Summer Reading & Learning
by Mrs. Tinguely @schoolmediamom
Coolest Reading Destination Challenge
Are you reading at the Prior Lake beach? Are you reading in a camping tent? On the top of a mountain, the Empire State Building, Dairy Queen, Near Jeffers Pond, or are you reading on your trampoline?
You don’t need to travel far to be creative because you can read ANYWHERE!
Send me your picture this summer of your Coolest Reading Destination!
Ask a parent permission to email Mrs. Tinguely at ktinguely@plsas.org. Add your name, grade, location and book title!
The top 4 coolest pictures will win either an iTunes gift card, Barnes & Noble gift card, or free books.
Pictures will be posted on the JP/GD media center website, Twitter, & in the media center!
Search our Card Catalog! Click on ebooks!
- Free to use!
- Jeffers Pond Card Catalog
- Mackin Via user name and passwords - same as the ones in class - email Mrs. Tinguely if you forget the username and passwords to these great resources.
Tumble Books Available through August 4th, 2015
Epic Book App
- Parents can track their child's reading progress from any mobile device. First 2 months free with this code: EpicReading, then$4.99 /month thereafter.
- One of Mrs. Tinguely's favorites to use with her second grader at home.
- Link to website
FarFaria Free Books
- FarFaria Link
- Free app for iOs users
- **Content is sometimes not as preferable as the Epic resource above.
Book Sharing Sites and Book Lists
Free Reading Contests
Bring the completed Reading Journal to your local B&N store.
Join today and let’s set a new reading world record for summer 2015! (May 4 - Sept 4, 2015)
Fun Websites to Check out
Camp Wonderopolis
Sylvia's Maker Play Lists
National Geographic Website
Smithsonian For Kids
Smithsonian for Kids offers students a glimpse into the offerings of the Smithsonian Museums, as well as Smithsonian Quests.
Mrs. Tinguely
Jeffers Pond & Glendale Elementaries
Email: ktinguely@plsas.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/jpflexlab/home
Location: 14800 Jeffers Pass NW, Prior Lake, MN, United States
Twitter: @schoolmediamom