CHECK THE PAPER SATURDAY!!!

Mrs. Lammi's Homeroom class was visited my Heather Lovejoy of the Florida Times-Union. An article about Dress Up Like A Character Day will be featured in Saturday's newspaper in the "My Northside Sun" section. All the students that dressed up will have their pictures posted on the school website and on this blog soon! Parents, be ready to save these pictures from the blogsite to your own computer! They are great!

Here is the link! http://www.jacksonville.com/tu-online/stories/110108/ner_350121696.shtml

COPIES

If any other parents are able to make copies for our class at their office, please let me know. I appreciate you all and thank you for all the things you do for our class. It is indeed appreciated!

Congratulations Shelby!

Shelby has been nominated as the Mike Peterson's Just Read It STAR OF THE MONTH!

Shelby has shown tremendous growth in reading! She is putting forth tons of effort and is becoming a reading rockstar! Be sure to tell Shelby "Congrats!" Who knows, she may be selected as a finalists this month and be invited down to the stadium to meet MIKE PETERSON!!!!

Good Luck Shelby! We all have our fingers crossed for you!



UPDATED!!!!
Shelby will represent Louis Sheffield Elementary for the Mike Peterson's Just Read It campaign!

Sample Response

The following is an example of a summary written from the point of view of a character in a book. This is required when students dress up as a character for their October Book of the Month Response.

Please include the following on your paper when writing your summary:

1. Your name
2. The title and author of your book
3. A detailed summary of the book from the characters point of view.

Example:

My Teacher for President by: Kay Winters

Summary written by: Mrs. Lammi

This delightful book is about the the time when one of my dear students wrote a letter about me to the local news station explaining why, I, Mrs. Robbins, should be the President. Little Oliver explained several different reasons why I should be the President. He compared the duties of a world leader to that of an educator. I was astonished to see so many connections of the roles and responsibilities that each of these careers share. It was an honor to have Oliver write this about me. I am so pleased to see how much he learned about the president's job from all of the discussions we had in class due to the upcoming election. At the end of this book, Oliver ends his letter by requesting that the news station allow me to stay until the end of the year, if I should be elected.

This summary is told from the point of view of Mrs. Robbins, the teacher in the story.

RED RIBBON WEEK Oct. 27-Oct. 31

BE VERY CREATIVE!!!!

During Red Ribbon Week is a time for students to show that they are DRUG-FREE and pledge that they always will be!
To participate in our fun activities planned for the entire school, here is the schedule.

Monday (27th) Wear ALL RED Day
Tuesday (28th) Crazy Hair-do Day (This is also the day that you may
dress up as a character for your book response)
Wednesday (29th) Crazy Hat Day
Thursday (30th) Funky Sock Day (The crazier, the better)
This "funky" does not mean stinky!!!
Friday (31st) Favorite Sports Apparel Day (Dig out your hats, shirts, pants, socks, and shoes)

October Book Response

OPTION 1: BOOK REPORT RESPONSE
Book report form: Fiction 2 is the name of the link that you will need to click on when you go to :
http://www.abcteach.com/directory/basics/reading/book_report_forms/

This is the option that you can do for your October Response if you do not want to dress up like a character or person from a book you have read for the month of October.

If you choose to use the book report form, you will need be very detailed, have great handwriting, and make sure that your senetnces are clear and precise.

OPTION 2: DRESS UP LIKE A CHARACTER
Think of a character from a book that you have read this month and dress up as that character on Tuesday, October 28th. You will need to come to school dressed up and will not have time to go and change clothes so it needs to be something that you would be comfortable in ALL DAY! When you dress up as a character or a person you read about, you will need to write a summary of the book as if that character or person is telling about the book. Rememeber to use senetences using "I" since you will be pretending you are that person or character.

DUE TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28th.

Helpful websites to study and practice for our Language Test

Types of sentences help- http://www.quia.com/jfc/333549.html

Simple Subject/Simple Predicate- http://www.quia.com/servlets/quia.activities.common.ActivityPlayer?AP_rand=569776888&AP_activityType=10&AP_urlId=36764&AP_continuePlay=true&id=36764

Compound Sentences-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/activities/sentences.shtml

Conjunctions-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/activities/lang_structure.shtml

Conjunctions-
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks1bitesize/literacy/conjunctions/index.shtml

Progress Reports

Progress Reports came home again today. Please be sure to ask your students for them if you have not seen them. All papers, folders, and reports should be returned tomorrow. Please note your child's DRA (reading) level is indicated on their progress report.

Dictionary Day 2008

Dictionary Day is coming up on Thursday, October 16th. To celebrate this day, students will receive their vocabulary words for the following week on Friday. The celebration is strictly voluntary on Thursday. Students are encouraged to get their parents permission to write their vocabulary words and definitions on an old shirt and wear it to school to celebrate Dictionary Day 2008 on Thursday. Students can also write their vocab words on notecards and safety pin them to their shirt if choosing to not write on their shirt. Again, the day is strictly voluntary, but all students who participate will have their picture on the blogspot.

Spelling Website- Go here for extra help with spelling.

http://www.harcourtschool.com/menus/auto/18/53.html

This website allows you to play games to practice your spelling wisdom. Try it out and let me know how you like it. Visit this blog entry for more websites to be added for extra help with spelling.

Scholastic Book Order Information!!!!

Callie for President- level O
Goosebumps Horrorland- level Q
Feathers- level X Fairest- level X
Oliver Noctuturne- level S
The Kid Who Ran for President- level T
The Lightning Thief- level S

Appropriate for Levels Q-R
Kickoff
Medusa Jones
Piper Reed: Navy Brat
The Ghost, the White House, and Me

Appropriate for Levels S-U
Remembering Mrs. Rossi
The 39 Clues: Book One
Emmy and the Incredible Shrinking Rat
Elijah of Buxton