Library Learning Center
Library Learning Center
READ … WONDER … STRETCH … REPEAT !
I am so excited to be reading and learning with you this year! We will be reading, following our curiosity, and sharing our learning.
I am here to support students, teachers, and parents.
Please contact me anytime! I will respond to email before the end of the next school day.
Edison Eagles Readers
Edison Eagle students first learn to read and then read to learn!
Edison Eagle students are asked to read for 20 minutes every day after school to support this learning. This is the BEST thing you can do to become a stronger reader. To practice your reading, you can:
- Read silently and independently
- Read out loud to a parent or loved one
- Read to your pet or favorite stuffy
- Follow along while a parent or another reader reads to you
- Read short books or long books
- Read fiction or nonfiction
- Read something online or in your hand
Pick the methods and the materials that interest you. You can be SURE that if you practice reading every night, you WILL become a better reader! This is 100% GUARANTEED!
Visit Edison's School Library or the SLC Public Libraries to check out books to read. Go online to our DESTINY LIBRARY catalog (Edison's Library catalog), SORA, EPIC, or Utah's Online Library to find and read books online. Contact me to get the passwords needed for at-home access.
Edison Library Reading Programs
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Finish a book and help our Library Octopus grow!Every week, students are invited to share a book they finished that week and help our Library Octopus grow. When you finish reading an entire book, either at school (independently) or at home, you can help our Library Octopus grow by sharing the book’s title and your reaction to it. Each form will add a link to one of the octopus’s legs. These forms are available in your classroom.
Can you imagine our Library Octopus growing, one link at a time? Will you help it grow? How far will the legs reach with your help?
Helping it grow will help you grow, too! Your reading skills will reach new heights!
The more we read, the better we read!
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Utah Library Association runs an annual statewide book award program called the Beehive Book Award winners. The books are divided into four divisions:
- Primary (lower elementary, grades K-3)
- Intermediate (upper elementary, grades 4-6)
- Middle School (grades 6-9, readers ages 12-14)
- High School (grades 9-12, readers ages 15-18)
You can find this year's complete list of Beehive Book nominees on the Beehive Book Awards page.
Help pick the Beehive Award winners by reading and rating the Beehive books!
Edison’s School Library has most of the Primary and Intermediate books available for students to check out. You will find them prominently displayed in the library.
How can you participate? Read a Beehive book. Then fill in a short ballot and turn it in to me. That’s it! You will help pick the Beehive winners and earn a small prize for participating. If you read five, you will get a bigger prize.
All votes need to be submitted by April 8, 2027, so I can submit them to the state committee by April 15. The committee announces the student-chosen winners in the beginning of May.
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Participate in the district's annual Battle of the Books reading competition. There are 20 Battle books total. Read one or more of the books. Complete a short form about the book and turn it in to me. That’s it!
We will hold our school Battle of the Books in January. Donuts will be served! The winners will get to participate in the district's Battle of the Books in March.
The battle consists of multiple-choice questions about each Battle book so …
The more you read, the better you'll do!
Read for the competition. Read for the fun. Read for the personal challenge. Read for the donuts!
Any way you get the book into your head counts as reading: read it independently, listen to the audiobook, have someone read it to you. It all counts! Are you up for a challenge? Join the Battle of the Books!
Library Policies
Hours:
Library classes occur weekly for every class:
- 4th grade: 8:15-9:00am
- 3rd grade: 9:05-9:50am
- 2nd grade: 9:55-10:40am
- 5th grade: 10:45-11:30
- Kindergarten: 12:45-1:30pm
- 1st grade: 1:40-2:25pm
The Library has open hours for families and individual students (grades 2-5) to borrow books:
- Mornings – Monday to Wednesday @ 7:50-8:00
- Afternoons – Monday to Thursday @ 2:30-2:40
- Fridays – 7:50-8:10 and 1:20-1:40
Checkout:
Every Edison student is expected to check out a library book each week, and to return it in good condition and in a timely manner.
- 5th graders can have up to 3 books at a time; books are due in two weeks
- 4th graders can have up to 2 books at a time; books are due in two weeks
- 3rd graders can have up to 2 books at a time; books are due the next week
- 2nd graders can have 1 book at a time; books are due the next week
- 1st graders & Kindergartners can have 1 book at a time; books are kept in the classroom
- Parents can have up to 5 books at a time; books are due in two weeks
You can find your due dates by logging into Destiny Discover or asking in the Library.
Overdues and Fines:
Late books can be returned without any fines. If a student has an overdue book, their borrowing privileges may be restricted. If they have an overdue book for more than a month, they will receive a paper notice that they are asked to share with their parenting adults. Their homeroom teachers will also be notified and parents may be contacted directly through ParentSquare.
Students who lose a book or return a book with significant damage may be charged a fine. The best way to take care of this responsibility is to pay the fine as soon as possible. If necessary, please contact me for other options.