Library Learning Center
Library
Welcome to the Newman Library!
The library's mission is to create a space where all members of the school community:
- Experience a variety of activities that nurture a love of reading and lifelong learning.
- See themselves represented in the library’s diverse and inclusive collection.
- Develop information literacy in order to identify, find, evaluate, and use information effectively to understand and connect with the community and world around us.
- Have opportunities to collaborate, communicate, and explore their creativity with others.
Learning Resources
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Salt Lake City has six sister cities around the world! Explore them here.
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iCivics Play games and learn about how your community and government work. Be a lawyer in Do I Have the Right? or try to balance a budget in People's Pie.
Free Rice Play a variety of games to boost your skills while also benefitting others.
Shelver Practice your library skills by putting these books in order.
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Destiny Discover is the library catalog for the Salt Lake City School District. Students can access e-books that Newman has purchased here. Log in with student username and password.
Epic Books Access a huge array of reading materials here, including e-books, videos, audiobooks, and read-along book. Use Ms. Anderson's code bgj8565 and log in as a guest to start reading.
Sora Read e-books and listen to audiobooks on Sora. Log in using Clever or Microsoft. To download the app on a personal device, use code saltlakeut. You can check books out like at the library!
Storyline Online The SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s Daytime Emmy®-nominated and award-winning children’s literacy website, Storyline Online®, streams videos featuring celebrated actors reading children’s books alongside creatively produced illustrations.
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Scrible. Use this extension to keep track of websites and sources of information. Let it help you quote from the text and cite your sources for a bibliography. It is in all students' CLEVER.
NewsELA Go here to find a wide array of articles curated just for kids. Log in using Clever or Microsoft.
Notesheep A research tool and database designed for students!
Sweet Search A search engine designed for students!
Utah's Online School Library Go here to find World Book Online, Gale in Context, Culture Grams and more. If signing in at home: username is online. Password is learning. Tambien hay recursos en espanol.
The Battle of the Books is a district-wide reading challenge for elementary students in grades 4-6.
- NEW this school year, in addition to competing as an individual, Newman Tigers can form teams of two to four students.
- Teammates will divide up the list of books to read. The more books a team reads, the better they will do! Motivate each other and give your team the best chance at success.
- Read, read, read. Or listen, listen, listen—audiobooks count!
- When you complete a book, tell Ms. Anderson. After discussing the book, she will put the TEAM name above the book title in our library windows.
- The qualifying round of questions about all 20 books will be in February 2027.
- The district competition will be March 2027.
The Battle of the Books is a competition, but most importantly, it creates excitement about high quality children's literature. There are a variety of books, so everyone will find something that they like.
E-books and audiobooks can be found in the Elementary Battle of the Books collection on Sora. They are also available for checkout in our library.
Download a list of this year’s titles:
Quick Links
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Newman Library Catalog: Destiny Discover
See your books checked out, overdue books, build a Favorites list, and see what is new in our library.
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Utah's Online Library
Go here to find World Book Online, Gale in Context, Culture Grams and more. If signing in at home: username is online. Password is learning. Tambien hay recursos en espanol.
For Parents and Guardians
Sixth Grade
This is where you will find the materials you need for library class assignments.