Congratulations to the first three students that have read 100 books! Zoie, Jordan, and Nash have all read over 100 books and will have their pictures submitted to the Iron County Today newspaper as well as participate in our 100-book challenge celebration. The deadline for this challenge is May 15. If you started when I sent home the first notice, your child had ample time to complete 100 books and then some :)
Speaking of books--again remember that the Take-Home Library will stop on May 8. If your child's take-home book has been lost, it will be a $5.00 replacement fee. All library books will be due on May 15. All students that return their library books by that date, or pay the replacement fee will receive a free book to take home. Every year we have so many books that are not returned to the library. Please look under beds and behind dressers or under car seats for your child's missing library books.
On Thursday, we will be walking to SUU for Bard's Birthday Bash. We will leave East Elementary at 12:20 and return by 3:00. If any of you would like to walk over there with us, you are welcome to join us. Please watch the weather--if it is snowing or raining the event will be cancelled. If it is chilly, please send a jacket with your child.
Our DIBELS (Dynamic Indicators of Basic Early Literacy Skills) test on Friday, May 8. On Wednesday, please watch for a note to come home giving you some tips on helping your child with this test. I have a few students who are just barely below where they need to be in fluency or nonsense words and/or both. Please help your child out by practicing the sight words, and/or fluency passages that I send home with that note. Consider a little "Literacy BootCamp"--of course, the best thing you could have been doing with your child all year is reading every night with your child. This will be a necessary skill throughout their days in school. Reading every night is critical! (Have I stressed that enough yet :)) On that Friday, I like to make pancakes for my students that morning. If you could help by sending some apple juice (I have cups) I would appreciate it.
I will test on Unit 10 in Math on Thursday before we go on our Field Trip and begin Unit 11 on Friday. Thanks for helping your child keep up on their homework.
Happy Reading!!
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