Howard Elementary School http://howard.4j.lane.edu Eugene, OR Technology Immersion School Fri, 11 May 2012 17:02:38 +0000 en hourly 1 Congratulations Student Scholarship Winners! http://howard.4j.lane.edu/2012/05/11/scholarship/ http://howard.4j.lane.edu/2012/05/11/scholarship/#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 17:02:07 +0000 admin http://howard.4j.lane.edu/?p=1708 Harlan and Chandni, (room 13) and Brooke (room 15) won a $500 scholarship through the College Savings plan for reading.  This is a testament to their commitment to reading and learning! We couldn’t be more proud of their accomplishments. This means $500 for our school, too!

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]]> http://howard.4j.lane.edu/school/newsletter/feed/ 0 Summer Reading Program 2012 http://howard.4j.lane.edu/2012/04/27/readinglist/ http://howard.4j.lane.edu/2012/04/27/readinglist/#comments Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:45:07 +0000 admin http://howard.4j.lane.edu/?p=1679 Below, please find a list of notable children’s books for 2012 ~ this is one of our librarian’s favorite lists! This is a great resource for families/students looking for good literature to read over the summer.

What To Read This Summer…

The Howard Elementary library is working on collaborative projects with the Santa Clara/River Road Volunteer Library for next year. Over the summer, Santa Clara / River Road Volunteer Library will have a Saturday morning reading program for children. The program will run from July 7 through August 11, 10:00-11:30 every Saturday morning. Every third Saturday students can enjoy a Story-time.  These are fun for kids and grown-ups alike.

  • If you are not enjoying family read-alouds yet, here are some ideas that might help you get started:
  • Establish a regular time for reading aloud with your child(ren).
  • Turn off computer, music, radio, and TV.
  • Consider reading books of their interests such as, dragons, heroes, insects, or space.
  • Read the books you loved as a kid.
  • Dare to ham it up as you read. Try changing the volume or pitch of your voice.
  • Talk about what you are reading.
  • Ask questions like “What do you think will happen next?”
  • Some restless children need to draw or play quietly while you read.

Happy summer reading!!

Book List

Fiction (including fiction graphic novels and fiction verse novels)

  • Bauer, Joan. Close to Famous. Viking Childrens Books
  • Billingsley, Franny. Chime. Dial Books for Young Readers
  • Burgis, Stephanie. Kat, Incorrigible. Atheneum Books for Young Readers
  • Engle, Margarita. Hurricane Dancers: The First Caribbean Pirate Shipwreck. Henry Holt & Co.
  • Holm, Jennifer L. The Trouble with May Amelia. Atheneum Books for Young Readers
  • Lai, Thanhha. Inside out and Back Again. HarperCollins
  • Magoon, Kekla. Camo Girl. Aladdin
  • Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan. The Secret River. Illus. by Leo and Diane Dillon. Atheneum Books for Young Readers
  • Reedy, Trent. Words in the Dust. Arthur A. Levine Books
  • Schmidt, Gary D. Okay for Now. Clarion Books
  • Sepetys, Ruta. Between Shades of Gray. Philomel Books
  • Shang, Wendy Wan Long. The Great Wall of Lucy Wu. Scholastic Press
  • Stephens, John. The Emerald Atlas. Alfred A. Knopf

Picture books

  • Clement, Nathan. Job Site. Illus. by Nathan Clement. Boyds Mills Press
  • Compestine, Ying Chang. The Runaway Wok: A Chinese New Year Tale. Illus. by Sebastià Serra. Dutton Children’s Books
  • Czekaj, Jef. Cat Secrets. Illus. by Jef Czekaj. Balzer + Bray
  • Evans, Shane. Underground. Illus. by Shane Evans. Roaring Brook Press
  • Goodrich, Carter. Say Hello to Zorro! Illus. by Carter Goodrich. Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • Hall, Michael. Perfect Square. Illus. by Michael Hall. Greenwillow Books
  • Henkes, Kevin. Little White Rabbit. Illus. by Kevin Henkes. Greenwillow Books
  • Lamb, Albert. Tell Me the Day Backwards. Illus. by David McPhail Candlewick Press
  • Latimer, Alex. The Boy Who Cried Ninja. Illus. by Alex Latimer. Peachtree
  • Maclachlan, Patricia and Emily Maclachlan Charest. Before You Came. Illus. by David Diaz. Katherine Tegen Books
  • Pearson, Susan. How to Teach a Slug to Read. Illus. by David Slonim. Marshall Cavendish Children’s
  • Savage, Stephen. Where’s Walrus? Illus. by Stephen Savage. Scholastic
  • Tan, Shaun. Lost & Found. Illus. by Shaun Tan. Arthur A. Levine Books
  • Trottier, Maxine. Migrant. Illus. by Isabelle Arsenault. Groundwood Books
  • Tullet, Hervé and Christopher Franceschelli. Press Here. Illus. by Hervé Tullet. Chronicle Books
  • Wadham, Tim. The Queen of France. Illus. by Kady MacDonald Denton. Candlewick Press
  • Wardlaw, Lee. Won-Ton: A Cat Tale Told in Haiku. Illus. by Eugene Yelchin. Henry Holt
  • Wild, Margaret. Harry and Hopper. Illus. by Freya Blackwood. Feiwel & Friends

Informational picture books

  • Aston, Dianna Hutts. A Butterfly Is Patient. Illus. by Sylvia Long. Chronicle Books
  • Burleigh, Robert. Night Flight: Amelia Earhart Crosses the Atlantic. Illus. by Wendell Minor Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
  • Drummond, Allan. Energy Island. Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  • Jenkins, Martin. Can We Save the Tiger? Illus. by Vicky White. Candlewick Press
  • Lyon, George Ella. All the Water in the World. Illus. by Katherine Tillotson Atheneum Books for Young Readers
  • Macy, Sue. Basketball Belles: How Two Teams and One Scrappy Player Put Women’s Hoops on the Map. Illus. by Matt Collins. Holiday House
  • McDonnell, Patrick. Me– Jane. Illus. by Patrick McDonnell. Little, Brown
  • Stockdale, Susan. Bring on the Birds. Illus. by Susan Stockdale. Peachtree
  • Peña, Matt De La. A Nation’s Hope: The Story of Boxing Legend Joe Louis. Illus. by Kadir Nelson. Dial Books for young readers
  • Yezerski, Thomas. Meadowlands: A Wetlands Survival Story. Illus. by Thomas F. Yezerski. Farrar, Straus, Giroux

Nonfiction poetry

  • George, Kristine O’Connell. Emma Dilemma: Big Sister Poems. Illus. by Nancy Carpenter. Clarion Books
  • Greenfield, Eloise. The Great Migration: Journey to the North. Illus. by Jan Spivey Gilchrist. HarperCollins Children’s Books
  • Raczka, Bob. Lemonade, and Other Poems Squeezed from a Single Word. Illus. by Nancy Doniger. Roaring Brook Press
  • Yolen, Jane. Birds of a Feather. Illus. by Jason Stemple. Wordsong

Nonfiction biography

  • Fleming, Candace. Amelia Lost: The Life and Disappearance of Amelia Earhart. Schwartz & Wade Books
  • McClafferty, Carla Killough. The Many Faces of George Washington: Remaking a Presidential Icon. Carolrhoda Books
  • Sullivan, George. Tom Thumb: The Remarkable True Story of a Man in Miniature. Clarion Books

Nonfiction

  • Downer, Ann. Elephant Talk: The Surprising Science of Elephant Communication. Twenty-First Century Books
  • Galbraith, Kathryn Osebold. Planting the Wild Garden. Illus. by Wendy Anderson Halperin. Peachtree Publishers
  • Lourie, Peter. The Manatee Scientists: Saving Vulnerable Species. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
  • Marrin, Albert. Flesh and Blood So Cheap: The Triangle Fire and Its Legacy. Alfred A. Knopf
  • Ross, Stewart. Into the Unknown: How Great Explorers Found Their Way by Land, Sea, and Air. Illus. by Stephen Biesty. Candlewick Press
  • Thomson, Ruth. Terezin: Voices from the Holocaust. Candlewick Press
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We hope to see you there!

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]]> http://howard.4j.lane.edu/school/newsletter/feed/ 0 Book Fair Coming March 5-8 http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=howardelemsch1&appesp=CPT/ib/20120101///txtl/FairFindertoHomepage http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=howardelemsch1&appesp=CPT/ib/20120101///txtl/FairFindertoHomepage#comments Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:03:12 +0000 admin http://howard.4j.lane.edu/?p=1609 Our book fair is coming! It will run from March 5 to March 8. Click here for more information.

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and have them sorted for that particular student and shipped TO the school FOR FREE…
The books should arrive a few weeks after our in school book fair is over–
So.– good news for family and friends who want to help our school and get books into kids hands…

  • Send wish lists to family and friends
  • Browse an expanded book selection
  • All orders ship free to the school

Available Feb 20 – Mar 11 Only!
http://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bookfairs/cptoolkit/homepage.do?method=homepage&url=howardelemsch1&appesp=CPT/ib/20120101///txtl/FairFindertoHomepage

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