Thank you for attending Parent Night. It was a pleasure meeting all of you. I will forward the PPT I used if you were unable to attend.
- Supply Fees are due by August 15. The total is $25 and goes to pay for vocabulary books, TCAP study materials, and other important supplies for the school year. Please make checks payable to CSPN if you have not sent in this payment.
- The Boy Scouts of America will hold a brief meeting on Friday, August 17th directlt after our Family Gathering. If you do not want your child to attend-please let me know in advance.
- Entertainment Fundraising Book payments are due August 24th or you may return the book if you do not want to purchase them.
- Below is a wonderful site that can be used for creating puzzles for Wordly Wise
http://www.armoredpenguin.com/
Based on a true story, ISLAND OF THE BLUE DOLPHINS shows how one smart, innovative girl uses her knowledge of the world around her to ensure her survival. Through many challenges, Karana remains intent not only on survival alone on her island, but also on making a happy life for herself, showing incredible strength of purpose. The book is full of vivid natural description, from the general geography of the island to the specific details of how Karana obtains and prepares food.
Karana finds strengths she never knew she had, which young readers find appealing. Kids will keep reading to find out not only how Karana keeps herself alive, but about the many ways she has fun on her island and the non-human friends she finds. When her rescue finally comes, she leaves the island a different person than the girl who was stranded there 18 years earlier. The joy of the book comes from watching this change take place.
Scott O'Dell won the Newbery Medal for Island of the Blue Dolphins in 1961, and in 1976 the Children's Literature Association named this riveting story one of the 10 best American children's books of the past 200 years.