Today the grade 2 students at Hisar discovered how to use Destiny to find age appropriate websites. They need to login to Destiny with their username and password and then put a search term in the find box. Destiny will search for library resources first but then the student can select the Web Sites tab and it will run the same search. Then the students can select which grade level they are and Destiny will search for websites appropriate for that grade level. Teachers find the websites for Destiny and allocate which grade level they are appropriate for. If students need help remembering their passwords they can ask one of the librarians. Students should try to login to Destiny from home and bookmark the url for the website so they can easily find it again. There is a screencast explaining all of this below the photos.
Book bags are not a compulsory part of the school stationery requirements – but many of the students in grade 1 Marmara have them. We are so grateful to the students, their parents and teachers for helping us to take care of our library books so well. At Hisar Campus Mrs Paze was able to give the students some left over bags. Book bags help our students look after their library books so that many students can read and enjoy them.
On Friday, before the snow days, E/Y 5 read the book “Ouch!” by Ragnhild Scamell. This book is about Hedgehog who is entering her winter nest for a long nap, but a falling apple gets stuck on her spiny back, and her friends’ suggestions only lead to more trouble until Goat finds the perfect solution. Students had fun recreating the scene by colouring the hedgehog and gluing all sorts of fruits in her bag.
This post is based on one I read this morning on the Book Riot website – 10 Snow Day reading strategies. I used it as inspiration to write my own suggestions for some snow day reading…
Snuggle somewhere warm and cozy. Stay in bed and read or claim the couch and stretch out under warm blankets with a hot chocolate and read.
Try reading books you find in the house. If you have read all the books you have chosen scout around and see what the rest of the family has on their book shelves. You might find a real treasure.
Try a Tumblebook. These are for all ages. Tumblebook library has boosk that can be read to you as you follow (Username: istanbul Password: books) and Tumblebook Cloud has books for older students (Username: istanbul Password: login) including graphic novels. Tumblebooks also has books in French and Spanish languages.
Watch a book trailer – or two – or three. Many publishing companies have dedicated YouTube channels so they can show book trailers for new titles. Penguin Teen channel and Random House’s book channel are good examples. Below is an example – do you think we should get this book?
Keep track of the books you read. Go to Destiny and login and add books to your shelves, Have read, Reading Now or Want to Read. If you are in secondary school you could create your own Good Reads account. Make sure you have your friends and teachers as your friends (your librarian can make a good friend on these sites as well)
Last year we had the pleasure of hosting writer and illustrator Roxie Munro at our Hisar Campus. One of the questions she was asked was why does she always write nonfiction books? Her answer was that she is fascinated about the world around, so much so that there are so many true stories to write about that she has never run out of ideas for books.
You can read some of Roxie’s stories on the Nonfiction Minute website. The stories can be read to you or read them yourself. They really only take a minute. Roxie has written four stories
This week with EY 3/4 we read a book When I Was Little: A Four-Year-Old’s Memoir of Her Youthby Jamie Lee Curtis.After reading the book we matched numbered fall leaves with the numbered tree branches. The students really enjoyed the activity.
