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I convinced my English Department (and admin) to do this book as a book study this summer! So we all have the books and will be meeting via Google Meet this summer to kick off independent reading. We are also purchasing a school Beanstack subscription for this year so that we can start tracking reading minutes! So I'm excited about this year and developing a culture of reading!

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That the librarians are really cool and accepting adults who welcome them with open arms as they are!

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(Kim Marsh) To love the students and meet them where they are. It is wonderful if I can introduce them to new literature but if I don't I want them to know that they are still welcomed and loved.

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This kind of seems like it is going against the topic of the book...but I want students to remember that libraries are full of all kinds of resources. One of my big goals this year is to increase programming. So I want more students involved in the programming. That way they can think of public libraries as places where they can explore personal interests...whether through books or programs.

(Kim Royle)

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I want to successfully implement a book club. (Rebecca)

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I am hoping to connect our RAMbassador program to the independent bookshop to be book reviewers of upcoming titles. Hoping to connect with publishers as well through them so that we can get multiple copies or access to books. Fingers crossed. (Lara Ivey and Kim Royle)

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I would like us to do the Reading Attitude Survey in the fall, winter, and spring and have our Student Advisory Committee review the results with us and make recommendations. (Susan)

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I'm planning on using the Reading Attitude worksheet at the beginning of the school year. It'd be great to revisit at the end of the year, as well. (Kristin Stolz)

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I like the Awards and Top Ten list, and I'd like to see the comparison of the beginning of the year reading attitude survey to the results of the end of year reading attitude survey!

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I want to work with my English teachers to intentionally plan and implement the strong habit of independent reading for our students. (Nathan Sekinger)

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Jason Reynolds, Kwame Alexander, Alan Gratz, manga, graphic novels such as Reina Telgemier

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Manga, Graphic Novels, Gary Paulsen, Kwame Alexander, novels in verse.

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(Margaret Marquis)

One goal I would like to try is the reading surveys with our reading classes to get them pleasure reading more.

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LIT Awards! p. 182. Everybody loves a good award show complete with a red carpet. (Rebecca)

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VERY excited about the Annual Lit Awards (p. 182). Doing that one for sure! (Susan)

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I love the idea of a letter or top ten list. (Jenni Cooper)

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I like the idea of Lit Awards & a Reading Attitude Survey (to compare to a start of year one). It would give us something fun and positive to do during the last few check out visits to balance out- "Return Library books by this date". (Christine Ware)

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(Margaret Marquis)

I really want to try the annual lit awards. Need to noodle it around more but thinking with the 8th grade reading classes and using all books they read throughout their middle school years.

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I love the culminating letter idea. I think it is important for students to see how they have changed throughout their academic year. (Kim Marsh)

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I want to be more interactive in discussing what students are reading. It sometimes seems like an afterthought...did you like this book? And due to time constraints or other obligations...either on the student part or my part, we never get further into talking about the books they are returning or renewing.

(Kim Royle)

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I would like my students to think of the library as a welcoming place to go and see it as a resource that can be accessed not only while they are in school but that their feeling of comfort with the library will extend to the public libraries throughout their lives. (Betsy)

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I always want the to remember the library as welcoming and open. That they can find themselves in the shelves and that their story matters. (Jenni Cooper)

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I want students to have a lasting positive memory of something connected to the library: meeting an author, designing a 3D item, having fun in a book club, celebrating and discussing books, building a robot! (Nathan Sekinger)

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Access, skill building, encouragement, safe space to inquire, analyze, learn collaborate, think critically

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I want students to remember that I was always helpful, always determined to find the answers they were seeking, always friendly (but with realistic expectations), etc. I want them to remember that the library was a fun, welcoming, and not a super-stodgy place!

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I want students to remember the library as a place where they felt comfortable enough to be themselves, ask questions, try something new...a place to learn and grow without judgement.

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I want them to feel welcome (readers and not-yet readers alike) and that we want them to be part of the library. It belongs to them! (Susan)

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(Margaret Marquis)

I want students to remember most about their middle school library is that is was welcoming and a fun place to be. I want them to feel free to be themselves.

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City Spies series by James Ponti. Great for boys and girls. (Kristin Stolz)

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I want students to remember the library as a place where they felt welcomed and cared about. I want them to feel safe and have a space where they are free of all the stress the rest of the world brings. (Kim Marsh)

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Welcomed, curious, and a place of refuge! (Rebecca)

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I'm really hoping to strengthen our book club collaboration with the public library. We got it started in this last year, but would like to do more with it. (Jenni Cooper)

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This sounds cliche but I want them to remember the library as the place they could go for help-- a book, a game, a place to study, help with their Chromebook or a password reset, etc. I want the library to be welcoming. At the same time I want to work a little harder to be sure they also think of reading in a positive way when they think of the library. I honestly feel like the focus on reading has slipped some in the quest to do "all the things" and I want to reset my focus this year to center around reading. (Kendel)

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Culminating Letter

Letter to the librarian would be a neat culminating idea. Maybe a letter at the beginning and the end?

My school is on 4x4 which means kids only have English one semester.  Part of the letter could be how the library can help support them with their reading if they don’t have English

I love the options– all of these create great student voice options the library can share!

ABCs of ELA Project

Love this- could use Book Creator and Canva  with it

My TEN

Good for sharing in the class or library

Librarian can share too

Reading Attitude Survey

GREAT info for the teacher and librarian to look over together

Let’s tell the story of the classroom AND the partnership with the library!  (Kendel)

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I want to focus on promoting reading more this year. I always do this but I want to be more purposeful about it using some of the ideas from the book. I plan to start the year reaching out to English teachers and make the case for independent reading. When classes come to the library for book talks I plan to use ideas from the book to build community and discussion around the books. (Kendel)

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MS: Hide and Seeker, graphic novels of I survived series, New Kid, any Raina Telgemeier

HS: Long Way Down (regular or graphic novel), The Poet X, With the Fire on High, Go with the Flow, Weight of Blood or other Tiffany D. Jackson books, Not so Pure and Simple

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To welcome students in an inclusive place where they can create, inquire, and be themselves

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Manga, Graphic novels, Emily Henry, Nicholas Sparks, The Summer I Turned Pretty series, Kwame Alexander

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My Why is to build a reading community at my school. I feel that since Covid our students are not reading or challenging themselves. I want them to see that they are able to do hard things.

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yes! Manga and graphic novels. Kids find those hard to resist.

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Any manga & graphic novels seem to appeal to high school students. I'm still determining which specific titles & genres they also enjoy in addition to the manga & GN.

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My why is to build strong relationships with students and get them to realize they are all readers. To remind students/young adults it is worthwhile to make the time for reading.

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Lifeboat 12

Gamechangers

House Arrest

Becoming Muhammad Ali

Before the Ever After

Alias Anna

Alone

Breakout

Long Way Down

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All are welcome. How can I help?

Those are my whys.

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Play Like a Girl

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to encourage reading, writing and critical thinking skills

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Empowering learners! Creating critical thinkers and users and creators of information

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Ghost (Track Series), Long Way Down by jason Reynolds; Starfish by Lisa Fipps, Out of My Mind/Heart by Sharon Draper; False Prince series by Jennifer Nielsen; World Record books; Unexplained phenomena books

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Zero Day by Jan Gangsei, Dry by Neal Schusterman, I Am Still Alive Kaye Alice Marshall, Any Sign of Life Rae Carson, The Night She Disappeared April Henry ...