November 2010

Wow!! Where did that first quarter go?!! I blinked and it was gone!



HOLIDAY SHOPPING OPPORTUNITY

November is our Scholastic Book Fair month and the kids are all geared up. It is such a great opportunity to get quality reading materials for the students at very reasonable prices. Don't forget that this year we will have a Community Book Fair/Meet the Author Day on Saturday, November 13 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Authors Missy Griffin, Michelle Houts, Brandon Marie Miller and Linda Sanders-Wells will be available to sell and autograph their books from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.






But it's not all fun and games. Kindergarten is going to be focusing on non-fiction books. We will also be reading plenty of Thanksgiving books in the lower grade levels and upper grade levels will continue with some biographies and research books as well. Fourth grade will be working with one of my favorite writing tools, the thesaurus.

October 2010

We're blogging again!

In kindergarten and 1st grade we will begin October with a review of fire safety. And then it's on to scarecrows, spiders, bats, witches and ghosts in fiction and non-fiction genres.

In second grade we will read five books and then each student will vote for their favorite for the Buckeye Children's Book Award. We will also read some Halloween favorites this month.

Third graders will be introduced to biographies and we will revisit favorite authors ChrisVan Allsburg, Audrey Wood and Patricia Polacco.

And fourth graders will review biographies, and we will begin our study of research books with the atlas this month.

All grade levels will be introduced to the books of Missy Griffin, Linda Sanders-Wells and Brandon Marie Miller in anticipation of their visit at our Community Book Fair and Authors Visit on November 13.