September Good Citizens

 

Congratulations to Qu'Ron K. and Ethan N. for being the Good Citizens for the month of September.

Congrats Johnny

 Congrats to Johnny G. for winning this week's adorable little monkey.  Johnny had no tardies, no check-outs, and no absences this week.  Way to go Johnny!!

Report Cards will be going home on October 4th.

Congratulations Fourth Grade

Great group of children! I am so proud of all of you.

Importance of Reading

Why Can't I Skip My
Twenty Minutes of Reading Tonight?
Let's figure it out -- mathematically!

Student A reads 20 minutes five nights of every week;
Student B reads only 4 minutes a night...or not at all!

Step 1: Multiply minutes a night x 5 times each week.
Student A reads 20 min. x 5 times a week = 100 mins./week
Student B reads 4 minutes x 5 times a week = 20 minutes

Step 2: Multiply minutes a week x 4 weeks each month.
Student A reads 400 minutes a month.
Student B reads 80 minutes a month.

Step 3: Multiply minutes a month x 9 months/school year
Student A reads 3600 min. in a school year.
Student B reads 720 min. in a school year.

Student A practices reading the equivalent of ten whole school days a year. Student B gets the equivalent of only two school days of reading practice.

By the end of 5th grade if Student A and Student B maintain
these same reading habits, Student A will have read the equivalent of 60 whole school days. Student B will have read the equivalent of only 12 school days.
One would expect the gap of information retained will have widened considerably and so, undoubtedly, will school performance. How do you think Student B will feel about him/herself as a student?

Some questions to ponder:

Which student would you expect to read better?
Which student would you expect to know more?
Which student would you expect to write better?
Which student would you expect to have a better vocabulary?
Which student would you expect to be more successful in school....and in life?
Turn off the TV for 20 minutes a night and read....it's worth it!

The information is from the No Child Left Behind Website:

ARMT + Medal Ceremony

September 24th @1:00pm

And the winner is...............

All students who have perfect attendance for the week are given an animal card to add into a collection and entered into a drawing to win a stuffed animal.  This week's winner of the Toucan is Matthew W. Congratulations Matthew!