October ESLR Focus: Creative and Critical Thinkers
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Join the Reading Challenge of Reading Diverse Books for this month of November-December
Join the Reading Challenge of Reading Diverse Books for this month of November-December
Travel the world by reading a book set in each of the 7 continents.
Shade in the continents as you finish each book.
Once you've completed the challenge, you will receive a certificate and your name will be placed in the Hall of Fame Reading Challenge Wall.
Goal: Read books from different genres, cultures, authors, and perspectives to expand your understanding of the world.
Goal: Read books from different genres, cultures, authors, and perspectives to expand your understanding of the world.
Pick a Book: Read a book that is written by various authors around the world or books with characters or settings from different backgrounds.
Track Your Books: Use the bookmark tracker to mark off the places or origins of the author, characters or settings you read.
Reflect: Write what you learned or share your thoughts about the book by creating a shelf talker card of the book read.
Submit Your Entry: Once you've completed the challenge, submit your colored-in bookmark and entry form by December 15.
Pick up your Reading Tracker Bookmark in the library and start reading!
How to join:
1.Pick up a pumpkin template
2. New Book Characters Only:
Draw a character from the book that you read within
the current school year.
3. No Repeat Winners: Characters that won last year
may not be entered for this year.
4. Drawing Technique: Your book character must
blend or wrap into the shape of the pumpkin
5. Materials: colored pencil, crayons, pastel colors,
colored markers.
Submission of entry ends, November 15.
Winners will be posted on Nov. 22.
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Library Calendar of Events 2024-2025
August -
New Arrivals Sneak Peek
Matilda Reading Challenge begins
September
16-20 International Dot Week
20 Roald Dahl Day: Matilda Reading Challenge ends
22 - 28 Sept. Banned Books Week
October
9-15 Thadingyut Week
14-18 Digital Citizenship Week (ext. Oct. 25)
25 - 31 Spooky Storytelling Week
November
Diverse Reading Challenge
Fall Pumpkin Character Contest
December
1-15 Gingerbread House Contest
5-6 Winter Book Fair
January
27 Family Literacy Day
February
5 World Read Aloud Day
March
2 Dr. Seuss Day (post celeb. 3rd)
9-15 Thadingyut Week
25 - 31 Spooky Story-telling Week
April
6-12 Library Week
12 D.E.A.R Day
22 Earth Day
May
Book Returns and Inventory
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