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Mrs. Hill’s Research Project

On March 4, 2024 By bjcoweolmstedIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

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I’m Back!

On February 29, 2024 By bjcoweolmstedIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Hi All, Since my district website was taken down and I lost all my links and pages, I am going to try and use this site to post my most important resources for classes. You should be able to access it anytime 24/7. I will be modifying the links here (many are broken now that …

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November is…

On October 30, 2020 By bjcoweolmstedIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Native American Heritage Month. I put together some resources on a few Native poets and writers which you can find here. Eric is my friend, who I grew up with. I love that he's such a prolific writer and his books are in my library. Make sure you check out his talks. You can also …

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October Updates

On October 22, 2020 By bjcoweolmstedIn Uncategorized1 Comment

Hello follower friends, I've been busy with library work in the department and for my school, so I haven't been as prolific here. Here are some updates on resources: Cool Content Creation Tools for teachers and others of course. Make graphics, blogs, websites, videos, bitmoji, flyers, storybooks, edit photos, and collaborate. Most of the tools …

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Free Anti-Racist Resources

On October 5, 2020 By bjcoweolmstedIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Image from Brain Pop Brain Pop has a selection of free resources, with discussion prompts, that you may be interested in. Find them here. https://blog.brainpop.com/antiracist-education-free-resources-kids/

Muslim American YA Authors

On October 2, 2020 By bjcoweolmstedIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Currently curating lists of authors from various backgrounds and came across this list. I thought I'd share it here.

New Online Resource Collections

On September 24, 2020 By bjcoweolmstedIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Hi everyone. I've been busy collecting resources that I hope will help my teachers. One of the other librarians introduced me to a nice website called Wakelet, that allows you to create collections of related resources on one page, with a pretty nice design. I've already created a few of them. It's something I think …

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Science Friday Maker Ideas

On September 15, 2020 By bjcoweolmstedIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Hey there, if you're looking for creative ideas based in science, for maker projects kids can do at home, look no further than Science Friday. They have a lot of great ideas for things kids can do with materials that are easy to find around the house. Set up a challenge and let them present …

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September is Hispanic Heritage Month- Poetry

On September 15, 2020 By bjcoweolmstedIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Poets.org is celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month by focusing it's "poem a day" program on Hispanic poets. You can find a brief interview with the editor for this month of poems by clicking here. Poem for the day is here.

911 Poem

On September 11, 2020 By bjcoweolmstedIn UncategorizedLeave a comment

Today is the 19th anniversary of the tragedy of 911 in NYC, Washington D.C. and Pennsylvania. I remember that day, and those that followed vividly. No one I knew closely was hurt or died that day. But I remember exactly where I was--what road and which curve on that road, when the radio announced the …

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