Book Fair is coming! Book Fair is coming!
Dear Parents and Families:
Reading is the most important skill you can teach a child. Of all the skills children learn, it is the one you can influence the most.
We invite you to visit our Scholastic Book Fair and experience a celebration of reading that provides families the opportunity to get involved in a universal mission: encouraging kids to read every day so they can lead better lives.
Our Scholastic Book Fair theme – Book Fair Luau! It’s a Reading Celebration! – is part of an exciting reading event that brings to school a wonderful selection of fun, engaging, and affordable books kids want to read. Giving kids access to good books and the opportunity to choose their own books will motivate them to read more. And like most acquired skills, the more kids practice reading, the better they’ll get.
Reading is vital to every child’s success, and raising kids as readers means getting involved while they’re young. Now is the time. Since there will never be a substitute for a parent’s direct involvement in his/her child’s education, please make plans to visit our Book Fair. Hope to see you there!
Book Fair Dates: March 27 – March 30
Shopping Hours: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm
Sincerely,
Edna Tanner
Library Media Specialist
Happy birthday to Dr. Seuss on Friday!
We will celebrate his birthday on Thursday by having guest readers in our school in the morning. What fun for the students!
Also I want to offer congratulations to this year’s Battle of the Books team members:
Primary
Trent Fry (Crump)
Jimmie Leigh McIlvain (Crump)
Cameron Jones (Rice)
Dylan Ecklar (Heimlich)
Kassidi Snapp (Heimlich)
Morgynne Lunsford (Marshall)
Intermediate
Addison Moore (Hunt)
Jacqueline Smith (Hunt)
Emma McGee (Hunt)
Melony Dunaway (Boyers)
Grace Simpson (Blanton)
Hannah Bevins (Blanton)
. The competitions will be held on Thursday, March 15 at the Harrison County High School Auditorium. The primary (2nd and 3rd grade) competition will take place at 9:30am, while the Intermediate (4th and 5th grade) competition will be at 1:00pm. We invite you to attend the competition, if your schedule allows.
The school year is speeding by quickly. We have been signing up for Battle team tryouts in second, third, fourth, and fifth grades.
Kindergarten and First are learning about the author Mo Willems, who wrote Knuffle Bunny, Don’t let the Pigeon Drive the Bus, and Leonardo the Terrible Monster.
Second – Fifth Grades are listening to titles from our Battle lists.
We’ve been discussing the John Newbery Medal and Randolph Caldecott Medal awards these last two weeks in all grades. The winners were announced this past Monday.
Newbery winner – Dead End in Norvelt by Jack Gantos
Caldecott winner – A Ball for Daisy by Chris Raschka
Kindergarten & First Grade
Read Snowmen at Night & Snowmen at Christmas by Caralyn Buehner. Draw snowmen on black construction paper.
Second & Third Grade
Hannah's Bookmobile Christmas by Sally Derby
Fourth & Fifth Grade
The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
Thanks for supporting our Fall Book Fair. I think we had a good one.
This week in Library:
Kindergarten
Read Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee; Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni; Goldfish by Martha Rustad
First Grade
Read Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee; New Socks by Bob Shea; Toot and Puddle: Top of the World by Holly Hobbie
Second Grade
Read Bink and Gollie by Kate DiCamillo and Alison McGhee; also booktalk chapter books on the Battle List
Third Grade
Read Tornado by Betsy Byars
Fourth & Fifth Grade
Queen of the Falls by Chris Van Allsburg
This week in Library:
Kindergarten & First Grade
Favorite animal stories: The happy owls, Panama, The bear and the fly
Second & Third Grade
Arthur's best school days by Marc Brown
Fourth & Fifth Grade
Finish The Dollhouse Murders by Betty Ren Wright
Book Fair next week on Wednesday, November 9 – Friday, November 11from 8:30 – 3:00; Saturday, November 12 from 4:00 – 7:00
Come see all the amazing books and pick out some for Christmas gifts!
Here's what we are doing in Library this week:
Kindergarten
Read Chalk by Bill Thomson; When Dinosaurs Came with Everything by Elise Broach; How Big Were the Dinosaurs? by Bernard Most & check out books
First Grade
Read Chalk by Bill Thomson & The Pencil by Allan Ahlberg
Second Grade
Read Chalk by Bill Thomson & The Widow's Broom by Chris Van Allsburg
Third Grade
Finish reading A Penny's Worth of Character by Jesse Stuart
Fourth & Fifth Grade
Continue The Dollhouse Murders written by Betty Ren Wright
I hope everyone enjoyed Fall Break. I know I did!
Here's what we are doing in Library this week:
Kindergarten
Reading: Manners with a Library Book by Amanda Tourville; CHECKING OUT BOOKS FOR THE FIRST TIME: watching Arthur's Lost Library Book
First Grade
Reading: Orangutans are Ticklish by Steve Grubman; Animal Strike at the Zoo by Karma Wilson; Psst! by Adam Rex
Second Grade
Reading: Orangutans are Ticklish by Steve Grubman; Koko's Kitten by Dr. Francine Patterson
Third Grade
Reading: A Penny's Worth of Character by Jesse Stuart
Fourth & Fifth Grade
Watching: The Dollhouse Murders, book written by Betty Ren Wright