Accelerated Reader/STAR Reading--Bancroft started a new reading program last year. How does it work? Easy: 1) Take the STAR test to find out your reading level. 2) Take the Accelerated Reader Quizzes to help you move to the next level.

 

Book Club--Love to read? Then we have a club for you!! The Book Club will start next Friday (September 24) during lunch. Please join us.

 

 

Ms. Lawrence's Recommended Reading--I read a lot this summer!!! How about you? Here are some of my favorites from this summer:

 

A) The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi-- As the lone "young lady" on a transatlantic voyage in 1832, Charlotte learns that the captain is murderous and the crew rebellious.

B) Nothing But Drama by ReShonda Tate Billingsley--Four teenaged girls from different backgrounds find faith and friendship after joining Good Girlz, an afterschool church youth group.

C) Fever by Laurie Halse Anderson--In 1793 Philadelphia, sixteen-year-old Matilda Cook, separated from her sick mother, learns about perseverance and self-reliance when she is forced to cope with the horrors of a yellow fever epidemic.

D) Dinner at the Homesick by (great for teachers/staff)

 

Faculty Suggestions--

 

Parent Suggestions--