Welcome to the Holy Trinity Library!
Mary Beth Morell – mbmorell@htsdc.org and Julie Ingoglia – jingoglia@htsdc.org
Summer Reading Lists 2020
We do not have any specific reading requirements or assignments this summer. Having said that, we think it’s important for kids to be reading at least 20-30 minutes every day. Research indicates this helps maintain reading fluency and prevent the dreaded “summer slide.” Summer vacation is a time for kids to have the opportunity to read widely – really, whatever they enjoy. We have created summer reading lists for each grade level that have dozens of suggestions across a wide range of topics:
Rising Pre-K and K Summer Reading 2020
1st and 2nd Grade Summer Reading 2020 and Summer Enrichment for Rising 1st Graders
Summer Reading for Rising 3rd and 4th Graders 2020
Summer Reading List – 5th and 6th Grades 2020
Summer Reading List – 7th and 8th Grades 2020
Cyber School Resources:
General:
- Brainpop and BrainPOP Jr. (free access during school closures)
- Wide Open School (powered by Common Sense Media)
- Common Sense Media Tips
- Crash Course (primarily for Upper School students – videos on a huge range of topics)
- FreeRice
- Scholastic Learn at Home
- Ted Ed: Lessons Worth Sharing (primarily for Upper School students)
- IXL
- Mo Willems Lunch Doodles (via the Kennedy Center)
- WJLA- ABC-Outside the Classroom (M-F @ 9:00 am)
- 100 Screen Free Things to do with Kids
Typing/Keyboarding:
- Typing Club (all students in grades 3-8 have accounts. Login using your HTS Google account.) Be sure to use proper finger placement! Reach out to your tech teachers for additional information.
Virtual Field Trips:
- Museum Resources for Distance Learning
- Virtual Tours of National Parks
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts – The Black Photographers Annual
Reading and Writing:
- Mrs. Morell’s @htslibrary Instagram page
- The Big List of Children’s Authors Doing Virtual Activities
- Audible (offering free books to download)
- Pull out your Library card + download books to read! (Email Mrs. Morell or Mrs. Ingoglia if you don’t know your library card number)
- Bookflix (Picture books accessible with a library card)
- Tumblebooks (Picture books accessible with a library card)
- Trueflix (Picture books accessible with a library card)
- Kanopy Kids (Picture books and movies for younger and older kids accessible with a library card)
- Just for Kids Access Video (Picture books, Learning help, and TV shows for younger and older kids)
- Audible Stories for kids (free audiobooks)
- Storyline Online (free literacy program where actors read to children)
- Word Games from Merriam-Webster
- New York Times Learning Network
- Newsela (contact Beth Hoffmann or your classroom teacher if you need help with login information)
- Zinn Education Project – People’s History Project for Elementary and Middle School
- IndyKids
- Libby App (E-books and Audiobooks)
- Story Time from Space
Technology/Online Literacy:
Other fun:
- Chess
- DIY.org
- Just for Kids videos from the DC Public Library
- Sporcle: Name the Countries of the World
- Yoga for kids
- Make a fort to read in.
- Go Noodle at home
- Cooking with Kids from the Food Network
- Hogwarts Escape Room:
- Dogman Escape Room with guest star Pete the Cat
- A bunch of escape games, more like stand-alone ‘get out of a trap’ scenario:
- Digital Escape Rooms, plus step by step to making your own:
Favorite links:
- Search for books in our Library Catalog
- Research at HTS: Britannica School (Use the login number: 21172097034450)
- Conduct online research using DC Public Library databases
- Volunteer to help in the library.
- Practice your typing using Typing Club
- And follow us on Instagram to follow what we’re reading and recommending.