"I Love to Read Month" Coming Soon!

February is "I Love to Read Month", and it is fast approaching.  The staff at all Marshall Public Schools are hard at work organizing ways to celebrate the month ahead and promote literacy throughout the community.  The media center at each building will be having an M&M guessing jar for staff and students, reading trivia, and other activities throughout the month.  Watch for announcements in your building. 

If you are interested in resources for the event and for reading, in general, consider "liking" the Read Across America Facebook page linked here.

Although "I Love to Read Month" is a wonderful opportunity to focus on the importance of literacy, I also wish that this excitement about reading would exist every month. Developing and encouraging a life-long love for reading is a mission near and dear to my heart.  The Common Sense Media article How Can I Encourage a Reluctant Reader? shares simple ways to spark that reading desire.  

The Middle School media center makerspaces have attracted a number of young, innovative minds to start building and creating projects.  Please share the Middle School Media Center Makerspace Mania Schoology course code QBKNK-V9N99  with your students, and have them visit the makerspaces during flex times and after school on Mondays and Thursdays.  Photos to follow.

Copyright Morsel by Diane Konjura

Cyberbee: Student Copyright Q & A is a great resource for teachers introducing copyright in the classroom.  In addition to “What is copyright?” other questions include, “What is attribution?” and “Who’s going to know?”  It seems most appropriate for middle school students.  All questions do not need to be addressed or perhaps only questions pertinent for the project being assigned.  Check out Cyberbee: Student Copyright Q & A.