Summer Reading
Deerwood Academy Summer Reading 2020
The school year may be ending, but learning never stops!
Congratulations! We exceeded our Race2Read Goal!
Congratulations Deerwood Academy! We crossed the Race2Read Finish Line and exceeded our goal! ! We have logged 693,287 reading minutes of the required 683,000 minutes! The race to read continues until May 22nd! Let's Keep Reading!
Students:
UN: APS username
PW: race2read
Parents, Staff and Community Members:
Sign up at https://race2read.beanstack.org/reader365
Attribute your minutes to Deerwood Academy.
Fulton County Public Library Summer Reading Program
Pre-Registration Begins May 15, 2020 via Beanstack.
More Summer Reading Programs
Click here for detailed information on Read Camp.
Apps Available in MyBackpack for Summer Reading
Audible
The Audible app is now available through MyBackPack. Students and staff have access to hundreds of titles while schools are closed. You don't have to use additional sign on credentials. Just click on the app and search for a title or browse by the topics listed on the page, select a book and begin listening.
Class Pass
Don't forget that thanks to a partnership with the Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System, all Atlanta Public School students are patrons of the public library!
1. There is no card involved. Students use the APS username and password.
2. There are no late fees.
3. If student loses a book, the fee is a writing assignment.
Class Pass allows the following checkouts:
Print checkouts:
50 books, 10 CDs, 5 DVDs
Digital checkouts:
Hoopla - 10 downloads per month
Overdrive - 10 items every 30 days
Axis 360 - 5 titles per month
Myon
Summer Reading Lists
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Camp Wonderoplis - Free!!
Camp Wonderopolis® is the FREE online summer-learning destination that's full of fun, interactive STEM and literacy-building topics boosted by Maker experiments!
Keep kids and families learning together throughout the summer! Camp Wonderopolis can help build vocabulary, background knowledge in science, reading comprehension, critical thinking, and other literacy skills along the way.
When you register as a Camper (kids of all ages) you'll enjoy learning through wonder—an approach honed by the award-winning Wonderopolis.org!
Summer Reading Free Printables and Downloads
Free Printable Summer Reading Chart and Reward System
Please feel free to use the chart and reward system below to keep track of what your child is reading and to reward their progress if you'd like. Download the file below to print.
How the chart and reward system work:
- Have your kids read for 20 minutes, set the timer.*
- When the timer goes off, have them color in one dot.
- When they get to number 5, they earn a coupon.
- When they get to the end, they can get a Grand Prize coupon!
-Courtesy of Tips from a Typical Mom Blog
Summer Reading Log
Summer Break Reading Bingo
Summer Reading through Capstone Interactive
Deerwood Academy Media Center
Deedre Rice
Media Specialist
Email: drrice@atlanta.k12.ga.us
Website: https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/deerwood
Location: 3070 Fairburn Road Southwest, Atlanta, GA, USA
Phone: (404) 802-3313
Twitter: @mrsmediamaven