• May 2023
• Apr. 2023
• Mar. 2023
• Feb. 2023
• Jan. 2023
• Nov. 2022
• Oct. 2022
• Aug / Sept 2022

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, 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

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

February

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

January

• 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:

• Kindergarten January 2023 Parent Talk| Parent Meeting
• Incoming Kindergarten Summer Talk
• Incoming Kindergarten Eng & Esp Parent Talk

1st Grade:

• 1st Grade January 2023 Parent Talk | Parent Meeting
• 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