Library Specials Videos
It’s a favorite time of year: School begins and we gather together as a school family! Mrs. Yurek welcomes students back with a reminder of the titles were our favorites from the selection of Grand Canyon Reader Award nominees. Take a look at the read aloud videos of each title below. This annual event is so popular with students and families. We read and discuss 10 books and then vote to make one our school favorite! Which one was your favorite? Click here to watch other great literacy videos produced by Salt River Schools!
Library videos from the 2020-21 school year
School years fly by so quickly. One minute it's the first day of school and all of sudden, it’s the last day! Whether you are sad that it is over or glad that it happened, there are so many reasons to celebrate. We have experienced many student achievements this year, most recently celebrating those once-in-a-lifetime achievements, like finishing kindergarten or moving on to middle school.
Let’s also celebrate our reading successes! Forty-seven students have reached their Accelerated Reader Reading Goal this quarter. Reaching this goal demonstrates a commitment to reading. Speaking of commitment, five students reached their AR reading goal in each of the four quarters this school year: Denise Burke, Cameron Correa, Jayla Garcia, Kadence Williams, and Cash Wood.
Any amount of time spent with a book is a win! Students in 2021 have lots of choices when it comes to how they spend their free time- aka “summer vacation” – work hard to keep the accomplishments of the school year from slipping away by making a plan to spend time reading each and every day. Growing as a reader should be celebrated and continue throughout your entire life!
A message from SRES Librarian Mrs. Yurek: We are nearing the very end of the 2020-2021 school year. It has been a year where most of our connections to each other and to learning have been through an electronic device, such as a laptop, cellphone, or tablet. When school ends this week, it will be the perfect time to take a break from technology. Enjoy this sweet story about Blip, who accidentally finds herself “unplugged” from her computer and tumbles outside. Blip makes some very interesting discoveries now that she is finally…unplugged!
Click here to watch the author Steve Antony introduce the story "Unplugged."
Here are the SRES results from the Grand Canyon Reader Award (GCRA) picture book contest! Are you surprised? Thanks to everyone who voted (87 votes)! Click the image below to download a PDF of the voting results for SRES. Click here to get the results of the statewide vote.
The Grand Canyon Reader Award Picture Book nominee #8 is "ERASER," by Anna Kang and Christopher Weyant. This is a sweet story with a message that sometimes everyone needs a reminder of just how they special they really are. Maybe this nominee will be your very favorite? Voting will take place in just a few weeks! Read them all again - the videos are below! Also, be sure to check out this cute book trailer for "ERASER."
A Reader's Oath for student at Salt River Elementary School, in honor of Read Across America Week!
This week, we have Grand Canyon Reader Award Picture Book Nominee #7 "The Good Egg," by Jory John and Pete Oswald. Maybe this one will be your very favorite! We will vote later this spring after we have read all ten nominees. From the publisher: From the bestselling creators of "The Bad Seed," a timely story about not having to be Grade A perfect! Meet the good egg. He’s a verrrrrry good egg indeed. But trying to be so good is hard when everyone else is plain ol’ rotten. As the other eggs in the dozen behave badly, the good egg starts to crack from all the pressure of feeling like he has to be perfect. So, he decides enough is enough! It’s time for him to make a change.
World Read Aloud Day is Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, and Salt River Elementary School staff are celebrating by reading one of their favorite picture books, "Outside In," written by Deborah Underwood and illustrated by Cindy Derby. We hope you enjoy this mindful contemplation on the many ways nature affects our everyday lives, even when we don't think it does. Click here to learn more about the book. Click here for more details about World Read Aloud Day.
The 2021 GCRA Picture Book Nominee #5 is "Nobody Hugs a Cactus," by Carter Goodrich. Click here to watch the book trailer. From the publisher: Carter Goodrich, who also wrote a previous Grand Canyon Reader Award nominee (and an SRES favorite) picture book, "We Forgot Brock," shows with his latest book, Nobody Hugs a Cactus, “…that sometimes, even the prickliest people—or the crankiest cacti—need a little love.”
From Emory Health Institute: In “COVID-19 Helpers,” Seattle-based author and illustrator Beth Bacon and Kary Lee describe how people from all walks of life are helping to fight the virus. In age-appropriate language and using beautiful illustrations, Bacon and Lee describe what COVID-19 is, how it is transmitted and all of the people who are working to keep everyone safe. The key message of the book is that we can all help fight COVID-19, including children.
Very young children are active and busy. It can often be a challenge for them to relax when the time arrives to sit and listen to a story read by a teacher, librarian, or even a family member. Mrs. Yurek introduces a calming technique to use when settling down to read. It’s a technique that Daniel Tiger uses in the story Daniel Tiger Goes to the Library, read by Mrs. Yurek in this SRES Library Read Aloud. Click here for more information for a successful read aloud time with our youngest readers.
Book care is a big responsibility when reading a book. Learning how to keep your book safe from babies and pets in addition to making sure it stays clean and dry is a job for any patron who frequents a library. In this short video, Mrs. Yurek reviews book care and the importance of reading every single day.
Whether you are completely unfamiliar with Accelerated Reader or just need a quick refresher on how to take an AR quiz on a book you recently read, Mrs. Yurek will take you through the steps which include how to login and how to navigate through the process.
Mrs. Yurek gives students an overview of the SRES online library catalog, Destiny.