With tight curriculums, it isn't easy to prep students for an author visit. Thank you, Mr. Bazley, Mr. Clarke, Ms. Doria, and Mr. Tanritanir, for bringing your students to the library to participate in an author's visit. The author read from her book and told students about her upcoming publication, and then gave them the opportunity to ask questions. The questions were insightful and inquisitive. Our students made a wonderful impression.

The event was sponsored by the Center for Fiction.

There has been growing interest in the library’s makerspace. The activities have been laid out so students can see what offerings are available, and students have been taking advantage. Some have been watching tutorials and learning to crochet, and others have been using the rubber band loom kit that we purchased.

Students have also been coming to learn how to use the library’s cricut machine. They have transformed their original artwork into stickers. Created keychains to reflect their hobbies and interests.

As we continue to grow, we hope students will take advantage of what we have to offer and also grow what we have available.

Teachers who are interested in collaborating with me should reach out, and we can discuss how we can incorporate the makerspace into your classes.

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Artificial intelligence is going to eliminate a lot of jobs in the future. It’s possible to reduce the risk that it will be yours. An interesting article on how students can prepare themselves for a job market that is fast competing with AI tools.

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There are 405 magazine titles available on SORA. Free to use with your schools.nyc.gov account and students NYCPS account.

Some titles will target struggling readers and many titles will highlight some of our CTE classes, such as Popular Woodworking, Car and Driver, or Prevention. There are a plethora of magazines for our culinary crew (Food Network Magazine) and magazines about Coding for IT bunch, like Coding & Programming the complete Manual.

Time for Kids

Time for Kids is available on SORA. Need a resource for a struggling or new reader? Check out this resource for free.

Science Illustrated

Science for the whole family. Includes plenty of illustrations and current content.

Are you looking for a way to incorporate news literacy into your daily classroom routine? Have students think about all the information they consume through social media and the Internet? Then consider the daily "Do Nows," that the News Literacy project has created. The resource shared via google slides has a brief 5-minute activity for each day that teachers can put up on the board and incorporate into their daily routine.

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Daily Do Now site