MAY 2012 News Our Summer Reading BOOK FAIR is Next week! This is the annual Buy-one-get-one free book fair to get books into kids' hands (and teachers' classrooms, too)! The Book Fair will be in the Media center 7:45am-4:00pm every day May 14-18, 2012. Volunteers are welcomed! Students who have overdue library books will need to replace or pay for lost books before you can shop at the May BOGO Book Fair. You can buy replacements at the book fair if you need to.
SUMMER READING We are again partnering with the Atlanta Fulton Public Library system with their summer reading program. I will send home flyers about summer reading soon as well as information about how to get a library card for your child. Several families applied for library cards at our February 25 Literacy Festival; those should be available soon. SIX FLAGS TICKETS Students who have earned free tickets to Six Flags will receive them in May. Parents will also be able to purchase discount tickets online for other family members; instructions will be included in the envelope with the tickets. Six Flags tickets can only be used during the summer, mid-June through August. We have pretty much wrapped up our AR quizzing for the year - just tallying reports and standings for awards
Here are the Class Standings showing how many words (as measured by AR quizzes passed) that each class has read so far this year:
Everyone probably had a great time over Spring Break. I don't
usually "preach" about reading and movies, but I do have one concern to
express for parents: PLEASE reconsider taking your young elementary student to
see The Hunger Games movie! It's really not suitable for anyone under
12 - that's why it's rated PG-13. If your child has read and understood
the books, she might be able to handle it. However, even the author
says, "Your kid shouldn’t be there if they aren’t old enough to be chosen by lottery for the annual Hunger Games (age 12)." The books are about teenagers killing each other violently. Don't we see enough of that on the news every night?
Read more: http://ideas.time.com/2012/03/22/why-im-not-taking-my-8-year-old-to-the-hunger-games/?iid=op-article-mostpop1#ixzz1qspxRW3l For information about our library including rules and hours of operation, click on the "About Our Library" link at the bottom of this page. You can also download different documents (like a reading log, reading lists and other information) by clicking on any of the links on this page. Happy Reading! Your favorite media specialist, Mrs. Jennifer Burke | READING LISTS: Reading Log (so you can keep track of books you've read and your AR scores) HRRB 2011-12 List Tips for Parents 1st Grade list 2nd Grade list 3rd Grade list 4th Grade list 5th Grade list | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||