Burgess-Peterson Academy Media News
Volume 6 February 2017
Congratulations to the BPA Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Team
2017 Scholastic Book Fair
Reading for pleasure inside and outside of school has real and long-lasting benefits. It unlocks the power of information and imagination and helps children discover who they are. Please make plans to come to our Book Fair and be involved in shaping your child's reading habits.
Remember, all purchases benefit our school. See you at the Book Fair!
Monday, Mar 20, 2017, 07:30 AM
Burgess-Peterson Academy
TeachingBooks.net Ready-to-Use Resources
February 16th is World Read Aloud Day,
● See resources for Great Read-Alouds You May Have Missed
● Use Meet-the-Author Movies to engage and connect readers to text
● Provide a glimpse into authors’ personalities with Author Name Pronunciations
Locate multimedia resources to support and enhance STEAM instruction
● The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
● Almost Astronauts: 13 Women Who Dared to Dream by Tanya Lee Stone
● Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Jacqueline Woodson - Celebrates her birthday on February 12th
● Shares writing realistic fiction from an African American perspective in this Meet-the-Author movie
● Shares some of the backstory for creating Each Kindness
● Discover 78 Book Guides & Lesson Plans for her books
February is African American History Month. Check out the Literary Calendar for more information.
● View our “African American Stories” blog post
● Find resources award winning titles
● Share literary events instantly
Join our on-going professional development opportunities by
● Viewing the Video Demos
● Completing the self-paced Professional Development Module
● Attending the Webinar-of-the-Month.
Black History Month eBooks
Black History Month with Story Cove
- Celebrate Black History Month with Anansì's tales from Africa and more from August House on Story Cove
- Story Cove (part of our eResource subscription library) is a K-5 multimedia program that features folktales from the world's great oral traditions developed to immerse children in timeless stories and help them discover a love of reading.
- The classic folktales are supported by Animated version of the story, Audio Read-to-Me and Audio Read-a-Along files, Differentiated lesson plans aligned with specific Common Core Standards, Activities based on the story and 8x8 Leveled picture books
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