December in the Library
Fun all month long!
Going Beyond Books
Grow a Snowflake
Borax snowflakes in a jar: For instructions, follow the link and make your own at home... (http://britton.disted.camosun.bc.ca/snow/boraxsnowflake.html)
Pop-Up Christmas Cards
I thoroughly enjoyed teaching the Conyers 1st graders and Covington 4th and 5th graders how to make these festive pop-up Christmas Cards designed by Robert Sabuda, THE name in Pop-ups. Please follow the link to his website to learn how to make dozens of pop-ups for free! www.robertsabuda.com
Paper Snowflakes
I also enjoyed teaching Mrs. Hopkins' 1st grade class how to make paper snowflakes. Be sure to check out their hard work on display in their class window. You can make your own by following the instructions on this website (http://www.highhopes.com/snowflakes.html).
Find AR books easily from home
Also, if your child would like to take an AR test on a book from home, please send the book in with him or her to help them when looking up their test.
Feel free to contact me should you have any questions about Accelerated Reader.
New books just added to our collection
How I Survived Middle School: Can you get an F in lunch?
With humor and an authentic adolescent voice, best-selling author Nancy Krulik delves into the mind of Jenny McAfee, a 12-year-old just trying to survive middle school.
The Wednesday Wars
In this Newbery Honor-winning novel, Gary D. Schmidt offers an unforgettable antihero.
Puppy Mudge Has a Snack
by Cynthia Rylant Henry's puppy, Mudge, loves to eat. He really wants to share Henry's snack. Henry keeps saying, "No, Mudge!" But it's hard to resist a puppy as cute as Mudge!
Librarian's Corner
One in six children who are not reading proficiently in third grade fail to graduate from high school on time, four times the rate for children with proficient third-grade reading skills.
( The Annie E. Casey Foundation )
That is one startling statistic that I recently learned in an interesting paper whose main focus was to link poverty and reading proficiency to high school graduation rates. However, the researchers found a startling number of students who no matter their economic background, if they were not reading proficiently in the third-grade, it correlated to not graduating from high school or taking longer than normal.
This is why your child's teacher and Peachtree Academy as a community stresses reading. The more your child reads, the more proficient they will become. They should read at least 20 minutes every day. You can support them by reading with your child or have your child read to you. You can set a timer and have everyone in the family read a book for 20 minutes. Another study shows that children who come from households where the parents are avid readers tend to be avid readers themselves and score higher on reading proficiency tests. However you decided to encourage reading, just do it. READ!
Peachtree Academy Library
Email: library@peachtreeacademy.com
Website: www.peachtreeacademy.com
Location: 1801 Ellington Road Southeast, Conyers, GA
Phone: 770-860-8900