webinar – Heise Reads & Recommends https://www.heisereads.com A School Librarian Sharing Books & #ClassroomBookADay Thu, 03 Jun 2021 20:01:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://www.heisereads.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Favicon-75x75.png webinar – Heise Reads & Recommends https://www.heisereads.com 32 32 Webinar Recording – Building Community with #classroombookaday Read Alouds https://www.heisereads.com/webinar-recording-building-community/ Fri, 31 May 2019 02:49:00 +0000 Sharing about #classroombookaday is always a joy for me. I couldn’t have imagined back in 2014, when I started it inspired by Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday challenge for teachers, how it could have grown and spread to classrooms across the country. The impact of this simple idea, reading aloud a picture book every day of the school year, is beyond what I could have imagined back then. It grows community, builds empathy, deepens learning, and so much more!

To help get you started with #classroombookaday, I shared these 20 picture books
that are my go-to recommendations to kick off your year of read alouds.

If you weren’t able to join the webinar live, you can register, or sign in if you previously registered, to watch the recording of the webinar, at this link.


And be sure to check out other #classroombookday posts on Follet Community for more information from me about the initiative. And stay tuned for even more picture book recommendations to support your efforts to try #classroombookday in coming months!
]]> Join Me for a #classroombookaday Webinar! https://www.heisereads.com/join-me-for-classroombookaday-webinar/ Fri, 17 May 2019 01:33:00 +0000 I’m excited to be partnering with Follett Community for some exciting #classroombookaday things this year,
and we’re kicking it off with a webinar! 
Since I started incorporating a daily picture book read-aloud in my middle school classroom in 2014, inspired by Donalyn Miller’s #bookaday, I have seen the positive impact of this simple addition to the classroom routine grow beyond anything I could have anticipated. And now as an elementary librarian, I continue to see the impact of shared read-aloud experiences.
The basic formula:

  •  Read aloud a picture book each day.
  •  Build classroom community.
  •  Grow students’ thinking about text.
  •  Develop deeper empathy.
  •  Add joyful engagement to your classroom.
  •  Track the books read visually.
  •  Enjoy profound impact.


I have received many questions from teachers and librarians who want to get started, but are unsure about making it work. So I’m going live to help answer some of those questions!

Join me on Thursday, May 23 at 7:00pm CDT for a webinar
on how to get started with incorporating #classroombookaday in your classroom next year, the logistics of making it work, the benefits of adding this 5-10 minute routine, and my “getting started” book list recommendations.
If you can’t make it for the live webinar,
be sure to register so you get an email with the link to watch the recording afterwards!
]]> Picture Book Favorites of 2016 – Booktalk Video https://www.heisereads.com/picture-book-favorites-of-2016-booktalk/ Mon, 20 Feb 2017 19:16:00 +0000 For Picture Book Month back in November, I booktalked some of my favorite new picture books and shared via video. In case you missed it over on Lit Perks. Although my job situation has changed, and I’m now an independent contractor doing literacy consulting through BALB Literacy Consulting, I didn’t want you to miss out on some of these great recommendations.

There is such power in reading aloud, sharing experiences with text, and celebrating the joy of picture books in all grade levels. I hope you gain some inspiration and find some new-to-you titles to add to your collection and share with students no matter what grade you teach.

*Disclaimer: This video could lead to numerous book purchases. Plan accordingly. 🙂
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