Look at the new Links!

I have something new for all of you do look at! I have been working on putting lists of links along the right hand side of this blog for all of you! You ask: What are these? And how do I use them? Well, all you need to do is click on one of them to bring up different websites. I have made this blog a one stop area for you to get all of your information needs. Try it out! Take your cursor over to the right hand side and click on a Favorite Series or Helpful Website for Students.

CHECK OUT the link titled MATH DICTIONARY! It is amazing! I am not very good in math and I am telling you, this is an excellent tool to help anyone who struggles with math or enjoys math. Let me know what you think of it. Just try it! Please? Trust me I would not lead you astray!

Read Aloud!

Hello everyone,
This past week I began reading a few new chapter books to students in grades 3-5. The 3rd graders are listening to The Ink Drinker by Eric Sanvoisin. I stopped just before entering the cemetary... and have had students tell me that they think he is a ghost or a vampire. We shall have to wait and see! The 4th graders have started listening to me read On the Run: Chasing the Falconers written by Gordon Korman. This is the first in a 6 book series; and one of my all time favorite books! The students have realized that Meg and Aiden Falconer are stuck in a juvinelle prison for something they did not do. But I left them wanting to hear more! Finally the 5th graders have started listening to the book A Mango Shaped Space by Wendy Mass. I spoke with a few 5th grade teacher's to get a consensus on how hard this book would be to understand. The students shared their thoughts and feelings after I finished the first chapter. This is a realistic fiction book with a confusing opening...but if everyone sticks with it, "I promise it will be worth it!"

After the fires the entire school had to celebrate Halloween. I'm happy to hear that everyone had a great time at the Halloween Carnival. I enjoyed hearing everyone's Trick-or-Treating stories. Now we get to look forward to Thanksgiving. Next week I will be checking books out to everyone.

Talk to you all soon.
Miss Maile