Login in to Sora for Access to an Array of New Digital Magazines!
Hi, Fair Oaks Students and Staff!
New to Sora! Students and staff have access to digital magazines. Mrs. Queentana especially loves National Geographic Kids, and the Halloween Edition is just in time for our Halloween Book Fair October 26-29 in the school library from 7:00 am-2:00 pm. There are several high-interest pages throughout the magazine, and I loved reading and learning cool facts about pumpkins, ghost whales, and bats! Directions to Login to Sora at Home or School: 1. Login to a Cobb computer. 2. Go to Cobb Digital Library. 3. Select databases and scroll down to "Sora", or download the Sora app on any Apple or Android device. 4. Select Cobb County School District as your school. 5. Click on the "Explore" button at the bottom of the Sora homepage screen. 6. Type in "National Geographic Kids" 7. Click "Borrow" and start reading all of the cool and fun Halloween facts, plus other great magazine features! A really cool feature is that more than one student may access the same digital magazine at the same time! Yay! You can read with your friends or teachers can read with their students in class. Students may also visit the library to use an iPad to read in Sora while in the library. Ask Mrs. Queentana or Ms. Christmas for an iPad and relax in one of our new comfy rocking chairs. Be sure to get a pass and timer from your teacher before visiting. HAVE EVEN MORE FUN with National Geographic Kids! Read below!! Read the Halloween Issue of National Geographic Kids to have fun learning and to WIN Book Fair Prizes at the Halloween Book Fair October 26-29 Pick an activity below to submit in the library or complete them all! Each submitted activity gives you a chance to win a cool prize from the Halloween book fair! 1. Read about the Halloween Pet Parade on pages 10-11. Take a picture of your pet in a Halloween costume and send it to [email protected]. Be sure to include your name and lunch number in the email. If your pet doesn't have costume, no worries, you can draw and color a picture of your pet in a Halloween costume of your choice and submit it in the library. Your pet picture will be displayed at the book fair. Staff and students will vote for their favorite picture. The student whose pet gets the most votes will win a prize at the book fair. 2. Read about Great Gourds on pages 8-9. Guess how much the pumpkin in the library weighs. Place your answer on a "Great Gourds" paper slip and place it in the Great Gourds box by October 25. Be sure to include your name and lunch number. 3. Read Bat Myths Busted on pages 20 to 23. Go to the "Bat Station" in the library and make a scary bat to decorate the library. Entries must be submitted by October 21st. BONUS prize entry! Watch the NatGeoKids bat video and complete the form at the bat station by sharing one cool new thing you learned about bats. Check out the one-minute NatGeoKids bat video below to inspire you! 4. Observe the Mythical Creatures in the "Art Zone" on pages 34 and 35. Then create, draw, and color your own mythical creature and submit it to Mrs. Queentana or Ms. Christmas by October 21. On the back of your artwork, write your name, lunch number, and tell us in one sentence about your mythical creature. Example questions to answer: What do you call it? What does it do? Where does it live? What's mythical about it? 5. Complete the "Whatcha Think" poll in the library. Question: What's the best part of Halloween? Trick or Treating Carving Pumpkins Eating Candy Wearing a Costume Read Scary Fiction Stories HAVE some terror-bly good fun, students! Staff can participate, too! National Geographic Kids
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