Family Fun Night

Thanks to everyone who was able to make it to Fun Night on Friday.  It was so much fun getting to see and talk with everyone outside of our normal school routine. 

Reading Rockstars

We had an amazing week last week with author and artist, Gary Dulabaum.  Mr. Dulabaum worked with K-6 students to celebrate songs, poetry and the joy of reading and writing. As an educational consultant, author and performing artist, Gary has visited several thousand schools across the nation and beyond as well as being a keynote and presenting at many local, state, regional and national conferences. 

Students worked with Mr. Dulabaum to create a song for each grade level.  His songs have a message for children always focusing on the theme of a love of reading. We enjoyed a school wide assembly on Thursday, February 25, when all students and staff celebrated our three days with Mr. Dulabaum.

Our "Reading Rock-Star" in our class was Madison.  Madison ate lunch with Mr. Dulabaum and other Kindergarten through 2nd grade students and had the opportunity to talk about reading and writing.

March Book Orders - AMAZING BOOKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Online Ordering Information

Web address: scholastic.com/bookclubs

Class Activation Code: DKZ7H

There are several selections in the March book orders that would be great for your child to work on reading at their own level at home and games that will reinforce gold standards in reading and in math. 

Firefly:

• Bob Books: Sight Words Kindergarten Set #10 – 10 books & 15 flashcards $15
• Reading Line Phonics Library  #56 –  10 books for $20
• Word Families Build-a-word Card Game #76 – for $6

Seesaw:

·        Science Sight Word Readers Under the Sea Pack #64 – 6 books for $12

·        Phonics Fun with Barbie Boxed Set #53 – 12 books and parent guide with case for $14

·        Fishing for Sight Words Game #24 – for $8

·        Phonics Fun Pack #54 – 4 books and cards for $14

·        Vocabulary Tales Pack #85 – 16 books for $20

·        Spring Animal Readers Pack – 6 books for $6

Honeybee:

·        Planet Earth Phonics Boxed Set #59 – 10 books and cards for $12

·        Guided Reading Set #29 – 30 books $25

·        Scholstic Phonics Boosters Set #64 – 10 books and cards for $10

·        In the Game Money #42 – for $9

·        Sight Words Bingo #67 – 3 games in 1 for $8

·        Sight Words Stories: Animal Adventures #66 – 24 books for $20

·        Spot a Word Puppy Phonics Game #71 – for $8

Cub Update from the Kindergartners

The cubs have a name...The girl's name is Faith and the boy's name is Jason.  They are very cute!  They like to sleep and when they are not sleeping they crawl on Lily and Hope and drink their mom's milk.  They are very small.  They have black fur and they do not have very much fur yet.  We are going to keep watching them grow.  Check out their website at: http://www.bear.org/livecams/lily-hope-cam.html. 

Reminder

Don't forget we do not have school on Monday, February 21st.  Enjoy your weekend!

Hawthorne Fun Night!!!

Fun night is on Friday, February 25th from 5:00-8:00 pm.  There will be food, games, and fun.  We are in need of people to help run the different games.  If you are able to help, please let me know and I will pass your name and phone number along to the Fun Night coordinator.  Hope to see everyone there!

Book Orders Due

Don't forget February book orders are due by the end of the week.  I will be placing an order on Saturday.

Remember: You can send forms to school with a check made payable to Scholastic or you can order online at www.scholsatic.com/bookclubs.  Our class activiation code is: DKZ7H.  Don't forget our class earns $3 in FREE books for our classroom library when you order online.

Updated Wiki

Check out the writing tab on our class wiki.  We have been writing about the 100th day of school.

Valentine's Day Party/Ollie Visiting

Check out our Valentine's day party pics, valentine bag opening, and our special visitor!

Making Valentine Day Bags