Mahoney Library Blast
Make the most of the library from home!
About the Library Blast
While we are learning from home during school closures, I hope to send daily emails every weekday morning. These messages will include cool and interesting websites, videos, book recommendations and more, so that we can stay connected and keep learning!
Library Meets this week
This week Mx. Gartley will be holding two informal Google Meets to talk about books, comics, summer reading or whatever else may come up. Check your email for an invite or email Mx. Gartley at gartleel@spsdme.org if you're interested in joining!
Friday, May 29
Learn About Composting Day
Compost is organic matter that has been decomposed in a process called composting. This process recycles food scraps and other organic waste products and produces a soil conditioner. Compost is rich in nutrients and often used in gardening.
UN Peacekeepers Day
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers "offers a chance to pay tribute to the uniformed and civilian personnel’s invaluable contribution to the work of the Organization and to honor more than 3,900 peacekeepers who have lost their lives serving under the UN flag since 1948, including 102 last year."
Ascent of Mt Everest
On this day in 1953, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reached the summit reached the summit of Mount Everest. The 1953 British Mount Everest expedition was the ninth mountaineering expedition to attempt the first ascent of Mount Everest, and the first confirmed to have succeeded. Everest was identified as the highest mountain in the world during the 1850s.
Organic Backyard Composting for Kids (Volume 1 - 2015)
Composting for Beginners | The Dirt | Better Homes & Gardens
UN chief on International Day of UN Peacekeepers 2020
Why is Mount Everest so tall? - Michele Koppes
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climb Everest - 1953 archive video
Yesterday's Winner
Who would win: A moose with catlike reflexes and armed with a shotgun that shoots shotguns OR A wooly mammoth trapped in a potato sack and driving the Popemobile? Winner: Moose. Reason: "You can’t do much of anything while you’re trapped inside a potato sack, especially drive a car."
20-Day Song Challenge: Day 20
A song challenge for the 20 school days in May! For Day Twenty, "A song that comforts your soul" I selected "You Can't Always Get What You Want" by The Rolling Stones. What would you choose? What would you recommend I keep in mind for future songs? Email me at gartleel@spsdme.org.
The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want (Official Lyric Video)
Sora
Sora is an app that provides access to a collection of ebooks and audiobooks that we share with Memorial and the High School. This slideshow will help you login if you haven't used Sora before. If you have any trouble logging in or using Sora, please email me at gartleel@spsdme.org. If there is an ebook or audiobook you are looking for that you can't find on Sora, please let me know, and I will do my best to find it for you!
Junior Library Guild
Junior Library Guild is currently offering free access to their online ebook collection. You can access more free ebooks by visiting jlg.ipublishcentral.com (or downloading the JLG Digital app on a personal device) and signing in with the username JLGMID and the password JLGFREE.
Epic!
Epic! is another online ebook collection. You can access Epic! by downloading the app or visiting https://www.getepic.com/students and using the class code wtt8334. Epic! has tons of books, comics, audiobooks, and videos. Epic! can only be accessed during the school day.
I want to hear from you!
Please share:
- Memes
- Photos of your pets
- Your art or comics
- Recipes
- Book recommendations or reviews
- Other TV, movie, game or media recommendations
- Playlists
- Funny or uplifting videos
Please email me anything you would like to share at gartleel@spsdme.org!
Mx Gartley
Stay in touch: email me at gartleel@spsdme.org to share what you're reading, a playlist you're listing to, what show you're binging or anything else. Also feel free to email me if you need help finding a book, audiobook, or any other resources!
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