My Last Post!

This will be my last post as a teacher-librarian for Liberty Public Schools. After 30 years of teaching, I will be retiring at the end of this school year. I will continue teaching next year at Kansas City International Academy. I will totally be switching roles and can't wait to help middle school students work on their reading skills. I have already started immersing myself in middle school reading by viewing webinars, rereading several books on the topics of reading and literacy (The Cafe Book and The Daily 5 ), and reading several new books that will help me manage the structure necessary for successful guided reading.

On the other hand, I am also going full speed in the library as well. We are ending the year by wrapping up Genius Hour projects, art bots, creating books on topics we are passionate about, introducing next year's Missouri award books, and getting summer reading off the ground so our LC kiddos keep on reading! Several of us are also totally revamping our end of the year Play Day after 25 years or more of the same activities for kids.

Genius Hour is always such hard work but in the end it is so worth it. We have been sharing our learning for the last week and below you will see some amazing learning that has been happening.