News about the library and more!
I hope you enjoy this new read aloud, Does a Kangaroo have a mother, too? by Eric Carle, just in time for Mother’s Day. What do you love best about your mom?
Ask your teacher for the password and click here to watch. This video includes ASL interpretation.
Happy Star Wars Day! I know many of you are Star Wars fans so here’s a few activities you can try at home. Have fun and May the 4th be with you!
Visit the site for the Star Wars: Jedi Academy Books and read an excerpt of the new book, watch some book trailers or play a game. Click here.
Learn to draw Yoda with Author and Illustrator Jarrett J. Krosoczka.
Try some block coding or JavaScript with Star Wars’ characters like BB8. Click here.
Make Yoda Cucumber Bites with this simple, yet delicious recipe. Click here.
Happy Poem in your Pocket Day! Although we can’t be together to share our poems in person, some of our staff have submitted poems to a Padlet to share with you.
For more information about Poem in Your Pocket Day visit The League of Canadian Poets. I hope you share a poem with someone today!
We are still celebrating Poetry Month and I hope you enjoy my new read aloud of a poem from Bug Off! Creepy Crawly Poems by Jane Yolen. What do you notice about the poem?
Ask your teacher for the password and click here to watch. This video includes ASL interpretation.
The staff at South Slope created a message for all the students and families. Click here to watch. Don’t forget to be: 
Bryan Gidinksi our District SOGI Support Teacher has shared some resources with us. Please click here to visit his site and view some read alouds of books that have previously appeared on lists of Suggested Resources for SOGI Inclusive Curriculum and are also in our school library collection.
Candlewick Press has a released a new children’s book: Coronavirus: A Book for Children. It was illustrated by Axel Scheffler, author of the Gruffalo and other great books.
Click here to visit the page and download the book for free. Thank you to my colleague Carol Lynka for sharing this information.
Tomorrow, April 22nd, is Earth Day! Please click here to view my read aloud of Todd Parr’s, The Earth Book. Please ask your teacher for the password. This video includes ASL interpretation.
How will you take care of the Earth? Leave me a comment and let me know how you are helping to protect the earth and making it feel good.
Stay safe and wash your hands!
Hello everyone! Last week I posted my read aloud of, Sometimes I feel like a Fox by Danielle Daniel. Today I am posting the read aloud with ASL interpretation! I’m hoping that future videos will all have this feature to provide accessibility to all. Please ask your teacher for the password. Click here to view.
Happy Monday, everyone! Today I am excited to share a video created by a very special guest reader – Ms. Perez!
Click here to watch and listen to her read What do you do with an Idea? by Kobi Yamada.
