Mrs. Funk's Blog

Accelerated Reading News
2nd - 8th grade students have taken over 7,000 accelerated reading tests. Congratulations to all of our readers.
Check out our POINT CLUB bulletin board. The readers who have reached over 100 points have each received a certificate and have their picture on our board.

Bookmark Contest
All of the bookmarks were terrific. The winning bookmarks are now displayed outside the library. The winning bookmarks will also be copied for their classmates to choose from.

Great America Reading
Great America reading continues this month. The sheet is due back by February 24th. No late sheets will be accepted.

Some of our books for February are:
Somebody Loves You Mr. Hatch
Franklins Bad Day
A chapter from Sideways Stories From Wayside School
A Ballad for Valentine
Don't Be Silly, Mrs. Millie
Snowmen at Night
Mr. Tuggle's Troubles
The Keeping Quilt

Accelerated Reading Pizza Party
The 7 top accelerated readers from grades 2 - 8th for the quarters 1 & 2 will be invited to lunch in the library. Pizza will be served. Congratulations to those top readers.
In June an ice cream party will be held for the top readers from the 3 & 4th quarter. If you didn't make it to the pizza party you have a chance for the ice cream party. Get reading.

Book Fair
Thank you to Mrs. O'Malley, Sue Greco, Katie Laughran, Marilyn Kennedy, Kate Keller, Nancy Riggio, Tricia Gill, Cabrini McInerney, Gabby Gribble and all of the rest of the wonderful volunteers.
The Book Fair this year was outstanding.
Thanks to all who bought books, sponsored an accelerated reading quiz and bought books for a teacher.

Happy Reading!

Books we are reading in March:
What Marion Taught Willis (How the Dewey Decimal System Works)
That's What Leprechauns Do
Jamie O'Rourke and the Big Potatoe
Strega Nona
Alice the Fairy
Duck on a Bike
Walter the Baker

March topics in library class:
Caring for books
fiction and nonfiction
Dewey Decimal System
Run for the shelves with Dewey Decimal Numbers
Bartlet's Familiar Quotations
Literature Genres
Wearin' of the green scavenger hunt in the library
Library Quiz by table in 7th & 8th

Don't forget the 3rd quarter ends on Friday,March 24th.
The accelerated reading raffle is picked each month and prizes are given. Remember to fill out a ticket each time you pass an accelerated reading quiz. Also for the bike raffle you need 12 quizzes and then you can fill out a ticket each time you pass a quiz.

READ ACROSS AMERICA -
In celebration of Dr. Seuss' birthday - March 2 -
Make reading fun - a time that you and your children look forward to
spending together.
Even if your child isn't reading exactly what you would want him or her to read the important thing is: their reading!
Encourage reading everyday!

Happy March reading!