Summer reading, learning, exploring!
Click around the picture. Each object/picture/person opens a link to a book list, a virtual field trip, a puzzle, an activity, and more!
Visit the summer reading page to discover recommended book lists!
Learn about equality & racial injustice
Explore this interactive guide to listen to read alouds and watch book trailers on books that relate to this theme.
Read an Ebook with Follett Destiny
Students, please watch this screencast to remind yourselves how to login to your Destiny account. Also, you can see how to read an ebook from our Destiny collection.
Click on this link or the image to the left to open the Follett Destiny library catalog for OMS. If you forgot how to login, please watch the video above.
Reading Resources
Check out the sites below to find some good ebooks to read from home
Access resources such as ebooks, online magazines, movies, and more using your library card at the Arlington Heights Memorial Library. If you don't have a library card yet, you may sign up online for your card. Please visit their website to learn more. If you need help finding a good book to read, fill out the survey form for AHML. A youth librarian will send you a personalized list of titles. 
Sign up for a year-round reading program through AHML. Join the new program called Read 500 for grades K-3. Earn badges. Get
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Username: continue Password: reading
This is a great place to check out lots of ebooks that you can read or that can be read aloud to you. Many of our popular series are found on this site such as Jake Maddox sports books, Molly Mac, Field Trip Mysteries, Sofia Martinez, Katie Woo, and more! |
This site has links to picture books, read alongs, graphic novels, nonfiction, puzzles and games and more!
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You can find books in English and Spanish. There are hundreds of titles available. We can access this site through May 31.
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author Connections and story times
Listen to astronauts on the International Space Station reading aloud books about space.
Learn to draw characters from Dav Pilkey's books! Author/Illustrator Dav Pilkey has drawing lessons, activities, and read aloud book videos on this site.
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Would you like to learn to draw Mo Willems' characters? Tune in each day at noon or watch the recorded sessions to doodle with Mo. You can also watch videos of past sessions.
Author Kate Messner has collected lots of videos created by authors and illustrators sharing their books.
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The tournament of books brackets are now updated! Check the tournament page to see if your favorite books made it to round 2.
New e-learning research links page: UPdated often
Keep checking this page for new online learning opportunities.
Hello OMS students! Would you like to access Brainpop, Pebble Go, Trueflix, and more from home? I have created a new e-learning research links page on the LMC website. That page is password protected. You might have received a message sharing the password to that page. If you haven't, please contact your teacher or me to learn the password.
As I learn of new free online learning resources, I will continue to post them to this page. I have added some extra links to free ebooks and audiobooks, code.org activities, and Scholastic lessons. Please keep checking back on this page to find new links and activities for e-learning.
As I learn of new free online learning resources, I will continue to post them to this page. I have added some extra links to free ebooks and audiobooks, code.org activities, and Scholastic lessons. Please keep checking back on this page to find new links and activities for e-learning.
Students: Would you like to listen to an author read aloud his/her books?
Authors are hosting live events that you can join. Check the times of the events that will take place over the next couple of weeks. You can read and sing along. Check out this link to see what is available. Some of these events take place on Youtube, Facebook, or Instagram. Please check with a parent before joining.
Don't forget that the LMC website has educational games. Select the "More" tab and find the link in the dropdown menu.
Click the words Follett Destiny to link to the catalog of books
in our LMC. Then, select Olive-Mary Stitt School from the list.
in our LMC. Then, select Olive-Mary Stitt School from the list.
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Students in Grades 3-5: Login with your Google username and password to use your Destiny Discover account .
You can do the following things with your login: * See if you have any books checked out and remind yourself which ones they are. * Put a book on hold if it is currently checked out. * Add to your list of favorite books. * Read ebooks. Welcome!
The LMC staff members are here to help you select great books or magazines to read. Our collection includes books from all genres including mystery, fantasy, realistic fiction, nonfiction, graphic novels, folktales, science fiction, biographies and more. The Olive LMC is also a good place to improve technology, research, and information literacy skills. When you visit the LMC with your class, you'll participate in some of the following activities: creating videos, using iPad apps, making voice recordings, learning how to safely search the web, evaluating resources, taking notes, and so much more! Monarch Voting
The votes across the state of Illinois have been counted. The winning Monarch book for this year is
Baby Monkey Private Eye by Brian Selznick and David Serlin! Bluestem Voting
The votes across the state of Illinois have been counted! The winning Bluestem book for this year is Real Friends by Shannon Hale and LeUyen Pham.
Online puzzles to try
Spot the Differences Memory Game Animal Sudoku Jigsaw Puzzles Farm Animals Search Puzzle |
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