Students who brought home their book club novels from grades 6, 7 & 8:  feel free to read these as a reading choice if you have no other choices.  When you finish the novel please write me a letter (follow my reading letter instructions/prompts), send it to christina.savoy@nbed.nb.ca.  Schedule your reading so that you finish your novels on or before May 13^th.  I will respond to all letters.  Only once you have finished reading your novel, write a reading letter (personal, school novel, or eBook).  Keep a log of your reading (minutes read; novels finished/abandoned). Challenge: download and read an eBook (from Campbellton Centennial Library (You will need to have a library card and may need to download the Overdrive app), Sora (instructions below), or any other site. Be careful…make sure they are free). I finally made the jump to reading a novel on my tablet and it was not too difficult or scary! Don’t forget to read out loud to practice your fluency.  Read to your pet(s), parent(s) or even family/friends online!  Get creative!  Feel free to read as much as you like.  Another source is Sora - a wonderful app for accessing e-books and audio books and it's absolutely free for students.  You can use it on your device, laptop, or whatever you have.  Start by going to   soraapp.com and choosing NB Dept of Education and Early Childhood Development.  Then select your school, which is either STAFF (NB EECD) or STUDENT (NB EECD).  Finally, you sign in using your username and password (same as you would for your email).   Once there, you can browse through books by category or search for a specific book.  By clicking on "borrow" you can check out that book for 20 days. I believe.  You can log in and out and the book will still be there for you to read at any time.  Some more popular books, like graphic novels, for example, have a waiting list and you would need to place a hold and they notify you when it becomes available.

Note: When we return to school – please return all of my novels…if you are a grade 8 student and we only return after June…I’ll give further instructions later.