Back-to-School
Welcome to a New School Year!
Capstone hopes to help set you—and your students—up for success this school year. Check out our free activities for students, fun freebies for your library or classroom, curated booklists, and more. Get into the back-to-school frame of mind with Capstone!
What's New for Fall 2024?
Take a look at highlights from our new releases this Fall! This season is all about book love, celebrating that special connection readers can have with the right book, starting with Author vs. Illustrator, a hilarious picture book about the not-so-simple process of creating a picture book, Overdue, a story about a forgotten library book told from his point of view, and The Pass, a tender story of sports, reading, and friendship, celebrating the empowerment and connection a good book can give. Also new this season is Tana Cooks, an early chapter book series about a Choctaw second-grader who loves to cook and bake with her family, and Cyber Sleuths, a middle grade mystery series created in collaboration with the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Check out these books plus many more!
Decodable Phonics Resources
Stairway Decodables, a supplemental phonics resource perfect for small group instruction and independent reading practice.
Combines multiple components of the Science of Reading to help young readers build vocabulary knowledge, improve verbal reasoning and language structures while decoding phonetically regular words.
Featured Downloadables
Overdue: The Misadventure of Bob the Book
Poster
Tana Cooks!
Bookmarks
Cyber Sleuths
Educator's Guide
The Power of the School Librarian
15 Perfect Back-to-School Books
Back-to-school can be an exciting time, but also one filled with uncertainty and big feelings. Books can be a perfect way to start conversations about all of the changes and the emotions that children may be feeling. From common school worries like being away from home or fitting in, to reinforcing important social skills and personal hygiene, here are some of our favorite books to ease kids back to school. If you’re looking for the perfect read for back-to-school, we have you covered!
10 Back-to-School Tips for the Library
From fun ways to collaborate within your school community to ideas on how you can promote your library services, District Teacher Librarian Shannon McClintock Miller shares her 10 favorite back-to-school tips to help make this your best school year yet.
Educator Resources & Downloadables
2024-2025
Holiday Calendar
Back To School
BINGO
PebbleGo
Holiday Calendar
Quiet Please! I'm Busy Reading!
Door Hanger
Read With Friends!
Poster
Caught Reading!
Poster
All About Me!
Activity
Library Scavenger Hunt
Activity
Find It At Your Library!
Poster
A selection of our favorite books, perfect for back to school time! Lessons learned in these stories include becoming a classroom citizen, confronting first day of school worries, making friends and finishing projects. School can be the best part of the day!