Summer Reading

Reading during the summer has proven to increase knowledge, reading skills, and vocabulary skills. Take advantage of the public library in your area. They offer many wonderful summer programs for our students. The Sandy Springs Library is located at 395 Mt. Vernon Highway, Sandy Springs, GA 30328. The phone number is 404-303-6130. Their web address is www.afpls.org

For information about lexile levels and how to find a book's lexile level visit the following web addresses.

Lexile level information at http://www.gadoe.org/lexile.aspx

Find-a-Book website at www.lexile.com/findabook

April 19 -23

Kindergarten classes will be reading and looking at how Pop Up books are made.

1st Grade - We will be reading The Great Fuzz Frenzy by Janet Stevens

3rd Grade - will be watching the DVD of How a Nonfiction section is organized with the Devey Decimal System.

What's new this week in our Media Center

Kindergarten - We will be reading The Biggest Test in the Universe by Nancy Poydar.

First & Second Grades - We will working on the skill of ABC order in preparation of testing. We will look at putting words in ABC order by using the 2nd, 3rd or 4th letter in a word if the words begin with the same 1st letter.

What's going on this week in the Media Center

Kindergarten classes - will be reading Dewey There's a Cat in the Library! by Vicki Myron

First Grade classes will be reviewing Library Information Skills for 1st graders from an activity sheet.

Third Grade classes will be reviewing Library information Skills for 3rd Graders by using an activity sheet.

Read a great book while on Spring Break!

March 22, 2010

Prek, Kindergarten and First Grade Classes...It's time for Spring! Mucha! Muncha! Muncha! by Candace Fleming


Second Grade Classes will be reading Bats at the Library by Brian Lies

What's new this week

Starting March 15, 2010

Kindergarten classes will be reading The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill.

First Grade is learning the parts of a Computer (Monitor, Keyboard, Mouse, CPU, Printer) They will complete the activity by identifying these parts by labeling a computer in the Media Center.

Third Grade is working in Internet Skills by learning how to read a web page and getting information from a web page.

What's Going On...March 8, 2010

PreK & K classes will be reading Bear Wants More by Karma Wilson. This is an introduction to Spring as Bear emerges from his den and finds himself very hungry.

1st Grade classes will be learning all the parts of a book. In this lesson we will be discussing author, illustrator, table of contents, title page, cover, spine, publisher, copyright date, and title.

2nd Grade classes will be discussing Folktales and Fairy Tales. We will conclude with an activity sheet.