Summer Reading Challenge

This week we are winding down our school year…Another year has come and gone so quickly!

As students return their library books (and hopefully earn book raffle tickets) we will meet for one last time before the library closes to do our annual inventory.  I have a few websites to share that I hope will encourage some summer reading.  I hope students will take advantage of the wonderful summer reading program offered by the Marathon County Public Library.  I have also put together a “Summer Reading Challenge” for returning Riverside students that I hope will inspire some summer reading.

Riverside Summer Reading Challenge

Summer Reading List Suggestions

Reading Games

MCPL Summer Reading Program

Book Trailers/Recommendations

Tumblebooks from MCPL                         

Book Raffle

Our annual end-of-the-year Book Raffle starts this week.  Check out what selections we have this year! http://www.slideshare.net/sdembowski/book-raffle-12955945

More cool Book Spine Poems

Today Ms. Thompson’s class created poems using library book spines – They turned out great!  Check out our Flipsnack book!  http://snack.to/funi4jpx

Poem in Your Pocket Celebration

Yesterday we celebrated out first Poem in Your Pocket Day and what a celebration it was!  Students were reading poems on the playground, in the office,  in classrooms, in the library, in hallways….poetry fever was contagious!

The idea was simple: select a poem you love during National Poetry Month (or write your own) – then carry it with you to share with co-workers, family, and friends.

Poems from pockets were unfolded throughout the day and shared.  This is a fun, national activity that has been done annually since 2002.

Here at Riverside we even had all of the 4th grade classes sharing poems with students in Ohio through Skype!

Check out this animoto to see how our day went….

Book Spine Poetry

Check out the cool poems made by Mrs. Treptow’s class using book spines!

Poem in Your Pocket Day!

Thursday, April 26th is Poem in Your Pocket Day!  All this week we are celebrating poetry.  One of my favorite poets is Jack Prelutsky who has a great website – click here to see it!

3rd grade book talks

Mrs. Gauger’s 3rd graders just finished their book talks this week.  There is a great variety of book suggestions and students did a great job of using expression in their voice when reading their book review.  Check it out by clicking here!