Library Ledger
Summitt Library: April 13 -17, 2020
Hello from Mrs. Richey
I hope you enjoyed another lovely weekend with your family. My family has been enjoying this roller coaster weather--the hot and the cold. I don't really mind either, as long as there are blue skies and sunshine.
It's spring! The flowers are in bloom. The bees are buzzing. The butterflies are flitting about. I hope you have had an opportunity to go outside and notice the signs of spring in your own backyard. Each day the sun continues to rise and the earth continues to turn. That is reason enough for us to be thankful and make the most of each day, don't you think?
This week I have a few updates, including corrected information regarding my Zoom meetings. I'm so sorry if you have been trying to reach me. I had the information off by one number! I have some login information regarding Mackin and some great reading recommendations from an old favorite, Tumblebooks. So, please read down to the end of this week for all news library--and come visit me sometime during my office hours. I miss you!
Have a great week Summitt Eagles! Go out there and live your best life!
Hugs and kisses,
Mrs. Richey
Shout Outs!!!
Thank you to my great big Summitt Family!!!
Thank you to the "library life" surrogate families!
As for the aquarium, after much negotiating with the district, WatchDOGS, Jim Walters and Billy Metzger were allowed into the building to quickly and safely remove and rehome our beloved fish.
Thank you all for your help. When we do finally return to the library, it will be as vibrant and alive as ever thanks to the due-diligence of these people.
Thank you for shopping the Scholastic Online Book Fair!
What I'm Reading Right Now
Hector the Collector
This is our read aloud this week for Pre-K through 2nd grade and can be found here. Do you like collecting things? Now is a great time to start!
The Word Collector
Where the Mountain Meets the Moon
Listen to me read the first chapter this Friday, April 17 at 1:30 during First Chapter Fridays!
https://zoom.us/j/2869345410?pwd=M21OMy9aWjhNa21kR3VyS1dSZXk1QT09
Remember Capstone and MackinVIA are always open!!!
Capstone Interactive
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MackinVIA
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Tumblebooks
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Mrs. Richey's Top Picks from Tumblebooks
Books by Grade Level
1. Bugs! Bugs! Bugs!
2. Big or Little?
3. Biscuit
4. Digger the Dinosaur
5. Caillou
Kinder:
1. And You Can Come Too
2. Dixie
3. He Came with the Couch
4. How do you read to a Rabbit?
5. Let's Do Nothing!
1st Grade:
1. One Duck Stuck
2. Meet the Meerkat
3. Little Pea
4. Little Hoot
5. Read Anything Good Lately?
2nd Grade:
1. Adventures at Camp Lots-O-Fun
2. Clark the Shark
3. All Aboard the Dinotrain
4. Bink and Gollie
5. The Boy in the Drawer
3rd Grade:
1. Chicken Big
2. Ariol
3. Contest Between the Sun and the Wind
4. Daisy Diaz Shakes Up Camp
5. Geronimo Stilton
4th Grade:
1. Bloom
2. Blast to the Past
3. Flora and Ulysses
4. Rapunzel and the Seven Dwarfs
5. Our Seasons
5th Grade:
1. A Ticket Around the World
2. A Butterfly is Patient
3. The Jungle Book
4. Older Than the Stars
5. The Templeton Twins Have an Idea
Office Hours
11:30 12:30 pm
3 - 4pm
Zoom Meeting Info
First Chapter Fridays
This week we will repeat last week's Where the Mountain Meets the Moon.
April 6 - 10
Hello, from Mrs. Richey
Howdy-ho, Eagles!
It's Mrs. Richey, and I'm back again with some updates for the week. Monday, April 6th, marked the beginning of Continuous Learning at home. By now you have heard from your various teachers, and probably received some review lessons and activities to get your brain pumping again.
I, too, have some read alouds to share with you that also include some activities. These are activities designed to get you thinking and talking about what we are reading. They are not homework. They are not for a grade. They are "Food for Thought" activities. Remember, reading is what connects us to all humanity. And, these days more than ever, we need that connection to make sense of the world we are living in and be reminded that we are NOT alone.
Read to the bottom for information about our ongoing online book fair, this week's recommended read, my electronic resources of the week, links and times for my recorded and live story times, and how to reach me throughout the week. I also have a surprise link at the end for any of my recent Birthday Book Club kiddos!
Love to you all! I miss you like crazy! Keep smiling!
Love, Mrs. Richey
What I'm Reading Right Now
The Invisible String by Patricia Karst
Please go to the Summitt Library Blend course to hear the story and find some fun extensions. You can find it under Storytimes for All Levels.
Electronic Resources of the Week
Scholastic Learn At Home
Time for Kids
"Together, we will navigate the news and support one another through this uncharted territory."
Goodnight with Dolly
Don't forget!!! MackinVIa and Capstone are always open!!!
Mrs. Richey's Office Hours
The Zoom meeting ID is 286-934-5410
Password: 061423
FIrst Chapter Friday
The Zoom meeting ID is 286-934-5410
Password: 061423
Friday, Apr 10, 2020, 01:30 PM
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Surprise!!!
March 30 - April 3
Hello From Mrs. Richey
Today I have some good news and I have some bad news. Which do you want first? The bad news? The bad news is that we will not be able to have our usual Spring Book Fair in the library. BUT, the good news is we will be able to have an Online ONLY book fair. This means that starting, Wednesday, April 1, you can visit our Scholastic Book Fair using your web-browsing device. You can shop from the safety of your home with mom, dad, grandparents, aunts, uncles, whomever!!--all online. And, the best part is that your order will be delivered right to your home! So cool, huh?
I know it is not the same, but Summitt Eagles are adaptable and resilient. Give it a try! You might really like it.
Included in this Ledger are links about book fair, more recommended reads, my online resource of the week, and a calendar of events you can participate in soon, if you'd like, with me via Zoom. Make sure you read to the bottom of this week's highlights to get all the info.
Until next week, keep smiling! I'm thinking of you, and sending you great big hugs wherever you are!
Love,
Mrs. Richey,
Your fantastic and fearless librarian
What I'm Reading Right Now
Hair Love
One of the odd side effects of social distancing is learning to love my own hair as it continues to grow without my hairstylist's skills keeping it in check. You can find a fun animated short here.
Dear Hot Dog: Poems About Everyday Stuff
They Call Me Guero: A Border Kids Poems
Found online in MackinVIA.
Capstone Interactive is Always Open!!!
Capstone Interactive
I wanted to remind you about another great online resource that is available to you, Capstone Interactive! This online resource of the week is home to almost 4,000 Interactive e-books including non-fiction in all subject areas, high-interest series fiction, graphic novels and more. Interactive means these books provide professionally produced, easy-listening audio. Additionally, Capstone provides multi-users, so you never have to worry that a title is checked out.
Login to Capstone Interactive with username: continue and password: reading.
Here are Mrs. Richey's "Top 5" Books To Read for Each Grade Level
1. A Backpack Full of Verbs (Can you "do" some of the verbs in the book?)
2. A Nature Walk in the City
3. Triceratops Would NOT Make a Good Ninja
4. A Windy Day in Spring (What are some of the things you are noticing about Spring around your house?)
5. Animal Communication (Includes a fun activity at the end of the book!)
Kinder:
1. Bears Make the Best Reading Buddies (Snuggle up and read with one of your plushie pals!)
2. Do NOT Bring Your Dragon to Recess
3. Scooby Doo and the Case of the Disappearing Donuts
4. Spring: Raindrops Fall Almost Everyday! (Let the rainy weather be your inspiration for some watercolor masterpiece!)
5. Planting Seeds ( Did you know is a perfect time to start your own garden?)
1st Grade:
1. Maps: What You Need to Know (Make a map of your house, or backyard. Hide a treasure for someone to find using your map.)
2. Pet Friends Forever: A No-Sneeze Pet (Make yourself a pet rock. Give it a name and a little habitat.)
3. Staying Safe Online (A good review of how to be safe using the internet.)
4. Alphabet Safari: A Song about Drawing with Letters (Try drawing your own alphabet animals.)
5. Because I Stubbed My Toe
2nd grade:
1. A Butterfly's Life Cycle
2. The Frankenstein Journals: A Pain in the Butt (Perfect for fans of potty humor!)
3. Amazing Life Science Activities (Easy activities with stuff from around the house.)
4. Around the World: A Can You Find It Book (For my I Spy fans!)
5. Clara's Crazy Hair
3rd grade:
1. 8-Bit Baseball ( A great pick for sports fans and video game lovers!)
2. Screams in Space: A Hole in the Dome (Scary story, anyone?)
3. Adventures in Makerspace: A Recycled Art MIssion (Try making your own recycled art!)
4. Adrift and Alone: True Tales of Survival at Sea
5. Animal Gymnastics (Let out your wild child, and get your body moving!)
4th grade:
1. A Fieldguide to Elves, Dwarves, and Other Magical Folk (Make a fairy garden in your backyard.)
2. Igor's Lab of Fear: A Jar of Eyeballs (Read after dark. . .if you dare!)
3. A Makerspace Adventure: A Photojournal Mission (Start your own photojournal. You are living in historic times!!)
4. Amazing Animal Stunts
5. Bacon Artist: Savory Bacon Recipes (Make something delicious and invite Mrs. Richey for dinner!)
5th grade:
1. A Journey to the Center of the Earth: Fantasy Science Field Trips (Where would you want to go on your fantasy science field trip?)
2. Faerieground ( A fantasy series with lots of titles available!)
3. Air Shark: Novice Level Paper Airplanes (Try out your paper folding skills!)
4. Busting Boredom Series (Includes Great Outdoors, Art Projects, and Experiments)
5. Cyber Spies and Secret Agents of Modern Times
If for some reason, your student did not receive a card or lost their card, do not fret.
- If your student lost the card, call the library at 512-974-7475 and have the information sent to the email address listed on the account. (It is likely the primary parent's email address.)
- If your student never received a card but think s/he should have, call that same number above.
- If you opted out or can't figure it out another way, an adult can apply for a virtual card at this link: https://library.austintexas.gov/virtual
BTW, no one answers that phone but they DO call back.
Also, the chat with a librarian feature on the virtual library is working great, so that's an awesome way for you to get help as well.
Office Hours
I will be available--at some time, TBD, to help you or just to talk. Of course, my specialty is books! I am happy to help you access resources, talk about your latest book crush, or steer you towards some great new books. More information coming soon! Stay tuned for exact times!
Monday, Apr 6, 2020, 11:30 AM
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First Chapter Fridays
I'll send out the Zoom link next week, and the book you can expect to hear. Hope you'll tune in!
Friday, Apr 10, 2020, 01:30 PM
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March 23 - 27, 2020
Hello from Mrs. Richey!
Dear Summitt Eagles,
I hope you all are well! I miss you so much and have been thinking about you every day. Since we won't be seeing each other again for a bit, I wanted to share with you some great resources you can use at home during this time away. If you need anything at all, please feel free to send me an email or call me in the library (512-414-4249). I'll be checking email and voicemail regularly. Stay tuned for next week's newsletter!
Hugs,
Mrs. Richey
Summitt Librarian
What I'm reading right now
Greystone Secrets #1: The Strangers
Fur, Feather, Fin: All of Us Are Kin
Available through Overdrive at Austin Public Library.
Planting Stories: The Life of Librarian Pura Belpre'
An inspiring picture book biography of storyteller, puppeteer, and New York City’s first Puerto Rican librarian, who championed bilingual literature.
Just in time for Women's History month! Listen to the author read it here:
Mackin VIA is always OPEN!
Plus, there is easy access to kid friendly online databases on the left hand menu by clicking "Databases". There you can find:
- PebbleGo
- World Book Kids
- National Geographic Kids
- World Almanac Kids
MackinVIA Top 5!
Here are Mrs. Richey's "Top 5" books to read for each grade level
1. 11 Experiments that Failed
2. Animal Baths
3. Families, Families, Families (Draw a picture of your family. Is your family like any of the ones from the book? How so?)
4. The Three Bears ABC: An Alphabet Book (Take an "alphabet" walk around your yard or neighborhood.)
5. The Quiet Book (Use your best listening ears to see what sounds you can hear outside. Read The Loud Book next!)
Kindergarten:
1. A Boy and a Jaguar
2. Benjamin Bear Toon books (several available on MackinVIA)
3. Telephone by Mac Barnett (Play a silly game of "telephone" afterwards!)
4. Animals in Spring (Have you noticed any new animals out yet?)
5. Some Birds (Can you make your own coloring book by tracing the birds in the book?)
1st grade:
1. The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps (Look up more about Jane Goodall on PebbleGo or World Book Kids.)
2. Breaking News: Bear Alert
3. Duck, Duck, Goose
4. Hank's Big Day: The Story of a Bug (Go on a bug scavenger hunt outside afterwards!)
5. Chicks! (Have you seen an eggshells around?)
2nd grade:
1. Mary Walker Wears the Pants: The True Story of the Doctor, Reformer, and Civil War Hero
2. Boy + Bot (Make a robot using found objects at your house or draw your own!)
3. Cam Jansen series (A fun mystery series perfect for 2nd graders!)
4. 5 Steps to Drawing...series (lots of available!)
5. DK First Animal Encyclopedia (Use PebbleGo or World Book Kids to look up more about some of the animals you find interesting or visit the San Diego Zoo!)
3rd grade:
1. The Bad Beginning (The first book in the Series of Unfortunate Events, and a super fun Netflix series!)
2. Creature Features (All of Steve Jenkins' books are awesome!)
3. Bessie Coleman: Daring Stunt Pilot (Awesome graphic novel about this sh-ero, look her up on World Book Kids to learn more.)
4. Alvin Ho (The whole series is available on MackinVIA!)
5. Unicorn Rescue Society (Fans of fantasy will love this series!)
4th grade:
1. The Wild Robot (Available as both e-book and audiobook!)
2. Animals by the Numbers: a Book of infographics (All of Steve Jenkins books are fascinating. Try to use Canva to make your own infographic!)
3. Alamo All-Stars by Nathan Hale (read the other books by Hale, then take a virtual tour of the Alamo)
4. El Deafo (Graphic novel and memoir)
5. The Candymakers
5th grade:
1. The Girl Who Drank the Moon (Newbery Award winner!)
2. The Twelve Most Amazing Natural Wonders (Explore some of them using Google Maps in Satellite view.)
3. The One and Only Ivan (Also, try reading the companion nonfiction book Ivan: the remarkable true story...)
4. The Apprentices (Fantasy, adventure, page flipping!)
5. The Land of Stories (almost the whole series is available on MackinVIA!)
Mac Barnett's Book Club Show on Instagram
Author, Kate Messner, Shares Resources
Doodle with Mo Willems
Denise Richey, Summitt Librarian
Email: denise.richey@austinisd.org
Website: https://catalog.austinisd.org/client/en_US/summitt
Location: 12207 Brigadoon Lane, Austin, TX, USA
Phone: (512) 414-4249