Join Me At The FETC Conference In January 2025 With This Special 10% Discount On An All-Access or Session Pass, Friends.

 

One of my favorite events of the year is the FETC Conference.  It is such an incredible week of learning, connecting, sharing, and so much fun.  

I will be presenting again at the FETC Conference 2025 and would love to have you join me. 

This year, FETC is January 14-17, 2025.  We will have the Future Ready Librarians Summit on January 13, too.  

You can find out more about FETC and register here.  You can also save 10% on an All-Access or Session pass with the Promo Code FETC25SPEAKER 

The code is valid through January 14, 2025. 

Let me know if you are coming, friends. I would love to find time to connect with you at FETC too. 

A Choice Board For Your Students To Explore The 25 NEW PebbleGo Articles Released This Week!

 

With this weeks NEW PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next release, I wanted to create a special place for our students to go and explore the 25 new articles.  You will find the blog post with all of the new articles here.

First, I put together a choice board for the NEW 25 PebbleGo articles.  

I create the choice board in Google Slides.  You can make a copy of it here.  Once you have a copy, just add your own links from PebbleGo. 

To share the choice board with your students, just to to Share and Publish to web. 

This will give you a link to share with the students.  When they click on that link, it will take them straight to the published choice board. 

I am creating one for the 26 NEW PebbleGo Next articles too. I will share that choice board next, friends.

Big News, Friends! 51 New PebbleGo & PebbleGo Next Articles Went LIVE This Week! Check Them Out Here!

 

We LOVE when our friends at Capstone announce NEW articles are coming to our favorites, PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next.  

And guess what?  This week, there are 51 NEW articles in PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next.  There are 25 new PebbleGo articles in English and Spanish, and 26 new PebbleGo Next articles.

Here are a few of my favorite new articles. 

In PebbleGo, I love these new articles in PebbleGo Animals, 

PebbleGo Science, 

and PebbleGo Social Studies. The new Digital Citizenship...

...and Research Skills articles are going to be so important for librarians and teachers as we teach these essential and important skills to our students. 

And the additions to one of our favorite PebbleGo Social Studies category, How Is It Made? will be such a hit with our kids. They love these articles! 

All of these new PebbleGo articles are in Spanish too. 

In PebbleGo Next, there are 12 new Biographies and...

....and amazing Thirteen Colonies category in Social Studies.

The Computational Thinking article in PGN Science will be a hit too. 

To learn more about PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next, you can go here.

And in this blog post that I wrote to kick off the year, you can learn all about the wonderful enhancements and additions to PebbleGo. 

Have fun sharing the 51 NEW PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next articles, friends. I had so much fun sharing them with our students this week.  

Two Augmented Reality Activities For Halloween From Our Friends At QuiverVision!

 

It's Halloween and our friends at QuiverVision have two augmented reality activities perfect for our celebrations. 

In the Holidays coloring pack, there are two Halloween coloring sheets.  

Our students love coloring these and using the QuiverVision app to bring them to life. 

You will find the Holidays Coloring Pack here. 

The NEW November PebbleGo & PebbleGo Monthly Holiday Calendar Is Here! Turn It Into An Interactive Research Choice Board For Your Students & Teachers!

The NEW November 2024 PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next Monthly Holiday Calendar that our friends at Capstone create for us each month is here! 

In this post, I share more about the PebbleGo Monthly Calendars. 

I love making paper copies of these to share with our teachers and kids. 

They hang them up in their classrooms and hang them in our library too. I also share them online through social media and as an image in Google Classroom or Seesaw. 

The teachers even use the PebbleGo Calendars for mini research opportunities throughout each week. The students use PebbleGo Create to share what they learn throughout the month with the calendars. 

Here is the PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next November 2024 Holidays Calendar. 

Last year, when I was sharing the calendars with teachers and students, I thought....Hey, this would be really fun in a choice board! 

So, I opened up a Google Slide, uploaded the PebbleGo November 2024 Holidays Calendar, and added a little chalk board with text over the top.  

Then I went through the calendar and found every special day in PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next.  

For example, Dia de los Muertos is on November 1, so they have the Day of the Dead PebbleGo article featured. I went to PebbleGo and found the article about Day of the Dead in PebbleGo.

 I grabbed the link, as shown in the image above. 

I took that link and added a linked text box around each special date. 

Now, when the kids click on a holiday, it will take them directly to that PebbleGo article.  

If you want to use the template to create your own, you will find the Google Slide here to make a copy and add links to the PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next articles. 

And to make it a choice board, just Publish to the web, as shown in this image above. 

You will share that Published Link with your students.  

I love sharing these interactive PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next Holiday Calendars with our students and teachers. They love learning all about these special days that are highlighted each month too.

I am excited to have the November 2024 PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next ready to go for the month. I hope you will find ways to use it with your students and teachers this month, and all throughout the school year too. 

100 Days Until World Read Aloud Day! Mark Your Calendars For February 5, 2025, Friends.

 

I was so happy to see this post from our friends at LitWorld today. As shared on their Facebook page,

The Countdown Begins: 100 Days until World Read Aloud Day®!

Mark your calendars for February 5th, 2025 and get ready to join us for a full day of magic as we celebrate the joy of reading aloud.

Start planning your day now by visiting the World Read Aloud Day Hub for free in-person and virtual event resources, and stay tuned for new content and updates.

See more at: https://www.litworld.org/worldreadaloudday

As we celebrate WRAD’s 15th anniversary, let’s make 2025 the biggest one yet!

You're Invited To The Book eFairs Webinar...With A Giveaway Of A $150 Titlewave® Promotional Credit!

 

You are invited to the upcoming Follett Content event, Book eFairs Webinar, on Tuesday, November 12. 

As shared on the invite, 

Renowned teacher librarian Shannon McClintock Miller is no stranger to hosting a book fair. In fact, she hosts them bi-annually as they support her readers with books, and library with new books and resources. 

Find out why she’s added online Follett Book eFairs into the mix, how she took them to the next level, and how her students responded. And she’ll be the first to unveil the theme and book selections for the Spring 2025 Book eFair season!

Attendees will learn:

• How to quickly and easily set up an online Follett Book eFair
• Ideas and key takeaways that will help you bring your online fair to life
• Ways to get teachers, students, families, and communities involved and excited
• The new theme and book highlights for the Spring 2025 Follett Book eFair season

One lucky attendee will be chosen during the webinar to receive a $150 Titlewave Promotional Credit*!

You can register for our fun new webinar here, friends.  Hope to see you there. 

Celebrate & Learn About Diwali Starting On October 31, 2024 With This Choice Board & Resources!

 

This week starts Diwali. It is celebrated this year on October 31, 2024 this year and continues for 5 days. 

As shared in the PebbleGo Next Holidays article, 

Diwali is a festival celebrated during the Hindu month of Kartika, which falls in October or November. Diwali is also called the Festival of Lights. It is India's biggest, most important holiday. Diwali lasts five days and started as a harvest festival. Today, it is celebrated by almost all Indians, regardless of faith. It is seen as a celebration of good triumphing over evil.

You will find the Diwali Choice Board here to make a copy, Publish to the Web and share with your students. 

Please note that in this choice board, I have pictures of the PebbleGo Diwali article...

...and the PebbleGo Next Holidays article.  

Plus, two Capstone Interactive eBooks. You can find these two on capstonepub.com. 

You will need to add the links to these in order for them to work for your students with access to your PebbleGo and the eBooks.  

If you do not have these resources, you can swap these out with another resources around this special holiday. 

Oh, and here is a new one too from Google Arts and Culture where you can color your favorite Diwali artwork.  Play now here.

Check This Out! The Best NEW Books From Follett Titlewave! You're Going To Love This List Of Amazing Books, Friends.

 

I love finding new books to add to our library.  It's one of my favorite things about being a librarian.  Our readers get so excited when they see new books on the shelves. 

This week, I was working on a fall order in Titlewave and needed a little inspiration and some new book ideas.  

I remembered that I saw a post from our friends at Follett Content about the Best New Books for Grades PreK-8 so I went back to the post to check it out. WOW! The list is filled with amazing new book selections for all of our readers.  In fact, there are over 800 amazing books on this list. 

You will find the list here, friends. 

I can't wait to see what you order for your library and readers too. 

Bring A Little Holiday Joy To Your Readers At School & Home By Hosting A Follett Book eFair!

 

Bring a little holiday joy to your readers at school and home by hosting a Follett Book eFair this October or November. Families can purchase books for the holiday, and you can earn rewards to buy more books for your school and classroom libraries. 

Don't miss your chance to make this holiday season a little extra jolly for your entire school community. 

Book your fair today at this link. 

A New Follett Content Author Takeover With Lisa Fipps As She Talks About The Global Read Aloud 2024 Book, And Then, Boom!

 

This years middle/upper elementary book for The Global Read Aloud is And Then, Boom! by the amazing author, Lisa Fipps.  

Our classes are participating in The Global Read Aloud. I was happy to see that it would be Lisa's book they are reading. 

This week, I was excited to see that the new Follett Content Author Takeover is Lisa talking about And Then, Boom!  I can't wait to share it with our readers.  

I put the book cover, Author Takeover video, and the link to The Global Read Aloud on this choice board. That will make it easy to share with our students as they learn more about this special reading event, and about the book they are reading. 

You will find the choice board here to share with your students and teachers. If you want to make a copy to make any changes, click here.

Happy Reading, friends. 

PebbleGo Go Vote For The Election Season Is Filled With Lots Of Great Ideas and Resources....And Check Out This PebbleGo Choice Board Too!

 

It's election time and our friends at Capstone have created a special place for us called PebbleGo Vote. 

As shared on PebbleGo Vote, 

PebbleGo Vote is a useful election-season resource for empowering students to research presidential candidates, learn about democracy, and build habits to become informed and active participants in democracy! Students can exercise what they've learned by using the paper ballots below to cast votes in their own classroom election.

Teaching K-5 students to vote helps build future citizens that understand the value of their voice in shaping their own community. Early exposure to voting fosters a sense of responsibility and empowers children to engage in civic activities.

Let me show you around PebbleGo Vote.

Check out the paper ballots...

...that can be printed in color or black and white.  

There are lots of Lesson Plans and Activities for PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next. Look at a few of my favorite...

The PebbleGo Vote posters and images are awesome!  

These will be perfect to hang up at our school and in the library as we vote. 

There are different sizes and will be great to use online too. 

And I LOVE the I Voted! stickers and PebbleGo Vote Coloring Sheets under Other Downloadables. 

You can print the stickers on the Avery 22807 labels. These will be really great to use on election day.

And the PebbleGo Vote coloring sheets will be a fun activity on election day too. 

I am so excited to share PebbleGo Vote with our teachers and students next week. I also created a choice board with the PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next articles, plus the Voting in Elections Capstone Interactive eBook.  

You can make a copy of the choice board here. After you make a copy, add your own PebbleGo and PebbleGo Next links, and even add a link to Voting in Elections that you can get here.

Go to PebbleGo Vote at pebblego.com/vote for all of these resources to use with your school community too.