May Day or May 1^st is here and there is soooo much I haven’t done!  It’s incredible when I pause and realize I only have students and teachers for less than four weeks.  What can I do in the time remaining and what can I lay the groundwork for next year?

In the remaining time in this school year, I want to:

• Have students create videos for library orientation for next year;
• Have students take pictures of teachers holding their favorite book from the library (starting a major photo project intended to take all of next year);
• Move most of the reference books to line up under the nonfiction;
• Begin the process of genre-fying the fiction (this will only be a start);
• Create a book swap program; and
• Sign up students for the public library.

I”m sure there’s more but I have to squeeze in things around testing.

What do I want to lay the groundwork for?  I would love to introduce some things during the first week of school like library orientation videos and digital literacy discussions.  I want to engage with the Parent Liaison to plan digital literacy discussions with the parents.  But the biggest thing is to broach the possibility of starting a TEDxYouth at the school and possibly the whole district.  Is there interest? Can we do this?  I certainly hope so.  Time will tell.

What can you do in the next four weeks?