Read Across America Day - March 2, 2011

Lake Forest will be participating in Read Across America Day on MArch 2, 2011. There will be many volunteers from our community reading their favorite books in our studnets.

Read Across America Day is in celebration of Dr. Seuss's birthday. Visit the following website for activities realted to Read Across America Day.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/7769938/happy_birthday_dr_seuss_on_read_across.html

News..Third Grade Book Club

We will be starting a third grade book club in January 2011. First, we will be reading The Cricket in Times Square by George Selden. The story takes place in New York City where a cricket named Chester is found by a little boy named Mario. Mario keeps Chester as his pet, but is only allowed to keep him in the family's newsstand by the subway.

This is a great story to start our book club. We will be creating a group project at the end of each book completed. Look for displays in the Media Center.

What's new for Week of Oct. 4th

PreK and Kindergarten classes are participating in Read for the Record. They will have an introduction to author/illustrator Ezra Jack Keats in their story time in the media center this week. We have a short Power Point which gives a little history about him along with awards he has won over the years. We will be reading A Whistle for Willie for our story time this week.

1st Grade classes will be reading Alpha Betti and discussing how the Easy and Fiction sections are organized author's last name in ABC order.

3rd Grade classes will be reading Karl and Carolina Uncover the Parts of the Book. They explore the different parts of a book while reading this book aloud.

5th grade classes will explore call numbers and lexile levels by viewing a Power Point presentation.

Welcome Back to our Media Center

School is starting soon and it is time to get back to the books. Start your school year off with a great reading book. What's your interest? Fiction, nonfiction, biography or picture books. There are over 13,000 books in our media center collection for students to enjoy. Reading is a wonderful tool used to gain knowledge. So, let's start the school year off with checking our several of our new books which came in over the summer.

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.