When I saw Bernadette's post on Bluesky featuring a video of her students serving as bowling alley bumpers, I had to know more! I'm so glad Bernadette was willing to share about this hands-on learning activity she does with her students to teach about, and then reinforce, library materials organization. 

Guest: Bernadette Roche

Grade(s) Taught: K, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Resources: 

• Biography Bowling video: https://bsky.app/profile/must-luv-books.bsky.social/post/3ljbtd4k43c24 

Book Break: 

• We Are Definitely Human by X. Fang, one of the 2025 Ezra Jack Keats Award winning books. My K-1 students remembered the book for weeks after reading it. Most of my classes remarked that their favorite part of the story was how people were kind to each other no matter what the aliens looked like. 

Where to find Bernadette Roche: 

• Website: linktr.ee/must.luv.books - has all my socials

• I can most regularly be found on: Bluesky, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter

• Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/must-luv-books.bsky.social 

• Instagram: instagram.com/must.luv.books

• Twitter: twitter.com/Oh_the_Places

• Facebook: Must.luv.books

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Some Bluesky Resources

Starter Packs - These give you a list of accounts you might be interested in following. You can selectively choose among the accounts, or "Follow all" with one click!

• School Librarians by @techielibgrl.com

• UK School Librarians by @ljwattswales.bsky.social

• K-12 School Library Professionals in Canada by @dnevillebooks.bsky.social

Feeds - These are collections of posts that meet certain search criteria. They're a great way to see topics you're interested in! You can add feeds to your account for easy repeat viewing. 

• School Librarians Feed by ‪@davidbfox.com‬: Follow the feed to see posts that include "schoollibrarian," "schoollibrary," "School Library Journal," "LMTS," "AASL"

• School Libraries Feed by ‪@tljamesa.com‬:  This is a feed of posts from and for school librarians, teacher librarians, library media specialists, etc. #TLChat #FutureReadyLibs #SchoolLibrary #SchoolLibrarian #TLsky

• School Libraries Feed by ‪@debbieohi.com‬: Picks up posts that include hashtags related to school libraries and school librarians. Search parameters still being tweaked.

• TLSky Feed by ‪@techielibgrl.com‬:  - TLSky is a feed for Librarians. Share by using #tlsky