Congratulations you accomplished LEGO Challenge #1
Build A Marble Run!

Are you ready for Challenge #2? 

Build a LEGO pinball machine?

Watch this video for ideas.

Check out these recommended realistic fiction books today!

Humorous Reads

Kids Being Kids

Classic Reads

A Few More Suggestions

Grade 1 students learn about book care during library lessons this rotation.  

If you haven’t been able to access some of your favorite resources on this blog, don’t worry, they are all located on the NEW ASIJ ES Library Website.  This year, The Noisy Librarian Blog, will be your resource for library news, events, reading programs and authors’ visits.  All digital resources, such as databases, eBooks, digital magazines, audiobooks etc. will be on The ASIJ ES Library Website. This website is still under construction, but feel free to explore and leave a comment on this blog post to let me know what you like or don’t like about the NEW ASIJ ES Library Website.

Way to go ASIJ readers…nearly 5,000 books checked out for summer reading!

Have fun-filled summer…can’t wait to hear about your summer adventures!

Ms. Pretz

Summer reading gives you wings to explore new worlds, interests and ideas!

“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

Recommended Reading Lists (click on links to open)

• Preschool – K Reading List
• Grades 1 & 2 Reading List
• Grades 3 & 4 Reading List
• Grade 5 Reading List
• Scholastic’s 50 Brilliant Books for Summer

Looking for your next favorite series? 

• Kidsreads
• Guys Read
• DOGO Books
• Spaghetti Book Club

Summer Reading Checklist Challenge

The Librarians’ of Japan met May 24th to select the finalists for the 2018 Sakura Medal.  A GREAT BIG THANK YOU to all of my students who were test readers and helped me select the books I nominated yesterday…many of your recommendations made this years’ list!!! And a special thank you to a student from 5F who bravely book talked The Last Kids on Earth to all of the librarians attending the meeting yesterday…you were extremely convincing!

I can’t wait to share these great reads with my elementary students at ASIJ!  If you don’t know what to read this summer, it’s never too early to start reading the 2018 Sakura nominees.

Picture Book Nominees

Chapter Book Nominees

Graphic Novel Nominees