Judy Schachner

is coming to Walla Walla March 15th 2010!

Sponcered by Walla Walla Kids Read

www.wallawallakidsread.com

K–3rd grade get ready for an engaging, educational hour with one of the nations most honored writers and illustrators for young children! JudySchachner is the writer and illustrator of the perennially popular SkippyJon Jones series, along with many other award winning books for young children. Mrs.Schachner is a wonderfully humorous and educational speaker. Expect lots of laughs, lots of fun things to look at, and inspiring time for all.
     Find activities, videos, and a lot more aboutJudy Schachner at www.skippyjonjones.com

Stephanie Greene visited Davis

October 26th, 2009

Stephanie Greene has written more than fifteen books for children from Early Readers to chapter books to middle grade novels, and all of them came from spying, eavesdropping, and keeping a sense of humor while letting her mind go wild.

The middle of five children, Stephanie grew up on three wonderful acres on a river in Connecticut. She spent much of her childhood swimming in the summer, skating and sledding in the winter, riding bikes, climbing trees, and reading. She never particularly wanted to be a writer when she was young, but boy, is she enjoying it now.

Stephanie's a graduate of the Vermont College MFA in Writing for Children & Young Adults program, as well as RA of SCBWI in North and South Carolina.

Visit her website to learn more about this author.                            http://www.stephaniegreenebooks.com

Sponsered by Literacy Connection and College Place P.T.A.

   3rd grade is working on a research project.  Each student selected a wild animal and is learning note taking skills using an online encyclopedia and nonfiction books.

AR   Accelerated Reader

Our school has a subscription to the web-based version of AR, a Renaissance Learning reading enrichment program.  Books have been labeled with a color dot coordinated with reading levels. This guides students to look for books they can read and show comprehension by taking a quiz on a computer.  Depending on the difficulty and length of the book, points are accumulated for each student.  Most picture books are worth 1/2 point, while some chapter books can exceed 10 points.

Students are assigned a reading level range after they take a Renaissance Learning STAR test.  This test is repeated several times during the year to help monitor reading growth.

Throughout the school year, recognition is given on Fridays for point accumulations and making reading point goals. Three to four goal sessions will be set up for students to work on setting personal reading point challenges.  At the end of each goal session an activity will be arranged funded by the College Place P.T.A. 

             Year Long Point Recognition Marks

                 10 points  Certificate, pencil

                 25 points   Certificate, bookmark

                 50 points   Certificate, Lunch with Mr. Drabek

                 100 points  Certificate, End of the year field trip with Mrs. Boe

                 150 points, Certificate,  Stuffed animal

                 200 points, Certificate, book store coupon

                 250 points, Certificate, empty book

                 300 ponts, Special gift

     The color circles above demonstrate how the books are coded so students will be able to locate books they will be able to read and answer  recall questions. 

  We have access to over 65,000!  To search for AR book levels of books in your home collection, public library or other sources go to:

            http://www.renlearn.com/

Right column, Select Quiz Online Store

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