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Summer Reading Elementary Library Resources are available all year round!

Why Summer Reading is Important

The research is clear... “Summer reading is critical for students to retain knowledge and skills learned in the previous school year. Students who don't read are at risk of falling behind their classmates.”

~National Education Association

Read and Listen

Sora / Overdrive

Sora is now the newest app from the Overdrive line, and works the best for school! We strongly suggest you use the app instead of the weblink if you are able because the user experience is so much better! Here you will find thousands of ebooks and audio books to check out for your personal use. You will use your own student login to log in to access this site.

Ebook Elementary Sources

The username for Book Flix and True Flix is "waukesha" and the password is "media."

Waukesha Public Library

Waukesha Public Library is starting to open again! They are also running a modified version of their annual summer reading program.

Booktalks

Looking for a new book to read? Try listening to a couple book talks from your librarians below.

Watch

Brain Pop

Brain Pop is an animated educational video site for students. The login for Brain Pop is Username: waukesha and Password: media.

Discovery Education

Discovery Education holds thousands of educational videos for students. A tutorial to better use the site is also below. You will use your own student login to access this site.

Interactive Resources

We have so much more available for students all year round! If you're looking for educational activities, fun articles or sites to entertain, please look through our resources found on the website below. You'll see many wonderful products such as "Pebble Go," "World Book," "Wonderopolis," and "Culture Grams."

Students can access this page through the Destiny app on their ipad or by choosing their school from the link below.

Spanish Language Resources

Many of our databases have translations built into the tool, so we would just need to choose Spanish and the page would translate. However, there are a few research sites linked here that are entirely in the Spanish language.

Created By
Jennifer Odau
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Credits:

Created with images by Ryan Graybill - "untitled image" • J. Kelly Brito - "From the Creatives Working collection. Full collection at kellybrito.com" • Perfecto Capucine - "Summer reading" • Unknown - "How to Set Up an iPad For First Time Use" • Sergey Zolkin - "Work on notebook" • Enoc Valenzuela - "Buscaba representar la Misión del Evangelio, en Marcos 16:15, y puse este texto dentro de los lentes. / I sought to represent the Gospel Mission in Mark 16:15, and put this text inside the glasses."