Summer Reading & More 2019

Track your personal reading goal with others at Forest Heights at: 

https://forms.gle/nzzrjuPW6LWrZf6h7 

(Check the comments for information and status)

Register for Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge at:

  https://www.scholastic.com/summer/home/ 

(ask your parent to help with registration)

Reading Lists

Scholastic All Ages

https://www.scholastic.com/content/dam/scholastic/summerReadingChallenge/2019/Printables/SSRC2019_Book-list_English_allages.pdf 

Find a Book (Linked from ADE)

http://www.arkansased.gov/divisions/learning-services/r.i.s.e.-arkansas/summer-learning-challenge 

LRSD Literacy Department 

Family Reading Lists

http://www.lrsd.org/content/literacy-program 

CALS Tech Card & CALS Summer Reading Program

https://cals.org/news/cals-tech-card-student-portal/ and https://cals.org/summer-reading-club/

(should've tech cards received at school)

Math Resources

https://www.khanacademy.org/     

(sign up for a free account to practice and track student math progress & more)

Local and Online Events List Coming Soon!!!

Congratulations Top Readers 2018-19

Congratulations Lily Ye, Top Reader

Top Accelerated Reader 3rd - 8th Grades

Ye, Lilly                                  479

Helm, Caden M.                  380.7

Snyder, Aubrey T.                372.1

Kumar, Maeher D.               353.2

Bhagat, Yashika J.               270.5

Jennings, Rhett W.              239.8

Puryear, Cora B.                  224.2

Livers, Sadie R.                    222.1

Austin, Calvin D.                  218.7

Robinson, Katherine L.       203.3

Strawser, Elijah L.               177.0

Lee, Kuhno D.                      165.4

Karambelkar, Ninad           154.2

Bailey, Aidan K.                   152.6

Coldiron, Lucas C.              126.4

Dunlap, Andrew Z.              126.4

Pena, Devon A.                    125.7

Avery, Harper F.                   122.1

1st and 2nd Grades

Garg, Shauren               106.6

Hansen, Isabel               89.6

Baker, Maxwell S.         88.4

Devun Garcia, Iara A. 65.8

Potts, Cicely G.              61.4

Mooney, Brent D.          55.0

Ball, Elizabeth J.           46.6

Lewis, Lillian E.            45.3

Woods, Lilliana A.        44.7  

Smithwick, Gemma L. 42.1

Hampton, Jaiden J.       39.8

Thompson, Aniya B.      29.1

Konyaole, Cathryn H. 25.4

Daniels, Kayson J.         23.6

Scuderi, Collin D.          15.9 

Teacher Training Accelerated Reader/STAR Coaching

Accelerated Reader/STAR Coaching Webinar (1hr.)

Shannon Mattot, Renaissance Coach

5.7.19

Accessing Renaissance Learning

Learning Outcomes

Classroom Application

Establishing Monitoring and Routines

Student Reading Log

Daily Check-in

Teacher Training: Accelerated Reader/STAR Pre-requisite

Accelerated Reader/STAR Pre-requisite

Shannon Mattot, Renaissance Coach

Deidre Williams, Library Media Specialist

Online On/By 5.7.19

Preparation Survey

Accelerated Reader Overview

STAR Assessment Overview

Accessing Our Accelerated Reader Collection

                Catalog: http://lime.lrsd.org/opac/forestheightsmiddle/index.html#menuHome

                AR Book Finder https://www.arbookfind.com/UserType.aspx

Text Features

Online Activities

https://matchthememory.com/goldmine  (Memory Match)

https://www.quia.com/rr/902827.html  (Multiple Choice)

https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=30387416 (Review words then activities)


Teacher Created Spelling City Activities
https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=30387416

Student Created Spelling City Activities
https://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=61177129

Smartboard (Use Notebook Express)

Fantastic Non-fiction and Parts of a Book/Text Feature (PreK-2)
http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=6cbe613b-56b2-439b-8265-e0e8d5d92c19

http://exchange.smarttech.com/details.html?id=8ad9ddcf-3460-434a-9c32-1fa2a8ce05f4 


Explore other options at: http://exchange.smarttech.com/search.html?q=non-fiction%20text%20features

Must have an account

https://www.flocabulary.com/unit/text-features/ (Video and Activities)

End of Year Showcase Resources

If I Had a Million Dollars . . .

Research and Prototype Challenge



If I had a million dollars to improve a/an ___________ crisis, I would ____________________________.  

(1) Fill in the sentence blanks

(2) Develop a invention prototype and/or informational template draft

(3) Develop an "elevator pitch"

Find additional details at:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/18SfbPMkuPBpYo0CkxEyjC5MdEOLPsM8XONyzluvxgDY/edit?usp=sharing

Consider Your STEM Unit StudyTopic

Kindergarten: Life Cycles-Plants & Animals

1st Grade: Solar Energy & Natural Resources

2nd Grade: Clean Water

3rd Grade: Carbon Sequestration-Pollution

4th: Energy

5th Grade: Restore and Improve Urban Infrastructure

6th Grade: Reverse Engineering the Brain & Medicine

7th: Health & Health Informatics

8th: Engineer Tools of Scientific Discovery & Space

Prototype Project Resources

Coming Soon!

Informational Project Resources

Coming Soon!

Celebrating Libraries

Hello, next week is National Library Week and April is School Library Month. To celebrate, we invite small groups (3 to 5 students) to visit the library at times and activities as listed:

Activities Coming Soon!!!!