The Book Cart: Recent Episodes
The Book Cart
TISD Librarians - Kristin Childress (KP), Michelle Martinez (Cater), and Heidi Ortiz (Bonham) flanked by their literature-loving students embark on discussing the importance of literacy and all the things that make us love it!
In this episode Kristin, Heidi, and Michelle sit down with Mr. Hugh Burke, TISD Digital Learning Coach, and Mrs. Kayla DeBacker, KP STEM / PLTW Coordinator to discuss STEM in our district, campuses, and libraries!
Temple ISD Digital Learning - https://www.tisd.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=339308&type=d&pREC_ID=763756
Project Lead the Way - https://www.pltw.org/
Smithsonian Science Stories - https://ssec.si.edu/smithsonian-science-stories
RTI International- https://www.rti.org/insights/integrating-stem-early-literacy
Breakout EDU - https://www.breakoutedu.com/
Join us as we discuss the literary loves of our childhood while exploring the titles that our students can't get enough of!
Titles mentioned by Heidi, Kristin, and Michelle:
Jacob Have I Loved by Katherine Paterson
https://katherinepaterson.com/books/jacob-have-i-loved/
Romona Quimby by Beverly Clearly
https://www.beverlycleary.com/characters
The Mozart Season by Virginia Euwer Wolff
https://www.virginiaeuwerwolff.com/books/mozart_season/
The Eyes of the Killer Robot by John Bellairs
http://www.bellairsia.com/the_work/eyeskr/index.html
The Hush by Skye Melki-Wegner
https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Hush/Skye-Melki-Wegner/9781510712485
Welcome to the inaugural episode of The Book Cart! Texas Librarians Kristin Childress, Michelle Martinez, and Heidi Ortiz discuss their journey to librarianship and the importance of having certified librarians in our schools. Thank you for checking out (pun intended) The Book Cart!
Links
Temple Education Foundation: https://templeeducationfoundation.org/
Sam Houston State University: https://www.shsu.edu/academics/education/library-science/
Texas Woman's University: https://twu.edu/slis/