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The Summer Reading Challenge begins on Saturday, May 23rd and ends on Friday, August 7th! Books will take you on unimaginable adventures and your imagination will soar as you conquer the challenge, so be sure to read daily.

Click HERE for the challenge for students who will be in 1st or 2nd grade NEXT year!
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Click HERE for the challenge for students who will be in 3rd, 4th, or 5th grades NEXT Year! 

For more summer reading fun, check out the Fulton County Schools Summer Reading suggestions  https://www.fcssummerreading.org/ 
 
Visit the Atlanta Fulton Public Library Summer Reading Site  https://fultoncounty.beanstack.org/reader365 
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Residents who do not currently have a library card can apply for one online and have a temporary library card issued on the library website at www.fulcolibrary.org under the header “services.” The card will allow access to one of the most popular digital resources, OverDrive, as well as the Libby app for downloading of ebooks and audiobooks.
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DON’T MISS THIS LINK TO STORIES BEING READ ALOUD BY FULTON COUNTY MEDIA SPECIALISTS (INCLUDING MRS. DICKINSON)! 

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For a list of online summer reading programs, click HERE!

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J.K. Rowling's new fairy tale style story The Ickabog is being released chapter by chapter-and you can read it HERE!

​She's also having a contest to illustrate the book, so all of you artists, please submit your illustrations!

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​Lots of Digital Escape Room and other virtual challenges can be found HERE! GOOD LUCK!

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Click HERE for this year's FINAL Choice Board...it may just be the best one yet!
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Click HERE for the National Poetry Month May 11th Choice Board!

Click here for the May 4th STAR WARS THEMED Choice Board! 
Click here for the April 27th Choice Board!
Click here for the April 20th Earth Day Choice Board!.

Click here for the April 13th Choice Board. 
Please let me know which activities you tried and enjoyed by emailing me at dickinson@fultonschools.org 

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Listen to this SPECIAL read-aloud by my friend Parvati Shallow, who is not only an author but is also a Survivor winner!  First, listen to her message ​just for YOU and then click on this link to hear the story!


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Download, print,and start creating your own Covid-19 Time Capsule book. You are experiencing history!  
This wonderful template was created and shared by Long Creations in Alberta, Canada so some of the words are spelled differently than we're used to in the U.S.!


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For a list of incredible authors'      read-alouds ​click here!
Here's a link to listen to Sister's Grimm read-alouds by the author, Michael Buckley!

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Princess in Black fans...
​check out this e-book where the princess battles Coronavirus!

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Here's a wonderful e-book all about Coronavirus. It was written by two doctors!

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Here's a link to listen to Aiden Tyler, Quaran-teen being read aloud by its author, Rex Ogle.  Listen week by week as the story unfolds. All sessions are being recorded so you can still follow along if you are unable to join the live sessions Tuesdays at 2:00pm!

E-Books and Online Stories

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Below are links (and instructions) for wonderful ​e-book sites!

Remember to visit MackinVia in Classlink for individual e-books. Also, click on the ​Online Storytime Group where there are many incredible sites for listening to and reading books!

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Capstone Interactive    E-Books
Login with Capstone Interactive
Username: continue
Password: reading

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MyOn

School: Get Georgia Reading
User name: fultoncounty
Password: read
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BookFlix
​Username:  Learning20
​Password: Clifford

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ABDO Books- click here!
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​Challenge yourself with this digital

Harry Potter themed breakout!

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​Do you love science? Test yourself with these challenging science quizzes from National Geographic!

Science and Social Studies Resources
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 (science)
​ScienceFlix

Username: Learning20
Password: Clifford

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PebbleGo NEXT
Username: engaged
Password: learning

Check out Lightbox on MackinVia- it will be in the "Research" Group throughout the summer!
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Exciting Opportunities

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Want to immerse yourself in nature? Check out these live animal webcams!

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Scholastic Learn at Home
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Daily experiences!
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Scholastic Watch and Learn Library

Username: Learning20
Password: Clifford



​Visit MackinVia in Classlink and explore these Groups and more!
Animated Sites for Learning
Engineering
Research

Virtual Field Trips
Want to Learn Even More?
Words and Their Meaning

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