In case you didn't know it, we modern librarians are not the same old shushers you see in the movies or maybe had while growing up. We are teacher-librarians. In fact, we call ourselves Literacy Information Technology Educators. Lessons I teach include how to do research, how to document sources, how to select good sources, how to evaluate sources, how to be safe and responsible online, and how to create products for assignments using technology. I also collaborate with teachers on their lessons.
The Importance of Reading for Pleasure
Our students will enter a working world that demands complex and sophisticated reading skills. The greatest things we can do to improve our students' reading skills are to allow them a wide variety of reading materials, allow them to choose books for themselves, allow them time dedicated to silent reading, allow them opportunities to talk about what they are reading, and create a pleasant reading environment. This is the most important task we have in education. Please join us in creating lifelong lovers of reading.
For information about creating readers, please read Stephen Krashen's research results summarized in an easy read entitled The Power of Reading: Insights from the Research which analyzes years of reading research. Everyone is welcome to check this book out of our library