WELCOME TO THE SUNSET RIDGE
MEDIA CENTER/LIBRARY
Welcome to the Sunset Ridge Media Center/Library! Our new library features 10,000 award-winning and highly reviewed books for students in grades kindergarten through eighth. The collection represents storybooks, non-fiction, fairy tales, poetry, art, animals, books about world countries, and about all the American states, sports, fiction, atlases, encyclopedias, dictionaries, thesauri, specialized encyclopedias, biographies and more. Each book supports the Arizona Academic Content Standards and designates the reading level which supports the Scholastic Reading Counts program.
Kindergarten students visit the library every other week for literacy activities. Students in grades first through fourth visit the library every week for a story or literacy activity and book check out. Students in grades fifth through eighth use the library to learn research skills and participate in reading and writing activities. In addition, students learn informational skills by using the Internet where they explore virtual sites to support themes that they are learning about in their classrooms.
Every library user is encouraged to check out books. Kindergarten through eighth grade students may select two books each week. In addition, if students need books for classroom projects and reports, they may check out these books too. Parents also are invited to check out books.
Every day is a book day at the Sunset Ridge Library. We invite everyone to come and visit our learning exploration center.
SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR GREAT SUCCESS!
The Sunset Ridge PTSO sponsored a spring ScholasticBook Fair. It was a great success. Parents and family members purchased record numbers of books from the fair. Moms and dads enjoyed donuts while their children shopped until the dropped! Parents donated many books to their children's classroom libraries. The PTA will use the book credits to purchase books for our kindergarten family reading project. A big thank you to everyone for making our book fair a great success.
HARRY POTTER 7 COMING SOON!
READING COUNTS
The goal of the Scholastic Reading Counts program is to match readers to books. In order to help students read with confidence and enjoyment, it is important to find the right reading level of challenge, a condition that is necessary to keep students growing as readers. The lexile leveled reading framework and Scholastic Reading Inventory work together to accurately assess students' reading comprehension and match them to books they can read successfully. There are over 9,000 books in the Sunset Ridge Media Center/Library which are Reading Counts lexiled books. Students in grades 2-8 will take the SRI assessment to determine their grade level and lexile reading levels. This information will be used by the classroom teacher, reading teacher and the teaching librarian to assist students to select books at their lexile reading level. Students have begun to read books at their Lexile level and are rewarded with a free book from participating classroom teachers. More information about this program is available from your school's librarian.
COOL BOOK CONTEST
Students are invited to participate in the "Cool Book Contest." They read their favorite books and then write a review about the book. Three students representing the kindergarten, primary and intermediate grades are selected each week and receive a free book from the librarian. The books that are given for prizes are provided by the PTA book fair proceeds. Contest forms are available in the library.
AWARD WINNING AUTHORS SHARE THE IMPORTANCE OF READING AND WRITING
Newberry Award winning author Linda Sue Park presented her book A Single Shard to students in grades 4-8. She emphasized to students that reading and writing will launch successful futures. Grand Canyon Book Award winner Jennifer Ward shared her many books about Arizona and nature with students in first through fourth grade. Students enjoyed participating in puppet plays and songs led by Mrs.Ward. Kindergarten students celebrated Cowboy Day and their community study about Arizona with cowboy stories, music and trick roping performed by Arizona's official historian Marshall Trimble. The authors were funded by last year's read-a-thon proceeds.
SUMMER READING FUN
Summer Reading is a very important activity for students and family members. Not only is it a great way to stay cool, it ensures that students' reading skills are kept invigorated during the summer months. The following are some summer reading favorites for all ages. A big thank you to Borders Books for their suggestions. Happy reading!
Ages 7-9
Freckle Juice by Judy Blume
Katie Kazoo, Switcheroo: Who's Afraid of Fourth Grade by Nancy Krulik
Ready, Freddy! The King of Show-and-Tell by Abby Klein
The Search for Sunken Treasure by Geronimo Stilton
Summer of the Sea Serpent by Mary Pope Osborne
Captain Underpants series by Dav Pilkey
Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker by Megan McDonald
Ages 8-12
The Boy Who Saved Baseball by John H. Ritter
Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke
Johnny Tremain by Esther Forbes
Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
The Tail of Emily Windsnap by Liz Kessler
The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo
Grades 6 & 7
The Amber Spyglass by Philip Pullman
The Fire Within by Chris D'Lacey
Football Genius by Tim Green
Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling
Inkheart and Inkspell by Cornelia Funke
Last Shot by John Feinstein
Two Hot Dogs with Everything by Paul Haven
Grades 7 & 8
Looking for Alaska by John Green
Perfect by Natasha Friend
Seventeenth Summer by Maureen Daly
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants series by Ann Brashares
Someone Like You by Sarah Dessen
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Eragon and Eldest by Christopher Paolini
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