Stallions Read to Succeed
November Literacy Newsletter for Parents
Greetings
D. L. Sims Scholars are Rocking It Out!
Upcoming Events
- Scholars who have met the monthly expectations of successfully completing the Reading & Math Challenges, Top 5 MyOn/AR Scholars, AR Book Clubs, and/or First In Math winners will celebrate with Ms. Henderson & Mrs. Boyd.
Studentreasures Steps to Promotion
September 20th – October 21st
§ Pre-write: Teachers and scholars will brainstorm the topic for the classbook and scholars will generate details of your story. Teachers & scholars can use the Circle Map brainstorm and generate ideas.
October 24th – December 2nd
§ Rough Draft: Scholars will write their rough draft on notebook paper or in their AVID ELA notebook. Scholars will use the details generated in the Circle Map to expand their thinking about the topic. This will be a perfect time to incorporate the AVID 2-column notes to organize your ideas.
December 5th – February 17th
§ Revise & Edit: This is the time to improve the details of scholars’ writing. This is also the time to check your spelling, capitalization, and punctuation. Scholars should be instructed to write sentences that flow smoothly and make sense to the reader.
February 27th – March 10th
§ Final Draft: This is the time for your scholars to write their final draft on the papers provided by Studentreasures. The final draft documents are located inside the kit that was provided to you.
March 13th – March 17th
§ Pack your kits up and prepare to have them shipped back to Studentreasures for publishing.
AR/MyOn Reading Log
Weekly Evidence-Based Reading Challenges
EVIDENCE-BASED READING CHALLENGES (K-5)
If your scholar is in grade K-1, they will submit the paper copy of the reading challenge each Thursday by the end of the school day.
Scholars in grades 2-5 will submit their responses to the reading challenges via Microsoft Forms. The form is available each Friday at 7:00 AM and will automatically close each Thursday at 3:00 PM.
Scholars will earn $5 Beckett Bucks each Friday IF they score 70% or higher.
40,000,000 Words MyOn/AR Reading Challenge
This year, we are challenging our scholars to read 40,000,000 words by the end of the school year. The purpose of this challenge is to increase their reading stamina, allow scholars to read books that are of interest to them, expose them to a plethora of vocabulary words, increase their reading fluency and comprehension, and have a love for reading.
The top class that reads the most words each month will earn a pizza party courtesy of Ms. Henderson.
Studentreasures Stallion Authors
The manuscripts will be sent to Studentreasures for publishing in March 2023. Scholars can receive a FREE copy of their classbook ONLY IF parents have completed the permission order form. If you would like to purchase a copy of the classbook, please complete the entire permission order form and return it to your scholar's teacher. Unfortunately, the company will not allow parents to purchase books after the books are returned to the school. Please contact your scholar's teacher to obtain a copy of the permission order form if you have not received one.
Fry Words Competition
Principal's Book of the Month Reflection
Why do you think Booker was so determined to learn how to read?
If scholars' reflection is selected to be posted outside their teacher's classroom, they will earn $5 Beckett Bucks.
Read with Malcolm Read Marathon Competition Recognitions
ReadMarathon Awards Ceremony
We are in the final round of the Read with Malcolm ReadMarathon. We were striving to read 800 minutes in 26.2 days. I am happy to say that several of our scholars have met the goal and will be awarded on Thursday, November 10, 2022. Please join us for this VIRTUAL celebration at 10:00 AM as we recognize the scholars for their accomplishments. Scholars who have met the goal will receive an invitation on Wednesday, November 2, 2022.
Click the link BELOW to join the celebration!
Congratulations scholars! You are definitely READING TO SUCCEED!
Evidence-Based Reading Challenge Recognition
Monthly Literacy Recognitions
Top MyOn Reading Champions & AR Book Club Inductees - October
Top MyOn Reading Champtions & AR Book Club Inductees - September
Meet Ms. Henderson, Instructional Coach
Email: thenderson1@rockdale.k12.ga.us
Phone: 770-922-0666