Scholastic Book Clubs

Hi Fox Run readers!

For those of you who do NOT get Scholastic book club flyers from your child's homeroom teacher, I've set up a way for you to order online.

Why? Because Scholastic has some great bargains on some books your student will love to read. Many books are just $1, and lots of books are less than $5. They make super stocking stuffers or birthday gifts! Shipping to our school is FREE!

Even better...everything you purchase helps our library to buy more books for our students.

If you decide to buy a book as a gift, and you do NOT want me to deliver it to your student and spoil a surprise, just send me an email at cyoung12 at neisd dot net, and let me know. I'll hold the order for you in the library until you can come in and pick it up.

These books are such great deals...I don't want anyone to miss out! If your homeroom teacher is already sending home flyers, please order from him or her to help build up the classroom library.

If not, click on the book clubs graphic above, or go to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs and enter our code, L8WVD.

Happy reading!

Need Math or Science help?

Hi Fox Run friends!

Do you need help explaining something in math or science to your student? I just found a FREE site with videos to explain things like fractions and photosynthesis.

StudyJams was created by Scholastic. The site has songs and videos to explain math and science in ways that are kid-friendly and easy to understand. You don't need a username or password.

This is a great place for homework help, or reviewing what your student learned in school.

Check it out!

Storybook Pumpkin Patch

Many thanks to those of you who helped your student create a storybook pumpkin in October. We had a beautiful storybook pumpkin patch in our library!

We saw so much creativity from your families! Our central office sent someone over to our library to make a video about our awesome projects. You can watch the video by clicking here.

Happy fall, y'all!

Fall Book Fair

Hi Fox Run friends!

Thanks so much for making our fall book fair a success!

We had help from 20 parent volunteers, and that made a BIG difference! Students were able to check out quickly and get back to class, thanks to our wonderful Fox Run moms!

Our school library gets 25% of every item sold. These funds help us pay for author visits, for student prizes, for our subscription to BookFlix, and many more ways to help our students succeed.

Thank you for all you did to support our book fair!

(Our spring book fair will be February 25-March 1, during the next early release days. Hope to see you there!)

Free Ebooks and Audiobooks

Hi Fox Run friends!

Did you know that our Fox Run library has ebooks and audiobooks that you can borrow? YES!

You can check out up to 5 items at a time from our digital library.  FREE! Your 3rd, 4th, or 5th grade student should bring home a bookmark this week with the URL (web address) for our digital library. It's located at http://neisd.lib.overdrive.com.

You will want to help your student with this process, because the digital library includes books for all age levels, including high school. Some of the high school books would not be appropriate for elementary school students to read. By clicking on "Grade Level" on the left side of the screen, you can see all of the books for grades K-5 only. Or you can use the search box (top left) to search for a specific title.

When you check out, you will be asked for your student's ID number. This is a 7-digit number that should be available to you in the Parent Portal, if you don't already know it. You will be asked if you want to keep the item for 7, 14, or 21 days.

Then you can either watch or listen to the book on your computer, or use a USB cord to transfer the downloaded ebook or audiobook to your device, like an mp3 player, iPod, iPhone, Nook, Kindle, or many other devices, listed here on the Device Resource Center.

The blue Help/FAQ button on the left side of the page is a GREAT help! There are videos you can watch to show you how to go through the checkout and download process. It's not hard at all!

I hope you'll try an ebook or audiobook from our library. Stop by the library if I can help you get started!

A great year at Fox Run Library

Hi Fox Run friends!

We've got a great year ahead of us in the Fox Run Library! We have two author visits and two book fairs coming up, plus lots of other learning adventures. Here's a short video showing a few of the events planned for us this year in the library.

Parents, follow this blog by putting your email address in the box on the top right. Then you'll get all the updates, letting you know what's going on with your Fox Run Readers!

Happy reading!

Toon Books with Professor Garfield

Hi Fox Run Readers!

Are you looking for something new and different to do with your computer? Something that's fun and free, but also keeps your brain sharp? Try Toon Books with Professor Garfield!

You can listen to these graphic novels in English, French, Spanish, Russian, or Chinese. Won't that surprise your teacher when you come back to school speaking Chinese?

There's a cool game on this website too. It's called Reading Ring. You are in a wrestling ring. To win, you put Garfield comics in order and answer questions about them.  Click here to try Reading Ring!

I tried them, and I liked them! I hope you do, too!