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DEAR Day

October 26, 2015 is the 9th anniversary of the BC Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) challenge. Dear started as a small challenge between school libraries in 2007 and has since grown to involve many participants across the province. The simple, but powerful idea of DEAR is to promote the importance of literacy by having as many students and adults as possible read at the same time on the same day.
Today we celebrated DEAR by reading after lunch for 20 minutes.  Everyone dropped everything and brought their books to the hallways, classrooms, the library and more.  image
The goal for October 26, 2015 is to have EVERYONE in BC put down their work, turn off their computer screens, pick up a book, magazine or newspaper and read for 20 minutes.
Reading is a beautiful thing!
 
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Reading Club begins today!

dearToday students and staff at South Slope/BCSD begin the Reading Club. Every student and staff member at South Slope/ BCSD is automatically a member of the club. This year we want to continue to put the focus on recognition and reading for fun!

Your child received a new reading record form today. When the student completes this form, s/he returns the form to school and receives a new form.

Students will be recognized on a bulletin board in the school and at our assemblies. Students who complete 250 nights of reading before the end of June will have a book dedicated to them and placed in our school library.

Our goal this year is to Read for Fun! Research has shown that children who read for pleasure, read what they like and read often, do significantly better in school. Parents can help by encouraging their child to read every night (or be read to) for a minimum of 15 minutes and then sign the reading record form.

Thank you for helping your child develop a lifetime habit of reading! Please come and see Mrs. Araujo in the library if you have any questions or comments.

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April is Poetry Month

April is poetry month. This month classes will be reading, listening to and performing poetry in the library and all around the school. On April 30th we will celebrate Poem in your Pocket Day. Everyone is invited to put a poem in their pocket and share it with someone.
Here are some of the great poetry books we read from this week available at our library:
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And the winner is…

The votes are in and South Slope/BCSD has chosen their Canadian Picture Book of the Year.  The nominees were:

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And the winner is…

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If you haven’t read these books yet, please come and check them out from the library.  Also, check out the display outside the library to read comments from students about their choices.

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Genevieve Cote update!

Two posts ago I told you about the kindergarten classes writing and sending their drawings to Canadian author, Genevieve Cote.  Well, guess what? She replied with a lovely note and I shared it with both classes.  Here is her message:

Dear Ms. Araujo,
 
Your message – and those drawings! – went straight to my heart!
Those little pigs and bunnies, coming from the other side of the country, brightened my day so much, I cannot thank you enough for sending them to me!
Please hug every one of your little illustrators from me, and do tell them their drawings are very special, each and every one of them!
 
A thousand thanks again, and warm wishes,
 
Genevieve
We were so excited to hear from an author and illustrator! Hopefully we can meet more authors in the future.

 

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Book Fair a success!

Last week the library was transformed into the Scholastic Book Fair.  We raised over $1000 in books for the school library and had lots of fun.  Thank you to all the volunteers, parents and staff, who made the fair possible.

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Pink Day: February 26th!

Pink Day is coming up on February 26th.  We’re celebrating friendship, kindness and respect!  We will be creating a “Wall of Pink” in the hallway outside the gym with our ideas. Check out the display in the library and find a great read about making the world a better place.

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Literacy Week is coming!

 

January 20-24 is Literacy Week! 

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School wide DEAR (Drop Everything and Read) every day!

Monday: School Wide assembly including recognition of our Reading Club and Reader’s Theatre presentations by staff and students!

Tuesday: Dress up as your favourite character from a children’s book!

Wednesday: Guest readers visit our school including Burnaby’s Superintendent of Schools, Kevin Kaardal, and our MLA, Raj Chouhan!

Thursday: Literacy Day.  Celebrating literacy across the curriculum all day!

Friday: School Wide assembly with Reader’s Theatre and DEAR!

 

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Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!  I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing break.

News for the New Year:100

Reading Club: December 31st marked 100 nights of reading.  Please return your orange forms ASAP and pick up your new blue 150 nights forms.  We will have an assembly on Jan. 20th to recognize the reading club and, of course, give away some great books.

scareLiteracy Week: Jan 20-24 we will be celebrating literacy week at our school.  Special events include a “Dress up as your favourite character from a book day” on Tuesday, Jan 21st.  Guest readers on Wednesday, Jan. 22nd. Book trivia will happen throughout the week with prizes for students.  Stay tuned for more details!

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New class blog:  I would like to welcome Mrs. March and Division 6 to the blogging world.  Check out their blog here.  I look forward to reading all about the great things they learn in their classroom.

Looking forward to a great new year filled with great books!