textbooks or library books that are left over from last year, this upcoming distribution day will be a great time to return them as well.

Global Read Aloud 2020

For Global Read Aloud 2020, I’m recording read-alouds in the Middle-School / Intermediate and the “Picture Book Study” categories. School families, students, and staff, you can access those readings through my Google Classroom for read-alouds.