https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR Welcome to this resource page! Please add your ideas and questions to our Padlet. Feel free to contact me with questions: joyfullearning@melissathom.com. Visit my website for more info: melissathom.com and follow me on Twitter and Instagram: @MsThomBookitis en-us 2021-02-16 15:15:35 UTC 2023-03-21 09:55:42 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-uploads.storage.googleapis.com/120739489/597e112d370915f83781c5507d1cb1bd/book_and_computer_bitmoji.png joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1207298442 2021-02-16 15:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1207298442 joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1207298452 2021-02-16 15:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1207298452 joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1207298493 Teacher Librarian
SEM trainer
CASL Vice President (http://ctcasl.org)
Bristow Middle School @bristowllc
West Hartford, CT
email: joyfullearning@melissathom.com
Website: melissathom.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/melissathomjoyfullearning
Twitter/Instagram: @msthombookitis

Hobbies: reading/tinkering/the outdoors/crafts and beginner sewing projects/learning new things/attending conferences/watching Jeopardy!!

Currently Reading:
(Middle Grade) The Verdigris Pawn by Alysa Wishingrad
(Professional) Forged by Reading by Kylene Beers and Robert E. Probst
Currently Listening:

]]> 2021-02-16 15:15:35 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1207298493 joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1207559321 Overview website with a few resources from the SEM page on UCONN's website.]]> 2021-02-16 16:11:13 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1207559321 joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1209141708 Emphasis is on exposure. Students are exposed to high-quality and high-interest literature of various authors, genres, topics, and themes through teacher read-alouds. The goal of these book hooks is to entice students to read the book in much the same way as movie trailers entice people to watch the movie. ]]> 2021-02-17 00:20:44 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1209141708 joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1209455488 2021-02-17 02:12:53 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1209455488 joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1210864041 2021-02-17 12:36:32 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1210864041 joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212575337 Supported Independent Reading, is the heart of the SEM-R program. During Phase 2, students read independently from self-selected, challenging books of high interest, while the teacher holds conferences with individual students. These conferences should last for about 5-7 minutes, and each student should have a conference approximately once a week.]]> 2021-02-17 19:06:12 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212575337 joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212579234 Student Self-Choice Activities, is the portion of SEM-R where students have the opportunity to take the information and skills learned through Phases 1 and 2 and use them to pursue individual interests based on their learning style preferences. During Phase 3, teachers provide several options based on students’ reading and individual interests for students to choose to complete in an effort to further expand and enrich their learning. Options provided might include online exploration of interests, author studies, development of expressive products such as writing, artwork, or performances, or shared conversations about books.]]> 2021-02-17 19:07:03 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212579234 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212813514 Librarian, Harrison Middle School]]> 2021-02-17 20:06:22 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212813514 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212814088 2021-02-17 20:06:32 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212814088 sanchez_margaret https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212814271 sanchez_margaret@aps.edu
Taylor Middle School]]> 2021-02-17 20:06:35 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212814271 denee1 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212816875 Reginald Chavez Elementary
Librarian/Gifted and Talent Pool Teacher
Love reading, cross stitching, gardening, interior decorating.

]]> 2021-02-17 20:07:23 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212816875 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212817922 Susie Smith
Librarian Truman MS
susan.smith@aps.edu

]]> 2021-02-17 20:07:42 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212817922 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212821424 I just finished reading LETRS and am looking forward to reading The Writing Revolution next.

]]> 2021-02-17 20:08:43 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212821424 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212826656 Hi there, part time Gifted Teacher at Mitchell Elementary School]]> 2021-02-17 20:10:18 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212826656 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212827462 Elementary librarian
brave enough
reading Peter H Reynolds]]> 2021-02-17 20:10:32 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212827462 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212828131 Teacher at Corrales Elementary
"The Hidden Life of Trees"
kelly_u@aps.edu

]]> 2021-02-17 20:10:45 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212828131 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212828311 SEM/gifted teacher ar Corrales Elementary in Corrales, New Mexico. My hobbies are reading and spending as much time as possible outdoors. I hope to read anyhting that I want soon.

]]> 2021-02-17 20:10:48 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212828311 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212840181 Hi, I'm Jessica Kehler, the librarian at Navajo Elementary. I previously taught general education and gifted education. I enjoy dancing. Right now I am reading the collected stories of Richard Yates.]]> 2021-02-17 20:14:04 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212840181 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212841165 2021-02-17 20:14:23 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212841165 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212841269 2021-02-17 20:14:25 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212841269 Toilntrouble https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212843492 2021-02-17 20:15:07 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212843492 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212844068 Gifted & Cross Cat Elementary
Reading- Teacher Wars.
Arroyo Del Oso

]]> 2021-02-17 20:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212844068 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212844655 dawn.goodman@aps.edu
Gifted 6th grade ELA, Gifted 7th grade Seminar,
Eisenhower Middle School

]]> 2021-02-17 20:15:29 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212844655 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212846645 Gifted 7th grade Math Teacher and 7th grade Gifted Seminar
Eisenhower Middle School]]> 2021-02-17 20:16:08 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212846645 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212859243 2021-02-17 20:19:58 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212859243 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212859872 nancy.musgrave@aps.edu.
Gifted/SEM Facilitator- Dennis Chavez Elementary.  I have been instructing for 21 years having the great joy of teaching all grades K-8 and as an Adjunct Professor.  I am currently reading my brother's book: " Hope and a Future" by Paul Higdon.

]]> 2021-02-17 20:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212859872 lornanoble https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212875457 2021-02-17 20:24:41 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212875457 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212906257 Elementary librarian PreK-5, Janet Kahn School of Integrated Arts

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jksia_library/

Currently Reading:
Anxious People
by Fredrik Backman

Listening to:  
Ashlords
by Scott Reintgen

Hobbies include pie making, lettering, and just recently story-telling through paper cutting]]> 2021-02-17 20:34:36 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212906257 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212906669 2021-02-17 20:34:44 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212906669 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212907081 2021-02-17 20:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212907081 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212907088

]]> 2021-02-17 20:34:52 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212907088 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212916342 We had just picked up our new 4-legged from the shelter!

]]> 2021-02-17 20:38:01 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212916342 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212924419 Kaitlyn Norris, Gifted Enrichment Teacher at Alamosa Elementary, former middle school Special Education teacher. Kaitlyn.Norris@aps.edu

I like to read, knit, cook and watch hockey. I am currently reading Fall of Giants, Mina Lee's Last Story and Wolf Hall. ]]> 2021-02-17 20:40:39 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1212924419 marenmclaren https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1213005083 maren.mclaren@aps.edu
I love reading, knitting, walking with my family members, and hiking.
Right now, I'm doing a lot of listening to books in addition to reading. I'm listening to The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett, and I'm reading Caste by Isabel Wilkirson and The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern.]]> 2021-02-17 21:08:45 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1213005083 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1213005307 Elementary Librarian at Lew Wallace and Longfellow Elementary
skasprzak@aps.edu

]]> 2021-02-17 21:08:49 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1213005307 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1213005711 2021-02-17 21:08:58 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1213005711 https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1213134431 Matheson Park Elementary gifted

]]> 2021-02-17 22:02:22 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1213134431 Toilntrouble https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1213209659 I love reading with my students. Their perspectives are so authentic and pure and sweet - It always brings my heart to the surface. ]]> 2021-02-17 22:40:27 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1213209659 joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1215740421 This is a new start up that I am working with and piloting this spring. So far, I love the interface and the bookmojis that users can create. If you think you be interested in participating in the pilot NEXT FALL, let me know and I will add you to my list of people to send info too later in the spring! ]]> 2021-02-18 15:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1215740421 ranell_cox https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1216156539 Librarian at Desert Ridge Middle School for ten years. Taught first and third grade before the library. On Instagram  @drmslibrary

Love to read, snowboard, camp, go to the lake, bake, and swim. 

Currently Reading Aloud: Song for a Whale
Reading to myself: The Invisible Life of Addie Larue
Up Next: White Fragility, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo, and A Long Walk to Water]]> 2021-02-18 17:15:08 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1216156539 joyfullearning https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1216901153 Sign up now for FREE access through April. Great resource for book hooks and collection development for both classroom and school libraries.]]> 2021-02-18 20:09:34 UTC https://padlet.com/joyfullearning/SEMR/wish/1216901153