Stallions Read to Succeed
December 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.
Read With Malcolm Read Bowl
The READBowl is a friendly 4-weeks reading challenge focusing on increasing our scholar's reading stamina. This challenge is divided into four quarters and includes a halftime show. Reading minutes are tracked weekly. Sims's scholars will compete in the READBowl striving to read a combined total of 150,000 minutes during this competition. We accomplished our goal during the READMarathon, so I know WE CAN DO THIS AGAIN SIMS STALLIONS! READBowl 2023 is free and begins on January 9th. ARE YOU READY!!!
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
Stand In My Shoes by Bob Sornson
Emily showed empathy in many different ways throughout the day. Explain how you can show empathy for someone you know or someone you do not know when they make a mistake, do not feel well, or do feel embarrassed.
Evidence-Based Reading Challenge Recognition
Monthly Literacy Recognitions
Top MyOn Reading Champtions & AR Book Club Inductees - September
Top MyOn Reading Champions & AR Book Club Inductees - October
Top MyOn Reading Champions & AR Book Club Inductees - November
Meet Ms. Henderson, Instructional Coach
Email: thenderson1@rockdale.k12.ga.us
Phone: 770-922-0666