Media Center
Welcome our new Media Specialist--Ms. Johnson!
COME & GET ITTTTTTT!
Clayton County Public Library
Digital Library Card
Have access to a plethora of resources
-Study for the SAT
-Get your diploma
-Check out books in-person and online
-Access to free music, and magazines
-Learn a new language and much more
Click on the link below to sign-up (its free)
http://tinyurl.com/
Reminder
Please read everyday for 30 minutes
This can be done with i-Ready, in Destiny or with many other e-book applications as well!
Virtual Learning Resources
I-ready Reading and Grammar 30 minutes a day
Khan Academy(Helpful Videos/Teachers may post assignments)
Bookbub: Free Books Online
Open Library: Free Books Online
Turtle Diary: Free Audio Books Online
Destiny: Available through the school my.clayton.k12.ga.us
(Shows all of the AR books in the school)
Reading Support/Interventions/Centers
https://www.readinguniverse.org/graph
Math Support/Interventions/Differentiating Instruction
www.quantiles.com
www.freckle.com
www.engagenewyork.com
Differentiated Reading Passages/Comprehension
https://www.readworks.org/
https://newsela.com/
Interactive Presentations (For teachers)
https://nearpod.com/
https://prezi.com/
To Create Classes/Assignments (For teachers)
www.schoology.com
Increasing Engagement
http://www.classtools.net/ (games, puzzles, & more)
Random Name Caller
http://www.classtools.net/education-games-php/fruit_machine
https://www.classtools.net/random-name-picker/
Online Vocabulary Building Skills
https://www.teachthought.com/…/21-digital-tools-build-voca…/
Interactive Formative Assessment
https://edulastic.com/
Social Studies Instruction
www.iCivics.org
Learning At-Home (Family Engagement)
www.powermylearning.org
www.pbskids.org
For the Littles
www.abcya.com
www.starfall.com
www.lalilo.com
FREE Online Books/Quizzes
https://www.getepic.com/app/
Welcome to the Media Center at Pointe South Middle School!
Clayton Reads in every Season
Clayton_READS _AT_Home-English (1).pdf
Clayton_READS _AT_Home-Spanish (1).pdf
"A book a day-the Clayton way!"
Vision Statement
The vision of Clayton County Public Schools is to be a district of performance preparing ALL students to live and compete successfully in a global society.
Mission Statement
The mission of Clayton County Public Schools is to empowers students to achieve academic and personal goals.
Why Get a public library card?
Remember there are online books that may be read on your own time. Try these apps/software: MyOn, TumbleBook Library, Destiny Discover, and eReads.
MyOn
This software provides access to thousands of high-quality, high-interest eBooks including fiction, nonfiction, and graphic novels. Schools with MyOn Access can login at my.clayton.k12.ga.us and click Clever to login and read digital books in MyOn. MyOn features will allow you to check out books and includes handy tools like highlighting, notes, dictionary, and read aloud capabilities. This software also can show students their lexile growth.
Student's access
Username: ID number
Password: Birthday with "/"
(ex. 6/5/2008, no extra zeros)
Teacher's access
Username: ID number
Password is default upon initial set up
TumbleBook Library
The Clayton County Public Library provides access to TumbleBook Library, a collection of hundreds of ebooks including animated picture books, read-along chapter books, videos, and more.
To begin reading, go to claytonpl.org/kids and click TumbleBook Library.
Destinydiscover.com
This software not only has ebooks to read, but it also has a great search engine, to Britannica (an online encyclopedia).
Go to: Collections, ebooks/Destiny Discover
Galileo is an extensive search engine to get some great research done. To access Galileo go to your portal, click the Galileo link to access Galileo: Georgia’s Virtual Library. If you are prompted for a password, the current password is credo . When searching Galileo’s many resources, be sure to use the filters found on the left side of the results page to narrow your search: check the Full Text box to ensure your results include only complete articles; change the Publication Date to a range such as 2020 to 2022 to ensure the articles shown are recent. Two of the main sources found include: Periodical = a magazine article aimed at the general public often written by a professional writer; Academic Journal = a scholarly article aimed at specialists, academics, and researchers often written by an expert on the subject.
www.tinyurl.com/claytonar
Don't forget to earn AR points! Click on the link to gain access to Renaissance and take your AR quiz. An AR quiz will ask questions about the book read and test your knowledge of understanding. Every week scholar's will be chosen and rewarded for their efforts. Is this your week?
Log-In
username: student id # without s or 0 ex.1234567
password: first name initial, last name initial, year born ex.AM2007
The Clayton County Public Library provides access to E-Read Kids, a collection of thousands of ebooks and audio titles. A library card number is required to access the collection. Go to claytonpl.org/kids to begin reading.
*Read everyday for at least 30 minutes!*