• JUNE 2022 Update
• May 2022 Update
• Apr 2022 Update
• Mar 2022 Update
• Feb 2022 Update
• Dec 2021 Update
• Nov 2021 Update
• Oct 2021 Update

Links:

• Garfield Ridge Library
  

• Scholastic BookFlix
  • username: ecetwain
    password: ecetwain

Reading:

 

The Lexile Framework: Finding the right book for your reading level:
https://lexile.com

 

Storyline Online: Popular books read by Celebrities
http://www.storylineonline.net

 

The Chicago Public Library: 
http://www.chipublib.org

The goal of the Mark Twain’s Reading Committee is to keep our students Reading! Reading! Reading! The activities planned throughout the school year, 2019-2020, are reminders to keep motivated with reading.
Remember, students become better readers by reading! So, put down those electronic devices and open up a book!

Reading Campaigns

*Fall into Reading: PreK -5th grade, September to November 1st 2019
*Pizza Hut: K-6th grade, October 2019 to March 2020
*Great America Reading Challenge: K-6th grade, January to March 2020
*Chipotle Reading Challenge: K-8th grades, Spring
*Battle of the Books: 4-6th grade and 7-8th gradetime TBD

Your teachers will provide you with the current information regarding these Reading Campaigns as the school year continues.

March 2021

• What Makes A Rainbow
• Green Eggs and Ham 1
• Make Way For Ducklings
• Hopper Hunts for Spring

February 2021

• Corduroy
• A Pocket For Corduroy
• Clifford, We Love You
• Goldilocks and The Three Bears
• Where Love Starts
• Love Bugs

January 2021

• The Hat
• Five Little Penguins Slipping on the Ice
• The Biggest, Best Snowman
• The Mitten
• Frosty the Snowman
• The Silly Snowy Day
• The Snowy Day
• Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What Do You Hear
• The Snowman

December

• 5 More Sleeps 'til Christmas
• The Polar Express
• Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer
• Gingerbread Baby
• Share Some Kindness Bring Some Light
• The Night Before Christmas
• Dream Snow
• Jingle Bugs
  
• The Gingerbread Man
• The Gift of Christmas
• The Sweet Smell of Christmas

November

• Pete the Cat The First Thanksgiving
• Thanksgiving Day
• Franklin’s Thanksgiving
• The Seven Silly Eaters
• A Little Bit of Winter
• The Birthday Presents
• Clifford’s Thanksgiving Visit
• Over the River and Through the Woods
• Thanksgiving is for Giving Thanks
• Time to Sleep
• We’re Going on a Bear Hunt

October

• Stellaluna
• Where the Wild Things Are
• The Berenstain Bears and Ghost of The Forest
• In The Haunted House
• Halloween Bugs
• There was an Old Lady who Swallowed a Fly
• Spooky Hour
• Franklin’s Halloween
• Pete the Cat Five Little Pumpkins
• The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything
• Skeleton Hiccups
• Ten Timid Ghosts
• Silly Ghosts
• Pete the Cat Five Little Pumpkins
• Big Pumpkin
• The Spooky Old Tree

September

• Skyfire
• Mooncake
• Moon Dance
• Happy Birthday Moon
• Bear Shadow
• The Day You Begin
• The Kissing Hand
• Pete the Cat
• Pete the Cat Five Little Ducks
• Pete the Cat and the Missing Cupcakes
• Pete the Cat Big Easter Adventure
• Pete the Cat Too Cool For School
• Pete the Cat Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
• Pete the Cat Old MacDonald Had a Farm
• Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses
• Pete the Cat Rocking in My School Shoes
• Baby Bear, Baby Bear, What Do You See?
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See?
• The Runaway Bunny
• Owen
• The Little Red Hen
  
• Pocket Full of Kisses
• A Very Clumsy Click Beetle
• A Very Lonely Firefly
• The Very Busy Spider
• The House for Hermit Crab
• Papa Please Get the Moon For Me
• B is for Breathe
• Chrysanthemum
• Wemberly Worried
• What Will I Do If I Can't Tie My Shoe?
• Grover Goes to School
• Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed
• Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

March

• Salt in his Shoes Michael Jordan

April

• White Rabbit's Color Book
• The Golden Egg Book
• The Carrot Seed
• ISH
• The Very Hungry Caterpillar
• Fancy Nancy
• Tops and Bottoms

May

• I Love You Forever
• Guess How Much I Love You

• The Power of One
• Cookies Bite-Size Life Lessons
• We're All Wonders
• The Giving Tree
• Mr. Peabody’s Apples

Kindergarten:

• Incoming Kindergarten Summer Talk
• Incoming Kindergarten Eng & Esp Parent Talk

1st Grade:

• Incoming 1st Grade Summer Talk
• Incoming 1st Grade Parent Talk Eng & Esp

2nd Grade:

• Incoming 2nd Grade Summer Talk
• Incoming 2nd Grade Parent Talk Eng & Esp

Kindergarten:

• Kindergarten January Parent Talk 2022 English/Spanish | Handout - Eng • Spa
• Kindergarten Fall Parent Talk
  English / Spanish
• Kindergarten ABC’s Letters and Sounds
• Incoming Kindergarten Parent Talk Handout.
• Incoming Kindergarten Parent Talk
• Incoming Kindergarten English/Polish Parent Talk

1st Grade:

• 1st Grade January Parent Talk 2022 English/Spanish | Handout - Eng • Spa
• 1st Grade Fall Parent Talk English/Polish | Handout Eng
• 1st Grade Fall Parent Talk English/Spanish | Handout Spa
• Incoming 1st grade Parent Talk Handout
• Incoming 1st Grade Parent Talk Eng & Esp

2nd Grade:

• Incoming 2nd Grade Parent Talk Handout
• Incoming 2nd Grade Parent Talk Eng & Esp