May's Beanstack Reading Challenges
Teacher Appreciation: We love teachers, and we know you do too! Let’s celebrate our awesome teachers this May. Make your teachers proud and show them your appreciation by logging your reading and completing activities to celebrate them!
Summer Reading Challenge: This summer, make a splash and dive into a great book! Log the minutes you read to earn badges. Help your community win awesome prizes!
eRead Across America: eRead Across America this month! Log your reading of as many eBooks this summer as possible to earn badges from landmarks across the country. Ms. Wolfe will also be tracking your eBook usage in Follett & Sora.
ebooks for tigers
Our students have access to thousands of eBooks through Classlink, which can easily be accessed from their Chromebook, tablet, or home computer.
The Tanglewood library added 696 new eBooks this year including many of next year's Bluebonnet titles, new graphic novels, nonfiction titles, sea life, makerspace, dinosaurs, STEM titles, and many more.
Library Word Art
Look at what was created collaboratively by our students, parents, and educators! I look forward to getting this made over the summer and hung in our new space for students to see when they return. I'm absolutely thrilled with this detailed snapshot of the heart of our campus.
student Library Ambassadors
Now accepting applications for next year's Student Library Ambassador program, a special leadership program for 3rd-5th graders.
Ambassadors help to promote library services, spaces, and resources (including the L.A.V.A. Recording Studio). They meet with students to promote library materials, assist with check-in & check-out, provide tours of the library, adopt a section of the library to maintain, and meet regularly to discuss ideas.
Up to 15 students will be selected to meet for orientation training on August 19 & 20, 2022.
Applications are available in the library and are due back to Ms. Wolfe by May 23rd.
Fort Worth Public Library
The Fort Worth Public Library will have summer programming for all ages available throughout the summer. If you do not have a Fort Worth Public Library card, they are free.
You can view their calendar with all summer events from their website. I will help our students link their FWISD and Fort Worth Public Library Beanstack accounts this month so that they can seamlessly track their reading and earn awesome rewards over the summer.
Important Library Links and Information
The library continues to open early at 7:30 am for 3rd-5th grade students each Monday through Thursday morning. Additionally, we are open after school each Tuesday through Friday until 3:30 pm.
For additional information about any of the details in this newsletter or any questions about the library, please contact the Tanglewood librarian, Kriste Wolfe, at kriste.wolfe@fwisd.org.
Credits:
Created with images by Kellee Kovalsky - "Moraine lake on sunny summer day with blue sky trees and rocks in foreground." • LIGHTFIELD STUDIOS - "Kids with books in library"