LIBRARY - Valley View Elementary
Lori Thorpe
lthorpe@dsdmail.net
801-402-2059
Library Hours:
Monday - Thursday 8:40 a.m. -3:40 p.m.
The library is open any time I'm here--which is almost all the school day.
School Library Mission Statement
The mission of the Valley View library is to enrich and support the educational programs of our school.
To help our students become enthusiastic about reading for fun and for learning and to develop literacy and research skills. The philosophy is to foster a love of reading and learning. “Read, Learn, Discover, Inspire!"
In the Library
This month we'll be...
-Introducing the Family
Literacy Event this week.
Having an Author read
their book to you.
Learning Parts of a Story.
-Story writing & telling -with
spooky prompts.
Reading Fun, Spooky
books.
-Escape Room-Digital
Using your brainpower!
-In the Dark Enchanted
Forest in the library.
Reading with flashlights and sharing stories around
the campfire.
Welcome to the Valley View Library!
Let Mrs. Thorpe know where a book has taken you and you can put a flag pin on the bulletin board in the library.
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Digital Escape Room for Library
-Animal Adventure 2-3
-Into the Lions Den
-Escape the Bookshelf 4-6
-A Night at the Library 5-6
-Library Character Escape 1-3
-Help Pete the Cat get his Groove Back 1-3
-Halloween Adventure 5-6
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Explore the catalog- Books from our school library, Free e-books & Audio books from SORA, Learning sites and MORE!
-You can even login & put books on HOLD, write reviews & more.
Login: Your Student ID & PIN (ask Mrs. Thorpe)
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FREE e-books and audiobooks through our Schools SORA by OverDrive. You already have an account. Login with your 365 login
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Click here to
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SUGGEST BOOKS for our library
and Mrs. Thorpe will see if we can get them!
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Battle of the Books 2020-2021
Things will look different this year, but it will still be fun and rewarding!
Here are a few facts about Book Battles: - It is a reading incentive program and competition.
- For 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th & 6th graders at Valley View
- Students read from a list of books. 2nd - 12 books 3rd-6th 15 books
- Competition is based on knowledge of the books.
- Competitions will be held monthly during class library visits starting in January
- Students can earn coins to spend at the Battle Store in the spring, for each book they read.
- Top students and classes earn awards, fame and glory.
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Battle Books
2nd Grade 3rd-4th Grade
5th-6th Grade
2nd-Book Blurb- Paper Online Form 3rd-6th Book Blurb- Paper Online Form -
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Free Books to Read Online
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Fun Calendars to use with EPIC
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Sign in as a student with the classroom code: lqg7849 click on "Guest". Many of you already have Epic! through your teacher, if you do it's best to login with your teacher's class code.
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Storyline Online -picture books read by authors and actors--
FREE for all.
Library Event Highlights
