For more on this and other Surrey Teens Read nominated titles, check out SurreyTeensRead.weebly.com
Category: Reading
Drop Everything and Read
The DEAR Challenge has been issued by the BC Teacher-Librarians’ Association, to all the people of this province, to Drop Everything and Read. Join with people from all walks of life around BC to celebrate the value of reading. While most will stop at 11:oo for 20 Minutes of Silent Reading, stop whenever you can today for some SSR. At Lord Tweedsmuir we have an SSR period each day from 9:27 t0 9:46. Be sure to take advantage of this valuable time to read something that you enjoy.
The BCTLA is a Provincial Specialist Association of the BC Teachers’ Federation.
STR: The Scar Boys
DEAR is coming!
The BC Teacher Librarians Association (a division of the BCTF) has issued its 9th Annual DEAR Challenge: Drop Everything and Read! On Monday, October 26th, people all over British Columbia are going to stop working, put down the phones, turn off the screens, ignore the texts, and just read! Join in and show that you believe that literacy is vital. Find a good book, magazine or newspaper. Enjoy some sustained silent reading.
STR: Surrey Teens Read
Have you read any of this year’s nominees for the Surrey Teens Read competition? Come down to the School Library and check them out. We have multiple copies of each of the ten titles. Find out more: surreyteensread.weebly.com
Banned Books Week
September 21-27 is Banned Books Week in the United States, as established by the American Library Association. We can observe it in Canada too. We live in a society where we believe everyone should learn to read, that reading is important, and that people should have the right to read what they want to read. So many of our fundamental rights and freedoms are represented in the fight for educated, literate citizens to have control over what they read. Sadly, our society also has powerful forces that work against those freedoms. Sometimes those countering forces are well-meaning, hoping to protect us from lies, hate, propaganda and such. Sometimes these countering forces are even necessary, as we seek to protect children from pornography and other age-inappropriate material. Yet a free and vital democracy requires that individuals, not the state, determine what is acceptable reading material and what is not acceptable. Parents must be able to protect their children from the mistakes of society, yet the state must also protect children from the mistakes of their parents. There are no easy answers in all this, yet that is not a reason to shy away from this vital issue.
Reading Buddies
The Reading Buddies program at the Surrey Public Library is looking for volunteer reading buddies. Reading Buddies is a great volunteer opportunity where you can develop your mentorship skills. Being a “big buddy” is a rewarding experience, and counts towards CAPP hours. For more information, check out surreylibraries.ca. You can download an application form there. You can also contact the Youth Services Librarian at the Cloverdale Library to ask questions, and to apply.
The Orientation and Training Session at the Cloverdale Library takes place on September 23, so get your application in right away!
Surrey Teens Read
Join in with students from all over the district in reading, discussing and voting on the best novels of the year. Go to Surrey Teens Read to find out more. Come down to the school library as we have multiple copies of all this year’s nominated books!
World Book Night
April 23 is World Book Night.
According to the WorldBookNight.org:
World Book Night is an annual celebration of reading and books which takes place on 23 April. It sees passionate volunteers give hundreds of thousands of books away in their communities to share their love of reading with people who, for whatever reason, don’t read for pleasure or own books.
It is run by The Reading Agency – the charity with a mission to give everyone an equal chance to become a reader. Because everything changes when we read…
…World Book Night is about giving books and encouraging those who have lost the love of reading – or are yet to gain it – to pick up a book and read. Line by line, paragraph by paragraph until they too have discovered the power of reading and the opportunities in life that reading can open the door to.
For more information, visit worldbooknight.org
Need a place for silent reading?
Are you looking for a quiet, comfortable place do some reading? Come down to your school library and our Silent Reading area. There you will find some comfy chairs and a quiet space to enjoy some silent reading. You can come down during the SSR period, or anytime during the day– it is silent reading in that area all day, every day. No homework, no screens, no talking, just wonderful, wonderful reading.
Surrey Teens Read: Just a few weeks left for 2015
Voting for the winner of Surrey Teens Read will start in May. That means you have just over a month left to complete reading at least three of the nominated titles so that you can vote for the best book for teens in Surrey. We have multiple copies of all the nominees here at your school library- check them out!
Find out more at surreyteensread.weebly.com
Read any good books over the break?
Welcome back for the stretch drive of the 2014-15 School Year. We hope you had a great Spring Break, with a good combination of fun experiences and relaxing rest. Most of all we hope you took some time for some good reading! Did you read any good books over the holiday? Let us know. Use the comment box below.
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