Changes to Accelerated Reader

Effective immediately, parent access to Accelerated Reader has changed.  Now parents may request an individual login to Accelerated Reader, which will allow one-stop access to all your children's AR records.  Parents may also request automatic email updates when their children take quizzes.


The deadline for earning points for the first bowling trip is December 15.  The point requirements are as follows:
     Kindergarten - 5 points
     1st grade -     10 points
     2nd grade -    15 points
     3rd grade -     20 points
     4th grade -     25 points
     5th grade -     25 points


Points for the second trip may be earned beginning December 16.  Any points earned before December 16 will not count toward the second bowling trip.  The point requirements will be the same.


If you have any questions, email me!

Fourth Grade Book Club in Progress

I am having a lot of fun with the Fourth Grade book club.  Its members are Peyton V., Emily F., Tyler M., Destiney W., Maya C., and Meagan G.  We are reading Debbie Dadey's Cherokee Sister, a historical fiction novel about two girls who are forced to walk the Trail of Tears.


To provide background information about the Trail of Tears, I showed the children a video clip from United Streaming called The Trail of Tears: The Cherokees Leave Their Homeland.  After viewing the video, the children decided that they did not want to read this book, because it was sad.  I presevered, because I think this is an important book. Now that we are at the point where the girls have embarked on their forced journey, I think the children have become personally invested in the story.


Each meeting of the club begins with a snack and a recap of the previous session.  The sessions conclude with some free time to allow the children to log on to the Destiny Quest accounts and send book reviews to friends.

The Trail of Tears: The Cherokee Leave Their Homeland.
Discovery Education, 1996. Video Segment.
8 November 2010. .