Reading is an everyday expectation that should continue throughout the summer. Monday you will recieve a flyer about the CCSD and Cobb Public Libraries Summer Reading Program, that officially begins Monday May 4th! I think it'll be much easier to keep track of your summer reading. It will also allow Mr. Estell a better snapshot of what the students at HLES actually did reading-wise over the summer. In the past children who read over the summer turned something in to Mr. Estell and they would recieve a reward of some sort. Now all he has to do is pull a report off the scholastic website and each kid's effort is right there! That's pretty awesome right!? Typically, children lose 2-4 reading levels over the summer because of lack of practice, don't let your child fall into these statistics! We've worked so very hard to get the kids where they are right now, it always saddens me to see the "summer slide"!
Don't let your child be part of that group! Let's start May off right and log in 20-30 minutes of reading every day beginning May 4th!
Here are pictures from today of our plant life cycle unit! Thanks to all of the parents who helped out! I amalso including pictures of our class pets, 3 butterflies have emerged from their chrysilis!
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Butterflies:
Look close to top of habitat 3 empty chrysili and 3 still in metamorphosis.
