Biblionasium has gone live!
Great news--Biblionasium is finally up and running!
All 1st-5th graders were introduced to Biblionasium on 11/30/16 during PLC
Day.
Biblionasium is safe, COPPA compliant online community for
young readers that promotes a love of reading by allowing students to connect
with their classmates to share their favorite books and record their reading
progress. Students can add books to their digital bookshelf, recommend books to
friends, log their reading, rate and review books, earn virtual awards, and
more. Biblionasium allows for easy collaboration between our school librarian,
the classroom teacher, and the student’s parents to motivate, measure, and
manage each child’s reading. Soon parents will be able to be linked to their
child’s Biblionasium account. I will post directions on how to link to
your child's account as soon as this feature is updated by the creators of
Biblionasium. This will allow the parent to track their child’s reading
progress, view their child’s reading list and wish list, monitor their child’s
independent reading, recommend books to their child, and set up family reading
challenges. This will also allow the parent to see the teacher’s reading
list.
Each Kilpatrick student has a Biblionasium account that is
linked to Destiny, our library’s online catalog. Students can access
their Biblionasium account either by logging into Destiny Discover (Destiny can
be accessed in the student’s MyKaty cloud
https://mykaty.katyisd.org/)
or by going directly to the Biblionasium website(
www.biblionasium.com) and selecting the
“Login with Destiny” option. In both platforms, the student will need
his/her Katy ISD username and password to access this account (available from
your child’s teacher). This linked account will provide the student with
real-time information and access of our library’s resources. Coach Chip Manzee
will guide the students through the website, offer helpful tips, and reward
reading achievements with digital awards and trophies.
The school librarian, your child's classroom teacher, and
(coming soon!) parents can set up Reading Challenges for a student. The
student may also set up a personal Reading Challenge for him/herself. Our
school librarian will set up Reading Challenges for all participating OKE
students throughout the school year. Library-sponsored Reading Challenges
will be rewarded with reading tags and various prizes. Your student can view
Reading Challenges by logging into their Biblionasium account and selecting the
“Challenges” tab.
I will continue to share information about Biblionasium as
the program is updated. In the meanwhile, your child is invited to begin
getting his/her account set up.
As always,
Happy Reading!
Parents,
Please remember to have your child's car rider tag visible on the outside of their backpack. If you have misplaced your tag you can request a replacement for $5.00 at the front office.
GT Screening for Grades 1-4. If you are interested in having
your child screened for the GT program, please fill out an Elementary Parent GT
checklist and return it to OKE by 4:00 pm on Friday, December 9, 2016. No
late checklists will be accepted. Paper copies are available upon request from
the front office. Electronic copies are available by emailing Anela Wenger,
Challenge Teacher.
