Middle school media center

This is a collection of fun ideas for middle school library orientation. It includes video clips, an elementary vs middle school presentation, and more!

Media literacy lessons are important in elementary school. Children are vulnerable to advertising, and we should make them aware of advertising techniques so they will become smart consumers. Get ideas for media literacy activities in this blog post from the Trapped Librarian. #thetrappedlibrarian #medialiteracy #advertising techniques

Today, I am going to share what we did for the Lone Star Celebration, as well as some ideas I haven't tried yet. These ideas could be adapted to any reading list. This reading incentive plan is very generic and can be adapted to any state, district, or school reading list. It will work for any age of readers as well, provided you want to put together a "Celebration Day" at the end of the school year.

In my AASL Knowledge Quest post, I take a look at how to transform your library space, even if you have a tight budget. There's lots of tips and advice.

Thanks to the wonderful world of Twitter, I first really started taking notice of Makerspaces last spring. Intrigued, I spent some time over the summer researching what a Makerspace was, what it would achieve in a middle school setting, and what would be the best, yet most cost effective materials to begin such a space. Lucky for me, I work in a school that supports creativity, instructional technology, and hands-on learning. With the support of my administration and grants from our…

September Book Display "Middle School Mayhem" - My plan is to dedicate this book shelf to a new "theme" this month and use the books on display for our book talks.

Helping students choose books that are just right can be helpful, but it can be detrimental if reading levels are overemphasizes. #readinglevels #reading

I have dreamed of creating a middle school poetry unit with lesson plans, tons of reading response examples of poetry analysis, along with a verse novels book club and activities component. I have spent the last month creating this complete middle school poetry reading and writing unit. I have a whole blog post about the ... Read more

You’ve worked hard to build a great classroom library for your students, but it can be a struggle to keep up with and organize all those books! Here are several different options for classroom library management.

With the new year comes new library displays! Check it out! A similar display was on Pinterest--that's where the basic idea came from--but our version includes specific titles based on our most circulated titles. Recognize any? Looking for Monopoly favorites like Go to Jail or Free Parking? We have those versions on our Book-opoly, too! Interested in seeing the whole game board? Just stop by the library to check it out. The second new display features winter or "snowy" titles, including the…