2010 BOOK FAIR: READING SAVES THE DAY!!

The 2010 Scholastic Book Fair will invade our school the week of
October 25th- 29th. Check the school newsletter and the posters hanging around the school for times. The students will be doing lots of projects to get ready for the fair. There is also a link from this page to access our Book Fair web page which will contain a preview of the books. You can generate your child's wish list from this site. Don't forget that the Book Fair is a great place to get early Christmas gifts!!! See you there!

NEED HELP WITH AR BOOKFINDER???

Quick review for those searching for ar books while our website list is under construction: Go to www.arboookfind.com or use the link to the right of this blog. Click on Parent. Enter the keycode VZ141006, click Go and then Quick Search. Our tests are highlighted in RED. Also, if you email me at school I can send you an attachment with our list as a pdf file. Hope this helps!!!

A Brighter School Year 2010-2011!!!

Welcome to a great new year at St. Henry! The library is off to a great start with the addition of a smart board! I can't wait to utilize this new technology. Accelerated Reader is off and running. The link on our website is currently under construction but you can still access AR Bookfinder by following the directions on my blog to enter the site. The annual Book Fair is set for the week of Oct. 25-29. Many volunteers are needed to make this successful. Please consider donating some of your time. Also, I am always looking for library volunteers to do a variety of tasks in the school library. Let me know if you have some interest and some extra time available. I can always put you to work!

FUTURE PROBLEM SOLVING TEAM GOES TO STATE!!

A great big congratulations goes out to our Future Problem Solving Team this year. As their coach, I am extremely proud of them all as they placed in both District and Regional Competition and competed in State Finals this past weekend in Louisville! The 50 teams competing ranked by point values ranging from 5-25, with 5 being the highest. Our team tied with three other teams with a total point score of 20.

Successful Book Publishing!

All students in Grades K-5 were able to successfully publish their books and share them with other people in the school. The fourth graders read their books to the pre-school and Kindergarten reading buddies.


Kindergarten Authors!!

FIFTH GRADERS ARE AUTHORS TOO!!!

SECOND GRADE AUTHORS !!!!!

THIRD GRADE AUTHORS !!!

BOOKS HAVE BEEN PUBLISHED!!!!!

The fourth graders are published authors!!!

February Update!!!

After some snowy days off of school, Grades k-5 were able to finish their books for publishing. Books were mailed to the publisher on Friday Feb. 12th, and should be completed in a few weeks. I will let you know when the bound books arrive back at school. The students did a great job and I look forward to seeing their published stories!!

BOOK PUBLISHING!!!

Students in Grades K-5 will be publishing books this month! All work for K-2 will be completed at school. All you will have to do is look for a letter coming home in a few weeks explaining how you can purchase your own copy. That note will need to be returned with either a yes or no concerning book purchase. Students in Grades 3-5 will need to be working on a rough draft that will be due next week so that they can be typed in the computer lab on their computer day. There will be a letter coming home this week with each student in these grades explaining the topic and guidelines. Rough drafts are due on the following dates:
Grade 3 - personal story draft due Jan. 14th
Grade 4 - biography draft due Jan. 12th
Grade 5 - fairy tale draft due Jan. 14th