AR- Accelerated Reader Strikes Again!

In my previous position as an elementary school librarian, I worked at a school that was way too into AR.  I won’t go into the debate, but I’ve noticed lately that more and more schools here in CA in my area are embracing AR.  So, they come to the library for AR books.  Often, I have to explain what that means to parents.  I used to go to the Ren Learn website and act is if I were going to order tests in order to find book levels and see what books have a test.  Now, there is a site I heard about called AR BookFinder.  One can use this to search for AR books.  I just wanted to keep this in mind.

No Nonsense Nonfiction

Another great blog post from Anastsia Suen that explains different types of nonfiction.

State Floats

I’ve had people ask for state floats.  I can’t find books about them, but I have found some samples of other schools showing pictures of their state float projects.

Sample 1

Sample 2

sample 3 (pictures)

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