Skano Summer Book Exchange

     In an effort to keep our library books from collecting dust, I'm offering a summer book exchange for students entering grades 1-5. 
         Students in good standing may borrow up to 10 books
and keep them for the summer. 
Please click here for more information and a permission slip.
 

Ball in the House

A capella band, Ball in the House, rocked Skano with an exciting program on Wednesday, June 16th.  The band explained how they make sounds using only their vocals and an equalizer.  They encouraged students to follow their dreams, especially when it comes to the arts. 

A big thank you to Mrs. Trader and the Cultural Arts Committee for providing this exciting learning opportunity for Skano! 

For more information visit their website.
To order a cd, visit this link.

 Other News:

• On Tuesday, June 8th, Yarina presented indigenous music and dances from Ecuador to our students.  

• SDR supports Hannah's Hope Fund

• 3 Apples Book Award: List of nominees

• Check out our blog, Shen Kids Read, for reading suggestions

• Netsmartz Kids: Internet Safety Games and Videos

• Jon Scieszka's website

• Mo Willems' Website

• Seussville: Dr. Seuss fun and games

• Harper Collins Kids' Page with contests and coloring pages

• Skribblers Spring '09 E-zine

• The 39 Clues: Race to Win Game

• PBS' Kids Thirteen scavenger hunt- win a digital camcorder

Questions?  Email me

Curriculum Links

        Kindergarten         First Grade           Second Grade
 

Third Grade          Fourth Grade           Fifth Grade
 

Public Access Catalogs

Online Databases 

• Tumble Books (trial)
• BookFlix
• Culturegrams
• Enchanted Learning
• World Book
• World Book Kids
• Ebsco (NOVEL)
• Gale Databases  (NOVEL)
• Teaching Books.Net
• Grolier * For home access to Grolier fill out form below and submit to Grolier.  Grolier will register your account and email a username and password to you.  You must do this only once.
  Remote Patron Enrollment (required)

NOVEL is a statewide virtual library provided free to the public by the New York State Library. It is currently a pilot project funded through a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant to the NY State Library by the Federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS).

Research Tools

• Elementary Search Tools

• Awesome Library
• Internet Public Library
• Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
• Read, Write, Think
• TeAchnology
• ThinkQuest

Book Lists

• Guys Read- Are you a boy?  Need help finding books that appeal to you?  Check out this ultra-cool site created by one of our favorite authors- Jon Scieszka!!!
• 88 Great Reads by Judy Freeman

Vacation Fun

• First Gov for Kids- "fun stuff" for a rainy day
• PBS Kids- games
• Scholastic Kids-  games and contests
• Storyline Online- great stories read by actors

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