Winter 2017

Favorite new book in the library:

With beautiful simplicity, You Hold Me Up, explores ways we hold each other up.

Thank you all  for your support during the book fair.

We were able to  provide:

48 books to classrooms

23 books for the library

191 books to students, including 41 identified by teachers as needing books

and we earned $200 to be used for author visits

Thank you all!

3rd graders have been doing book talks.  Find out what they recommend:
Ms. Keeler's Class
Ms. McIntosh's Class
Ms. Wolfe-Perez's Class

Author Steve Cotler

 

Authors leave us clues about each character.

 

"Every Word an author uses is important."

Thank you to Green Bean Books for supporting our author visit from Sanae Ishida.

Books! Books! Books!

Welcome Authors
Sanae Ishida
October 19th
Ms. Baker, Ms Grillo and Ms. Ruth's classes

October 31st
Ms. Wilcox, Mr. Horrigan, Ms. Stovall, Mr. Castillo and Mr. Musgnung's class

3rd graders have been doing book talks.  Find out what they recommend:
Ms. Keeler's Class
Ms. McIntosh's Class
Ms. Wolfe-Perez's Class

New School Year!

Welcome back to the New School Year! 

 Here is what we are looking forward to:

• A new reading program that promotes lots of independent reading.
• A great year with OBOB.  James John placed 4th at regionals last year out of 56 schools.  Find out more about this 2nd - 5th grade reading challenge.
•  New library books.  My summer favorites are:

  

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Books!  Books!  Books!

Need books?  Here's how to get them!

James John Book Fair
Sponsored by Children's Place Bookstore
June 5-8  7:45-8:15  1:45-3:30
Open until 6:30 on Wednesday

Big, Bad Summer Reading Book Giveaway
June 13th  Kindergarten - 2nd grade
June 14th 3rd-5th grade
Bring a bag and shop for books for FREE!
Thank you Children's Book Bank!

Multnomah County Library
Summer Reading Game
All students will have summer reading game boards with the Big, Bad Summer Reading Book Giveaway
Game starts June 16th!

Upcoming in the Library

Here is the story the 1st graders  wrote when Author Dashka Slater visited us at James John.

Once there was a fish named Selena.  Every day Selena liked to jump like a dolphin.  One day, Selena got sick from too much jumping.  When she had the fish pox, hair grew out f her mouth.  Because of that her owner gave her fish medicine stuff.  But the medicine turned her into a dinosaur.  But then her friend Pepe came over and Selena kicked Pepe and he had to learn Kung Fu.  Until finally Pepe gave Selena dinosaur-turn-back-into-fish medicine.  Now Selena studies Kung Fu and every once in awhile gives Pepe a bloody nose.

 

Earth Day!
  

April 27
Drawing for the April Reading Challenge
Grand Prize Winner $10 in scholastic dollars
25 winners of free books!

April 30 is el dia de los ninos!

 Upcoming Events

Celebrate Dr. Seuss's Birthday
Thursday, March 2nd
Green Eggs and (Turkey) Ham will be offered for students to try at lunchtime. 
Thank you PTA for sponsoring!

Saturday, March 18th  9:30
OBOB Regionals
Glencoe Elementary