Lewis and Clark Learns

Today at our first Lewis and Clark Celebration Assembly of the year, 132 third, fourth, and fifth grade students were recognized for meeting our first reading challenge.  They all read AT LEAST 4 KC3 or Mark Twain nominees by our October deadline.  In addition, they also received 10 extra book check out coupons to use when they wish. 

One hundred and five 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade readers celebrated reaching their first reading milestone of the 2012-2013 school year with milk and cookies.  Those kiddos have a great jumpstart on the reading award books for this year and are well on their way to reaching the second milestone in December.  Good Books!  Good Times!

We are amazing KC3 and Mark Twain award readers! We set goals for our reading and when we reach those goals we CELEBRATE! Check out the pics below.

Can you imagine a puppy out at night, hungry, cold, and dying? That is what happened to Audie. Finally some people rescued the abused dogs including Audie. He was brought to a shelter but he did not have his name yet. The dogs were very lonely, they hardly got any exercise. After a lot of waiting, he went with Nicole and Steve. They gave him the name Dutch. But that was not his permanent home. Finally, he got a home with Linda and Bill. One day Linda noticed Dutch limping. She took him to the vet and they had bad news. Dutch had bad knees. He could not be an agility dog until they were fixed. Linda and Bill wanted Dutch to have a more suitable name. So they named him after a soldier in WWII named Audie. What do you think will happen? Read to find out! By Emma

Hocus Pocus is about a rabbit in a magic hat. He escapes and the owner of the house has a dog and the rabbit is scared. The dog chases the rabbit all around the house and causes lots of problems ...you have to find out what happens by reading the book. By: Heidi

Do you like Halloween parties? So does Katie Kazoo, she loves Halloween parties too. In this book Katie attends her class Halloween party then she flies off to her grandma's house. When visiting her grandma, she shops and has lunch... read to find out what else happens to Katie. By: Mady

Stosh has a special talent...when he picks up a baseball card it takes him to the year that the baseball card is. Then one time when Stosh was in Spanish class he asked what was the candle for on the teacher's desk. She told Stosh that it was in honor of Roberto Clemente. Stosh didn't have a baseball card of Roberto so he went to his dad's house and he had a Roberto Clemente card. Next he went back in time and he met this person named Sunrise. They asked some hippies to drive them to Cincinnati since the Pirates (that was Roberto's team) had a away game. After the game, Stosh and Sunrise waited by the gate for Roberto. Stosh ran into a person and got into a fight. Then he saw Roberto who took them to a restaurant. When Stosh got back to his house he landed on the coffee table. Then he went to bed after he checked his computer to see if he had changed history. You'll have to read the book to find out the rest of the story. By: Aaron

The Just-So Woman is a great book to read. The woman gets up before the rooster crows and makes butter. She gets ready to have butter on her bread but then she can't find the butter. Read to find out what happened to the butter.

This book really tells you about what we are doing to animals around the world. Some of the coolest animals are endangered species. Endangered species are animals that are becoming extinct. This book is going to tell you about the species that are in danger. I hope you read this book sometime because you need to know how you can help save the Tiger! By: Lily

Once a boy wanted see the Pharos , a light house far away from where he lived. One day his father let him come on the boat his father worked on. Do you think they will make it to the Pharos ? This book was hard to read in some places. The illustrations were amazing! by Elaina

I hope you like this book. It's about a girl and her parents who had to sell their house and send their son out west to plant trees. Their daughter is sent to her grandma's house. While she's there, she learns that her principal is also her coach. If you want to know more. YOU will have to read the book A YEAR DOWN YONDER. By Tristan

Congrats to our KC3 and Mark Twain award readers for reaching their first reading goal. Seventy eight third, fourth and fifth graders read at least 4 award books by the October deadline. We celebrated with cookies and milk...yum. Keep on reading!

Have you ever lost a dog, and looked everywhere for him/her? Well if you have, you probably feel like Ben. Ben was walking his dog Aggie, and Aggie wanted to play fetch. So Ben let Aggie off the leash to play fetch. Ben threw the ball really far, then Aggie was gone! She ran off! They made posters and Ben made a big banner... will Ben ever find her? Read the book to find out. I recommend this book for second graders, third graders, and fourth graders. By: Sierra

Do you want a dog? Well in the book Rescuing Rover it tells you how. There are millions of dogs that are mistreated every year. In this book it tells you about different dogs that have survived horrible things. Read the book Rescuing Rover to find out what these brave dogs have been through. Reviewed By Madeleine

Have you ever had an interest in poetry? Well this is a really good poetry book by Sharon Creech called Love That Dog. It is about a boy who wants nothing to do with poetry until his teacher tells him how to write poetry and he fell in love with it. This book is written in poem form but tells a story as well. WARNING! This book has a really sad part, but the rest of the book is all fun and games. The main character's name is Jack, but without his dead dog Sky or Jack's teacher, his life would be 100 times different. I think you should read this book for the following reasons, for pleasure, if you want a short read, and you want to learn a thing or two about poetry. I hope you will check out Love That Dog now that you have read my review. by:Maddy

Wow! I am so impressed with our readers! Over 300 Mark Twain nominees were read between our 4th and 5th grades over the summer. We already have several 4th and 5th grade readers who have read all 12 Mark Twain nominees and are starting on the LC Above and Beyond books for the year. Several 3rd graders have qualified to vote by reading at least 4 KC3 nominees. Keep up the GREAT reading LC readers!

Third, fourth, and fifth grade students...book club starts this Wednesday, September 14th at 8:00am in the LMC. See you there!

Wow! Fifty One 2nd graders met this year's Caldecott Challenge! Just by reading and experiencing award winning books, these kiddos enjoyed milk and cookies to celebrate their reading success! Way to meet your reading goal and monitor your progress along the way. Thanks Mrs. Haynes and Mrs. Sanford for all your help!

Forget basketball, we are talking READING MADNESS at LC! Mrs. Haynes had a fabulous idea to keep our kids excited about reading...fourth and fifth graders are having a friendly competition to see which grade level can read the most Mark Twains by May 16th. The winning fourth grade class will take on the winning 5th grade class. Good Luck to all and keep reading!