It's snowing as I write this today. It's a little early for snow here in Wisconsin, but the dreariness sort of suits the mood here at school. We are deep into WKCE testing right now. Stress is the word of the day, especially for any students who struggles with reading or processing. So, what am I going to do to try and help lift the mood of the students and teachers? I have new books to introduce!
It's amazing how excited kids still get when I have new books for them to look at. Even in this technological age, many of the kids still love to hold a new book in their hands and page through it. Part of it, I suppose, is sharing my excitement over the new titles. We do the new book boogie walk over to the carts; then, I do a quick little booktalk for a few of the titles. After that, the kids are free to browse through as they wish. I wonder how I will promote new titles when I start adding ebooks??
