November Family Project

I will still take family recipes on Monday!  I received some great ones today!  Once I get them all, I'm going to make them into a big recipe book!!

Passport night!!

Hello all!

Next Thursday from 5:00 to 6:30 we will be having our Passport Night.  The whole school is taking part!  K-1 will be representing Italy.  All parents are welcome to bring a dish that represents our country of ITALY!  You can bring your dish with you at 5:00 and set it out in the Cafeteria...just look for our ITALY sign!  From 5-6 everyone can walk around the school and go into the different classrooms and see what they have on display for their countries.  Then at 6:00 everyone will join in the cafeteria and sample foods from all the different countries.  PTO meeting starts at 6:30. 

Hope to see you there!!

Cold Weather Days

The days are getting COLDER....

The cold weather is here folks!!  Please know that your child will still be going outside for recess even as the weather gets cold.  Please make sure they come prepared for the cold weather with all the necessities: warm coat, hat, gloves, etc. 

Thanks everyone!!

**Also, now would be a great time to remind your child to take responsibility of their belongings.  They often take off their coat on the playground if it warms up...which often leads to them forgetting it out there!  Once we are back in the classroom, I cannot leave to get it for them! Please remind them to either keep their coat on or remember to take it back to the classroom:)

More book suggestions...

Here are some more book suggestions from our Librarian, Ms. Birman.  There are some more great reads for children at all levels!

 

Picture Books and Easy Readers

- Any of the Biscuit the Dog series -- it's usually with the "I Can Read" series

- Pete the Cat (various titles)

- Henry and Mudge books (Ready to Read series for easy readers)

-Llama Llama picture book series

- If you give a mouse a cookie - Laura Numeroff (she has other titles that are cute) 

- Amelia Bedelia easy reader books

- The Snowy Day ( we have this book checked out, but this is a popular story and many students seem to enjoy it. :) ) 

Keats, Ezra Jack
AR Quiz No. 6092 EN Fiction
 IL: LG - BL: 2.5 - AR Pts: 0.5
 AR Quiz Types: RP, RV, VP
 Rating: 
A small boy experiences the joys of a snowy day.

- Planets! (we have this in the library, acutally we have a few titles that are from the "Time for Kids" science series for nonfiction titles. Most of them are easy readers with various reading levels) 
Editors of Time for Kids
AR Quiz No. 102080 EN Nonfiction
 IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 0.5

Chapter Books 

- A to Z Mysteries 

- Cam Jansen Mysteries

- Baby-sitters club 

- Boxcar children Mystery series

-Ready Freddy series

- Judy Moody series

- Animal Ark series 

- Goosebumps (a little scary, but recommend only if parents are okay with it) 

- Hank the Cowdog

- ** Magic Tree House** popular with boys

- ** Rainbow Magic** popular with girls

Book Suggestions for 1st Grade

Hello Parents and Happy Monday!!

I wanted to give you all a few suggestions as to what books your children may want to read.  Many of our children are interested in chapter books so I wanted to include some good series books!  I'm also going to talk with Ms. Birman, our librarian, to see if she may have any other suggestions. 

Junie B. Jones - popular for girls and boys

Magic Tree House - great adventure series

Goosebumps - only if the readers are okay with slight violence and scary/mystery themes (this series might be inappropriate for some)

Ready Freddy series - if girls like Junie B. Jones, then girls and boys will like Ready Freddy

Horrible Harry series - similar to Junie B. Jones

Judy Moody - for slightly advanced readers at a 3rd grade level

My Weird School Daze - humor and school genre

Wayside School - humor and school genre

Rainbow Magic - fantasy/adventure - only for advanced readers. The reading range varies from third to fourth grade level

50th day of CELEBRATION!! Such a FUN day!!