Bugbee Library Media Center
Attention 4th & 5th Graders:
Check out the 2023 Intermediate Nutmeg Nominees in the Bitmoji Scene to the right. Click on the Book Covers for book trailers and link in green chalkboard for book summaries.
Copy of Bitmoji Scene 1 (2).pdfCopy of Bitmoji Scene 2 (2).pdfAnnouncing the Intermediate Nutmeg Award Winner for 2022!
Check out all the live links in the Bitmoji Scene on the left.
Summer Reading 2022!
Kindergarten- 4th Graders:
It’s that time of year again, summer reading! K-4 students are encouraged to read with family and independently this summer. Please join the West Hartford Public Library for their theme this summer, “Read Beyond the Beaten Path”.
The printed summer reading forms will be sent home for K-4 students by the end of next week. See this link for more K-4 summer reading ideas, booklists and fun activities at the town libraries. Return your form to any West Hartford Public Library by August 26th to get a free book!
Graduating 5th Graders: 2022 Middle School Summer Reading Overview
Our fifth graders, soon to be sixth graders, are expected to read at least one book, fiction or nonfiction over the summer. They will be able to share their reading when they return to school in the Fall. Students can find their middle school summer reading information on this link. The middle school program includes a Google Classroom that students are asked to join and many tween related activities at the Public Library.
Also a reminder that all library books are due next week!
Thank you!
Happy Happy Reading,
Ms. Vlosky
Free Resources from Authors/Illustrators
Jarrett J. Krosoczka- Author of Lunch Lady Series, Jedi Academy, etc. is offering free drawing lessons weekdays at 2pm for the next couple of weeks! If you can't catch him live, episodes will be recorded. Check it out here: www.youtube.com/studiojjk
Lunch Doodles with Mo Willems through The Kennedy Center . Live at 1pm, but episodes are also archived.
Kids Ask Authors-Podcast and website by Grace Lin. Students can share questions, book reviews, poems with guest authors each week. Also, check out her Youtube channel for drawing lessons and reading aloud from her books.
Author Kate Messner- Shares resources, video clips, and read alouds from authors/illustrators. This is a growing list so check back often.
Author Mac Barnett will be reading aloud one of his picture books every day on Instagram Live @macbarnett
Author Oliver Jeffers will read aloud every day on Instagram Live @oliverjeffers
Author's Everywhere Youtube Channel by middle grade author Susan Tan- authors sharing writing craft, writing workshops, read alouds, drawing workshops, etc.
Additional Literacy Resources
Don't forget the ebook/audiobook collections from the West Hartford Public Library. Use your public library card to access the collections. If you don't have a WH public library card, call 860-561-6960 for a temporary card.
Scholastic has provided access to their BookFlix and Watch and Learn Library Organized by grade level. Username: Learning20 Password: Clifford (case sensitive)
KidLitTV- Read Alouds, Book Trailers, Author Interviews
HarperKids Youtube Channel- Storytime Read Aloud of various picture books.
Brightly Storytime- various picture books read aloud
Indianapolis Public Library- picture book video read alouds
Unite for Literacy- various ebooks with option for narration in multiple languages
Story Time from Space! Various STEM related picture books read aloud by astronauts in space!
Junior Library Guild- providing free access to the digital library- various picture books, chapter books available in ebook/audiobook format. username: JLGELM password: JLGFREE
Virtual Field Trips
Zoos and Aquariums
The San Diego Zoo: Watch penguins, tigers, koalas, and giraffes. The zoo also has a website just for kids with videos, stories, activities, and games.
Monterey Bay Aquarium: Feel like you’re swimming with the sharks, birdwatch in the aviary, get mesmerized by the jellycam, and spy what’s going on in the open sea.
Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden: Every weekday at 3 PM ET, the zoo hosts a Home Safari Facebook Live event featuring different animals. Archived videos and related safari activities can be found on the zoo’s website.
Georgia Aquarium Ocean Voyager: Wait for the whale shark!
Panda Cam Zoo Atlanta: Pandas are a lot of fun to watch. This live stream lets kids peek in on Ya Lun and Xi Lun, the only panda twins in the U.S.
Museums and Cultural Sites
National Museum of Natural History (Smithsonian)
Machu Picchu (Peru)
Buckingham Palace (England)
Taj Mahal (India)
Planets and the Night Sky
Take a trip to Mars! (explore the surface of Mars on the Curiosity Rover)
NASA: Earth’s Moon (explore the landing sites and geography of the Moon)
Stellarium (stargaze from your own location any night of the year – check out the constellations and “night mode”)
Collections
Google Arts and Culture (explore art museums from around the world … and so much more)
Wide Open School Field Trips (tour an M&M’s factory, find out how toilet paper is made, gawk at dinosaurs and much more)
Follow the Bugbee Library on Instagram!
The Bugbee Library Media Center has a private Instagram account! Follow us to get the latest information about what is happening in the Library. I will post student projects, book recommendations and timely information. To follow us please click on the link below! I hope you find this to be a helpful form of communication!!
