Miles Tiger Times
Media Center News | February 2022
Events this Month!
Black History Month in the Media Center
Read All About It!!
Media Center Classes learn about Rosa Parks and The Montgomery City Bus
Wax Museum Tour in the Media Center!
Media Center Wax Museum has Notable African Americans
Wax Museum includes the First African American President (Barack Obama) and Vice President of the United States (Kamala Harris)
Students received book marks during the tour. Teachers received a big HUG with Barack Obama.
Sight words practice with Google Slides. Fun way to practice sight words during Black History Month.
LAP2 AR Classroom Winners !!!
1st Grade - Ms. Smith
2nd Grade - Ms. CampGlover
3rd Grade - Ms. Hall
4th Grade - Mr. Harris
5th Grade - Mr. Perry
Winners receives a NASCAR Trophy and a Pizza Party!
Connecting IB and SEL for the Month of February
SEL Book of the Month: Change Sings
WeNeed2Read Program with Greg Street
Students with the top AR Points can win Money and Prizes!
READ EVERY DAY!!!!
DEAR Time: The importance of reading 20 minutes a day
Have you ever heard of DEAR time? DEAR is an acronym that stands for Drop Everything And Read! Children who read for just 20 minutes per day see 1.8 million words each year and have scores on standardized tests in the 90th percentile (because they have experienced so many words!). A small amount of reading each day makes an incredible difference! This powerful image illustrates how many minutes your child will read each school year if they read for 20 minutes a day. We encourage you to make DEAR time a part of your daily schedule at home. For more information Click here.
Need to find out if a book is an AR book?
2. Once there, click on student, or parent
3. In "Quick Search," type the title of the book
4. If the book is indeed an AR title, information about the book will appear, if it is not an AR title, it will say, "No AR Quiz"
Remind students to take Accelerated Reader test from home!
CLASSPASS
All Atlanta Public School students are patrons of the public library! IT's FREE Click here: http://www.afpls.org/class
1. There is no card involved. Students use the APS username and password.
2. There are no late fees.
3. If student loses a book, the fee is a writing assignment.
MyOn Digital Library is Magical!
How can your students access MyOn?
- Students in grades 1-8 simply log into MyBackpack and select MyOn
eBooks & eRsources in MyBackPack
MyBackpack eBook Shelf
APS District eBook Shelf
To access the APS eBook shelf, students should log into MyBackpack. Select the eBooks tile. From here, all apps are accessible for student use.
To access apps requiring username/password, use the following credentials:
TumbleBook Library/Cloud
Username: atlantaps
Password: books
Big Timber Books
Username: atlantaps
Password: readmore
EPIC!
MyBackpack eResources
APS eResources
To access APS eResources, students should log into MyBackpack. Select eResources.
World Almanac (Elem, Middle & HS) - no additional log in required
National Geographic Kids: Password: readmore
Infobits - Password: readmore
Learn360: no additional log in required
Britannica Image Quest - no additional log in required
Blooms Literature - no additional log in required
Atlanta Public Schools is excited to continue its district-wide reading campaign, Race2Read! We are partnering with Urban League of Greater Atlanta to challenge students, teachers, staff, parents, community members and business partners to read daily to help us collectively reach 10 million minutes of reading. Together, we meet our goal!
AFPLS
Username: network ID Password: lunch number
Teachers: Lawson ID Password: CHANGEME
Beanstack
Username: Network ID Password: race2read
Teachers: network ID Password: beanstackreads
HELPFUL LINKS
DEAR Time
https://www.learninglinks.org.au/why-children-must-read-20-minutes-each-day/
My Backpack
https://launchpad.classlink.com/atlanta
APS Race2Read Beanstack
https://www.beanstack.com/race2read
Common Sense Media Education
Stay Connected With Miles Elementary School
Email: perander.broadwat@apsk12.org
Website: https://www.atlantapublicschools.us/Page/3208
Location: 4215 Bakers Ferry Rd SW, Atlanta, GA 30331, USA
Phone: 404-802-8900
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