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Granite School District > Educational Technology > Blog > Summer Reading

Summer Reading

Summer Reading and Learning 2019: ZAP Kids Summer Passport

June 2019Josh Whiting

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post series we round up programs and resources from Granite School District, community organizations, and other resources from the web in general. Today we are featuring the Kids Summer Passport from the Salt Lake County Zoo, Arts, and Parks Program.
[Read more…] about Summer Reading and Learning 2019: ZAP Kids Summer Passport

Filed Under: News
Tagged With: Community Events, Murray Library, Parent Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County, Salt Lake County Library System, Student Resources, Summer Activities, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer Reading and Learning 2019, ZAP Kids Summer Passport

Summer Reading and Learning 2019: Visit a Public Library

May 2019Josh Whiting

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post series we round up programs and resources from Granite School District, community public libraries and organizations, and other resources from the web in general. Today we are featuring the upcoming summer programs and events of the public libraries in our community: the Salt Lake County Library, the Salt Lake City Public Library, and the Murray Library.

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Filed Under: News
Tagged With: Literacy Resources, Murray Library, Parent Resources, Reading Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County Library System, Student Resources, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer Reading and Learning 2019

Summer Reading and Learning 2019: Sora, Granite’s Digital Library

May 2019Josh Whiting

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post series we round up programs and resources from Granite School District, community public libraries and organizations, and other resources from the web in general. Today we are featuring Sora, Granite’s Digital Library.

[Read more…] about Summer Reading and Learning 2019: Sora, Granite’s Digital Library

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Library Spotlights, News
Tagged With: audiobooks, ebooks, Literacy Resources, Murray Library, OverDrive, Reading Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County Library System, Sora, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer Reading and Learning 2019

Sora Digital Library: New Ebooks and Audiobooks for May 2019

April 2019Josh Whiting

What’s New in Sora, May 2019

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Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Library Spotlights, News
Tagged With: audiobooks, Cindy Moyle, ebooks, New Releases, OverDrive, Posters, Sora, Summer Reading

Summer Reading and Learning 2017

May 2017Josh Whiting

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post we round up programs and resources from Granite School District, our friends at the Salt Lake County Library and Salt Lake City Public Library systems, and other resources from the web in general. [Read more…] about Summer Reading and Learning 2017

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, News
Tagged With: Granite Technical Institute, Literacy Resources, OverDrive, Reading Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County Library System, Student Resources, Summer Learning, Summer Reading, Summer STEM Camps

Summer Reading / Summer Learning 2016

June 2016Josh Whiting

Looking for great resources for summer reading and summer learning? In this post we round up programs from Granite School District, our friends at the Salt Lake City Public Library and Salt Lake County Library systems, and other resources from the web in general.

Granite’s OverDrive

OverDrive Summer Read - Free eBooks Always Available
All K-12 students in Granite School District (as well as all staff members) have access to Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library, where they can choose from thousands of ebooks and digital audiobooks to read or listen to throughout the summer.

You can access Granite’s OverDrive from any web browser by visiting http://granite.lib.overdrive.com. You can also access our library via the OverDrive app, which is available for a whole range of mobile devices and operating systems (see http://app.overdrive.com.) Students log in with their regular school login (student number and whatever password they have at the point school ends.)

For more information and help with Granite’s OverDrive, please see this post or download these more detailed instructions.

The Salt Lake City Public Library System

Our friends at the The City Library are hosting the Super Summer Challenge 2016, encouraging all in our community to “read, explore, make, discover, and do more this summer.”

The city’s summer challenge goes through August 20, and they provide an exciting variety of challenge goals, activities, and events for Kids, Pre-Readers, Teens, and Adults. Participants can win a variety of prizes.

Salt Lake County Library Services

Our friends at the Salt Lake County Libraries are also hosting an exciting 2016 Summer Reading Challenge: On Your Mark, Get Set…READ.

Special events include a teen online short story contest, ToshoCon Teen Anime Convention, Teen STEM Camps, and a special admission discount at the Natural History Museum of Utah for the library’s summer reading participants. Prizes are available to participants. Many other library events are happening on a daily basis. Visit or contact your local branch of the county library system to find out more information.

Additional Summer Learning + Reading Resources

  • Several school libraries in Granite School District open their doors periodically during the summer for book checkout and other programming.  Contact your school to find out if they offer this service.
  • Check out our list of free Digital Resources and Tools for Reading and Literacy. (It is collaborative so feel free to comment or add to it.)
  •  You can download and listen to the free YA audiobooks provided weekly by Audiobooksync.com all summer long.
  • The Edutopia blog post, “Fun and Free Summer Learning Resources,” provides many more ideas.

 

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, News
Tagged With: Literacy Promotion, OverDrive, Parent Resources, Reading Promotions, Reading Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County Library System, Student Resources, Summer Learning, Summer Reading

New YA Fiction in OverDrive | May 2016

May 2016Josh Whiting

OverDrive May 2016 Display_Page_1With summer vacation in sight, school librarians will soon remind students to bring in all the checked out books. But this doesn’t mean anyone has to stop reading; summer is the perfect time to dig into a new book, and Granite’s OverDrive Digital Library (http://granite.lib.overdrive.com) will be available all summer long for all students and staff members, wherever they are on almost any computer or mobile device.

We are constantly adding new ebooks and audiobooks to our collection, which now numbers nearly 7,000 titles across K-12. Check out the posters below for some of the latest releases added to the YA collection for May 2016.  We also have many new releases in our juvenile collection, they just aren’t shown here. Log in to OverDrive to check them out.

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Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, Library Spotlights, News
Tagged With: audiobooks, Cindy Moyle, ebooks, Library Resources, Literacy Promotion, Literacy Resources, OverDrive, Reading Resources, Summer Reading

Summer Reading 2015

June 2015Josh Whiting

Teachers and parents: are you looking for great resources for summer reading for your students? In this post we round up programs from Granite School District, our friends at the Salt Lake City Public Library and Salt Lake County Library systems, and a few more resources from the web in general. [Read more…] about Summer Reading 2015

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, News
Tagged With: audiobooks, ebooks, Literacy Promotion, Literacy Resources, OverDrive, Reading Resources, Salt Lake City Public Library, Salt Lake County Library System, Summer Reading

Featured Resource: TumbleBooks

May 2015Josh Whiting

TumbleBooks is an easy-to-use online database with hundreds of media-rich electronic books for children. Their selections include story books, nonfiction, graphic novels, chapter books, and foreign language books. TumbleBooks is provided to Salt Lake County residents for home use (including all students and parents in Granite School District) thanks to the Salt Lake County Public Library System. [Read more…] about Featured Resource: TumbleBooks

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources
Tagged With: audio books, ebooks, Literacy Promotion, Literacy Resources, Reading, Reading Resources, Salt Lake County Library System, Summer Reading, TumbleBooks

Featured Resource: Sync

May 2015Josh Whiting

Once again, the Audio Book Sync program will be giving away FREE young adult and classic literature digital audio books all summer long.  [Read more…] about Featured Resource: Sync

Filed Under: Digital Learning Resources, News
Tagged With: audiobooks, English Language Arts Resources, Library Resources, OverDrive, Reading Resources, Student Resources, Summer Reading, Sync, Teacher Resources

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