Book Trailer – Stuart Goes to School
Get inspired by this book trailer created by a student in 2P!
Look Who “Got Caught Reading” @esasij
Book Trailer – Cam Jansen
Get inspired by this book trailer created by a student in 2Y!
Book Trailer – Diary of a Wimpy Kid
Get inspired by this book trailer created by a student in 2Y!
Summer Check Out 2020
Summer Checkout Procedures: click here
The Google Form must be completed for each student no later than May 31st to allow time for the librarians to prepare for book pick-up beginning June 8th. Note: The maximum number of books per child is 10 books this year.
Not sure what to check out?
You must be logged into Destiny Catalog for these links to work.
Log in using your ASIJ Gmail username & password.
Books2Eat 2020 – ES Entries
A special thank you to all of the students and families in the elementary school who have participated in the Books2Eat Challenge. It is truly an impressive display of creativity, ingenuity, and culinary expertise.
The Books2Eat challenge will continue as a 2020 Summer Reading Challenge. Bibliophiles and chefs who weren’t able to participate this time around, you have another chance to be a baker maker.
20 Minutes A Day, Goes A Long Way
Summer slide goes away!
Tips for Parents
Set aside 20 minutes every day for reading.
Share your enjoyment of books with your child.
Read the same book with your child and discuss it.
Continue to read aloud to your child, even after they read independently.
Encourage your child to choose a book to read aloud to someone else.
Broaden your child’s horizons by helping to select from a wide range of subjects & genres.
Encourage your child to read whatever they enjoy, even if it appears to be too easy or too hard.
If your child is multilingual, have your child practice reading in all their languages.
21 Questions to Ask Your Child about a Book
Interesting Articles about Reading
- 6 Tips for When Kids Refuse to do Their Summer Reading
- Summer Reading Tips for Parents
- Summer Reading Loss (includes advice for parents)
- Audiobooks or Reading? To Our Brains, It Doesn’t Matter
- Reading On Screen vs. Reading in Print: What’s the Difference for Learning
2020 Summer Reading Challenges and more
If you were unable to participate in one of the reading challenges during Distance Learning or want to participate in a challenge again, feel free to give it a go during summer vacation.
(Click on the link above for directions & more inspiration,)
Send your photos to tpretz@asij.ac.jp or send it to Ms. Pretz in Google Hangouts
Photos will be on display in the Elementary Library.
(Click on the link above for inspiration.)
Send your photos to tpretz@asij.ac.jp or send it to Ms. Pretz in Google Hangouts.
Photos will be displayed in the Elementary Library during Children’s Book Week in November.
(Click on the link to access the Goggle Form.)
Which grade level will check off the most boxes?
Return to the Google Form throughout the summer & check off as many boxes as you can!
1,000 Minute Reading Challenge
20 Minutes A Day, Goes a Long Way
Share with Ms. Pretz when we return to school in August.
(Print or download image below.)
Share with Ms. Pretz when we return to school in August.
(Print or download image below.)
How many different genres will you read this summer?
Share with Ms. Pretz when we return to school in August.
(Print or download image below.)
Maker Challenges
- Make A Difference Challenges – What can you design for others during the coronavirus pandemic?
- Makerspace Challenges with Mrs. Notter & Mrs. Davidson
Share with Ms. Pretz when we return to school in August.
Summer Reading 2020
20 Minutes A Day, Goes A Long Way!
“Kids who don’t have educationally rich summers will be nearly three years behind their peers by the time they reach the end of the fifth grade… Much like we would expect an athlete or a musician’s performance to suffer if they didn’t practice regularly, the same thing is true for young people when it comes to reading performance.”— Ron Fairchild, Founding CEO, National Summer Learning Association
Ms. Pretz’ Recommended Reading Lists
- KG – Gr. 1
- Gr. 1-2
- Gr. 3-5
- Books with a Sense of Humor
- MORE Reading Recommendations
- ASIJ ES Library Digital Resource Site
James Patterson’s Read Kiddo Read Site
American Library Association
Best Children’s Books of the Year – Bank Street College of Education
HAISLN
International Literacy Association
2020 International Literacy Association – Choices Reading Lists
2019 International Literacy Association – Choices Reading Lists
2018 International Literacy Association – Choices Reading Lists
Mighty Girls
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