Library

Welcome to the Library!

Hi, My name is Connie Mudd. I am the Librarian here at Sandoval Grade School. Did you know that we:

serve over 300 students
have over 5000 books, many of them Accelerated Reader books
have over 3000 Accelerated Reader books between the library shelves and hall carts
have over 300 videos available to any staff member for viewing by students
have two computers, two photo printers with photo card readers, digital cameras, and a scanner
have seven monthly magazines available to students and teachers
have a photo copier, laminator, stencil die cut set, comb binding machine, tape recorders, and a TV with VCR/DVD player
constantly add to our collections of library and Accelerated Reader books and videos

Classes come to the library 30 minutes each week. At that time students can select a book and read magazines. They learn to use the card catalog to locate books on the shelves. Students use computers to research topics on the Internet for classroom reports or to type reports using the word processor. Students are also welcome to come to the library to find an AR book any time a class is not using the library.

The students from first grade through sixth grade participate in the Accelerated Reader program. The first step involves a student taking a S.T.A.R. (Standardized Test for Assessment of Reading) test on the computer to find his or her individual reading level. Then each student is allowed to choose a book in his or her reading range (based on the test scores) from the Accelerated Reader collection. After reading the book the student takes a multiple-choice test on it on the computer. When the test is completed, the computer displayed the student then chooses another Accelerated Reader book and repeats the process. Watch for the monthly Top Point Earners! At the end of each month, we have an Accelerated Reader "store" where students can use their accumulated points like money to "buy" items.

FREE BOOKS ONLINE

There are loads of online books that can be read directly on your computer or downloaded to electronic devices such as ipods, ereaders, PDAs, etc. All you have to do is use a search engine, type in “free online books” or something similar, and a list of sources will pop up. Some sources are more user-friendly than others and some specialize in older out-of-print books, classics, children’s stories, or other types of books. Some have other activities in addition to books to read. Be sure to check our school web site www.SandovalGS.org. To find the following list of sites, go to “Faculty/Staff”, click on “Connie Mudd-Library” then scroll down to Free Online Books. Just click on a site name and it will open for you.

If you use http://www.google.com , go to More, then down to Books. You can see previews of books in which some of the pages will not be shown. Go to Advanced Search for more books.

Our school has a site license for Sylvan Dell Books that allows students and parents to read children’s books online. To access these books:

Go to www.SylvanDellPublishing.com

On the right side of the home page, click on “School Resource Grant/Enter Site Code”

Under “School Resource Grant” click “Enter 6-Digit Site code”

Enter S87O4K. The O is the letter, not the number.

Click the Validate Code Button.

Click on the book you want to read. When the cover appears, rapidly click the bottom right of all the pages, even though they stay blank. This begins loading the pages so you won’t have to wait for them to load one at a time.

Click on the Cover symbol (l<) to go to the beginning of the book.

Click F11 to enlarge to full page view.

Click on the bottom right corner to turn pages.

You can shrink or enlarge the pages by using the blue tool bar at the top. After enlarging, use the hand icon to move the page around.

Some, but by no means all, of other free on-line book sites available are:

www.starfall.com

Geared for Pre-K to 2^nd grade. Lots of audio, phonics and animations. Includes “ABCs”, “Learn to Read”, “It’s Fun to Read”, “I’m Reading.” Click on an image at the right to go directly to an activity or click images at the left of menu choices to see more fun activities. Words are read and highlighted as children click on them.

www.magickeys.com/books

Storybooks for young children, older children, and young adults. Also jigsaw puzzles, riddles, a maze, and coloring pages

www.sillybooks.net

Animated young children’s books, some written by other children, musical stories, games, and puzzles. Books are read aloud as words are highlighted. Click on the penguin to see the children-authored stories.

www.storyonline.net

Videos of actors reading books aloud. If a book doesn’t load, at the bottom of the screen see “Videos not loading? Click Here”

www.lil-fingers.com

Stories for younger children, games, coloring pages, pages to print

www.classicbookshelf.com/library

Classics. Click on an author’s name, then select a book. Presented in chapters. Will change color of chapters you have read so you can go directly to the following chapter the next time you enter the site.

http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu

Search, then download book

www.pagebypagebooks.com

Search by author or title, classics

www.gutenberg.org/catalog

Classics, need to open files to read books

www.bartleby.com

Classics, click tabs at top for genre

www.readprint.com

Classics

www.readbookonline.net

Classics, short stories, poetry, essays, plays