Friday Updates!

Happy New Year!

I hope 2011 was a wonderful year for you and your family. Wishing you and your family a blessed 2012!

Olson’s “Character Counts Around the World”   Reading Challenge

This year’s reading challenge will take place on a tour around 4 countries. The challenge will be 4 stops for 4 weeks 1/6/12-2/3/12

Week Number/Dates	Country & Character Pillar Stop	Prize awarded	Spirit Day Events on Friday Every Friday is turn-in day
January Kick off on the 6th			Jan 6 Storyteller Jim May by grade level Wear Pajamas-“Cozy Up & Read” DEAR-reading time
1- Jan 6-13	Caring & Citizenship in China	Passport around the world	Jan 13 Wear RED/PURPLE DEAR-reading time
2- Jan 13-20	Respect & Responsibility in Russia	Character Bookmark, Book from Scholastic, Chilli’s kid’s meal	Jan 20 Wear YELLOW/GREEN DEAR-reading time
3- Jan 20-27	Trustworthy in Turkey	Magic Waters, Applebees, & McDonald’s	Jan 27 Wear BLUE DEAR-reading time
4- Jan 27-Feb 3	Fairness in France	Six Flags Great America ticket	Feb 3 Wear ORANGE DEAR-reading time

Kick off is with grade level Story Teller Jim May-Friday, January 6, 2012

We will have weekly DEAR where we will Drop Everything And Read school-wide!

Grade Levels	# Mins. Daily	# Mins. Weekly
Grade 2	25 minutes	175 minutes

For meeting our goals, there will be individual prizes, classroom prizes, and a school-wide prize at the end of the challenge. Please encourage your child to read each night and turn in the log on Friday mornings to their teacher. Late logs will not be accepted until the following week. All prizes will be awarded on Fridays. If a child is absent they have until the day they return to turn in their log with the required minutes on it. They will receive their prize the next Friday. The Magic Waters Log and Six Flags log must be completed with title and minutes, and everything it asks for. All the minutes read at home will go towards the 6 hours/360 minutes for Magic Waters and Six Flags. We will not fill out the Book-It sheet for January, but you will receive the certificate if you complete the January reading minutes on the challenge. I'm sorry for all the different documentation, but you can just copy the same reading minutes for each sheet. I am not particular about the titles. I'm mostly looking for the minutes added up and the parent signature. Good luck! I can't wait until all the logs come in on Friday! I just know we will have 100%! :)

Mrs. Montes