[CASL-L] reading culture monthly suggestions

[Jessica-Lynn Johnson]

Hi Kim,

I love this idea and I could see the Demco School Library Planner coming in
handy.  Each month has resources and lists all the "days" (like October is
"Information Literacy Month" or October 16 is "Dictionary Day").  I'm
including a photo if you haven't used it before.  To make it more
streamlined, you might even put the information for each month into AI with
your goals and see what it gives you.

Good luck,
Jessica

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On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 10:31 AM Arthur Greene via CASL-L <casl-l at mylist.net>
wrote:

> I love the idea of a monthly read.
>
> I’m thinking along the lines of a book tok compilation that I saw on
> reading
>
>  A book that is movie
> A book That has a shiny cover, interesting artwork etc….
> A book recommended by a friend
> A book recommended by a teacher
> Read The same book with a friend(s)
> Read a joke book and tell three different friends a joke
> Do a game of spin the genre wheel and read that genre
> Incorporate the AASl calendar as well and pull ideas from there
>
> You can also create a padlet and create a school wide wall that students
> and teachers can post  reviews and rate a book that they read. You can set
> the parameters so it can only work with your schools log in credentials.
> You can then have a month where students pick a reviewed book to read from
> the padlet.
>
> Just spitballing.
>
> Art Greene
> Library Media Specialist
> Kaynor Tech H.S.
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone
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> On Apr 19, 2026, at 9:49 AM, Cathy Andronik via CASL-L <casl-l at mylist.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
> I also used the AASL Calendar.  Great opportunities to showcase the
> diverse backgrounds represented by students and staff! (And formats, now:
> there is an audiobook month!). Think about a year-long bingo card.
>
> There are also lesser-known, non-ALA celebrations like Media Literacy
> Week--all kinds of programming ideas there!
>
> Cathy Andronik
> Retired, Brien McMahon HS, Norwalk
>
> On Sunday, April 19, 2026 at 09:21:52 AM EDT, CASL President <
> president at ctcasl.org> wrote:
>
>
> Hi Kim,
>
> I haven't set up a calendar; however, I often use AASL's School Library
> Promotional Events webpage <https://www.ala.org/aasl/advocacy/promo> to
> help decide which activities can happen in the library throughout the year.
>
> I'm sure Canva, or many other platforms, have templates. Feel free to
> share your finished project on CASL-L! Keep us posted.
>
> Thank you,
> ~Val
>
> *Valerie DiLorenzo*
> CASL President
>
> <Untitled>
>
>
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>
>
> On Sun, Apr 19, 2026 at 12:34 AM Musket, Kimberly <
> kmusket at wallingfordschools.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am trying to set up monthly reading activities/challenges for next year.
> I'd like to focus on one thing per month. It can follow a theme for the
> month or not.
>
> For example, September is library card sign up month. Our public library
> has a bingo sheet with reading and library card activities. We would
> encourage all students and staff members to take part in this.
>
> I guess I'm kind of picturing being able to give out a one page calendar
> that shows what is coming up for each month.
>
> Does anyone set up a 10 month plan of reading activities and/or
> challenges? If so, I'd love to hear how it works and what you think about
> it. How well is it received by students and staff?
>
> If anyone does something like this, would you be willing to meet with me
> virtually to talk about it?
>
> Thank you
> Kim
>
> Kim Musket
> School Librarian
> James H. Moran, Sr. Middle School
>
> Currently Reading:
> *The Wedding People *by Alison Espach (One Book, One Wallingford)
>
> Listening to:
> *Medusa *by Katherine Marsh
> Recently finished:
> *The Sun Does Shine: An Innocent Man, A Wrongful Conviction, and the Long
> Path to Justice *by Anthony Ray Hinton, Lara Love Hardin, Olugbemisola
> Rhuday-Perkovich
> *Parachute Kids *by Betty C. Tang
> *They Called Us Enemy *by George Takei
> *Just Mercy: A True Story of the Fight for Justice* by Bryan Stevenson
> *When I Was the Greatest *by Jason Reynolds
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