Here are today’s resources for students and parents to explore.

Crest Hill Library – Reading Center

https://sites.google.com/myncsd.org/cresthill-library/learning-commons-pages/reading-center

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MackinVIA

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These partners have opened their platforms for free use!

Follett Resources:

https://search.follettsoftware.com/metasearch/ui/68994

Username: guest

Password: follett

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Scholastic:

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome.html : 

Scholastic just launched this FREE online learning program with 3+ weeks of content.  Even when schools are closed, you can keep the learning going with these special cross-curricular journeys. Every day includes four separate learning experiences, each built around a thrilling, meaningful story or video. Kids can do them on their own, with their families, or with their teachers. Just find your grade level and let the learning begin!

Resource Guide

We will begin today by sharing some resources that the school already has and that many students might recognize.

MackinVIA

Check out e-books along with other digital items and electronic materials.

Login Instructions

Enter school – Crest Hill Elementary – Casper, Wyoming

Students – 

Username = last 5 #s of ID = (2700#####)

Password = last 5 #s of ID = (2700#####)

Teachers – 

Username = E# = (E0####)

Password = lastname

Faculty Members also have access to Kelly Walsh’s MackinVIA catalogue with lots more resources!

Simply enter Kelly Walsh as the school.

ALSO

Guest Login = ncsdcresthill

Guest Password = dragons

So even if you don’t have an account or can’t remember your ID number, 

you can still use MackinVIA!

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– Books for Kids –

Digital Library

Instructions:

Sign in with your class code and find your profile

​OR

– Enter Student Sign In Code: PQZ-0336

– Select Mr. Hodgins as Teacher

​- Sign In

– Choose Guest

(or find your profile)

​- Start Reading

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Also, lots of companies are showing their support for learners during this period by opening up their platforms for free use.

Here’s our first feature:

Junior Library Guild

In the true spirit of our beloved libraries, these resources are available to ALL!

Greetings parents and patrons,

Library Club Members here at Crest Hill are gearing up for the 2020 Spring BOOK FESTIVAL!

Students are beginning to make plans for the Little Free Library raffle, and they are in the midst of building projects to put on display for families and community members.

Be on the look-out for more information as National Library Week (April 19th – 25th) and the Spring BOOK FESTIVAL creeps ever closer.

Thanks to all the Kindergartners, First Graders, and Second Graders who took part in Library Club this past semester.

Pupils explored books, storytelling, makerspace, computers, games, and plenty of other activities and services their library has to offer.

Thanks also to all the parents and guardians who got students to school early every Wednesday so they could join all the fun in the library.

We look forward to welcoming 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students next semester.

Thank you, Crest Hill!

State Book Awards – Crest Hill Voting Results

Crest Hill students have been reading from lists of candidates for the state book awards. They have now voted, and here are their favorite new books of the year:

Buckaroo Book Award (K-3): 

Anything But Ordinary Addie: The True Story of Adelaide Herrmann, Queen of Magic – 11%

Be Quiet – 9%

The Blobfish Book – 4%

The Book of Mistakes – 5%

The Legend of Rock, Paper, Scissors – 23%

Monkey and Dusk Quack Up – 5%

Narwhal: Unicorn of the Sea – 11%

Pandora – 7%

The Princess and the Pony – 21%

The Wolf, the Duck, and the Mouse – 5%

The Indian Paintbrush Award (4-6):

The Boys in the Boat – 12%

Dragonwatch – 6%

Ghost – 18%

Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus – 6%

Restart – 24%

The War That Saved My Life – 18%

Wishtree – 18%

All student votes are to be recorded with the Wyoming Library Association who shall then tally votes from students all across the state. Final award winners should be announced this spring.

Thanks to all the students who participated in the democratic process of recognizing the best new books for Wyoming readers.

Primary grades are almost through exploring this year’s Buckaroo Book Award Nominees. Students vote for their favorite book next week! Watch to see which book gets the most votes here at Crest Hill.

Fourth grade classes have done a fantastic job of investigating the Dewey Decimal System. Students finished marking the Informational shelves and Non-Fiction bins with section dividers, signs, and labels marking Dewey classes and subjects. They learned a whole lot about Dewey Classification, but not only that, their work will enable patrons of all ages and abilities to locate library resources much more easily.

Fifth graders have been looking at S.P.I.D.E.R. Website evaluation and MLA citation format as they prepare to begin researching libraries and the practice of book lending so they can then build their very own libraries.

More information at that soon!

Thanks for supporting your Crest Hill Library!