There are a lot of great resources and suggestions on here!
End of Year Reading Counts Celebrations
Congratulations to Liam, Channing, Melissa, Jordan, Mackenzie, Saydi, and Julia for earning the 100 Reading Counts Points Party. They will be celebrating in a virtual party on Wednesday at 12:00 pm. Congratulations to Brody and Michayla for earning the 200 Reading Counts Points Party. They will be celebrating in a virtual party on Thursday at 1:00 pm. Also a huge congratulations going out to Brody and Michayla for earning their Reading Counts plaque. Check out the video to the right that Mrs. Anderson put together with the help of a special guest with a congratulatory message for the students that earned their RC plaques. A big thank you to Mr. Luke Bryan - legendary country music superstar and American Idol co-host for sharing his support and enthusiasm for reading.
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Authors and Illustrators Keeping Kids Entertained
Many authors and illustrators are keeping students/kids entertained during this time of homeschooling and quarantine. This article has links to 10 such authors/illustrators and what they are sharing. Some of them are doing read alouds, others have drawing lessons and crafts. Dav Pilkey (author of Captain Underpants and Dog Man series) will hold a weekly video series with lots of cool stuff. Click the button on the right to check out the links.
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April Reading Counts Challenge |
Check out the RC challenge for the month of April. I am sure that you are all doing a lot of reading. Look below for some resources for reading books. I can't wait to see how many points you each get.
What are you reading? Send me an email tell me what you are reading and what you think about it. Have a book you would like to recommend to the class? Send me an email. Stay tuned for some read alouds that I will be doing! |
Stay in contact with Ms. Anderson and the Media Center! |
Do you want to stay in contact with Ms. Anderson? She will be sharing videos and resources. You can join her through Teams. The code to join the Media Center Teams group is 3cj3nji. Click the green button to the right to see a video how to join Mr. Anderson's team in Microsoft Teams.
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Reading Resources Galore |
This is your one stop shop from Ms. Anderson! Since there are so many resources out there and you might get overwhelmed. Ms. Anderson compiled a site full of resources. She also has this information posted on the Media Page in Microsoft Teams. Click the button to the right to access the site. Happy reading!
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Epic |
Epic is a great resource for reading books. I have already set you up in it. Follow the instructions to the right based on the type of technology that you are using. Questions? Contact me or Ms. Anderson.
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Using a laptop or a Chromebook? Follow these instructions:
1. Go to www.gatepic.com/students (or click the button below) 2. Login with your class code - naq6181 3. Select your name and you are ready to read. |
Apple (IOS) or Android - with the Epic app
1. Launch the Epic app 2. Select " Have an account? Log in" 3. Click "Students & Educators" 4. Login with your class code - naq6181 5. Select your name and you are ready to read. |
TumbleBooks (**available in your Vportal)
TumbleBooks is another great resource that is available in your Vportal. This is an ebook library. There are TWO TubmbleBooks resources in your Vportal. One is just a variety of books and there is a large selection of them. The other one is a bunch of books but they are connected to math. Check them out.
JLG Digital Elementary (**available in your Vportal)
This is another ebooks app that you have available to you in your Vportal. It looks like this is only a trial subscription, however there are some great books on there. One of the books, A Snicker of Magic, is available and you can listen to the book. This book is a Reading Counts book.
Volusia County Public Library
If you have a library card, you can access and checkout online books and access lots of resources. Click the button on the right to visit the VCPL website.
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