"Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous."- Confucis
Reading takes you to new worlds by entering you into the lives of characters, places that are imaginary, historical, and realistic, and problems that are similar to the ones you face.
It has the power to change your life. By sharpening your reading skills, you will learn strategies and tools that will help make you even more successful in social studies, science- even math!
Announcements
Classroom library corner
Help to make our classroom library grow. Take a look at Ms. Wellman's book wish list to donate to the class (see link below in "Links" section). Ten points extra credit will be given to a student kind enough to donate literature to our library.
Calendar
August 18- First day of school
September 1- No school, Labor Day
September 4- Open house
September 5- Kick-off for Language Arts department magazine sale
September 23- Progress reports home
For individual class periods, click on your class' web page to the right.
The Lexile Framework website This website gives information on Lexile scores. Website features a book search, searchable by Lexile score, book title, or author.