2018 Summer Reading
Connected by ONE, Compassion for ALL
CONNECTED BY ONE, COMPASSION FOR ALL with REFUGEE by Alan Gratz
Mr. Gratz will speak to all students and staff at grade level assemblies in the gym on September 5th. Teachers will select the 80 students who will be a part of the audience for the panel discussion in the media center September 4th. The discussion will be broadcast live to classrooms for the entire student body and staff to watch.
"The more kids read books about people who aren’t them, the more kids will understand where other people are coming from.
I hope, it’s my sincere hope, when they grow up they will have more empathy for other people and be able to embrace the other."
~Alan Gratz~
INSTAGRAM CONTEST - Where will REFUGEE take you?
Josef, Isabel and Mahmoud traveled a great distance to reach their dreams. Show us where REFUGEE takes you this summer thru our #oakridgereads Instagram Contest.
Follow our Instagram page, @OakridgeReads. From May 20th to July 22nd post pictures of yourself, your friends or your family reading REFUGEE in relaxing, treasured, quirky, hilarious or adventurous places, and tag it with #oakridgereads to get featured on our page! Each Sunday evening at 6pm, the feature with the most likes will win a $10 book to the 1st #oakridgereads Summer Book Fair during OMS's Summer Registration days; July 24-26.
10 Weeks - 10 Winners
#OAKRIDGE READS SUMMER BOOK FAIR
Winners of the #oakridgereads Instagram contest will collect their prizes here too!
Don't Go MUSHY - Just Read 4!
Pleasure reading, reading that transports your imagination for 20 minutes or more either through story or your desire to learn information, is the best activity for keeping your brain in shape. Studies show that students who read the equivalent of 4 books keep their brain in shape for the fall. Students who do nothing with their brains over the summer may suffer from what's called "The Summer Slide" losing anywhere from 1-6 months of academic growth.
So grab your books, magazines, tablets and READ!
Need Ideas for Summer Reading?
- Participate in York County's Public Library "Libraries ROCK!" Summer Learning Challenge - get information HERE! Registration opens May 7th.
- Participate in Graphic Novelist Gene Luen Yang's (The Shadow Hero, Boxers & Saints) Reading Without Walls Challenge.
- Participate in Scholastic's Summer Reading Challenge - sign up HERE! beginning Monday, May 7th.
- Click HERE to earn free books from Barnes and Noble's Summer Reading Program for ages 6-12.
- Click HERE to Books-a-Million's summer reading program.
- Click HERE for TWO free audiobooks per week for Summer Reading (ages 13 & up) from SYNC beginning April 26th.
- Pick a genre different than what you typically read to explore. Click HERE for a complete list.
- Click HERE for OMS GREAT READS lists
- Participate in The Great American Read - see trailer below.
PBS The Great American Read
Watch and Read as a Nation!
CSD SUMMER READING SERVICES
OMS eBooks & Digital Audiobooks - Read & Listen 24/7
- Download the app or go to gofollett.com
- Select SOUTH CAROLINA
- Type in OAKRIDGE and select OAKRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL from the drop down menu.
- Log in using your school UN and 5 digit PW (same UN & PW for Canvas)
CSD Bookmobile
Email Mrs. Corbiere for title suggestions or help with gofollett.com
A kick-off to Summer Reading - Scholastic's BOGO Book Fair
OPEN MAY 3RD UNTIL 7PM