Curating a Diverse Library for Our Learners

Here at Long-View, the members of the Literacy team tend to moonlight as librarians. Whether during the school year on Thursday afternoons, early in the morning, or during the summer months, we are constantly expanding, curating, organizing, and pondering the Long-View library collection. In recent years, Long-View has particularly committed itself to enriching the diversity of the books we offer our learners. While the push for more diverse books—especially for children and teenagers—has become a major initiative across the education and publishing worlds in the United States only relatively recently, it’s much more than a fashionable trend. And it’s much more than an empty gesture towards inclusivity….

literacyLisa ZapalacAugust 31, 2021Long-View Micro Schoolreading, reading diet, critical reading, diverse books, library

The Importance of Reading Volume

At Long-View, we work to protect our reading minutes and be sure that literacy instructional time does not go to activities that do not involve “eyes on print.” We protect time for independent reading, and know that explicit and high-level instruction, access to high-interest texts, and volume are crucial.

That being said, there is not enough time for independent reading during the day at school. We hold ambitious goals for daily reading at home….

Lisa ZapalacNovember 11, 2018Long-View Micro Schoolreading volume, independent reading, text complexity, reading diet