What a wonderful group of kiddos...thank you for sharing them with us! :)
It is with great sadness that we say goodbye (for now) to Ms. Simounet. We had a wonderful last day at "Hogwarts" with many smiles, laughs, and even several tears. You were all so very kind to help out with her gift, which ended up as a "3 large gift bag" gift. :) Thank you! View the Hogwarts Day on the community tab.
We will be publishing writing pieces in a few weeks. Anyone who has BES Publishing experience, please let me know!
I participated in a Webinar earlier this week about what we can do to promote reading in young children. One piece is a HUGE eye-opener. If a student reads 65 minutes per day, they read about 4,358,000 words per year. I require students to read 20 minutes per day for homework. Students who do this will read 1.8 million words. For students who read only 4 minutes per day will read only 282,000 words. I think this is very powerful! What does this mean? Have your children read each day! :)
