Carpenter Turns 175!

On Friday, we will be celebrating Carpenter's 175th Anniversary!  WOW!  Friday afternoon, we will have a celebration ceremony as a whole school.  At 1:15, we meet at the front of the school for a short procession to the multi-purpose room.  We will have some special speakers and songs.  The assembly is scheduled to end at 2:45.  On Friday, we are encouraging all students to wear their Carpenter Spirit Wear in celebration.


Other notes...
April Scholastic Book Orders are due this week.  I am extending the deadline until Friday, for any extra orders.  Remember, you can order easily online here with our classroom code: HHRCH.  And don't forget to check out our Classroom Wishlist!

Supplies
We are in need of a few supplies.  If you can donate, it it much appreciated!
* Tissues
* Classroom snacks: crackers, pretzels, raisins, etc.
* Electric pencil sharpener
* Sandwich-size Ziploc bags
* Thin dry-erase markers

Home-Reading Book Envelopes
Keep up the reading at home!  Remember, each book should be read multiple times to build fluency, comprehension, and reading accuracy.  Send the packages back when your child has had that opportunity with each book (there is no set due date).
When working on writing, please encourage your child to do his/her best.  Add color to the illustrations, etc.  Here is a great example of writing about a question about the book:

For Word Work, consider writing words from the book or words from our sight word lists on index cards.  Read through these daily with your child as well - this builds automaticity.

Lastly, if you would like additional reading logs, click on our "Home Learning" page at the top of this webpage.  You will find a copy of the log that you can download and print.  Or click here.

HAPPY READING!