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Parent Support

I want to take the opportunity to express my appreciation for the outstanding parent support for our Reading Bowl Team.  Extra practices, long drives to competitions, and slow, protracted, hot rounds did not stop our Keheley Parents.  They modeled great patience and good character for our students.  (Is it any wonder that Keheley students are so gracious and kind?)

Alas, our Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Team has come to the end of its season.  We certainly had a good showing at the regional competition, but we were outmatched.  We didn't come in first or second. 

If they were giving a trophy to the most caring and considerate bunch of kids, we certainly would have won it!  The other coaches and I are very proud of our students and their excellent attitudes and behavior. 

The good news is that 2 Cobb teams came in first place!  We send our best wishes and all good thoughts to the students and coaches at Kemp Elementary and Campbell Middle schools.  Cobb County will be represented well at the next event on their way to the state finals.

Parents: Our team is taking the month of February off.  We will begin meeting again in March one day each week if the students are interested.  Please share your thoughts on this through the Comments below.  And I thank you.

Sincerely,

Lynn Dye

HRRB Pix

As promised, here are some pictures from our big day.  We're READY for the regional competition this Saturday at the University of West Georgia.

Here are instructions I received today: 

Teams should plan to arrive at the Campus Ballroom (in the Campus Center building) at 9:15 for registration. The rules and rounds will be in the packets you receive.   You can go to www.westga.edu and find directions to the college as well as a campus map (it's at the top of the page).  We plan to start with the rounds at 10:00 and will hopefully be done around noon.

We will, of course, wear our neon shirts.  We'll meet close to the door of the Campus Ballroom no later than 9:10.  It will probably take about 1 1/2 hours to get to the campus, so be sure to give yourselves plenty of travel time.  Go, Team!

  Keheley's Standard Bearers
                                                                  looking very serious!

Don't we look confident?

  2nd place is a great place to be!

We're So Proud!

Keheley's Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Team placed 2nd in the Cobb County HRRB competition on Saturday!  That means we move on to the regional competition on Feb. 4 at the University of West Georgia.

Pix of our team are coming soon! 

Very Proudly,

Mrs. Dye

Thanks for Your Support!

We are grateful for the continuing support of our media program at Keheley.  We have the world's greatest volunteers as well as outstanding parent support.

Our recent Book Fair was a roaring success thanks to your support.  We surpassed our goal of selling $8000 work of books by more than $800!  (Keheley Kids are getting lots of literature as holiday gifts!)  We're so grateful for your commitment.

Sincerely,

Lynn Dye

Share Curiosity. Read Together.

 

The Library of Congress has launched a campaign encouraging parents to read with their children.  The excerpts below are from the read.gov website.

• Read aloud to your child and with your child. Take turns reading a book with them – this promotes confidence and builds great relationships with literature.
• Older children benefit from reading aloud – hearing an adult read with fluency and discussing a book with an adult have great benefits.
• Research has shown that reading aloud to your child:
  • Increases their vocabulary
  • Improves their attention span
  • Nurtures emotional development
  • Stimulates imagination
  • Creates understanding of other cultures and lifestyles
  • Improves problem-solving and critical thinking skill

This list does not include the benefits for the adult who reads with a child.  This shared bond and relationship building with a child should not be overlooked.  Plus, we could learn a thing or two from the books we read!

I should mention that our Book Fair is a great resource for books to read aloud.  If you need help choosing books, ask me for suggestions.  You can find me at the Book Fair!

Happy Reading!

Lynn Dye

Do You Know the Authors?

We hope you've been studying that authors' list we gave you at our last Book Club meeting.  Can you guess what we'll be doing at Book Club this week?

Yup.  You guessed correctly.  We are having a competition using the Smart Board and it's all about the authors.  To participate in the competition, you must have turned in questions for at least 2 of the books you've read.  (If you have lost your authors' list, look at the "Pages" on the right side menu of this blog to see that list.)

Are you keeping on track with your reading?  Remember we said you should be reading one book every 2 weeks.  You can do the math.

The good news is:  These are really interesting books!  I've read a bunch of them and I've enjoyed every one.  I hope you like them as well!

Happy Reading!

We Like BOOOOOKS!

There will be NO BOOK CLUB MEETING on Thursday, Oct. 27.

Oct. 24-28 is Conference Week with Early Dismissal (at 12:20) each day.  Keep reading and writing and studying questions.

We're looking at which 10 students will best represent Keheley at the Cobb County Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl on Jan. 21. For each Book Club member, we're keeping track of the number of books read, questions written, questions answered correctly in our competitions, behavior, and attendance.  This will NOT be an easy decision!

Our next meeting will be on Thursday, Nov. 3.

Happy Reading, Pumpkins!

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Competition #1!

Book Club Members:  We are planning our FIRST competition using the cool-buzzer-thingies for next Thursday, Oct. 13.  Members who have read and written questions for Anything but Typical and Mockingbird will face off.

If you're currently reading one of these titles, you have time to finish it and get your questions turned in.  If you do, you will be included in this competition.

Happy Reading!

Mrs. Dye

Writing Questions

Keheley's Book Club is in full swing.  We currently have 45 members!  They're all great kids and it doesn't seem like such an extraordinary number when they're eagerly reading their books.  Keheley Kids do love to read!

As members finish a book, their next assignment is to write 15 questions for that book - 5 from the beginning, 5 from the middle, and 5 from the end.  This is for the purpose of preparing for the Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl in January.  We will have practice competitions (using the "cool buzzer thingies") using the questions we generate.

In addition to the questions written by the students, Mrs. Kimbrough, Mrs. Evans, and I have read all of the books and written questions for each of them.  We will add those questions to the student-generated questions and use them as a study guide for students to prepare for the reading bowl.

For examples of the questions we'll be writing, please look at these sample questions.  And, of course, if you have any questions or comments, you know where to find me!

Happy Reading!

Lynn Dye

BOOK EXCHANGE NEWS

 

Another successful Book Exchange (my personal favorite event of the whole year!). 

 

110 students participated.  606 books found new owners.

 

Keheley Kids love to read!