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June 18, 20245 Ways ALEX Bulletins Build Better Book Experiences
Welcome Patrons with Library-to-Home Connection
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Welcome Patrons with Library-to-Home Connection
Share librarian information, school spirit logos, mini search, mini library, oodles of ways to interact with searches: by reading level, by genre, by pub category, by series, by online activity, by program or by teacher guides.
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Create a Voice & Choice Lesson the Whole School Will Enjoy
Create lesson content that is similar but allows for choice. A great example might be hosting all the TedEd lessons about animals on a bulletin—these include videos and follow-up quizzes—so students may select their own choice of animal to study. This activity may be completed independently or as a tabled group. It's a great activity for the library or classroom.
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Expand Read Alouds into the Classroom
Share the Read Alouds you do in the library with all stakeholders. This is an excellent way to share the learning target, provide a viewing source, and talking points. What a wonderful way to bring and bridge the library book experience into the home and library. Add a printable activity like a shark scavenger hunt for Shark Lady (or link to it). Click through and play a recorded video-virtual game with Brains! Not Just A Zombie Snack's author, and so much more. Create those dynamic
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Host Book Club Events During Recess, After School, and Online 365/24/7
Create book and topic explorations students can explore independently or in groups. These may be set up at a variety of learning levels and be a mix of books, activities, bot on site and online. Here, we explore Sharks with the narrative nonfiction biography, Shark Lady, about Eugenie Clark and have added a hands-on Lego activity and Close Reading Scavenger Hunt for Students. Higher level learners explore prehistoric sharks, track sharks online, and do a TedEd activity about Megalodons.
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Create Equity-Minded Book Experiences By the Novel and/or By Grade Level
Invite Teachers to join you in creating equity-minded, highly engaged book experiences with Bulletins. Share resources and create that one-link spot online where everyone can go to and share. This makes collaborative, team teaching so easy and super rewarding. You can post to Google Forms to create assessments: both formative and summative.
Want more insights on how to do more with ALEX, see our help guides for you:
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