St. Columba Library - Mrs. Cobleigh
Book Fair Returns to STC!! - October 31 - November 5th
We will be open during Parent-Teacher conferences as well as during days school is in session. Students in grades K-5 will have both browsing time and purchasing times. Grades 6-8 will have a single browsing/purchasing time. Book Fair hours: Oct. 31-Nov 3, 8 am-6 pm, Nov. 5, 8 am- 3 pm. If you are interested in helping with the Book Fair please see this Sign-up Genius. Volunteer hours given.
We will be open during Parent-Teacher conferences as well as during days school is in session. Students in grades K-5 will have both browsing time and purchasing times. Grades 6-8 will have a single browsing/purchasing time. Book Fair hours: Oct. 31-Nov 3, 8 am-6 pm, Nov. 5, 8 am- 3 pm. If you are interested in helping with the Book Fair please see this Sign-up Genius. Volunteer hours given.
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St Columba School Library Catalog Sora - ebook collection Bookflix Beanstack - Read everyday! Earn badges! Meet the challenge! Sign in; select a challenge; "log reading" (upper left corner blue box). Logging is in minutes for all students! Class links: Create a Bibliography" use "MLA" for the Style Askusnow - A 24/7 live online interactive service for the residents and students of the state of Maryland. It uses the expertise of trained librarians to provide answers to questions, research guidance, and help navigating the Internet Reading is Fundamental is offering 4 interactive calendars: K-5 Activity Calendar, PreK Activity Calendar, Social Emotional Learning Calendar and Daily Book Bites. See them here. Fun reading focus for the whole family to enjoy. Click on the topic for the day in Book Bites calendar and get a book suggestion!
The library catalog is accessible from wherever there is an Internet connection. If you would like
your own password in order to save searches or put books on hold, please contact Mrs. Cobleigh. Bookflix, subscription-based resource, is also accessible from outside of the school. Teachers can supply passwords for use at home or from any device with an Internet connection. Some things to explore
Prehistoric Road Trip - multiple episodes. Bird watching in your backyard/neighborhood! STC library and Epic! bird guides Here's some great information on birds from DK Safe make-at-home hummingbird nectar bird box build - adult assistance required Exploring foods Try out some new recipes from other parts of the world and then learn something about that region or learn something about the origin/culture of one of your favorite meals. STC library and Epic! cookbooks 101 Kid-Friendly Recipes from Around the World Travel Inspired Recipes Virtual Museum Trips Kids Post featured Jane Goodall on 7/7. Article here. A virtual trip to the National Geographic Museum's exhibit on Jane can be found here! Live Animal Cams - try some that are non-zoo one! |
Beanstack Challenges continue!
The Beanstack September Challenge has been extended to Friday October 18, 2024. This will give everyone a little more time to get into gear with logging their reading and earning rewards! Remember, any kind of reading counts! See e-book options below. Summer Reading Rewards were given out September 10th: 95 students combined to log 42,327 minutes! Quite an awesome increase from last year's 62 students who logged 20,882 minutes. Rewards were: certificates for all, reading buddies for those with 60 or more minutes, donuts for those with 300 or more minutes and an "out of uniform" coupon for those with 1000 or more minutes. Congratulations! Keep on reading and logging! Mrs. Cobleigh loves to see what great books you are enjoying.Come join the fun!! (PS If you do not remember your Beanstack login, please reach out to Mrs. Cobleigh. Open to all STC students and staff!) Beanstack - see link in left column will be used to log your reading! All students have been registered for the "monthly" challenge as well as the year-long challenge. Each student has received a flyer with personal log-in information. Once you have signed in, you can log reading by clicking the blue box at upper left. You can also use the Beanstaack app from your phone. e-book options
Sora - see link in left column. More than 1700 ebooks and audiobooks to browse and read! Subscription funded by Home and School. Remember that Bookflix is available from home this summer (see link at top of left column. Send me a message if you need the password.) Here are some other e-book options: Prince George's County Memorial Library- library card required for e-book checkout - all reading levels Rivet - Free family accounts - download app for ipad, phone, laptop - younger readers Epic! Unite for Literacy - Free - younger readers Storyline Online - Free - Picture books - includes activity guides Lit2Go - audiobook format - go to the "Readability" tab and choose the grade level you are interested in. PBS Kids Read Along - (YouTube search) Authors and celebrities read various titles. Check it out on the PBS Kids YouTube channel. Fall in the Butterfly GardenThe milkweed has begun to go to seed. Checking for Monarch caterpillars daily. More info and pictures coming soon!
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