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Ms Jones 3rd Grade Class Home of the Smart Butterflies book it The BOOK IT! program is a six month reading incentive program that my class will be participating in this year. It is designed to motivate children to read more both at school and at home, the program rewards them for their reading accomplishments. Because most children in the BOOK IT! program will begin reading more often at home, and because many of you will want to become actively involved in helping your children meet their reading goals, I think it is important for you to know how the program works. I have set a monthly reading goal for the students. As soon as the goal has been met, the student will receive a Pizza Award Certificate. The child can redeem this certificate for a free one-topping Personal Pan Pizza at our Pizza Hut restaurant during normal business hours, seven days a week. On the first visit, the child also receives a BOOK IT! Button and a recognition sticker to place on the button. The child receives an additional sticker, along with pizza, on each subsequent visit when redeeming a Pizza Award Certificate. (Please note that the certificate is valid only when the child is present. This gives the restaurant personnel an opportunity to praise and congratulate the child, which is an important part of the program incentive.) If a child meets the reading goals in all six months of the program, he/she will become a BOOK IT! all Star Reader and will be awarded an All-Star Reader medallion at Pizza Hut. Over 12 million children were enrolled in the BOOK IT! program last year. We are looking forward to participating this year. Our goal is to have each student read at least 20 minutes per day at least 5 out of 7 days a week for a total of 100 minutes each week. If your child would like to read more they are encourage to fo this. The more they read the more they become better at learning new words. The reading should be from books appropriate to your child’s age and reading level. Your child will be encourage to take home a book everyday so that they can have it to read to meat his/her goal. At the beginning of each month a calendar will be sent home with space for your initials each day your child reads as explained above. At the end of the month, please return the signed calendar to school for recording. I believe that through participation in the BOOK IT! program, all children can improve their reading skills and, equally important, develop a greater appreciation for the written word as a source of pleasure, knowledge, and information. Thank you for your continued support in everything we do. Sincerely, Ms. Jones
	classroom procedure Classroom Rules 1. Accept responsibility for your own behavior 2. Be in your seat and ready to begin when the bell rings. 3. Bring all needed materials to class 4. Bring a positive attitude to class 5. Raise your hand and wait to be called 6. Keep hands and feet, and objects to yourself 7. Use twelve-inch voice during cooperative group work Procedures we will disscus on the first day 1. Where to sit. 2. Entering the room 3. Leaving the room 4. Walking in the hallway 5. Standing in the hallway 6. Eating in the cafeteria 7. Getting teachers attention 8. Answering a question 9. Turning in materials 10. Participating in discussion 11. Checking work 12.Turnin work in 13. How to behave in the classroom 14. When and how to move about the room 15. Sharpening pencil 16. Drinking water
	HINT FOR PARENTS Questions Parents often ask "What can/should we be doing with our children(s) during the weekends/evenings?" These activities will help you to foster growth & and help your child to improve, or at least, keep them from regressing during the weekend. The goal of this webpage is to provide a variety of activities for parents to do with their elementary aged children. Please provide feedback regarding what is useful and/or what can be done to improve this effort to provide assistance to parents and children. 1. Set aside time daily to spend with your child. 2. Listen to your child and talk with him. 3. Be supportive. 4. Don't try everything on these lists at once; try a little at a time and return to favorites. 5. Be enthusiastic! Make the activities fun and keep them appropriate in length of time. Talk up learning; the goal is to assist your child to become an enthusiastic, life-long learner. 6. Have your child read daily (generally, most useful and important of all suggestions). Let them select, or at least have input, on what they read. We suggest that ideally your child read from a variety of genres. Top priority, we want them to enjoy reading. Be sure and create the environment where your student can concentrate and focus during daily reading. For some children this means turning off the T.V. and radio. Talk about what they are reading. Ask them questions such as: What's the story about? Help then understand the main idea(s). Who are the main characters? Which character do you relate to most, and why? What is the setting of the story? Why (why not) do you like it? What lessons can be learned from this story? If you were the author, what would you write differently? Why? What would be a better title for the story? Why? Predict the ending. What is your prediction based upon?
	TAAS Reading TAAS READING BOOKS 1 Literature Models for TAAS Reading that will help your child to develop their basic skills in DRAWING CONCLUSIONS AND PREDICTING OUTCOMES; MAING IDEA; POINT OF VIEW; SEQUENCING; CHARACTERIZATION; AND COMPARATIVE READING. These books could be borrow from your school or public library so that you and your child could practice the skills that are essential and necessary to pass the TAAS Reading: DRAWING CONCLUSIONS Borrequita And The Coyote by Aardema Piggybook by Browne Amazing Grace by Hoffman Aunt Flossies Hats by Howard Old Macdonald Had A Farm by Jones If You Give A Moose A Muffin by Numeroff Wretched Stone by Van Allsburg Possum Come-A-Knockin by Van Laan King Bidgood's In The Bathtub by Wood. MAIN IDEA Hot Air henry by Calhoun I wish I were a Butterfly by Howe The Doorbell Rang by Hutchins A Porcupine Named Fluffy by Lester Swimmy by Lionni Family Farm by Locker The Little Engine That Could by Piper Polar Express by Van Allsburg POINT OF VEIW The Jolly Postman by Ahlberg The Pain In The Great One by Blume Princess Smartypants by Cole Three Bears by Galdone The True Story Of The Three Little Bears by Scieszka Deeep In The Forest by Turkle Journey Home by Uchida Tow Bad Ants by Van Allsburg The Goodbye Book by Viorst SEQUENCING Teeny Tiny Seed by Bennett The Tiny Seed by Carle Miss Rumphius by Cooney One Fine Day by Hogrogian The Snowy Day by Keats Love You Foever by Munsch The Relative Came by Rylant Story of Jumping Mouse by Steptoe Napping House by Wood Why Mosquitos Buzz In People’s Ears by Aardema No Jumping On The Bed! by Arnold Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs by Barrett Arthurs Tooth by Brown Today Was A Terrible Day by Giff On Monday When It Rained by Kachnmeister The Day Jimm’s Boa Ate The Wash by Noble I You Give A Mouse A Cookie by Numeroff Angel Child, Dragon Child by Surat Faithful Elephants by Tsuthiya The Stranger Van Allsburg CHARACTERIZATION Willy the Wimp by Browne Strega Nona by De Paola Babe, The Gallant Pig by King-Smith Sarah, Plain and Tall by Maclachlan Sheep In a Jeep by Shaw The Real Thief by Steig An Anteather Named Arthur by Waber COMPARATIVE Miss Nelson is Missing by Allard Prince Cincders by Cole The Little Red Hen by Goldone Little Red Riding Hood by Hyman Flossie And The Fox by McKissack "Not Now!" Said the Cow by Oppenheim The Garden Of Abdul Gadzi by Van Allsburg Jumaji by Van Allsburg The Wreck of The Zephyr By Van Allsburg Alexander And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good Very Bad Day by Viorst
	TAAS Writing TAAS WRITING BOOKSHTML Literature Models for TAAS WRITING that will help your child to develop their basic skills in INFORMATIVE DESCRIPTIVE WRITING; INFORMATIVE NARRATIVE WRITING (HOW TO). These books could be borrow from your school or public library so that you and your child could practice the skills that are essential to pass the TAAS writing: Informative Descriptive Writing Digging up Dinosaurs by Alike A Medieval Feast by Aliki Best Town In The World by Baylor Snowman by Briggs Important Book by Brown, M.W. Midnight Fox by Byars Chocolate Touch by Catling Miss Rumphius by Cooney Freight Traing by Drews BFG by Dahi Cloud Book by De Paola Big Snow by Hader Volcano by Lauber Informative Narrative Writing (How to?) coming soon