The #TXLchat provides a forum for Texas librarians (but not limited to Texas librarians) to create collaborative connections, share educational resources, and foster life-long learning.
Welcome to #txlchat! We'll be referencing the @txla reading lists found at https://t.co/dkCwOtXtwO We'll use a Q/A format. Please include your A# and #txlchat in your response. So glad you're here for a wild 30-minute ride!
Jolie, elementary librarian from Liberty Hill! Super stoked to talk reading lists because I’ll be joining the @TBABooks Bluebonnet program committee this year! #txlchat
Hello...I’m Misty. I’m currently an elementary librarian but was a high school librarian for 11 years, so I am very familiar with the Maverick and Tayshas lists and I am becoming more familiar with the Bluebonnet and 2x2 lists now. #txlchat
It has been an incredibly busy fall/winter and I am BACK for my first #txlchat in 2 months thanks to @StarrReadnRun's reminder email! #weallneedreminders so...HELLO every1, April Rivas from DFW area, HS librarian signing in!
#txlchat Nicole Cruz, SHS and SA3 High School Librarian from Sharyland ISD. Happy to support all reading lists but actually served once upon a time as Chair of the Tejas Star List
A1 I use the TLA Reading Lists as a guide to order new books for my students to increase diversity in my collection. Even though I ma in a middle school, I like to look at the TAYSHAS and #mavericklist and order what fits my students. Lone Star List is HUGE at my campus. #txlchat
Hello friends! I am a middle school librarian in Katy, TX. I use the Lone Star list and am on the MS SPOT (Spotlight on Texas) list committee. #txlchat
2x2 was my favorite as an elementary librarian! I used to do grade level contests with 1st and 2nd grade, and the kids and Ts absolutely loved it! #txlchat#punkrocklibrarian
A1: Speed dating & voting with Bluebonnet books, Lone Star books for Battle of the Books recommendations, book tastings, book talking, and with my book club #txlchat
I booktalk all of the books to all the ms kids and incoming 5th graders at the end of the school year. I have a reading incentive at my school for every 5 LoneStar they read. End of year we go on a field trip to Bookpeople to celebrate #txlchat
A1 I use the reading lists as a starting point for my readers who don't know what they want. Lone Star List goal has always been to have at least one book for every reader. #txlchat
Hey y'all! Priscilla Delgado, PhD student at St. John's University and TeachingBooks staff. I love all the lists, but the ones I utilize the most are @TBABooks as well as @TejasStarTxLA, for which I'm currently the chair. Looking forward to learning with y'all tonight! #txlchat
A1: I use the Bluebonnet reading lists for read-alouds and as a reading incentive. I reference past lists when making book recommendations and book tastings #txlchat
A1:I am an elementary librarian and this is my first year with 6th grade. Since I do a lot of mock ALA programs I didn’t know what to do with 6th so decided to have them read Bluebonnet books. They are reading a lot and loving it. We will do our own voting soon! #txlchat
A1 I also use the nomination list as selection tool. I review the titles as recommendations from experienced, well-read librarians who work with readers the same age as mine. #txlchat
I also have a team that participates in the Central Texas Battle of the Books - the book list is all of the LoneStar books https://t.co/NQhWTfPfte#txlchat
A1: I use the lists mainly when putting together book orders! As a former #SPOTHS committee member, however, I began using the programming (mainly passive) at my high school library! #txlchat#punkrocklibrarian
Use all lists to build collections in HS see the best of essay, short chapter, nonfiction, etc Love how @TXLA leads the way naming so many titles 1st #txlchat
A1 I use the reading lists as a starting point for my readers who don't know what they want. Lone Star List goal has always been to have at least one book for every reader. #txlchat
A1 we use the #TAYSHAS & #mavericklist as guides for ordering new books, recommending books for Ss, & curating our annual Name That Book competition lists #txlchat#htxlib_ctory
A1 I wrote a Delta Kappa Gamma grant for the Whitehouse Community Library. We used part of the funds to buy the new Bluebonnets. Kids started reading the new books one week after they were announced. A public library supporting ISDs reading goals. @DKG_SI#txlchat
I host a #booktasting with the @TBABooks with 3rd grdrs each year, plus a luncheon for 3rd, 4th, 5th grdrs that read 5+ books from the ilst. With the @Texas2x2 I use this list to purchase picture books and do activities with the younger grades. #txlchat
A1) In my HS library we label all the #TayshasList#MaverickList and Topaz books. I have @FollettLearning Tayshas and #LoneStarList posters on my circ desk. They’re laminated and I put notes on them after reading. It’s great for engaging students who stop & look. #txlchat
I use the @TBABooks program with my 6th graders, I’ve created a program for 7th/8th for the Lone Star list, we use all the lists to choose books for our Battle of the Books, and I use all to order new books #txlchat
A1 I use the @TBABooks list and the @CRTXLA 2x2 list for collection development. I plan on using the Tejas and Little Mars list this year too. Castleberry ISD is doing a district wide celebration for readers who read 10 or more Bluebonnets (We also do voting for 5+books) #txlchat
I use all the lists! 2x2 with my own kids, TBA, Lonestar, Maverick & Little Maverick for collection development at my library, Tayshas with more mature students, my teachers, and for my own personal reading. #txlchat
A1 I also use the nomination list as selection tool. I review the titles as recommendations from experienced, well-read librarians who work with readers the same age as mine. #txlchat
A1: I love using the lists to help me with collection development. If Texas librarians are saying these are good books, then I know it must be true. Texas librarians haven’t let me down yet! #txlchat
#txlchat A1. Great tools for collection development-love the supplemental resources available from the selection committees. And how the publishers and of course https://t.co/CrtFwbQbVk provide amazing tie-ins.
A1 I also use the nomination list as selection tool. I review the titles as recommendations from experienced, well-read librarians who work with readers the same age as mine. #txlchat
A1: I use the #texastopaz, #Maverick and #TAYSHAS lists. I most heavily use #TAYSHAS. I reference it regularly as an option on rdg challenges, have posters & labels around the library 4 quick ref & engagement #txlchat
Hi everyone! I’m Kim McCalla & I’m a HS Librarian in Pasadena ISD and this is my first chat! Super excited to hear how everyone is using the assorted reading lists. I utilize the Tayshas and the Maverick lists at my library. #txlchat
I have a shelf that houses my Bluebonnets, Lone Star, and SPOT books on. They have spine labels with the logo and school year written on them. #txlchat
A1: When I was a school librarian, we used @TBABooks for reading incentives, voting, and Battle of the Books. I used @TejasStarTxLA to find quality bilingual and Spanish books for my library collection. Now, I peruse all the reading lists mainly for research purposes . #txlchat
A1 I wrote a Delta Kappa Gamma grant for the Whitehouse Community Library. We used part of the funds to buy the new Bluebonnets. Kids started reading the new books one week after they were announced. A public library supporting ISDs reading goals. @DKG_SI#txlchat
Hey #TXLChat crew, Mon Feb 4th during #TCEA we have a #solutioncircles session for anyone interested in convos centered around what matters most to YOU!
I'd love to have your help prior to conf curating resources to share, DM me for details, and I hope to see you in San Antonio!
Oh definitely! I purchase everything I don’t already have from the #TayshasList and most from the #MaverickList. Also a few Lone Star titles with crossover appeal, and MG/YA/adult for YA/adult Topaz titles. #txlchat
A2 I share by posting on website, making book marks, emailing teachers, making displays, posting when I read them. Everywhere and all the time. #txlchat
A2: LOTS of book trailers! Bookmarks, buttons, when they arrive I’ll make a display or bulletin board. I try to post on Instagram stories as much as I can, and more than anything just hyping the kids up with book talks when they come in for their library visits. #txlchat
A1 - I display the #TayshasList poster and tape a Bobcat (our mascot) paw next to the ones I read throughout the year. I also display the books close by for easy access. #txlchat
Q2: posters everywhere! I check the books off as we read them together. The littles love seeing how many books we check off the 2x2 list by the end of the school year! #txlchat
One of the nerdiest things I do is, every year, I print out these lists, tape them to individual pages in my book journal, and then use them when I need a book recommendation. I also highlight the title of the book after I read it. Yep. That’s me. #booknerd#txlchat
To receive credit for each book on a list, Ss had to do one of the activities from the 2x2 activity list (provided on the @TXLA website), and either post them outside their classroom or give the products to me to be displayed. #txlchat#punkrocklibrarian
I display the posters for #LoneStarList in the library as well as give them to the Ts for their classrooms. I make playlists of each year's book trailers to share with the Ss. #txlchat
A2: I work it into my regular rdg challenges @ every opportunity! I talk up the books, mark the ones I've read as a personal recommendation, and hang up info wherever I can including posters in the library bathrooms! #txlchat#readeverywhere
A2: I have posters in my library and share the lists with my teachers and even send lists home with students. I have been working on creating a website for my library and it includes links to all of the Texas reading lists appropriate for elementary. #txlchat
A2: I display the @TBABooks and @Texas2x2 books near a poster from @PermaBoundBooks and I always get extra posters at the conference for the teachers to display in classrooms. #txlchat
I have the wonderful #TXLA Reading Lists & #ALALibrary and #CBCBook reading lists on Our Books page https://t.co/MNKtp99hqg#txlchat "The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go."Dr. Seuss
A2 Have you ever tried organizing a good group for classroom teachers based on one of the @TXLA book lists? It could be fun and an invitation to classroom-library #collaboration#txlchat
A2 I share by posting on website, making book marks, emailing teachers, making displays, posting when I read them. Everywhere and all the time. #txlchat
Q3: What is your favorite title from the 2019 @txla reading lists? Which list is it on? Get ready for your #tbr stack to grow! And it's OK if you can't choose just 1. #txlchat
oh yes, yes! It is an expectation in my district that we have at the very least the following lists added to our collection each year: #TAYSHAS @ HS, #lonestar @ MS, and #bluebonnet @ ES. #txlchat
Hey #TXLChat crew, Mon Feb 4th during #TCEA we have a #solutioncircles session for anyone interested in convos centered around what matters most to YOU!
I'd love to have your help prior to conf curating resources to share, DM me for details, and I hope to see you in San Antonio!
Q3: What is your favorite title from the 2019 @txla reading lists? Which list is it on? Get ready for your #tbr stack to grow! And it's OK if you can't choose just 1. #txlchat
We share #txla reading lists with Ss via daily/weekly social media posts & my co-librarian @punkrocklib is constantly making amazing themed displayed & rotating titles #txlchat#htxlib_ctory
A3 Favorite from 2019 Lone Star - Not If I Save You First. I've loved @OfficiallyAlly books since I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You (another great Lone Star book!) #txlchat
A2: Sharing on social media, newsletters & email are great ways of spreading the word with parents, Ts and Ss about the lists. @TejasStarTxLA has free downloadable bookmarks on their website. I used to buy the @TBABooks bookmarks & distribute to Ss too. #txlchat
A2:Here are some photos of of our Bluebonnet kickoff, our Bluebonnet corner and the QR codes. The poster and QR codes are still displayed in the library (remember I am really from NY!) #txlchat
A3: That is too much to ask!! I guess my fav will have to be Dread Nation though I also very much enjoyed Long Way Down, Poet X, & The Cheerleaders #txlchat
We share #txla reading lists with Ss via daily/weekly social media posts & my co-librarian @punkrocklib is constantly making amazing themed displayed & rotating titles #txlchat#htxlib_ctory
A1 I am super excited this year to partner with the 3 ES who will be bringing their students who have read 10+ #TBA books to our HS & working our senior English students who will be working with us to create stations about the books #txlchat@CISD_Branham.
A3: My fave @TBABooks is BICYCLE SPY, and my fave @Texas2x2 is I AM NOT A CHAIR. After reading this one to first graders, they used materials and built a chair for their rabbit. #STEAMinthelibrary#txlchat
Thanks Michelle, I know this group of librarians have much to share. Look forward to collaborating with some of you in coming days/weeks.
What's better than sharing info and resources you love!!!
A3 Favorite from 2019 Lone Star - Not If I Save You First. I've loved @OfficiallyAlly books since I'd Tell You I Love You But Then I'd Have to Kill You (another great Lone Star book!) #txlchat
A3 I have not had the chance to read many of next years books except the ones on the SPOT list - some of my favorites are The Parker Inheritance by @varianjohnson I Love You Michael Collins by @LaurenBaratzL and Bonnie and Clyde by @KarenBlu#txlchat
Q3: What is your favorite title from the 2019 @txla reading lists? Which list is it on? Get ready for your #tbr stack to grow! And it's OK if you can't choose just 1. #txlchat
A3 Tara Westover’s Educated (#TayshasList#TexasTopaz) is a favorite. And I hadn’t read Step Right Up until it was nominated for Topaz (since I’m not a Bluebonnet List reader). There were lots of crossover titles. Another is Brazen (Tayshas, Topaz, Maverick). #txlchat
A3: there are so many great titles on the Tayshas this year! But if I’ve got to choose 😆 my NF favorite is #NotYourPrincess Voices of Native American Women and my fiction fav is Love, Hate & Other Filters #txlchat
TLA's Reading List Coordination Committee facilitates communication btwn lists, provides support for reading list members & promotes balance on the lists. Questions? Suggestions? Tweet me or @SusiGrissom anytime! #txlchat
My students LOVE graphic novels, so I'm SO EXCITED to share the #mavericklist with them! They have loved knowing that I can't tell them what is on it until it was released MWAHAHAHAH #txlchat
A4: Well I don't think I can just pick one title! I have to recommend the perfect read 4 each student from the list. I have a lot of heavy poetry readers & writers so it's exciting to recommend titles like Poet X & Long Way Down to them! #txlchat
A4 -- I love to share @JasonReynolds83 "Long Way Down" and @StudioJJK "Hey, Kiddo" -- both such powerful books and speak to my school's population #txlchat
A3: I’m excited about From Twinkle, with Love by @smenonbooks because I really enjoyed When Dimple Met Rishi. I think my readers will too. #txlchat#thehumblelibrarian
Q3: What is your favorite title from the 2019 @txla reading lists? Which list is it on? Get ready for your #tbr stack to grow! And it's OK if you can't choose just 1. #txlchat
A2: We share #txla reading lists with Ss via daily/weekly social media posts & my co-librarian @punkrocklib is constantly making amazing themed displayed & rotating titles #txlchat#htxlib_ctory
#txlchat A4. Speak the Graphic Novel. Just confirmed Skype Session with Laura Halse Anderson this week. So excited. Valentines is coming early for us. February 12. So so happy 😀
A4: My work on the SPOT committee has me excited about sharing all that that list has to offer! So many programs and resources! I am working on I LOVE YOU, MICHAEL COLLINS by @LaurenBaratzL - I think Ss will love it! #txlchat
A5 Booktalks, Booktalks, Booktalks! I love the "What is Mrs. Russell reading" signs outside my doors and other teachers door to share what they are reading. #txlchat
#txlchat A4. Not much trouble selling Scythe. My Ss are riveted when I just show the trailer, then discuss the premise a bit. Need to read more from the list though.
A4 @StephanieGarber's Caraval is amazing. I put down #Legendary to attend this chat. Can't wait for #3. I can see the movie in my head as I'm reading. But need to get it to @CFLibrarian as she is waiting! #txlchat
A4: I'm most excited to share the new @TejasStarTxLA list next month!! As for specific titles from other lists, I've been talking about Refugee with pretty much everyone. It's such an amazing, powerful book! #txlchat
A5 @SalPatriotsLib , they buy an entire set of the @TBABooks for EACH Reading teacher. This really shows buy-in for the program & puts the books in readers' hands. #txlchat
A5: programming ideas - #librarybingo, titles this good inevitably end up on #bookmadness#summerreading digital scavenger hunt, #breakfastandbooks highlighting titles - even collab w/ public library 4 that, year long rdg challenge, guess the quote challenge #txlchat
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A2: I typically make a slideshow with all the book covers and go through each one and booktalk the longer novels. I like to include pictures of the authors and books that I have taken at TLA so the kids can see what the authors look like.
A4: all of them! 😂 I really try to push the #SPOTHS with Ts because of the amazing academic programming that’s created for Ts in correlation with the TEKS! #txlchat#punkrocklibrarian
A4: I’m looking forward to sharing The Poet X from the #TayshasList I am working on programming for #nationalpoetrymonth that incorporates it in some way. #txlchat
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A2 cont: So far I have only promoted the TBA list but I plan to include the Lone Star next year. I have seen that many do the book tastings to introduce the books. How does one do a book tasting?
Welcome, Evelyn! This is a great place to build ur PLN & stay in the loop, & learn from other amazing librarians while also sharing ur expertise! #txlchat
A5: This year is flying by so fast I have yet to incorporate some coding with literature with these lists!! Ughh anyone have makerspace or coding lessons that go with our lists?? #txlchat
A5: Book talks during school announcements and in the library, displays, book tastings, Battle of the Books, mock-list voting, parent make-and-take activities, reader's theater performances. I love that some of the lists provide activities and lessons! #txlchat
Same! I read Caraval in a day a couple of summers ago. Loved Legendary. Can’t wait to finish the trilogy! I wonder if there will be ARCs at #txla19? Hint, hint @stephaniegarber#txlchat
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@clairehogg89, @StephanieGarber, @CFLibrarian, @StephanieGarber
A4: I am most excited to share THE POET X by @AcevedoWrites because of the author's use of the spoken word style which is sometimes more manageable for certain Ss who may be intimidated w/traditional fiction #txlchat#htxlib_ctory
I really want to have slides and book trailers that I can have on a tv running in the library at all times to get the Ss attention! I keep asking for that TV, maybe one of these days they'll see the value & give it to me! #constantexposure2books#txlchat
A5: please refer to the #SPOTHS lists from 2015-2018! 😉 but seriously though, #SPOTMS and SPOTHS have 3 academic, 3 passive & 3 active programs for each book, a read-a-likes, discussion Qs, annotations...you literally get everything with those lists! #txlchat#punkrocklibrarian
Brava! I have also involved elementary and secondary library student aides in reading book list titles. Yes! to peer-to-peer discussions/reader response. #txlchat
A5 this is our 3rd gr @TBABooks project for Keith Haring, we tied in our district’s digital resources by searching for photos of Haring’s artwork and of the artist. #txlchat
I really want to do those! I DO make READ posters of my teachers and hang them around the building though! Recruit more & more teachers every year! #txlchat
Continue to celebrate here ideas so that they can be in the curated discussion @sharongullett will share a link for sometime tomorrow Tks for fab topic #txlchat
Thanks to tonight's moderators for facilitating a very active chat. Guess I'll be heading to my local pub lib tomorrow w hope of finding your favorites waiting for me to pick up. Looks like the wkend will be filled w great books. #txlchat
A5: please refer to the #SPOTHS lists from 2015-2018! 😉 but seriously though, #SPOTMS and SPOTHS have 3 academic, 3 passive & 3 active programs for each book, a read-a-likes, discussion Qs, annotations...you literally get everything with those lists! #txlchat#punkrocklibrarian
Thank you everyone. My reading list just got much longer. (Have already put a few titles on reserve at my public library.) Thanks also for moderating @_MichelleCooper@StarrReadnRun@CassieJanda Read on and spread your love of reading far and wide! #txlchat
A4: I am most excited to share THE POET X by @AcevedoWrites because of the author's use of the spoken word style which is sometimes more manageable for certain Ss who may be intimidated w/traditional fiction #txlchat#htxlib_ctory
Thank you everyone. My reading list just got much longer. (Have already put a few titles on reserve at my public library.) Thanks also for moderating @_MichelleCooper@StarrReadnRun@CassieJanda Read on and spread your love of reading far and wide! #txlchat
A5 -- As I finish reading books, I hashtag and post them on my Instagram accout. I then make a slideshow with @Slidesome using my hashtag and that plays on the TV in the library during lunches and homeroom. #txlchat
A5 -- As I finish reading books, I hashtag and post them on my Instagram accout. I then make a slideshow with @Slidesome using my hashtag and that plays on the TV in the library during lunches and homeroom. #txlchat
