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A PENGUIN FOR EVERY READER.
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Wherever "there" means! Has your school decided on their back to school plan for 2020-2021? Is it still up in the air? How are you feeling about it? Let us know in the Penguin Classroom Check In. We'll read through every response, share some with your fellow teachers and librarians, and do what we can to help.
In the rest of this newsletter you'll find materials for your back to school journey, however that ends up looking. From virtual events to classroom resources, we hope these materials will help you prepare for a new school year - whether it be in person, remotely, or a combination of both!
Take care,
Penguin Classroom 🧡
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download new educator resources & discussion guides!
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complementing the classics
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12 Titles to Modernize Your Classroom Library!
Nothing is timeless... pair (or replace) classics with these timely reads! This guide, written by the co-founders of #THEBOOKCHAT, includes pairing (or replacement) texts for books like: The Catcher in the Rye, Little Women, Romeo and Juliet, To Kill a Mockingbird, and more!
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We Are Not From here learning guide
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A ProjectLIT 2020-2021 Selection
We Are Not From Here details the perilous emotional and physical journey three children take from Central America to the United States. In this learning guide, written by teacher librarian Julia Torres, there are pre-reading activities and questions, discussion questions, and post-reading activities designed to investigate and acknowledge privilege, acknowledge the humanity of others, and inspire students to make the choice for action.
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Planet Omar discussion guide
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A Global Read Aloud 2020 Early Reader Selection
Meet Omar, a young Muslim Pakistani British boy with a huge imagination! Use this discussion guide, written by the Hijabi Librarians, to use Planet Omar: Accidental Trouble Magnet with your students and discuss themes of family dynamics, islamaphobia, friendship, imagination, and bullying.
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free courses for students
with Ruta Sepetys!
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We know there is much uncertainty about school this fall. We are thrilled to share that we're partnering with Wave Learning Festival and Ruta Sepetys to offer three free seminars for middle and high schoolers!
Select guest lecturers (like Ruta!) will offer free, exclusive seminars.
Ruta be presenting the following sessions during the 5th "wave”
August 17 – September 4.
Seminar 1: Tuesday, August 18th 7:00pm EDT
Anatomy of a Page-Turner: Building a Bestselling Novel
Seminar 2: Tuesday, August 25th 7:00pm EDT
History in Hiding: The Elusive Power of Historical Fiction
Seminar 3: Tuesday, September 1st 7:00pm EDT
Meet the Author: Ruta Sepetys Discusses Her Novels
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Listen in on a live author in-conversation event! This conversation between Torrey Maldonado, author of What Lane? and Tight, and Ro Menendez, a Latinx Elementary School Librarian from Texas, covers diversifying library collections, antiracist education, and how Torrey's books fit into those categories!
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