Summer is for READING!
Check out all these awesome resources for summer reading
Why should kids read in the summer?
Let's ask them!
Summer Slide - You Don't Want This Ride!
We are hoping that this will be a fun way to share Caraway's reading love with the world as well as a way to get ideas for great new books to read.
We would love to post your reading picture!
NO NAMES WILL EVER APPEAR
Please text or email your picture to carawayreads@gmail.com
Please include your student's name and '13-'14 teacher for verification purposes (I want to make sure we only post the Caraway family) but remember no names will EVER be posted on Instagram.
I would also love to know the title of the book you are reading if the cover is not visible!
I hope you will join us - I can't wait to see this unfold!
Online Resources Available to You All Summer
From digital audiobooks and ebooks to online encyclopedias to amazing streaming video, you can access all of the following from home this summer!
Passwords to these paid services can not be published online but check your email or your student's end-of-year materials for fresh copies of the password information. This information can also be found in the student directory.
MackinVIA
The program Caraway Library will be using for ebooks and digital audiobooks is called MackinVIA. All students will have access to the books the library has purchased from any computer or device (with browser or app abilities) with an internet connection. They may choose from both ebooks AND audiobooks across the levels.
The Basics:
Website: http://www.mackinvia.com
or
Free app: MackinVIA
(Android App | iTunes App | Kindle Fire App | Nook Tablet App | Windows Desktop App | Mac Desktop App)
Password information can not be posted online - check your email or your student's end-of-the-year materials for fresh password information.
Beyond the Basics:
At this link you can find student guides and training videos to peruse at your convenience. Alternatively, you can set your student loose and they’ll be ready to teach YOU in no time! : ) http://www.mackin.com/Help/VIA_Help/index.html
One important note: If you are using a device for MackinVIA I suggest immediately clicking the “download” button after any material checkout. This will allow your student to read and listen to electronic materials even without an internet connection. Materials can be found within the book or audiobook section of your device once they have been downloaded. They will go away after the checkout period expires. Easy-peasy!
I hope you will enjoy accessing these materials with your students any time from this point forward as we continue to expand our selection in the future.
Special thanks goes out to those of you making purchases at the Book Fair and to The Market 360 Group (http://www.mkt360grp.com/)for their generous donation from food sales at the fall carnival. These two places were the sole sources of funding for all of our awesome electronic resources.
Enjoy!
myON
myON is a complete literacy solution that reinvents student reading. Providing anytime, anywhere access to thousands of award-winning digital books, myON recommends content to readers at their interest and at their level. Students become immersed in reading titles targeted specifically for them. With features only digital content can offer, like spoken word audio to model fluency, sentence highlighting, and an embedded dictionary, students and teachers agree—it’s magical.
Or
Caraway Webpage: Library: myON link on the right below the owl with glasses
School: begin typing “cara” and Kathy Caraway Elementary will pop up for students to click
Username: s###### (s+your student’s six-digit ID number)
Password: same as username (s######)
*please be aware that students may read within the program or download up to 20 books at a time to a device for later reading with or without an internet connection through the free myON apps*
Unusual Reading Spot Contest
This summer, think about unusual and interesting places where you can read and snap a picture. It could be a place you are visiting this summer, someplace around town, or just a weird place in your home - it's up to you!
In the fall judges will chose 10 winners to have their photographs blown up to POSTER SIZE and displayed in the library!
We are SO excited to see what you come up with. It is great to see our library filled up with pictures of kids reading!
If you haven't seen, our students' pictures from this year's contest are featured on the RRISD Summer Reading Page! http://www.roundrockisd.org/summerreading
REMEMBER NO PHONE PICTURES!
Details:
o Students should be visibly reading in the photograph
o Any reading material is great reading material for this contest (books, newspapers, magazines, comics...)
o Photos will need to be a minimum of 3150 x 4200 pixels to be included in the contest (check your camera settings first)
o Unfortunately phone pictures will not have high enough resolution for this contest due to enlargement
o Submissions should be sent FULL SIZE to carawaylibrarycontest@gmail.com Along with the student's full name and grade for 2104-2015
o Entries can be submitted any time between 5/30/14 and 9/1/14
o Maximum of one (1) entry per student
Check out this year's winners directly below or see all the entries for inspiration in the second video!
Bluebonnet Program (grades 3-5)
Each year, 20 books are chosen as the “Texas Bluebonnet Award Master List” by the TBA selection committee.
Students read a minimum of five books from the current master list (or have the books read aloud to them), and they have the opportunity to vote for their favorite title during the month of January each year.
At Caraway students who read more than the minimum and complete an assignment (to be announced in the fall) will be invited to an end-of-the-year Bluebonnet party! Third graders need to read at least 10, fourth graders at least 12, and fifth graders at least 15 to be eligible for the party.
Students that read at least 15 books by mid-January will be eligible to compete to be a member of the Caraway team in the district-wide Battle of the Bluebonnets!
The author of the book receiving the most votes statewide is declared the winner of the Texas Bluebonnet Award.
Click here if you need a copy of the 2014-15 Bluebonnet Tracking Sheet!
Summer Storytime in the Park!
We'll meet near the city park playground area, find a shady spot, and read together!
10:00-10:30
Thursdays 6/19, 7/17, and 8/7
Please know that I lead an open storytime. This means that I do not expect them to sit quietly for thirty minutes. Come and go, stand or sit, walk around or lie down - I will just keep on trucking!
It will be a casual, fun setting - feel free to stay and play and make new friends (adults and kids!).
School-age siblings and kiddos are of course welcome, I'm just basing my book choices on those younger groups. Feel free to invite neighbors or friends, there is no requirement that kids are future Caraway students!
Summer Reading Programs Around Austin
Man, are you lucky to be an Austinite! Not only are there a million great things to do around town, there are also TONS of ways to get reading this summer!
Below are links and descriptions for some of the programs available online and around town.
Austin Public Library
How many books can you read? You decide!
1. Sign up at the Library or online.
2. Read, read, read.
3. Record the books you read and your opinions in your reading log.
4. Return your completed log to any Austin Public Library location between July 1 and August 23, 2014, and choose a book to keep. That's right, you earn a FREE book just for reading!
BookPeople: Give Me Summer! Give Me Books!
In this spirit, we're happy to once again offer a free summer reading program for all our young readers going into grades K-8.
How to get started: Come to BookPeople to pick up a summer reading bookmark for your age level. You are going to want to hang on to this because it’s also your reading tracking form that you’re going to use all summer and turn back in to us before school starts.
What you get to read: We have put together a great list of 6 recommended paperbacks per age group. You get to choose at least three of these recommended books and up to three books of your own choosing –for a total of 6 great books– to read over the summer.Click on the links below to see our complete list of summer reading picks for your age group.
How to complete the challenge: Just bring back your filled out bookmark to BookPeople any time during the summer and you can add your name to our Wall of Summer Reading Stars! You'll also receive you prize, a BookPeople gift certificate!
Half Price Books: Feed Your Brain
Half Price Books: Feed Your Brain
- Read for at least 15 minutes each day in the months of June and July. (Grown-ups may read aloud to kids who are still learning.)
- Add up your minutes and have your parent or guardian initial each week.
- Once you’ve read 300 minutes, turn in your completed log to earn HPB Bookworm Bucks for each month.
- We’ll award one top reader per age group each month with a TOP READER prize - a $20 HPB Gift Card!*
Melanie Letendre, Caraway Librarian
Email: melanie_letendre@roundrockisd.org
Website: http://carawaylibrary.weebly.com/
Location: 11104 Oak View Drive, Austin, TX, United States
Phone: 512-464-5508
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/carawaylibrary
Twitter: @caraway_library