Lucy's Library Blast
May 15, 2017
11 Bookish Social Media Accounts You NEED to Follow
When you love to read so much, nothing is better than getting a healthy dose of bookish content when you’re browsing social media. Whether you prefer Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, Tumblr, or a combination of them all, there are excellent accounts to follow for all kinds of book content. Thank you, Jennifer Jones! PS - my personal favorite is Goodreads because it not only keeps up with your books, it offers social media options and reviews.
FREE Sync Audiobooks for the Summer
SYNC is Teen-Friendly Summer Fun! Keep teens engaged with books all summer. On the go, on the couch, great for both omnivorous & reluctant readers! Even though it states that these are for teens, age 13+, I have found several titles that adults would enjoy listening to. Show your students how to access it at the site below.
The library will be closed Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. This includes the Makerspace. DO NOT SEND STUDENTS!
Craig Parnell will be here on Monday, May 22nd, to service all the iPads. Please have your cart to the library before Monday.
Where Are You Most Likely to Be Caught Reading?
Book lovers tend to be written off as a bunch of homebodies, but any avid reader knows this is not true at all. We can often be found emerging from our cozy reading nooks to search for…different reading nooks. After some serious research, we’re proud to share a few of the best places to take your books.
http://www.penguinteen.com/7-places-youre-likely-to-be-caught-reading/
Summer Reading Challenge through Nashville Public Library
Children who don't read during the summer lose months of reading and cognitive skills gained during the school year. We call this loss "summer slide." Summer reading loss is cumulative. Children don't catch up in the fall because the other children are moving ahead with their skills.
I will be putting handouts for your students from the NPL Summer Reading Challenge in your mailboxes this week.
Why is the Summer Challenge important?
By the end of 6th grade, children who lose reading skills over the summer are two years behind their classmates. Numerous studies have shown that reading over the summer prevents summer reading loss. Reading 4 or 5 books over the summer can have a significant impact for middle school readers.
The Summer Challenge aims to help decrease "summer slide" by offering fun programs at the library that encourage children, teens, and adults to complete literacy, cultural, and community activities to earn prizes. Registration forms and activity logs for the program are available in several languages.
In his 2005 article, "What is a summer worth?" (Texas Library Journal, Summer 2005), Steve Brown employed a budgetary formula to demonstrate the dollar value of summer reading. NPL used data from the Tennessee Department of Education’s "Report Card" to apply Brown's methods to our own city.
Dollar value of summer reading program participation in Nashville (using Tennessee State Department of Education data from 2012 and a ten-month school year):
- $11,012 (average annual cost to educate a K-12 student in Davidson County schools)
- 2/10 (two months of remedial teaching, which is required to catch up students after summer slide)
- 1/3 (assuming that reading skills are approximately 1/3 of the skills lost during the summer)
- $11,012 X 2/10 X 1/3 = $734.00 per summer reader
In 2013, just over 7,200 students at Metro Nashville Public Schools participated in summer reading. The total project budget was $30,000.
- 7,296 x $734 = $5,355,264
- $5,355,264 divided by $30,000 = $178.50
- Return on investment per summer reader: $178.50