School Libraries
Bookshelves and study carrels? Digital learning commons? Or something in between? Discover how educators are using and reimagining their school libraries.
How School Librarians Can Support ELLs
Here are eight ways librarians can nurture English language learners’ literacy skills in both their home language and English.226Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Making the Library a More Welcoming Space
By offering flexible areas and creative activities that give students a chance to relax and connect, the library can become a haven for belonging—and the heart of a school.Building a 21st-Century Learning Space
A community raised $6 million to construct an innovative 30,000-square-foot facility complete with makerspaces and learning labs.16.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A School-Wide Focus on Choice Reading
When the staff at an elementary school made fostering a love of reading a priority, they used these strategies to meet their goal.3.6kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Reigniting the Joy of Reading With Book Tastings
Offering students a chance to sample new genres and styles of books in the school library can help them break out of a reading rut.10 Ways to Cultivate a Love of Reading in Students
Suggestions for how teachers in all subjects can guide students to learn to love reading, and how parents and administrators can help.9.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Schoolwide Strategies for Promoting a Love of Reading
A literacy consultant explains how schools can encourage all students to share the joy of reading.3.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Collaborating With Your School Librarian
Ten ways to work with your highly trained colleagues in the library to enhance literacy instruction.3.3kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A Simple Way to Encourage Students to Read More Broadly
When students experiment with ways of classifying books beyond reading levels, they may feel liberated from strict ideas about what they should be reading.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.21st-Century Libraries: The Learning Commons
Libraries become a different kind of learning destination when schools reimagine them as open, transparent spaces that invite student communication and collaboration.4.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How Audiobooks Help Emerging Readers and Inspire a Love of Books
Audiobooks allow students to enjoy books above their reading level, introducing them to engaging stories that will hook them for life.853Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.A Fun Way to Engage Students’ Minds and Bodies With Books
StoryWalks encourage collaboration and reflection, and transform the often sedentary act of reading into a dynamic, interactive activity.1.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Setting Up Libraries to Be the Best Space in School
We took a peek inside school libraries across America to see how librarians are reframing the space to support students’ social, emotional, and creative growth—while still prioritizing excellent reads.Grace Lin on Giving Young Readers a ‘Sense of Home’
The award-winning children’s book author on stories that are like friends you can turn to—and the importance of featuring characters who “share a common thread of humanity.”915Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Key Roles of School Librarians
While no one can take the place of school librarians, teachers can support students’ literacy skills by understanding librarians’ roles.794Your content has been saved!
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