Check out the LMC's summer site with all our summer reading recommendations, plus links to summer activities too! Check out everything there by clicking on all the picture and objects. I hope it helps you have an incredible and well deserved summer break with reading adventures and journeys though books as part of it!
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The Summer We Saved the Bees by Robin Stevenson. Meet Wolf and his family, living with his mother and stepfather, younger twin sisters and teenage stepsister, trying to help the environment as much as possible. But now Wolf's mother has become truly obsessed with saving the bees, so much so that she takes the kids out of school early to begin a summer long trip educating people about the bees plight and importance. Across Canada. In a converted van running on vegetable oil! Not only is Wolf missing his school, his older sister is planning to run away and he is worried about his younger sister, the twin who barely speaks. Can he help his parents see they are not being fair to their family, only to the bees? Grade 4-5 The Boy Who Grew Dragons by Andy Shepard. Tomas loves helping his grandfather in his big garden where he has spent a lot of time since his had an operation on his heart. When he finds a strange weed like red fruit he takes it back to his room to see what grows. And a baby dragon hatches! His dragon, he names Flicker for his flickering sparks and scales, also has exploding poop and a strange smell. Can he possibly hide Flicker and try to keep him as his very own very special pet? But when his best friends and his baby sister become suspicious and there may be more little dragons hatching...well read to find out! Grades 3-5. Danielle Svetcov, the author of the meaningful and inspiring realistic fiction novel, Parked, has sent us a special message about summer reading especially in this year of quarantine and a summer which will probably not look exactly like past summers. Click below to hear her important message! @dsvetcov
Today, 12 fourth grade students, Will, Alex, Oliver, Anthony, Ben, Matt, Jake, Colin, Sophia, Molly, Owen and Davis completed their work from before school became remote by debating via Zoom! These students paired up to prepare for one topic: either whether Zoos, or Homework or School Uniforms - are helpful or harmful? The debate via Zoom was full of complete, clear and convincing arguments on both sides. Their teachers and I were impressed with the research and writing work that students put in to prepare, and the way they debated today, with feeling, passion and facts! Congratulations to these debaters - We believe these students will have many more opportunities to use and practice the important skills they all demonstrated.
On May 4, we began our One Book, One Remote School read of A Boy Called Bat! The book may be read by families as an eBook on Epic or they may listen to each chapter read by members of the Patton staff. We will read over the next 3 weeks according to a schedule, while remote school classes and LMC will discuss the story! We hope families in our Patton community will enjoy this special time to share the adventure of reading together! Here is a special hello from author Elana K. Arnold. Check out the LMC A Boy Called Bat page for activities, book trailer and more!
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AuthorI am the Library Media Center director at Patton School in Arlington Heights where I help students from kindergarten through 5th grade find terrific independent reading for enjoyment and information, and teach students the skills to use information and technology safely and productively and to connect, communicate and share with others. I have four grown children, a large black dog, (flat coat retriever) and a small striped cat. I am an obessive Chicago Cubs fan and I love to run. Patton LMC Summer Reading Blog |