Library Learning Commons Update
CREC Academy of Science & Innovation June 2018 Newsletter
What Is the Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge?
The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge is a free, online reading program designed to help students turn the “summer slide”—the learning loss which can occur over the summer months—into a “summer leap” by discovering the joy and magic of reading for fun.
The theme of the Challenge changes every year. The 2018 theme is “A Magical Summer of Reading,” which comes to life on the website with the beautiful Harry Potter illustrations by Jim Kay. We think it’s the perfect message to encourage students across the country to share in the magic of summer reading in celebration of the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
How It Works
The Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge is open to students in all U.S. states, territories, and the District of Columbia for 18 weeks. To participate, students must be registered by an educator, meaning a teacher, public librarian or community organization leader. Once registered, students will receive a username and password from their educator, librarian or community organization leader to log into scholastic.com/summer, and begin logging their summer reading minutes. Students can unlock digital rewards as they complete weekly reading challenges.
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Free Interactive Books All Summer!
To help combat the “summer slide”, ASI students have access to the awesome Capstone Interactive Summer Reading program, where they can sign up for free online reading materials for the summer.There are over 3000 fiction and nonfiction titles in English and Spanish, and they can be accessed from different devices. There is also a downloadable app for reading offline. Audio read alouds are also optional on most titles. Titles can be searched by reading level or interest. To check it out or sign up, go to www.mycapstonelibrary.com and use the login information in the picture below.
Student Picks
Reviewer: Sarah Kavarnos
Witch and Wizard is an action packed series that follows the lives of Whit and Wisty, a brother and his sister, who get kidnapped in the middle of the night and discover that they are being accused of being a witch and a wizard. These unsuspecting teenagers have lived a completely normal life until everything gets turned upside down and they go on the journey of a life time. The series is told from the perspective of both Whit and Wisty and involves many cliff hangers and a lot of suspense. It is an easy read with the chapters being, on average, 2-4 pages long. It goes by really fast and leaves you on the edge of your seat the entire time. Their story continues in the book The Fire.
Sarah is an ASI senior who will be attending Nyack College in the fall. She loves dancing and cats.
May's Top Patrons
Congrats to our school's biggest readers! Students who have checked out the most books make it into top 5 and win a prize. This month's winners were:
Tamara Lopez (12 books!)
Corey Fray (9 books!)
Dezarae Chamberlin (8 books!)
Ramon Ruiz (7 books!)
Jaylanie Alicea (5 books!)
Ayanna Santos (5 books!)
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