Scholastic book orders are going home August 30th(Monday) and are due on Sept. 10th(Friday). The kids are extremely excited about the books in the catalog and some are as cheap as $1! Our class currently has 3 catalogs to select from on the website. I did not have three catalogs for each student, so do not get confused when you are on the web site. You may select from any one of the choices.
A parent letter is attached to the order form giving you instructions on how to order online. It's fast and easy and best of all our class gets $3 towards books for the class for each order placed online! You can still place an order using the order form and send it in with a check or money order if you prefer. You can access the site by going to www.scholastic.com/bookclubs
(If you are having trouble let me know. This is the first time I have used the on-line ordering, so there may be a learning curve. Thanks for your understanding.)
Battle Book Titles:
Click here: Battle of the Books
Week of Sept.7-Sept. 10
Reader's Workshop
This week students will be taking the Reading Benchmark test required by the county. They will also be taking the Writing Benchmark Assessment.
In Reader's Workshop this week we will be working on building our reading stamina and setting goals to meet. We will also continue our read aloud Kenny and the Dragon by Tony Di Terlizzi. Student's will continue learning about Reading Bingo. We will be going over the different ways to respond after completing a book. I will be starting conferences with students to discuss their reading and check their Reading Log.
Please check your child's Reading Log as well as their Reading Bingo card to help keep track of their reading.
Students need to read at least 6 books or equivalent, this marking period in order to meet the standard.
We are also started our Read Aloud which is a Battle Book! Ask your child what book we are reading!
Reading Homework - read for 20 - 30 minutes and log in the Reading Log (Make sure your child has completed on Bingo box and activity. Activities handed in are recorded in on-course.)
Language and Words of the Week:
Due to the short week and testing we will not have language or vocabulary.
Homework
Reading- Students are to read for 20 minutes each night and log in reading. Bingo response was due on Friday, Sept 3. Make sure your student met the dead line.
Next Bingo activity will be due Sept. 15.
For a student to earn the "Readers for Leaders" title for the year, the individual student must read a combined total of 25 books by the end of the 4th 9 weeks. First nine weeks six books are expected to meet the standard.
The website and student planner are my most valued tools for communication. Please don't hesitate to email me if you have any questions. Thanks again for all your support.
Parents Corner
WOW! We are very close to a pizza party! We currently lead the fifth grade in membership. We only need 3 more memberships for 100%!
Thank you to everyone who has joined PTA! It is $5 to join if you haven't already. Please help support PTA :)
A subscription to Weekly Reader is $5. This is a valuable tool for our classroom. This subscription contains interesting and informative articles and the kids love it!
A big thank you to Tyler's grandmother for supply a huge bag of prizes for the class! The kids went crazy!
Also, on Friday Elias' donated some of the Battle of the Books titles, to our class for the students to read! What a fabulous donation! Thank you!
Welcome to Mrs. Lehane's ELA page! Where reading is fun!
