READ-A-THON STARTS TODAY!!!!

Yes, PTA kicked off our annual read-a-thon with an assembly today. The theme is: "Clued Into Reading". Students are challenged to read at least 30-45 min./night and mark it on the envelope that came home today. Also, they are encouraged to get "sponsors" or "pledges" for their reading. Each day, class min. read/night will be added up and we will get clues to solve the mystery of the lost books in the library. The amount of clues we get depends on the minutes we read. So as you can see, it is a TEAM effort and we want to add up lots of minutes to get the clues we need to solve the mysteries first!!! GO TEAM HANKINS!!! Prizes will be awarded daily for minutes read individually. Also, at the end of the 10 day read-a-thon, top readers from each grade level group will receive a pretty awesome prize like an IPOD shuffle or a tablet. Are these worth reading for??? Definitely!!!! The students with the most sponsors will receive awards too. The class with the most total minutes at the end receives a pizza party. So GO TEAM HANKINS-LET'S DO THIS!!!! If you went over this with your child and you are already reading at least 30 min. tonight, write "clued in" in the planner. Remember the envelopes have to travel back and forth each day from school to home and back. Just so you know, the minutes for this also count on our monthly reading calendars so it is not "double" duty. Any questions, please ask. Today in Math, we had a great review on fractions. YAYYY-we made it to the Pacific Ocean in Montana History. Shortly we will be on our way back. Today, the students learned about the difficult task of going over the Bitterroot Mountains with horses and getting to the Columbia River. Ask them what they did to the horses that they left with the Nez Perce Indians so they would know they were theirs when they came back as they would need them again to cross back over the mountains on the return trip. If they can tell you, write what it is in the planner. Lead 21 kids brainstormed and came up with individual ideas for their persuasive paragraphs. Ask your child what their topic is. We will start the actual writing part tomorrow. We also started our Benchmark assessment for the end of Unit 4. These will take 2-3 days to complete. Biographies due on Friday. We have 2 great models of completed ones already. Can't wait to share and learn lots of new info. on famous people. Mason was our student of the week last week, but we never had a moment to share on Thursday so we did this morning. We enjoyed learning all about him, his family, and his interests. AS you can see by the photo, he loves karate and is doing a great job with it. Some of his favorites are: blue, Percy Jackson, crab, HE/PE, playing with friends. When he grows up he wants to be on the SWAT team. Way to go, Mason. Have a great night.