Click the image below to learn about
Hispanic Heritage Month
September 15 - October 15
Thank you to the many educators from around the world who put together this amazing resource.
Enjoy this HUGE collection of picture ebook read alouds for Black History Month thanks to Jillian Heise and Lauren Strohecker.
Click the image or this link to select a title. Many are also on display in our LMC.
Click the image or this link to select a title. Many are also on display in our LMC.
Diwali is Thursday, November 4, 2021
Extra!
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Click on the covers for more info about each book.
Don't forget you can use Destiny eBooks and Axis360 all summer long.
AHML and MPPL offer Hoopla, CloudLibrary and Libby.
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A bento box is a traditional Japanese lunch in a special lacquered box with separate sections. It has many elements artistically arranged with a common theme.
A BOOK BENTO is a creative reader’s response that has elements of a book artistically arranged that reflect the text. Our 5th graders chose one of their favorite books and made a book bento using Google Slides. Enjoy!
You can use the tools to pause, or move forward or backward.
Looking for reading resources?
Check out the Great Websites tab, or click here for a pdf.
Consider shopping local at The Book Stall in Winnetka. They support our author visits.
https://www.thebookstall.com/
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Whoooo's been
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Check out your public library
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Arlington Heights Memorial Library has:
library card, you can get one now online. Talk to your parents to do this. You can find all these resources under the Borrow Menu --> eBooks |
Mt Prospect Public Library has:
card, you can get one online. Talk to your parents to do this. |
Get Ready for Summer Reading
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Hey, Dolphins! We have some great suggestions for you to keep reading this summer! Our LMC Directors have put together a primary and intermediate list of great, fun summer reads! Watch the slideshow, click to see the whole list at once, or print out a bookmark with the titles.
Titles with an * have a digital copy at AHML. You can share what you're reading all summer long on the LMC Flipgrid. Grades K-2Grades 3-5The Lists
You can also find the middle school summer reading list here.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VDamxUwu6bQ1fCvSawmjkPYDljpz2KS7/view?usp=sharing Parents: Want to order books? Consider ordering from The Book Stall in Winnetka. They provide discounted books and staff to help us when we have an author visit, like Laurie Wallmark, Saadia Faruqi and Sarah Aronson. They also helped bring us Megan McDonald, author of the Judy Moody books, in 2018 at no cost to Dryden.
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Sign up for the AHML summer reading program. You can watch Miss Emily's video explaining how it works. (TL/DR register, log your minutes, collect badges and prizes).
Register at ahml.beanstack.org
Bookmarks
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Read one of my Star Wars book picks on Hoopla at your public library
(you'll need your library card) and
go over to the Activities page for more Star Wars fun.
Share what activities you do on our Padlet.
May the Fourth by with you on Star Wars Day, May 4th!
Not a Star Wars fan? Check out our other LMC Directors' picks for you.
No AHML or MPPL library card? You can get one online! See their website for details.
(you'll need your library card) and
go over to the Activities page for more Star Wars fun.
Share what activities you do on our Padlet.
May the Fourth by with you on Star Wars Day, May 4th!
Not a Star Wars fan? Check out our other LMC Directors' picks for you.
No AHML or MPPL library card? You can get one online! See their website for details.
Listen to author Robert Munsch tell the story of Elizabeth in The Paper Bag Princess, my pick for K-1, good for everyone. It's one of my all time favorites. What a treat to hear the author tell it.
Check out our LMC Directors' Book Picks for this week.
Click on the librarian to hear a book talk. Click on the book to go to Tumblebooks.
You shouldn't need a password but just in case,
use log in tumble735 Password: books
BOOK RESOURCES
See the Great Websites page for more ways to read great books.
Capstone Interactive has fiction and nonfiction, tons of graphic novels, all with interactive features! It also has the ability to search by grade level and use a visual search. To access, click on the Capstone Interactive box. Login is continue. Password is reading
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Check out these authors and illustrators offering live events.
Here are some places to find good books to read and other fun stuff. You can also use the Research Resources and your grade level pages. If you need help, or resources for your PL or anything at all, email me at bkovacic@sd25.org.
Reading You can access the Dryden LMC catalog, including eBooks. Log in with your Google credentials to Destiny Discover.
_____________________________________ Your public library has lots of resources and are open again. Arlington Heights Memorial Library has:
library card, you can get one now online. You can find all these resources under the Borrow Menu --> eBooks Mt Prospect Public Library has:
card, you can get one online. Storytime Online - Actors reading picture books Story Time From Space - Astronauts read from space STEAM
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Writing
Try these storytelling cubes from PBS Kids. Roll the dice to get your storytelling elements, then write a story! https://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-and-experiments/play-a-storytelling-game
Write along with Kate DiCamillo, author of many books including:
Mercy Watson Flora and Ulysses (my favorite) Raymie Nightingale and, available in the Dryden eLibrary: The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane Because of Winn Dixie Tale of Desperaux and many others. You might want to use a picture to get you started. Try one at Images to Inspire.
IllustratorsDraw Everyday with JJK - Jarrett J. Krosoczka, author of Lunch Lady graphic novels
Lunch with Mo Willems - draw with Mo 11 CST |
Author Sarah Aronson is coming to Dryden!
at some point in the future! TBD
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Sarah Aronson will visit our 3rd, 4th and 5th graders to talk about the writing process and her latest book, Just Like Rube Goldberg. Flipgrid
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Author Saadia Faruqi is coming to Dryden!
February 25, 2020
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Learn more about where Saadia is from and where she lives now in our Google Tour.
tourbuilder.withgoogle.com/tour/ahJzfmd3ZWItdG91cmJ1aWxkZXJyEQsSBFRvdXIYgIDg4OamiQgM Flipgrid |
Sign up at AHML
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author Laurie Wallmark visits November 13th. |
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Thank you, Mrs Wasik, for sharing some of your favorite books
in our new Teacher Feature display. Check one out next time you are in the LMC. Need more recommendations? Watch the morning announcements for our Book Talk Tuesday. See Mrs. Foster or Mrs. Kovacic if you would like to do a book talk. |
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DRYDEN STUDENTS:
To search the LMC's collection, make lists, check on your account, or put books on hold, click the button below! |
Here is a document to help you remember how to log in and directions on how to get the Destiny app for your own device.
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LIBRARY NEWS
Megan McDonald, author of the Judy Moody and Stink series, came to Dryden October 12, 2018! Thank you to The Book Stall for coordinating this for us, and to Julie Jergens at AHML. You can still get signed copies of Megan McDonald's books at The Book Stall. |
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The Dryden LMC Teachers Mrs. Beth Kovacic LMC Director bkovacic@sd25.org Mrs. Mary O'Hara LMC Teaching Assistant mohara@sd25.org |
https://judymoody.com/
http://www.meganmcdonald.net/ https://www.thebookstall.com/ You can draw Judy Moody or make a comic book about Stink. |