Angie Thomas speaks to Charlottesville with Cville OneBook

December 4, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

I have so much to share from last night’s incredible conversation with Angie Thomas, author of Cville OneBook featured novel The Hate U Give. But as I’m processing it all, I wanted to share this particularly meaningful moment with you: a reminder from one of the best and brightest that while we still have a […]

Insta Review: Posted, by John David Anderson

December 3, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! View this post on Instagram In another book full of bumbling, clueless adults, the staff at Branton Middle School takes two fateful steps: Step 1. Ban cell phones because of bullying. Step 2. Sit and hope that cell phones were […]

Things that Made My Brain Explode: November 30, 2018

November 30, 2018.Reading time 6 minutes.

Articles and news stories are constantly pushing me to consider something new, broaden my perspective, or change the way I look at an issue. My husband likes to joke that my brain explodes with something new on a daily basis. These articles – and the brain explosions that result from them – are so beneficial […]

Coming Soon: World Explorer’s Club

November 28, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Prepare for takeoff, Explorers! ✈️ Dying to travel the world? Curious about how other kids live, learn, and play? Ready to put some stamps in your passport? Join @senorarothspanish and I for our World Explorers Club SKOLA on Mondays at 3:15! Each week we’ll get to know a different place through stories, games, songs, and more! Join […]

How Do You Know That?: Critical Thinking in the Classroom with Information and Media Literacy

November 27, 2018.Reading time 17 minutes.

Fake news. The term is everywhere, but what does it actually mean? Editorialized or exaggerated news has existed for as long as news reporting itself, but as the delivery methods of news have modernized, it’s become more and more difficult to spot what’s trustworthy and what’s not. And now that news is being delivered much […]

Insta Review: Noggin, by John Corey Whaley

November 23, 2018.Reading time less than 1 minute.

Insta Review gives you a new book recommendation in under a minute. Go ahead, time it! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bef9tLLluO3/ 

Things that Made my Brain Explode – November 20, 2018

November 20, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

Third Annual Picture Book Month Celebration

November 16, 2018.Reading time 4 minutes.

I love November! The leaves are falling, the temperatures are too, and Halloween has left everyone in a warm and fuzzy sugar coma. But more than anything, I love November because it’s Picture Book Month! We’ve celebrated this literary milestone the same way each year that I’ve been at St. Anne’s-Belfield School, and it has […]

My Child Loved to Read… What Happened?

November 15, 2018.Reading time 10 minutes.

“What happened to my reader? Last year, he was in the library every week picking out books. I had to take his book away at meals. Now, I can’t get him to read anything. It’s like he has no interest in it.”

Yo Soy/I Am: Interdisciplinary Bilingual Identity Wall

November 14, 2018.Reading time 1 minute.

Recent visitors to the Legner Learning Village Library may have noticed a new installation where the Quiet Room windows are usually found, a “Yo Soy/I Am” wall full of statements from the St. Anne’s-Belfield School community. The product of a collaboration between Librarian Sarah FitzHenry and Grades K – 4 Spanish teacher Erica Roth, the […]