Dear Stonehedge
Families,
I can’t believe the time has come again to wish everyone a wonderful summer! It sure
has been a long and strange late winter and spring. We’ve made a lot of changes
in how we’ve interacted, taught, and learned, but we’ve made it through and I do
hope you all can enjoy the official summer break to the utmost.
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| New York State's summer reading theme is "Imagine your Story" |
But since it
is nearly summer, I can’t sign off without talking a bit about summer reading.
Next week’s library lesson on the WG learning portal…the last for a while…is
all about summer reading; you’ll find details from all of our local public
library branches, including videos explaining their summer reading programs.
Most public branches are doing curbside pickup now and the library links will
give you the best information on how to take advantage of their services. The
library lesson also has a handy list of Little Free Libraries in the greater
Camillus area. These are informal collections of books that you are free to
keep (or better yet, read something and return it and take something new!)
Little Frees are also a great place to rehome books you might want to give
away. The library lesson also includes book suggestions, including the 5th
going into 6th grade recommended reads…including audio files of each
book’s first chapter read to you by my student teacher Elizabeth Lutz. There
are also welcoming videos from both middle school librarians, Mrs. Bush from
CMS and Mrs. Chemotti from WGMS.
I can’t stress enough how important it is to
read over the summer!!! No matter what the format, any reading you do is
beneficial to you.
I’m sharing with you my book stacks…the one on the left is
the stack I’ve read since we’ve been paused (by all rights, it would be bigger
but I think I read Artemis Fowl and The Arctic Incident six times apiece
prepping for the AF book club!) The one on the right is made up of the books I
hope to read over the summer. Will I make it through the stack? I’m not sure,
but I know I’ll have fun trying. Have fun with your own stacks and have a
wonderful summer!
Until we
meet again,
Don’t forget
to
READ4FUN
Mrs. Abbott
