Battle Of The Books #1 | |
Click This Link For The Yellow Section To Be Read Aloud The Arkansas Diamond Primary Book Award was established by the Arkansas Elementary School Council in 1998 to encourage reading for students in Grades K-3. The name of the award was chosen because Arkansas is the only diamond producing state. The Arkansas Diamond Award is selected by an annual vote. We will be reading two books per week over the next few weeks. After reading the two selections each week, you will use the online form provided below to vote for your favorite story. The winner will be determined each week and after all of the selections have been presented, we will VOTE FOR OUR FAVORITE of all of the winners. Click the link below the book covers and listen carefully to each story. You have an important job right now and that is to choose which book you like the best. Don’t forget to vote below when you finish both! | |
Legend Of Rock Paper Scissors By: Drew Daywalt | |
Rock is the invincible champion of the Kingdom of Backyard, but winning comes too easily. Meanwhile, two other hardcore competitors are having similar crises: Paper has vanquished all comers in the Empire of Mom’s Home Office (“Taste my fury, giant box-monster!” says Paper before jamming the computer printer), while Scissors is the undisputed victor of the Kitchen Realm. Their yearning for worthy opponents is finally answered by a meet-up in the garage. After three exhilarating rounds, they realize that their epic battles can go on forever: “Finally, they had each met their matches.” | |
Pocket Full Of Colors By: Amy Guglielmo | |
This is the joyful and unique story of the trailblazing Disney artist Mary Blair. Mary Blair lived her life in color: vivid, wild color. From her imaginative childhood to her career as an illustrator, designer, and animator for Walt Disney Studios, Mary wouldn’t play by the rules. At a time when studios wanted to hire men and think in black and white, Mary painted twinkling emerald skies, peach giraffes with tangerine spots, and magenta horses that could fly. She painted her world. | |
Choose one link in the green area below and explore what is inside. | |
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OPTIONAL RESOURCES TO EXPLORE | |
Below is a collection of resources that you may want to check out. There are many great book sites and online reference/encyclopedia sites. These are all optional but when time allows, explore what is available. | |
ONLINE READING SITESABDO - A huge collection of digital content provided to us free from the Abdo Publishers through 5/31/20. Thank you Abdo! Sora - Collection of Fort Smith Public School District eBook collection available to read online. Tumble Books - Great collection of online books with audio and without audio format. Provided free by the Fort Smith Public Library. Junior Library Guild Digital - Online books available for free through this year. MIDDLE SCHOOL: Username: JLGMID Password: JLGFREE Capstone - Interactive books provided by the Fort Smith Public School District. Free Ebooks From Mim's Publishing - To support families during the COVID-19 outbreak, all of our ebooks and audiobooks are free. We guarantee that you'll be able to open these on the device of your choice. Sebco Books is offering free services until June 30, 2020 - 450 multiuser ebooks, ranging from PreK-Adult WorldBook eBooks - This is a service that is provided by the State of Arkansas to every Arkansas citizen free of charge. Storyline Online - Listen to a book read to you by a famous person. This service is always free. TIMES RECORD e-EDITION - Our local Newspapers In Education program provides the digital version of the newspaper to Ballman Elementary daily. Scholastic Learn At Home - Day by day projects for kids | |
Online Reference / EncyclopediasALL WORLDBOOK LINKS REQUIRE LOCATION SERVICES TO BE ALLOWED TO VERIFY THAT YOU ARE LOCATED WITHIN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS | |
