link to our lmc

Want to know more about what's happening in our LMC? Now you can...from home! Just click this link: younglmc to have access to some great information and things in our LMC. You can access book lists by AR color, find out more about Best for Bedtime stories or volunteering, even search our LMC catalog by clicking "Pages" under the Navigator Heading and clicking "Catalog" to find books by keyword, author, or title just like you do at school! Mrs. Ranucci is always working to provide even more useful things through this wiki. Check it out! Eventually this will be accessible from Young's Home Page as well.

monarch books

Welcome to the 2010 Monarch Award Program! The Monarch Award is designed to encourage Illinois children to read critically and to become familiar with children’s books, authors, and illustrators.


The award is named for the Monarch Butterfly and symbolizes the growth, change, and freedom that characterize the emergent reader. The Monarch Award is given annually to an author and/or illustrator of a book voted as their favorite by participating K-3 children in Illinois.

Here at school, all six second grade teachers have enjoyed reading aloud 12 different nominated books during the past two weeks to all classrooms. The nominees include Chicks and Salsa, Spiders, The Perfect Nest, Max's Words, The Cheese, and more! On Friday each student will be voting on their favorite and Mrs. Ranucci will determine the winner for Young dolphins and enter our school's vote to the Illinois School Library Media Association.

mystery reader

Surprise Madison! Your Mom was Mystery Reader today! Thanks, Mrs Austin, for being such a great example of reading with voice and fluency. We loved hearing the stories Dewy the Library Cat and Sister Mermaids. Did you know Dewey Readmore Books was a real cat and the book is based on a true story? Yep! Dewey really was a small-town library cat who touched the world!

love is in the air

We shared some love today by passing out valentines during snack. So much friendship and love was in the air! Thanks for all of the sweet treats and notes that were left for me. I love being your teacher and love helping and watching each and every one of you learn and grow! Happy Valentine's Day!

jump rope for heart

Lots of us contributed donations for the American Heart Association and jumped our hearts out this morning in the gym! Our classroom alone raised over $400.00, so THANK YOU for all your contributions to help kids with sick hearts. Take a look at how we got our hearts racing...

valentines

The students are invited to exchange valentines on Friday, February 12th. This is an optional activity. If your child would like to participate, he/she will need to bring in twenty-five valentines (one for each member of our class). Please have your child sign the back of each card. Each card/envelope may be addressed individually or simply left blank - it is up to your child. For those children choosing to address their valentines, a list of our students' names is provided below. Please send the valentines to school on or before Februrary 12th. We will exchange them during our morning snack time. This is not a party. Please do not send any special food items such as cupcakes, cookies, etc.. As always, if you have any questions, please ask!

Madison
Laurel
Nicholas
Alexandria
Kara
Sreya
Joaquin
Alexa
Varun
Bhumika
Alexander
Micah
Rushabh
Katie
Jake
Enya
Arathi
Natalia
Javier
Aryan
Rachel
Zack
Alyssa
Alexei

lunch with the teacher

Hooray for readers! How much did you read last month? Today we had lunch with the teacher! Alexandria, Alexei, Kara, Laurel, Madison, Enya, Katie, Alyssa, Bryce, Nicholas, Joaquin, Rachel, Jake, and Alexander (whew!) all enjoyed eating and talking about books because they read every day of the month of January for at least 20 minutes a night! Here are some book recommendations from them:

• Ivy and Bean
• Tink
• Magic Puppy Cloud Capers
• Diary of a Whimpy Kid Dog Days
• Meet Mr. and Mrs. Green
• Happy Birthday Bad Kitty
• Head to Toe
• Dragon Slippers

mulitisensory words their way

Some of us have been able to practice Words Their Way this week while having some messy fun! Check out how Alexander, Alexei, and Nicholas practiced writing long o pattern words in shaving cream!

Bryce's baby brother

Bryce has a new baby brother! His name is Vaughn and he is so cute. He was born on Monday 2-1-10. Vaughn and his mom will be coming home from the hospital today,Wendnesday. He will probably be asleep when Bryce gets home.