Graham's Gazette

Important Dates

Friday, September 9: MAP Testing

Tuesday, September 13: School Picture Day

Monday, September 19- Friday, September 23: Book Fair

Tuesday, September 20 4:30- 6:00: Book Fair Family Event

Thursday, September 22 11:30 : Early Dismissal

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September is Attendance Awareness Month!

Sonic has offered an attendance incentive to all Rice Creek students! If students have perfect attendance, no tardies, and no early dismissal days in the month of September, our neighborhood Sonic will give our students coupons for some free treats!

Our Book Fair is here! The first Book Fair of the year is September 19 - 23rd. The theme of the Fair is "Bookaneer Book Fair" - pirates! Students will preview the Book Fair as a class and will have the opportunity to purchase books for their home library!

Happy Reading!

Reading

Story Elements

What is the character, setting, problem, and solution of a literature text?

Handwriting and Sentences

What makes a complete sentence?

How can you form letters appropriately in print and cursive?

Practice Links

Epic Books

(This is a WONDERFUL site for students to access and read a lot of great books!)

Big Universe

(Another great site for reading! Students will be getting their login information this week!)

Reading Rockets

(This is an amazing site for teachers AND parents! There are so many great ideas and articles about helping students become strong readers.)

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Writing

Becoming Authors!

We have started working on our "Inspiration Page" in our Writer's Notebooks. Our focus this year is on becoming young authors! We will be writing in almost every subject and on a wide variety of topics. My goal is for all students to enjoy writing their thoughts, feelings and stories and to share them in a variety of formats. Be on the look-out for some student writing on this blog!