Afterschool enrichment session 2 registration is open through October 18th! Sign up today! https://sites.google.com/leanderisd.org/leander-isd/click-here-session-2-registration/tarvin

We would also like to honor our Veterans by showcasing them at school and during the program. If you have a veteran you would like to honor, please complete this form and email it to Leigh.dufeau@leanderisd.org or you can print it and bring it to school. Please send it in by Nov. 3rd so we can add it to the slideshow.

The Battle of the Texas Bluebonnets contest has officially started! All Bluebonnet books will be available for check out starting tomorrow morning. Students may have ONE Bluebonnet book at a time.

1) These are the top 20 books selected by the Texas Bluebonnet Committee that were chosen from thousands of books nominated by parents, teachers, and librarians.

2) The 20 books represent a diverse variety of genres, themes, grade levels, and lengths. There are short picture books (Everybody), Biographies, Non-Fiction, Poetry, and quite of few different chapter book genres (Realistic Fiction, Historical Fiction, Humor, Adventure, etc.)

3) These books are written for 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th grade students.

**Since there are some higher level books, no one is expected to read all 20. I emphasized that they should start with the shorter books, and work their way up to the longer chapter books. They are ALWAYS welcome to return a book if it turns out it is too difficult or just not interesting. They can always switch it out for a different book.

4) After a student finishes a book, he/she can take a quick 5-question quiz over the book through my LibGuide.

**(We are going to practice reading one of the Bluebonnets (The Honeybee) and actually logging in to take the test together this week and next week during their library class).

**They will need to log into their Google Chrome account if they take the test at home. If they are taking it on their chromebook at school, it should already show that they are logged in and take them right to the quiz.

5) I encourage students to HAVE THE BOOK WITH THEM when they take the quiz. This is NOT a memory test..it's a READING test. I told them that just like when they take the STAAR test, it's okay to go back and look through the story to make sure they select the correct answer.

**If they get 4 out of 5 (80%) or higher, the book counts. Their name will appear on our Book Wall underneath the book they read. I will put a "GREEN" square paper in your box to hand out to them. They can keep these in their Reading Journal/Folder or wherever they want to keep track of the books they have completed

6) Once they have their name under 5 books on the Book Wall, I will ask them to come down so I can take their picture for our WALL OF FAME! They will also be invited down to my special Voting Ceremony at the end of January. I will enter their votes into the Texas Database, and the winning book will be announced in February!

7) Students can read the book by themselves, with a buddy, with their parents, and even with you in class. Students are able to take quizzes on any books that you read to them as well. MANY of the Bluebonnet books are also found on our SORA. I will be going over SORA on their next library rotation if they don't know how to use it yet.

Happy Reading!
Sandy

Our award-winning broadcast students will lead and help the kids make a newscast by the end of the day.

Details:

• Tuesday, Nov. 2 (PD Day) 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• 3rd-5th graders
• Snacks & Lunch Included
• Cost is $60

Parents can click here to register their child and then pay here.

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