Looking for free audio books to listen to while you’re working in the garden or house or taking a walk or shooting hoops? Check out these weekly downloads from AudiobookSync. They release two books each week for 13 weeks starting April 30 and running through July. The downloads are only available the week they are released. These audiobooks are aimed at teens 13+. You can sign up for text or email alerts to remind you each week when new titles are released.
https://www.audiobooksync.com/
High School and Middle School Lovers of Graphic Novels… Here is a site for you to checkout. This site has links to webcomics. Give them a try if you are looking for something different to read.
https://wakelet.com/wake/WMobNp-cZjuNaMQ-KRoYa
Just want to listen to a good book? Audible books has many free books for tots to teens, classics and fairy tales.
https://stories.audible.com/discovery/enterprise-discovery-21103929011?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_ds_dbb_0-0
For the STEM minded… Take a look at the NASA site. Includes activities you can do with household items.
https://www.nasa.gov/stem
The K-4 read alouds are somewhat familiar, but this site includes selections for grades 5-8. The 5-8 books are read by the authors and are Youtube videos. The first three are installment readings of the entire book. Not sure if “The False Prince” will be the entire book or just the first chapter. Just click this link to take you to d39 Virtual Library’s collection of read aloud links.
Tired of the four same walls however many rooms there are in your house? If so, go somewhere else virtually! This link(https://www.btsb.com/virtual-tours/) will take you to National Park tours; webcams from zoos, aquariums, museums, etc; and lots of other places around the country and around the world! Here is a sample of the variety:
10:00 – Check out Peter Reynolds reading a book a day on Facebook.
11:00 – Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems. (about 20-25 minutes
12:00 – Draw Every Day with Jarrett Krosoczka (live on YouTube daily)
Check Mrs. Matthews page or the Hawks homepage for other special events and activities.
The second and third graders had a joint 2 part Library listening and activity. They first listened to Oh, The Places You’ll Go! at Library this week. Before leaving they told where they would go if they could travel anywhere they wanted. The answers were as varied as the students.
They returned for the activity–making a hot air balloon. Working in pairs (a 2nd grader and a 3rd grader) they blew up and tied their balloons. Not an easy task for many. Then, using straws and tape they connected the balloon to a plastic cup. The final challenge came next. Can you move your cup across the table without touching it. Success was measured in inches, but everyone gave it a try.
The Book Fair is here! Click on the link to shop online. https://www.scholastic.com/bf/hayspringspublicschool1
In school sales start Monday, Feb 3rd and continue through Monday, Feb 10th. The Fair will be open during Parent-Teacher Conferences on Thursday, Feb 6th.
Parents/Guardians:
Students at Hay Springs Public School use a software program called Accelerated Reader. This program has a special feature called “Home Connect”, which you and your student can access outside of school from any computer with an internet connection. Home Connect allows you to view information about your student’s progress. It also allows you to sign up to receive email notifications after your student completes an activity or assessment at school.
Log in to Home Connect Website by using this link:
https://global-zone51.renaissance-go.com/studentprogress/homeconnect?t=206729
(The user name and password are the same as your student uses to log into his/her AR account at school.)
A help video can be found at:
https://p.widencdn.net/ytr1tu/home_connect_edit?download=true
If you have questions about Home Connect, please call Mrs. Matthews at school in the afternoon.
Thank you,
Carole Matthews, School Librarian
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