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Rams Reading Rally: Silent Reading Resources

Silent Reading Resources

Silent Reading Resources

Resources

Students should bring their own choice reading material for the day. Concerned they may not bring something to read?

Feel free to use the resources below, including print, digital, and downloadable audiobooks, as supplemental materials.

Disciplinary Reading

Ancillary Articles: Click the hyperlinks to access the articles listed below.

English

  • “Loyal Companion Helps a Veteran Regain Her Life After War Trauma”: Loyal Companion

  • “Hero Dogs program enlists pups to help those who served”: Hero Dogs

Math

Health/Physical Education

Science

  • “Study Shows Service Dogs Are Associated With Lower PTSD Symptoms Among War Veterans”: Service Dog Study

  • “3-D Printing Takes Wounded Warriors to a New Dimension Targeted News Service”: 3-D Printing

Social Studies

  • “America's military dogs are the unsung heroes of war”: Unsung Heroes

  • “The Dogs of War: Beloved Comrades in Afghanistan”: Dogs of War

  • “Military dogs serve with honor but don’t get retiree health care”: Benefits for Dogs

Online Reading Databases

Listening - Free Audiobook downloads

SYNC is a free summer audiobook program for teens. Teens can download two complete audiobooks for free each week - pairs of high interest titles, based on weekly themes.

  1. Download the Overdrive App. 
  2. Sign up for an account with your Fairfax County Public Library card number and password, or sign up  with Facebook.
  3. Add a Title; your choice of two each week
  4. Type your name and email address, then click Get your Free Download, then click Open in Overdrive
  5. New titles are available each Thursday all summer.  Once downloaded, the books are yours to keep!

 

Hints:

  • Use a personal device (phone or computer) to download books

  • Use a personal email address (non-FCPS) so that you can receive messages from AudioFile

  • Use a wireless network when downloading the app and books