📚The Library Lowdown
June, 2021 Issue 14
Hundreds of New Ebooks and Audiobooks Available Now in Sora!
For Teens: Two Free Audiobooks a Week!
"The Virtual Summer Camp Adventure is a twelve-week virtual camp with six bi-weekly themes around 'Tales and Tails', the national summer reading campaign."
There will be new choice boards every two weeks that focus on a variety of themes from fairy tales, zoo animals, graphic novels, and more! Each choice board will have links to 20 free Capstone ebooks available until August 31st! That's access to 120 free ebooks this summer thanks to Capstone! Buncee has joined in the giving and created free reading activity templates, stickers, and animations for students to use too! Teachers can sign up and create usernames and passwords for students to use all summer long or families can help their students get signed up. It's a pretty fun creation tool where kids will love sharing their learning in innovative ways. Create an account at www.buncee.com.
Choice Boards are accessible now at https://www.capstonepub.com/camp
Here is a link to a family letter inviting families to participate and explain a bit about the program. Feel free to make copies of the letter and send it to families or email it.
Remember, everything students and families need to access all the great resources can be found at https://www.capstonepub.com/camp
Let's get the word out and share these great summer reading and learning opportunities with families!
PebbleGo is Now Official!
Each school has its own unique login. This document has login information for each school. Bookmark it and please ensure your students know their school's login. This document is only available to those logged into their 4J account. Login information cannot be shared publicly. It would be great if schools could share their school's login info via parent communication.
Please contact Amy Page if you have any questions. Have fun!
Lightbox Access Until 6/25
Lightbox is pretty awesome! These are interactive, non-fiction, and fiction books that integrate text with video, audio, weblinks, slideshow, transparencies, and maps and provides lesson plans with ready-to-use activities!
We have access to their full suite! Give it a try! Click any of the links below and begin exploring. Please share with your students and families too!
Lightbox: K-12
https://sub.openlightbox.com/Lbxaccess/Login?tokenId=1d1c9f1b-f600-4366-890a-5ec87984ef27
Eye Discover: K-2
http://eyediscover.com/book_list.php/?authkey=UVaYZyJ
AV2 Fiction: K-4
https://v2.av2books.com/fiction-dashboard/?authkey=UVaYZyJ
AV2 Non-fiction: 3-8
https://www.av2books.com/non-fiction/listing.php/?authkey=UVaYZyJ
AV2 World Languages: K-2 (Mandarin, Spanish, French and more)
Eugene Public Library Card! Get It In Time for Summer!
June is Rainbow Month!
Relax and Learn this Summer with Library Ed Tech at Your Pace
June 4J Virtual Field Trips
- June 2nd: Be Rescue - We get to watch a hive get rescued from an old barn being torn down and watch the catching of a swarm!
- June 9th: Greenhill Humane Society - Small Animals. I thought it would be fitting to end the year where we started with a visit to see the little creatures of the Humane Society.
Thank you for your help spreading the word!
June's "You've Been Virtually Book'd"!
So Many Resources, How Do I Find Them All?!!
Amy Page, Eugene 4J District Librarian
Email: page_a@4j.lane.edu
Website: https://wakelet.com/@AmyPage5788
Location: 200 North Monroe Street, Eugene, OR, USA
Phone: 541-790-7765
Facebook: facebook.com/4jlibrarymediaservices
Twitter: @AmyPageTL