Hello Sierra eagles;
Reading is AWESOME! Use the sidebar menus for great reading links. We're especially excited about the Sierra virtual library of eBooks. Click the link:
https://wbb08782.follettshelf.com
Login example: dstan000000
PW: read
Here is a SchoolTube video, "Sierra eBooks," created by Mr. Allbeck to publicize eBooks. Thanks to the students! You can also login to the eBook Follett Shelf from the Sierra MS Web page, then find "eBooks" in the "Quick Links."
Let's see what you know about finding great books in your Sierra Eagle Library by taking the following library quiz:
Click on the author word cloud below to view or create a Wordle. Click: "Read to Succeed!" for literature links.
Reading is AWESOME! Use the sidebar menus for great reading links. We're especially excited about the Sierra virtual library of eBooks. Click the link:
https://wbb08782.follettshelf.com
Login example: dstan000000
PW: read
Here is a SchoolTube video, "Sierra eBooks," created by Mr. Allbeck to publicize eBooks. Thanks to the students! You can also login to the eBook Follett Shelf from the Sierra MS Web page, then find "eBooks" in the "Quick Links."
Let's see what you know about finding great books in your Sierra Eagle Library by taking the following library quiz:
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| Click HERE to take this quiz |
Click on the author word cloud below to view or create a Wordle. Click: "Read to Succeed!" for literature links.
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| Click here to view |
Dewey: Books are located and put back on shelves using a system called the Dewey Decimal System. Here's a fun way to begin to learn about it:
Thinking Map exercise for the Dewey Decimal System
"Order in the Library" Dewey Decimal game
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| Click here to play this Dewey game |
Links: If you say, "I hate to read!" Then you just haven't found the right book. Here are some other great literature links to connect you with reading:
Banned Books, animoto by Joan McCall, TL Redlands USD
Books for ages 9-12
Book Trailers - Movies for Literature (for early teens)
Children's Literature Web Guide
Digital Book Talk
Easy Ways to Make Reading Fun for Middle Schoolers
Guys Read
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: explore all aspects of this great read!
Internet Public Library (ipl2) Reading Zone--For Kids
Letters About Literature where kids write about books
MythWeb
Newbery Award Winners
Online Children's Stories (many links)
PIC-LITS: picture writing
Poetry links
Selected Short Stories
SlimeKids Book Trailers (**See videos by kids, for kids!)
StoryBird: Collaborative Storytelling
Suggested 7th and 8th grade Books, by Ms. Cole
Teenreads
TeenTribune
TweenTribune: Check out "What's happening!"
TTEspanol
YALSA: Quick Picks for Reluctant Young Adult Readers
Book Reports: Let's get creative with imaginative ways to do book reports. Click to view this glogster:
Book Trailers: New ways to get interested in books! Click here to view lots more book trailers. Then view this PowerPoint by Joy Millam to learn how to make a book trailer.
Animoto book trailers from Megan Fuller at Aptos Junior High.
Book writing: Here is a Storybird example, Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat on Storybird
3-D books: Create stories with Zooburst
Authors: They create virtual visits.
Animoto book trailers from Megan Fuller at Aptos Junior High.
Book writing: Here is a Storybird example, Big Fat Cat
Big Fat Cat on Storybird
3-D books: Create stories with Zooburst
Authors: They create virtual visits.
Jean Ferris says, "Thanks for stopping by!"
Library events by month:
September
Banned Books week:
Books Banned at One Time or Another in the United States
Banned Books Week: By the numbers
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
Banned Books week:
Books Banned at One Time or Another in the United States
Banned Books Week: By the numbers
October
November
December
January
February
March
April
May
June
