March
March
Week 23
Day 110: Change the Bulletin Board Displays. March 31 is Cesar Chavez Day
Day 111: Celebrate Read Across America Week. Let your teachers know about what is happening in the announcements or a newsletter.
Day 112: Organize a field trip of students to read to lower grade levels or your special education classes.
Day 113: Give everyone who visits the library this week a raffle ticket to win free books.
Day 114: Get community members to come to your library and read books to your students. Local sports organizations may be willing to help (One year we got the Angel's Strike Force to come and read).
Week 24
Day 115: Host a book fair. I have used Scholastic, and Mrs. Nelson's (now owned by Scholastic). Follett has also started offering in school book fairs. Some vendors such as Follett and Mackin also offer online fundraisers. You can also host an in-store event with Barnes and Noble. Make a Book Fair Bulletin Board to advertise the books.
Day 116: Use a student crew to help set up and take down. Reward them with books. I let each of my student crew choose a display poster and a book $10 or less when we set up and they can take them home when they show up for take down.
Day 117: Give away books to teachers who participate in the classroom library wish list (Scholastic gives an incentive for this).
Day 118: Host a family event and partner with a student group to provide childcare for parents. We have used Latino Club, Octagon Club, Avid, Cheerleaders, and students in Child Development classes (ROP).
Day 119: Let Teachers nominate students for reading awards. Give away books to the students with your book fair proceeds (reader awards quarterly)
Week 25
Day 120: Read 50 Ways to Love your Library, produced by the Saskatchewan School Library Association, Fall 2008.
Day 121: Have a student wish list available on the counter and online and keep a list of student requests to purchase when funds become available. Publicize your wish list on Amazon.com.
Day 122: Develop recommended reading lists for quick reader's advisory.
See RIYL Book Lists
See Bookmarks
Day 123: Start a parent bookshelf in your parent center.
Day 124: Create a Library Brochure of services to pass out at the parent night for incoming students.
Week 26:
Day 125: Celebrate Teen Tech Week (Now called TeenTober- celebrated in October). Get the Teen Tober Toolkit from ALA.
Richton Park Public Library had a teen blog workshop.
Day 126: Promote Teen Tech Week all year long
Day 127: Make sure your school has a technology plan to update technology as funding comes available. Report on the status of your technology yearly to the principal so they are aware of what is available for teachers and staff.
Day 128: Make sure you have your database passwords available all year long near the search stations.
Day 129: Read Deb Stanley's Advocacy Through Action Blog
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