SLS 3/27/26 - O²CM Bookish Bytes

Article: ALA releases free library programming toolkit for library workers to support online health literacy and selects twelve libraries for pilot program

Article: 5 Easy Poetry Activities for Any Middle School Content Area

Article: Celebrate School Library Month This April and Celebrate You!

Article: Stacey Nunn: Leader | 2026 School Librarian of the Year Finalist

Article: Minnesota School Librarians Supporting Students and Peers

Article: School Library Journal Day of Dialog Spring 2026

Blog: Using Google Slides to create Instagram Stories in class

Blog: How to Scaffold Learning and Maintain Rigor

Article: A City That Plays Together: What It Takes to Run a 17,000-Player Library Game

Blog: The Five Biggest Pitfalls of Collaborative Grouping (And How to Avoid Them)

Article: One Reading Skill Might Be Responsible for Many Older Students’ Struggles

EdWeek is provided to every educator in O²CM

School Library Journal is provided to each O²CM School Librarian

Please Contact SLS if You Need Access with SLJ Access in the Subject Line

The Think-Feel-Care protocol is a Project Zero thinking routine designed to cultivate empathy and perspective-taking. It prompts students to look beneath the surface of a person or character by exploring three distinct layers:

1. Think: Students analyze how an individual perceives their role and the logic of the system surrounding them.

2. Feel: Learners identify the emotional responses—such as anxiety or pride—associated with that person’s position.

3. Care: Students uncover the individual's core values, motivations, and priorities.

By moving from intellectual understanding to emotional resonance and finally to personal values, this routine helps students build a nuanced, evidence-based understanding of diverse perspectives. Here is the Presentation Template. In order to access the template you have to join GoldEDU, a FREE google group.

• Celebrate Poetry Month & School Library Month with Spine Poetry (Link)
• Online Spine Poetry Option 2 (Link)
• Host a Bookmark Making Contest to allow students to express themselves creativity and winners get printed copies!
• Silent Book Club Event - Host a silent book club reading in the library
• Passive Programing - Library Centers Tiktok Video (Link)
• Even more Passive Programming Ideas Tiktok Video (Link)
• Setup Reading Buddy program to connect readers
• Use some Visual Booklists (Link) or a Display of Zoomed in Bookcovers (Link)
• AASL Resources for School Library Month (Link)
• Ideas from Kelsey Bogan that hold up (Link)

In Person Professional Learning

• Apr 6 - The Power of Play: Transforming Elementary Education with Board Games

• Apr 14 - Can I Use That? Copyright, Privacy, and AI in the Classroom (Stephanie "Cole" Adams)

• May 13 - Admin/Advocate Banquet and Communication Coordinator Mtg

• Jun 12 - SuperLibrarian Banquet with Dan Santat

Virtual/Asynch Professional Learning

• Apr 7 - Turn Students Into Podcasters and Teach the Fundamentals of Democracy at the Same Time (edWeb)

• Apr 7 - Manga Meeting (NNYLN Sponsored) (Zoom Link)

• Apr 13 - WEBINAR The Role of Knowledge Building in K–5 Literacy: Creating Conditions for Active Minds and Independent Readers and Writers (edWeb)

• Apr 14 - WEBINAR Japanese Bookbinding with Heather & Serena

• Apr 15 - WEBINAR The Cost of Getting Literacy Wrong: Long-Term Decisions, Lasting Consequences (edWeb)

• Apr 16 - WEBINAR Ethical AI in Action: Aligning Responsible Use with Social Studies Teaching and Learning (edWeb)

• Apr 20 - WEBINAR How Worksheets Support Active Learning in Ways That Screens Can’t: Myths, Busted! (edWeb)

OnDemand Professional Learning (2 CTLE)

Note: You can sign up for these trainings anytime between 4/1-6/1

• Sooth.fyi Training

• Legends of Learning Science/Math Learning Universe

• Legends of Learning Basecamp Training

• News-o-matic Training

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Some things are just better face to face!

I can pop into your district to explain resources, and work one on one!

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