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Perseverance
Welcome to an exciting New Year, and may you reach all your goals in 2016. Today’s assembly, Colors of Character for January, reminds us that perseverance is essential to success. Continue reading The Royal Bee and be inspired by this true story to reach your own personal goals.
Let’s create a class motto to remind us to persevere when things are challenging.
Thanksgiving Fun
The Peanuts Movie is out in theaters. Enjoy “A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Full” video.
Try Turkey Swap is to switch the locations of the turkeys and the pigs with as few moves as possible. You can move each tile by clicking on it. A tile can be moved to the empty space if the space is immediately beside it, or if there is one tile between it and the space.
Newspaper Challenge
Last month over ninety students participated in the CLE Sock Challenge. It is time to get those creative juices going again! Mrs. McBride is offering another opportunity to put your designing skills to work. Find out more details for this month’s challenge here – The Paper Challenge.
Gratitude
This month our Colors of Character Education Program is focusing on gratitude. Gratitude is being aware of and being thankful for the good things that happen; taking time to express thanks. We are encouraging students to show gratitude to someone at home, in school and to a veteran. Please comment on this post about how you will show gratitude toward others, your classmates and veterans.
Listen to our book of the month, America’s White Table.
Peter Catalanotto
Peter Catalanotto, author and illustrator, will be visiting our school on October 17th. My favorite book by Peter is Emily’s Art. Emily loves to draw and paint. She paints pictures of her family and daily activities. One day, her teacher announces an art contest. Every day the students are given time to paint. Emily begins to become very nervous about the upcoming contest. Watch the video below to see what happens.
Please respond with a well-developed comment. Consider these questions:
- What are some things that you consider to be art?
- What makes something a piece of artwork?
- What is art?
- Who decides whether or not something is good artwork?
Words Their Way
Words Their Way is an excellent program used to build spelling skills and vocabulary. Below is short video on how the program works and how parents can support the program at home.
Summer Reading Fun
Summer Reading Fun!
Check out this leveled book list that Mrs. Murphy and Mrs. Nadler recommend:Level Book Suggestions incoming 4th graders
Below you will find a small selection of Chapter Books and Chapter Book Series we recommend!
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Avi:
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Beverly Cleary:
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Andrew Clements:
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Bruce Coville:
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Roald Dahl:
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Kate DiCamillo:
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Candace Fleming:
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Cornelia Funke:
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Dan Gutman:
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Lois Lowry:
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Louis Sachar:
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Jerry Spinelli:
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Judy Blume:
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Georgia Byng:
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Meg Cabot:
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Matt Christopher:
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Beverly Cleary:
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Eion Colfer:
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Suzanne Collins:
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Cressida Cowell:
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Jack Gantos:
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Peggy Elizabeth Gifford:
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James Howe:
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Jeff Kinney:
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C. S. Lewis:
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Lois Lowry:
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Megan McDonald:
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Jenny Nimmo:
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Rick Riordan:
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J. K. Rowling:
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Louis Sachar:
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Lemony Snicket:
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Gertrude Chandler Warner:
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Jane Yolen:
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Summer Reading Contests:
The Public Libraries have contests with tons of fun prizes! Go to the library this summer and ask about their summer reading contest!
Barnes and Noble Summer Reading: Students read 8 books and log them on Barnes and Noble’s book log form. Students bring the form into the store and choose a free book from the list on the back of the reading log.
Chuck E. Cheese Rewards Calendars: Students read for ten days, log it on the rewards form, and they will receive 10 free tokens.
Scholastic Summer Challenge: Allows students to earn digital awards by entering the number of minutes they read each day.
TD Bank Summer Reading Program: Read 10 books, log them onTD Bank’s form and receive $10 for your saving account.
Websites to Support Summer Reading:
Book Spot:
www.bookspot.com/readinglists/
Links to dozens of other sites.
Carol Hurst’s Children’s Literature Site: http://www.booksintheclassroom.com/allreviewed.php
Starred reviewed titles for grades K to 6th+.
Dewey Browse:
http://www.deweybrowse.org
A good search “by Dewey” website for students familiar with the Dewey Decimal System.
Guys Read:
http://guysread.com
A website collection of titles that appeal to young guys, middle guys, and older guys (and perhaps some girls) to encourage their interests and reading.
Inventive Kids:
http://www.inventivekids.com/indexFlash.html
This website gives third grade+ students an opportunity to explore the books available about inventors and/or inventions. Includes quiz to see if they have what it takes to be an inventor.
Kids Reads:
http://kidsreads.com/reviews/index.asp
Lists of book reviews from A-Z and more for kids of all ages|
Read Kiddo Read:
http://www.readkiddoread.com/home
A terrific new website for parents, teachers, librarians and kids to help them find unforgettable titles.
The Reading Corner:
http://www.carr.org/read/index.htm
For grades 2-8th, this website offers lists for all categories such as new books, non-fiction and fiction titles, and award-winning books, to name a few.
Reading Rockets:
http://www.readingrockets.org/books/summer
Summer buying guide for children’s books to enjoy.
Side Kicks
http://www.noflyingnotights.com/sidekicks/
Graphic novels’ website offers choices in this new format for kids.
Space Project
As we prepare to send Cottage Lane's winning pace experiment to the International Space Station (ISS) we should reflect on how on amazing this really is! This footage, taken from the ISS, allows us too see our history, science, technology, engineering, mathematics, and the human condition. Please comment on your thoughts atfter viewing this amazing video.
Time-Lapse | Earth from Bruce W. Berry Jr on Vimeo.
Book Clubs
Many classes have launched book clubs. Below you will find some information about these exciting clubs!
Why Book Clubs?