Library for Grade 2 Week 7 & 8

Dear Grade 2s and your Parents

#1. My first recommendation for

this week of library is from a
website called:
Roy: Tale of a Singing Zebra. The
story is not difficult to read, and the
illustrations are delightful and it has
great themes. There are a couple of
activities to do after you have read
the story, should you wish to.

“Tale of a Singing Zebra is a delightful nine-part guided reading story about following your dreams,
making friends and seeking adventure. The online story has been developed to make learning to
read enjoyable and fun for emerging readers.”
https://www.roythezebra.com/guided-reading-story.html

#2. My next recommendation is from the free book collection of Starfall.com. It’s the Greek
myth – the story of Pegasus, the winged horse.

https://www.starfall.com/h/ir-greek/pegasus/?sn=ir-greek--im-reading

#3. My third story recommendation for the week is called Daniel and his Friends, and it
comes from PBS kids, which is an American website, so there will be some spelling
differences, such as neighbor instead of our spelling neighbour. It teaches the value of our
shared humanity, despite differences.

https://pbskids.org/daniel/stories/daniel-and-his-friends?language=en

#4. I recently discovered the website, Funbrain, and though I am wary of the pop up ads
(please avoid clicking on them) there are some great reads on it.

Grade 2s who are already reading chapter books may enjoy this
sample from Judy Moody was in a mood, by Megan McDonald

https://www.funbrain.com/books/judy-moody/page/1

There are other samples of Judy Moody books on this website, and
lots of the Judy Moody books in the library for when school
reopens, if you grow to like her.
#4. Shortly before this week’s library was to be shared on the website, I registered our
school for access to Engage Literacy, which is supported by Raintree publishers in the UK.

Dear Mrs Bentley,

Thank you for signing up for FREE access to a selection of our Engage Literacy books. You
can get started straight away!
Simply click on:
www.mycapstonelibrary.com/login/index.html

And use the following login information:

Username: freeaccess
Password: engage

This password and username can be used by anyone in your school and can also be given
to your students and parents to use on their devices and is valid until June 30th 2020.
We do hope you and your students enjoy Engage Literacy and that it's not too long before
you are all back in school.

Once you have logged onto their website you could choose a story, but the one I
really enjoyed is in the 3rd row and is called “Birthdays around the World”.
I’m sure that some of us have celebrated birthdays during lockdown, and what a
different sort of birthday that would have been!

Best wishes for this week of reading, Grade 2s.

I hope that you enjoy these stories or reading whatever you have on your bookshelf
at home during this time.

Warm regards,
Mrs R Bentley