Save the date! An online book fair is coming May 29-June 11 with Spark Book Fairs! (Book Outlet). We ran this book fair a couple years ago with great success because of the amazing prices and wide selection for adults and kids.
With Mother’s Day and May flowers all around us, I thought this would be a good week to post some great book choices about flowers, spring, and gardening. I’m sure many of you will be gardening on the upcoming long weekend!
Little Green Thumbs: 10 Garden-Filled Picture Books for Spring
Books Celebrating Spring and Gardening- A Mighty Girl
It was wonderful to have so many families at school recently for the Celebration of Learning night! Thank you for the support for the Terra Cotta Cookie sale in the library to raise funds for a Storywalk- looking forward to sharing more about that in the coming weeks! We hope that you also got a chance to read the new issue of our student newspaper- HHCS Moose News. The digital link is above.
GROWING READERS TIP- How to Help New Readers with Words
It is common for new readers to get stuck on words. Here are a few prompts and questions you can try to help your child decode the words:
Look at the first letter and say the sound.
Give it a try.
Are there any parts of the word you know?
Look at the picture for help.
Skip it, read on, and then come back to try.
Using these prompts and questions encourages your child to do the problem solving instead of relying on you to tell him/her the word.
TAKE AWAY: Prompt to problem solve decoding words independently.
