Library Events

• Students can use BrainPOP Jr. and BrainPOP, Pebblego and Pebblego Next for biographies on notable women as well as other resources that will be provided.

Read Across America/ Dr.Suess' Birthday March 2nd.

Read Across America is an annual reading motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading with the theme:

 

Celebrating a Nation of Diverse Readers. Many schools, libraries, and communities of readers celebrate with an annual event on March 2 but PS/IS45 is committed to keeping reading on the calendar for 365 a year.

For more information, click here: https://www.nea.org/resource-library/13-big-ideas-celebrating-neas-read-across-america

 

Our Book Recommendations

THEMES FOR THESE BOOKS: PRACTICE EMPATHY AND CULTIVATE COMPASSION

 

Elementary School:

• A Ride to Remember 

• Tiara's Hat Parade

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Middle School :

• Each Tiny Spark
• When Stars are Scattered

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Research shows that when families read together, learning happens and memories are made that last a lifetime.

While National Family Literacy Day is celebrated each year in January, family literacy is about family members enhancing reading skills with things they do together. Family literacy should incorporate a variety of tools: books with words, picture books, storytelling, dramatic play, and more.

• Use everyday activities to help kids learn
• Make the library a regular family destination
• Encourage older kids to share books
• Provide props or materials for dramatic play/storytelling
• Read to or with your child at least 15 minutes each day

Activity Ideas for Families:

• Sign up as a guest reader at your local school.
• Plan an evening to “camp out” and read! Get out a tent or make a fort in your living room or and have each family member grab some books to read together. 
• Involve distant family members in the enjoyment of reading by sharing a book together via Skype or FaceTime.
• Remember that older siblings can also get involved by reading their favorite childhood book to younger siblings.
• Please have family share photos of literacy activities #ps_greene 

 

 

Dr. Martin Luther King's Birthday

January 18th, 2021

Over the years our school has always celebrated and recognized this holiday by having a schoolwide mock march.  Children or classes can make signs to be shared in Google Classroom.

 

 

https://www.chicagoparent.com/play/holiday-fun/mlk-day-events-for-kids/ 

November: Native American Heritage Month

November is Native American Heritage Month, or as it is commonly referred to, American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month.

The month is a time to celebrate rich and diverse cultures, traditions, and histories and to acknowledge the important contributions of Native people. Heritage Month is also an opportune time to educate the general public about tribes, to raise a general awareness about the unique challenges Native people have faced both historically and in the present, and the ways in which tribal citizens have worked to conquer these challenges.

Visit https://nativeamericanheritagemonth.gov/ to learn more.

Books by Indigenous Authors: https://www.powells.com/native-american-heritage-month

October: Fire Prevention Month

September: Hispanic Heritage Month