Take-Home Books

This year, in conjunction with our reading program, students will be taking home "Take-Home Books." These are short, photocopied selections for students to practice reading and other skills taught in class.

Recently, students have been using them to practice identifying the Main Idea of a story, Summarizing, Text-to-Self Connections and Vocabulary.

Students are to keep these in their Take-Home Folder until I tell them they can keep them at home. Students can also use the time spent reading the selection for their 20/20 Reading Chart. This helps to kill two birds with one stone - especially for those reluctant readers.

Mandy Sue Day

We recently finished reading Mandy Sue Day by Roberta Karim as a whole class read-aloud to review Main Idea and writing a summary.

Students learned that Mandy Sue is blind but gets to enjoy spending a day with her beloved horse Ben on her own. Although Mandy Sue may have a disability, it does not prevent her from enjoying a variety of activities independently.

Today, students brought in various pictures associated with the story and created 5 different collages to depict what Mandy Sue can only see using her imagination. These collages remind us that no matter what, with determination and hard work, one can enjoy a special day doing what one loves.

Scholastic Book Club - October Orders

It's that time again! An order form went home today and is due back by Friday October 15 with your order.

Remember you can return the order to me with your payment made out to Scholastic or you may order online by going to:

www.scholastic.com/bookclubs

First time orders online need to use the Class Activation Code: GW9ZN.

Those of you who have ordered online before can log in and use your user name and password.

We need orders back by October 15 so that you could receive your books before Halloween!!

Thanks!