Video trailers for books in our school library

With the TeachingBooks database, you can view video trailers for some of the books in our school library. The videos were created by publishers, or by other agencies, but with Teaching Books, you can access the videos through a single platform.

SRCSA library : ‘I Survived’ read-aloud available

Video: I’m recording a read-aloud of Lauren Tarshis’ I Survived the California Wildfires, 2018. I’ll post segments to my Google Classroom for read-alouds as they become available.

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.