Book Character Parade

Friday, October 29th will be our character book parade! Who will you be? Remember, it needs to be your favorite character from a work of fiction or a biography.

Last year, we had some great ideas:

The Three Muskateers

Monster Goose

Alice in Wonderland

Where's Waldo?

Harry Potter

Madeline

Who will these teachers dress up as this year? You'll find out on Friday!

Upcoming events

April is at the half way mark, and while there is not much happening in the library this month, hold on to your seats because May will be jam packed! On the agenda for May:

Friday, May 7 - Sumo Wrestling! Who will Mr. Gongora be matched up against? Be sure to cast your vote in the computer lab.

Friday, May 7 - This also happens to be the last day to check out library books :(

May 10-14 - RIF! And this time, you will receive TWO books, and of course, cookies!

Tuesday, May 11 - Kinder, 1st and 2nd grades will be visited by Caldecott Honor author Liz Garton Scanlon. Be sure to pre-order discounted books for her to autograph!

May 17-21 - Scholastic Book Fair: Get your summer reading books!

May 20 - 4th grade Earning for Learning Ceremony

Monday, May 24 - 3rd and 4th grades will be visited by award winning author Chris Barton. Be sure to pre order his books so you can have them autographed!

Wow! Sure to be a super busy month...See you in the library!

YOU did it!

OME has met the reading challenge!!!

Our final total: 177,791 minutes

Congratulations!
The sumo-wrestling will take place on Friday, May 7 @1:30 p.m between Mr. Gongora and a few teachers (who will be named shortly). Stay tuned to find out more...

Read Across OME!

Tuesday was READ ACROSS AMERICA, and here at Oak Meadows, we certainly did some reading!

On Tuesday, March 2nd, students at Oak Meadows Elementary read for....



15,367 minutes!

All in one day! That brings the grand total for the sumo-wrestling reading challenge to...




Oh, I guess you'll have to wait until Friday to find out!

Leave your best estimate and the person who comes closest will win a prize!
(hint:the previous blog entries may or may NOT help you with this total)

We are getting close!

As of today, the grant total of minutes read is....


are you ready?




it's coming.....




do you really want to know?






okay.....








118,413 !!!!!!



That's amazing work!


Leave a comment and tell me how many minutes are left for a special prize!

minutes, minutes, minutes!!

Our total reading minutes as of today are....





67,778!!!

So now, let's do some math:

Students at OMES were challenged to read 150,000 minutes. So far, they have read 67,778 minutes. How many minutes do they need to read in order to reach their goal?

150,000
- 67,778
_______
????????

You only have 3 weeks left! Remember, the last day is
March 13, 2010.

Be the first to leave a comment with the correct answer to the math problem and you will get a special treat!

****UPDATE****

Thanks to Mrs. McClure's and Mr. Henson's classes, the current total is now

74,210!!!

Be sure to subtract this updated total from 150,000 to have the correct answer. :)

Whooo's Reading?

Hey, all of you OWLS out there! Are you reading?

Do you want to see this?


In order to have some sumo-wrestling, we need to READ! Let me help you out.

We have new books! Look over on the Shelfari book shelf to the left and browse through the new titles. Slide your mouse over a book to learn more about it.

Would you like to be the FIRST person to check out one of these books? All you have to do is leave a comment and say which book you would like and why. One lucky person will be chosen for each book.

Good Luck!