Akiba Academy Library Summer Reading 2013 ideas and list

Akiba Academy Library Summer Reading 2013

The best way to keep reading all summer is to get involved with your local public library’s Summer Reading Programs. Many libraries offer great, free weekly programs, special guests, special events, movie nights, game time, crafts and even prizes. Below you will find how to get involved with some of the local library summer programs also some programs offered online and through local bookstores.

Here is the Texas Bluebonnet list 2013-2014 (3^rd-5^th) for next year and a grade level suggested reading list from the teachers.   TXBluebonnet List for 2013-2014 (opens in .pdf) TBA 2013-2014 list

Have a great summer, Nancy Cunningham ncunningham@akibaacademy.org

Tycher Library @ Jewish Community Center

Located:  7900 Northaven Road Dallas, TX

Summer reading program is for children ages 4-15 June 23rd and ending July 28th

http://www.tycherlibrary.org/summer-reading/program-info

Dallas Public Library

Registration for the Mayor’s Summer Reading Program will run   June 15 – August 10, 2013.Online registration will begin on May 20, 2013.

You may register here : http://www.dallaslibrary2.org/childrensCenter/summerReadingProgram/

Spend at least 5 hours reading or listening each week Prizes will be awarded weekly so be sure to visit each and every week! Readers may choose any reading material, such as books, magazines, audio books, etc.

** This year’s reading club will feature an adult component for the first time – details coming soon

 Garland Public Library

Nicholson Memorial Library System’s Summer Children’s Programs

http://www.nmls.lib.tx.us/gov/lq/lib/ > click on Library > click on Library events. Check out the craft workshops and story times activities throughout Garland Public libraries

Plano Public Library

You can Sign up for summer reading June 1 – August 26  Programs for all ages will include magic, bugs, snakes, music, animals and more…spend your summer at the library! Go here www.planolibrary.org and sign- up online for summer reading!

Richardson Public Library

Begins Saturday, June 2 Noon – 1:00 p.m. Children’s Department – Richardson Public Library *Events scheduled on various dates schedule here: http://www.cor.net/  > click on Library >

Online or Book stores :

Scholastic Book: You can also participate in the Scholastic Summer Challenge online program more info about joining here: http://www.scholastic.com/summer/

Barnes and Noble Summer Reading Program: read 8 books get a free one May 21 Sept. 3, 2013 also download a FREE Activity and Teaching Summer Reading kit http://www.barnesandnoble.com/u/summer-reading/379003570

Half Priced Books: Feed Your Brain Summer Reading Programs earn gift bucks http://www.hpb.com/fyb/

Summer reading: Marguerite Henry and horse books

We talk about summer reading and how great books about animals  and the outdoors and travel are always great

PowerPoint presentation about Marguerite Henry and her wonderful books about horses especially Misty of Chincoteague.

Video of last years pony penning and swim!

Nobody could capture the Phantom. She was the wildest mare on Assateague Island. They said she was like the wind, that the white “map” on her shoulders was her mark of freedom.

Paul and Maureen Beebe had their hearts set on owning her. They were itching to buy and tame her, and worked hard to earn the money that she would cost. But the roundup men had tried to capture her and for two years she had escaped them….

Pony Penning Day holds a surprise for everyone, for Paul not only brings in the Phantom, but her newborn colt as well. Can Paul and Maureen possibly earn enough to buy them both?

April is poetry month and we learn about Shel Silverstein

We learn all about Shel Silverstein’s life and what he’s really famous for (outside of poetry books for  kids ) like illustrations, song writing and movie scores.

PowerPoint presentation about his life and we enjoyed a few animated video poems read by him from his web page for children. http://www.shelsilverstein.com/

 

 

Yom Ha’atzmaut / Israel Books

shhhh… we’re sleeping

We read and looked at books about sleep, dreams and nighttime. How do people and animals sleep ? We discussed our own sleeping habits and found how different we are .

We read Sleep like a tiger by Mary Logue

In this magical bedtime story, the lyrical narrative echoes a Runaway Bunny – like cadence: “Does everything in the world go to sleep?” the little girl asks. In sincere and imaginative dialogue between a not-at-all sleepy child and understanding parents, the little girl decides “in a cocoon of sheets, a nest of blankets,” she is ready to sleep, warm and strong, just like a tiger

Passover Books

We celbrate first day of Spring with ” Green” by Laura Vacarro Seeger

How many kinds of green are there? There’s the lush green of a forest on a late spring day, the fresh, juicy green of a just-cut lime, the incandescent green of a firefly, and the vivid aquamarine of a tropical sea. In her newest book, Caldecott and Geisel Honor Book author Laura Vaccaro Seeger fashions an homage to a single color and, in doing so, creates a book that will delight and, quite possibly astonish you

 

 

Jewish Disability Awareness Month: we learn about Helen Keller

We talked about disabilities and discussed this wonderful quote ” we need to know about disabilities or special needs and practice more understanding and caring.”

I presented a PowerPoint presentation on Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan and I read excerpts from A Picture Book of Helen Keller by David A. Adler . Students were able to check out books about specials needs/disabilities, Annie Sullivan, Louis Braille and others.

Activity: Student were able to use special flashcards that had words in braille , had embedded smells and showed sign language signs for word and letter. Special Sign Language ” Read ” Bookmarks.

Passover Books

Grandma’s Feather Bed by John Denver and music books

We enjoyed the audio book of Grand Ma’s Feather Bed by John Denver. We also looked at all the great books we have on about music and musical instruments in the library.

Upbeat, funny and irresistibly singable, this song was made famous by John Denver and now made doubly memorable by delightful illustrations by Christopher Canyon, as the award from Moms Choice said. Especially if you listen along with Denver – the hardback edition comes with a CD – kids will say, play it again! – and turn the pages to follow along.

 

The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore book vs video ?

We read the book The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore and compared and contrasted the book to the video. How are they same/different ? which is better ?

oyce’s Academy Award-winning animated short-film-turned-app that celebrates those who care about (and receive nourishment from) books is, ironically, now a picture book. The wonder and mystery inherent in the wordless film and the ability to manipulate the visuals and play the soundtrack on the app’s piano beg the question: Can the book compete? As it turns out, the book has its own rewards.

 

Knock ..Knock … we explore books on jokes and riddles

Lots of fun as we explore our great jokes and riddles books !

What is a joke ..? What is a riddle ?

We all got to tell our favorite joke /riddle too !

Rosa Parks: If a bus could talk and more

We read and discussed wonderful books about Civil Rights hero,  Rosa Parks.

Books Included :

Rosa by Niki Giovanani

Fifty years after her refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, city bus, Mrs. Rosa Parks is still one of the most important figures in the American civil rights movement. This tribute to Mrs. Parks is a celebration of her courageous action and the events that followed.

Rosa Parks by Adler

..Adler sets the life story of Rosa Parks within the history of the civil-rights movement.

If A Bus Could Talk: The Story of Rosa Parks by Faith Ringgold

If a bus could talk, it would tell the story of a young African-American girl named Rosa who had to walk miles to her one-room schoolhouse in Alabama while white children rode to their school in a bus. It would tell how the adult Rosa rode to and from work on a segregated city bus and couldn’t sit in the same row as a white person. It would tell of the fateful day when Rosa refused to give up her seat to a white man and how that act of courage inspired others around the world to stand up for freedom.

We also learned about President Obama’s trip recently to Michigan to see the real bus at Henry Ford museum.