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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · 13d

This was such a fun episode to record! Special thanks to @slupodcast.bsky.social for coordinating! #TLSky #schoollibrary #edusky

Amy Hermon @slupodcast.bsky.social · 13d

Excited to share this conversation with @mamagilbs.bsky.social and @rgrov1013.bsky.social!!!

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · 20d

My middle school library needs a few more board games & card games! I have never seen kids want to play games with their friends as much as this year. Can you help? Chess & Uno are most requested. Thx so much in advance! www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/... #TLSky #EduSky #schoollibrary

Check out my list on Amazon

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Sep 8

I am super honored to be the newest guest on Steve's podcast, talking about my experience as a school librarian with integrating Conversational English in my makerspace. Worth a listen! (There's even a giveaway!) #TLSky

Steve "It's TAY-tro" Tetreault @drtlovesbooks.bsky.social · Sep 8

SLLN Podcast S3 continues with Ep 54: @rgrov1013.bsky.social shares how she uses her makerspace to help ELLs grasp vocab - literally!

Get it on your favorite podcatcher (search SLLN), or here: sllnpodcast.libsyn.com/54-building-...

#TLSky #SchoolLibrary #EduSky #SchoolLibrarian #TLChat

The SLLN (School Librarian Learning Network) Podcast: 54. Building Conversational English Skills in the Makerspace with Rachel Grover

Guest: Rachel Grover, School Librarian From:  Virginia Grade(s) Taught: 7, 8   Resources:  Building Conversational English Skills in the Makerspace:     Book Break:&n...

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Sep 7

Yes! Kids at my school are more interactive with each other. Card games and chess playing in the library have increased with the removal of phones. Not seeing the reading rise yet, but social skills are on the upward swing and I'll take it.

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Sep 7

I'll be interested to see if this is an anomaly or a pattern across the country. Interesting data about reading and school library visits! #TLSky

Kathy Ishizuka @kishizuka.bsky.social · Sep 7

District leaders are calling it a culture shift within Jefferson County Public Schools. Less than a month into the district’s first school year with a new cellphone ban, JCPS has found that students are checking out library books at a record rate. (Wave)

School cell phone ban creates surge in JCPS library visits

District leaders are calling it a culture shift within Jefferson County Public Schools.

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Aug 30

Love this! Way to go!!

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Aug 30

I've always loved this song. Rings true now too watching the middle school couples starting up (blech).

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Aug 14

I am so unbelievably proud of my wife @mamagilbs.bsky.social for starting her journey as a KQ Blogger this year! This is her latest post. Well worth the read for newbies and veteran school librarians alike. #powercouple

American Association of School Librarians (AASL) @aaslala.bsky.social · Aug 12

10 Real-Talk Tips for Making It Through This School Year Relatively Intact bit.ly/40Zx0he

A person looking stressed is surrounded by piles of books and papers in a library setting.

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Jul 26

Sign me up! Always happy to talk about everything Libraryland. :)

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Jul 19

So excited to get to be a blogger again this year for the AASL Knowledge Quest blog!

American Association of School Librarians (AASL) @aaslala.bsky.social · Jul 18

5 Easy Ways Google Sheets Can Preserve Your Sanity as a School Librarian bit.ly/44BBWuX #AASLkq

A laptop surrounded by colorful sticky notes on a white table and background.

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · May 23

I did a Google form application that students had to fill out why they wanted to be part of SLAT and an idea for something new for our library. I accepted everyone (about 20) and 10-15 regularly attended this yr.

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Mar 23

Proud of you! Way to go!! 🎉🎉

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Mar 23

The choose your own adventure format is still being published, although most are based in a historical setting than random stories we read growing up. Kids are still into them! I have a bunch in my library from the You Choose series. But agreed that it should have spread to other media too!

Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Mar 1

This year's student-created bookmark contest winners are now available at checkout! We had both hand drawn and digital categories. They turned out great!

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Feb 14

Found today on the floor of my middle school library. What strange things have you found recently? #TLSky

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Feb 7

Starting the weekend with the latest in a favorite series by @jamesponti.bsky.social shipped by the ever-wonderful @parnassusbooks.bsky.social! If you haven't gotten on this middle school series, consider this your invite! It's one of the few series I have read past book 1. Worth it! #TLSky

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Jan 24

When it's a Friday afternoon in a school library and you forget to water the plants, you make a real obvious reminder for Monday. #TLSky

An empty watering can sitting on top of a laptop.

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Jan 13

It's National Rubber Ducky Day! I bought some on Amazon & hid cards I made on Canva throughout the library for students to find. Lucky finders got to pick a rubber duck! I only advertised on our LMS library page. It was great! (TL,DR: Libraries are more than books. They're fun, too!) #TLSky #EduSky

Card created in Canva taped to a book end on a shelf in the library. Students looked for cards like this and turned them in for a rubber ducky!

Card created in Canva taped to a plant in the library. Students looked for cards like this and turned them in for a rubber ducky!

Leftover rubber ducks of various colors and styles.

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Samira Ahmed @samiraahmed.bsky.social · Jan 12

While libraries are on my mind. Please pause for a moment and realize how amazing the library is. You walk in and say, I would like this book/info/space to sit/reading hour/book club/knitting circle. And they say, welcome. Our doors are open to you. They are lighthouses of democracy. Fight for them.

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Jan 5

I love this annual tradition of making paper snowflakes with @mamagilbs.bsky.social and hanging them on our kitchen cabinets. Easy and fun!

Paper snowflakes taped to the front of a wooden kitchen cabinet.

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Jan 2

Yes! Just starting to put my school librarian PLN life back together after the deteriorating of X. So glad to see many of us have found each other again!

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Dec 28

Good! Fantasy is work for me too. But I'm an adventure girl and a badass main character is always a plus. Looking forward to it!

Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Dec 28

How was it? I brought the print version home with me for break.

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Dec 19

Leave out a Scrabble board in the library, they said. Middle schoolers are the best. This gem was found after the students went to class one morning. #TLSky

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Rachel Grover @rgrov1013.bsky.social · Dec 19

I treated my Student Library Advisory Team to a celebration today to thank them for all their hard work in the library so far this year. We had a hot chocolate bar and some chocolate (and non-choc) treats. They were ecstatic! #schoollibrary #TLSky

Items on a table for hot chocolate, including m&M's and whipped cream.

Various chocolate treats, including chocolate chip cookies and York peppermint patties.

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