Welcome to the 2021 - 2022 School Year!
Principal & PTA Coffee: Casey Literacy Resources
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Here is the Casey Literacy Resources presentation presented at the Principal & PTA Coffee meeting on Thursday, March 10, 2022. Happy reading!
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Scholastic Book Fair - February 21st - 25th
It's the return of the Scholastic Book Fair @ the Casey Library Media Center! Shop in-person for great books February 21st - 25th from 8:00am - 3:30pm daily. All PK3 - 5th grade classes will be visiting the book fair during the week. Family Night is Thursday, 2/24 5pm - 7pm. You can also purchase books at our Online Book Fair until March 2nd. Hooray for books! Visit our book fair website for more info and to buy books online:
Casey Library Scholastic Book Fair link
Casey Library Scholastic Book Fair link
Casey Crocodiles are WILD about reading!
Please explore this website for more information about our school library program! Our school librarian, Mr. John Garcia, has lots of exciting events scheduled for the 2021 - 2022 school year including:
Please explore this website for more information about our school library program! Our school librarian, Mr. John Garcia, has lots of exciting events scheduled for the 2021 - 2022 school year including:
- This year the library's theme is "We're growing great READERS in the Casey Library!"
- Student permission forms sent home the week of August 30th
- Library Classes begin in early September
- Virtual Author visits courtesy of Project WISE and BookPeople
- Halloween Spooktacular - Saturday, October 23rd 7:30pm - 9:30pm
- Makerspace activities to be completed at home, engaging read alouds, and more!
- Casey PTA's Holiday Festival of Lights - Saturday, December 11th 6:00pm - 8:00pm
- Accelerated Reader (AR) is coming back for 2nd - 5th grades! Training and reading challenges begin in January 2022. More info coming soon!
- Scholastic Virtual Bookfair - February 21st - 25th 2022
- End-of-Year Event - May 2022
- Pizza Hut Book It! Reading Program October - March
- Puppet Show - Date TBD
- Six Flags Read To Succeed Reading Program Spring 2021 (Postponed until the 2021-2022 school year)
- Schlitterbahn Waves of Pages Reading Program Spring 2021 (Postponed until the 2021-2022 school year)
Casey Story Grove - Reading in the great outdoors!
The Casey Library Media Center is participating with 26 other Austin ISD elementary schools to create a "Story Walk" on our campuses. Every 4 - 6 weeks, we will rotate storybooks that have been adapted for reading outdoors! I am using metal realtor signs to display oversized laminated pages of different story books. Our first book, "Cat's Colors" was a huge success. The story rotation will begin again in the fall of the 2021-2022 school year. Our students, families, and local community are all welcome to come read the stories in our new Story Grove. Check out the pictures below. More info coming soon!.
Casey Elementary Virtual Library
Library STREAM LessonsDear Casey Crocodiles,
I am in the process of creating Casey Library STREAM Lessons for students to access at home. The lessons focus on Science, Technology, Reading, Engineering, Art, and Math. This is intended to be another helpful resource to keep students reading and learning while we are at home. I hope that you enjoy the lessons! Take care and happy reading! Sincerely, Mr. Garcia PS. Please hold on to your Casey library books and keep them in a safe location. When we return to the building in the fall, I will round-up all of the library books and sanitize them. Thank you! Click the link below to access the lessons: STREAM Lesson 1: "Creepy Carrots" STREAM Lesson 2: "A Tale of Two Beasts" STREAM Lesson 3: "The Case of the Missing Carrot Cake" Library Permission Forms
Casey library permission forms will be sent home the week of August 30, 2021. Please sign and return the permission slip so that your child can check-out and borrow books from the Casey Library Media Center. Below is a PDF digital copy of the permission slip in case you need another copy. Thank you! 
Library Happenings
Here are some great pictures and links to our library media center's events. |
Crocodiles on Social Media!
Follow our adventures in the Casey Library Media Center on Twitter, Facebook and now on Instagram! Casey Library on Facebook!Casey Library on Twitter!Casey Library on Instagram! | ||
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"Jack & the Beanstalk: A Giant of a Tale"
Puppet Show Spring 2019 To continue our annual Literacy Spirit Week @ Casey tradition, the Casey Library Media Center presented an "off, off, off Broadway" puppet show production of "Jack & the Beanstalk: A Giant of a Tale" adapted by Mr. Garcia and the 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade Casey Crocodiles of the 2018-19 school year. Our Librarian, Mr. Garcia, enjoys producing 1 puppet show each year. The puppet show ran for 2 weeks for all PreK-3 - 5th grade classes and everyone LOVED it! Every student that attended received special "magic beans" advertising Literacy Spirit Week @ Casey and reminding them that anything can happen "Once Upon a Time...". Please enjoy the YouTube video! Remember: Never judge a book by it's cover! |
