Inspire Reading with Ramona and Beezus

Take your children to see "Ramona and Beezus", but be prepared to read the books! You and your children will love Beverly Cleary's wonderful character and will want to follow all of Ramona's adventures. Get a preview of the fun at the following links. Go see the movie, then be ready to whip out the library card on the way home!

Have fun and happy reading!

(If the links won't work, copy and paste the address in your browser address bar).

http://www.ramonaandbeezus.com/


http://books.google.com/books?id=lw6K8J8-KRoC&dq=ramona+and+beezus&printsec=frontcover&source=bn&hl=en&ei=wPJKTICMMYL_8Ab8tYk1&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=7&ved=0CEQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q&f=false

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Easter Fun in Peter Rabbit's World

Second Grade's President Day Program

Second Grade's President Day Program

Here is a link to some reading games on learningtoday.com. The site has access to some free reading games and you can sign up for access to more games and activities that are designed to help build key reading skills in phonemic awareness, phonics, sight words, vocabulary and reading comprehension.

http://www.learningtoday.com/corporate/reading-games.asp

Gadsden Job Corps has adopted the first graders at our school. The Job Corps visited and brought gifts for students and teachers!

http://www.tv24.tv/videoPlayer/?video=/uploadedFiles/File/news_Other_1265955239.flv

Help Mitchell earn $5,000.00 and help your child become a stronger reader by registering your child and logging their reading minutes at the following link:

http://www.parents.com/reading/ramitchellelementaryschoolgadal

The contest begins March 8, 2010 and ends May 31, 2010. The winning school will be based on the total minutes read, divided by the number of students enrolled at the school at the time of contest registration, so each reading minute counts!!