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Fall into a Good Book!!!

We are happy to welcome students into our library and STEM lab. Primary students visit weekly while our junior students visit every other week.

We have over 28 000 books in our library collection to ensure that students can find books that are of interest to them.

Primary students are encouraged to return books weekly. Junior students may keep books for two weeks and renew them once if they need more time to finish reading.

Teacher – Librarian

The Teacher-Librarian at JWPS is Sarah Hunter.

Have You Explored the Virtual Library?

Please visit our John Wanless Public School Virtual Library Webpage. It is a phenomenal resource that you can use at home to help support your child's learning. The TDSB provides you with access to multiple databases and online resources. For those requiring passwords outside the TDSB firewall, please use the red password button and your child's TDSB credentials to access the information.

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Additional Library Resources

Some other popular websites:

Kindergarten

Primary Math & Language

Spelling Activities: http://www.spellingcity.com
Writing Forms: http://www.writingfun.com
The Learning Organization: http://www.learner.org/interactives/geometry
ABCya! http://www.abcya.com/
Spelling City: http://www.spellingcity.com/
Learn to Type: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/
Game Goo: http://www.earobics.com/gamegoo/gooey.html
Give A Dog A Bone [Hundreds Chart] http://www.oswego.org/ocsd-web/games/DogBone/gamebone.html
Math-A-Rama: http://www.eduplace.com/kids/mw/
Co-Co Crunch Advertising [Media Awareness Network] http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/special_initiatives/games/coco/flash/main_game.swf
TumbleBooks - Please Visit the Toronto Public Library Kids Space at: http://kidsspace.torontopubliclibrary.ca/

Junior Language & Math

Forms of Writing: http://www.writingfun.com
Spelling Activities: http://www.spellingcity.com
Create A Graph: http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx
Tessellation Town: http://www.mathcats.com/explore/tessellationtown.html
Kids Numbers: http://www.kidsnumbers.com/
Book Wink: http://bookwink.com/
Rhode Island Teen Book Award: http://www.yourlibrary.ws/ya_webpage/ritba/ritba11/ritba11.htm
Math Dictionary for Kids: http://amathsdictionaryforkids.com/

Authors & Illustrators

Barbara Reid: http://www.barbarareid.ca/
Jan Brett: http://janbrett.com/
Martin Springett: http://www.martinspringett.com/

Science & the Environment

Mr. Collinson's Grade 3 Science Class: <http://chatt.hdsb.ca/~collinsonm/3%20science/3_science.htm
EdHeads: http://www.edheads.org/
EcoKids: http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/index.cfm
Kids' Planet: http://www.kidsplanet.org/
Earth Hour Kids: http://earthhourkids.org/
Lights Out Game: http://www.earthhour.org/kids/Game.aspx
Soil: http://www.biodiversity911.org/soil/soil_main.html#
Helping Plants Grow: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/help_plants_grow/read1.shtml
Plant Life Cycles: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/science/living_things/life_cycles/read1.shtml
Kids' Atlas: http://www.canadiangeographic.ca/cgkidsatlas/flash/mapIt.html
Liquids and Solids: http://fossweb.com/modulesK-2/SolidsandLiquids/index.html

Online Art & Comics

Bitstrips for School: http://www.bitstripsforschools.com/
Comic Creator: http://www.readwritethink.org/parent-afterschool-resources/games-tools/comic-creator-a-30237.html
Sumo Paint: http://www.sumopaint.com/home/
Scratch: http://scratch.mit.edu/
Hero Machine: http://www.ugo.com/games/superhero-generator-heromachine-2-5
Hero Factory: http://cpbherofactory.com/

Social Studies

National Geographic Countries: http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/places/find/
Middle Ages for Kids: http://www.kathimitchell.com/middleages.htm
Citizenship and Immigration Canada: http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/index.asp
Meet the Mascots: Winter Olympics Games: http://www.vancouver2010.com/mascot/en/index.php

Animals

Toronto Zoo: http://www.torontozoo.com/ExploretheZoo/Animals.asp
Zoobooks: http://www.zoobooks.com/virtualzoo.aspx?c=7
All About Animals: http://ngfl.northumberland.gov.uk/ict/AAA/habitats.htm
Hinterland Who's Who: http://www.hww.ca/index_e.asp
World Wildlife Fund: http://www.worldwildlife.org/species/index.html
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/animals/creaturefeature/
http://www.bats4kids.org/
http://www.zoobooks.com/virtualzoo.aspx?n=464963
http://www.sandiegozoo.com/animalbytes/
http://www.torontozoo.com/ExploretheZoo/Animals.asp
http://kids.yahoo.com/animals

Websites for Teachers

Enchanted Learning [Password Required]: http://www.enchantedlearning.com/Home.html
Reading A-Z [Password Required]: http://www.readinga-z.com/
Kids Soup [Password Required]: http://www.kidssoup.com/
Smart Exchange: http://www.exchange.smarttech.com/#tab=0
Primary Interactive Resources: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/
Learn to Type: http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/typing/

Media Literacy

http://pbskids.org/dontbuyit/

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