Dear First Grade Families,                                                                     2-29-16

March is reading month. Students will celebrate the joy of reading in a variety of ways.  I am sending home a Haigh calendar with daily reading activities for students.  I am also sending home a reading log in which students set a monthly reading goal including the number of minutes they will read for the month.  The suggested daily minutes for first grade is 20 minutes.  If students reach the  reading goal, at the end of the month they can earn a prize.

Also, instead of the Reading Response Notebook, students can participate in the Haigh book summary contest.  If students write a summary about a book, they can earn a sticker and their summary is entered into a drawing.  They may earn a prize if their summary is selected during the drawing.  I will send home book summary forms.

We will also have a classroom book swap on Thursday, March 24, 2016.  Students may bring in a new or used book to swap for another book.

I want to invite all parents and guardians to read a book to our class during March.  If you would like to read a book to our class, please complete the form I am sending home with the day in which you would like to read.

Happy Reading!

Have a great week!

Mrs. Dobronski