Want to get a  head start?

Need a current

    list?     

        

Click on the icon next to your child's grade and you will find a complete list of supplies needed for next year.

Happy shopping!!

         Kindergarten

        First Grade   

          Second Grade

          Third grade   

        Fourth grade

            Fifth grade    

     

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            "Bee"   

     A Better Reader

    

* Point to words as you read them.

* Use the pictures on the page  

   to help you.

* Sound out new words to yourself.

* Think about what you have just

   read.

* Read it again if it doesn't make  

   sense.

* Picture in your mind what is

       happening in the story.

                    

 Summer Activities

              Are you bored?

        Need something to do?

       

           Keep busy by doing

           these simple things:

Kindergarteners -

     * Read with someone

     * Using a spiral notebook to make a        

        a summer journal. Write a few

        sentences everyday.   

     * Word family

        what rhymes with _______        

     * Play board games

     * Go to the library - get a library card

     * Have fun!!!!

First Graders-

     * Read !!!!

     * Practice addition and sub.traction math

        facts up to 9+9.

     * Keep a journal - to practice organizing

        thoughts

Second Graders-

     * Read !!!!!

     * Keep a journal

     * Count money

     * Tell Time

     * Practice math facts

Third Graders-

     * Read !!!!!

     * Practice math facts, especially

        multiplication

     * Tell Time

     * Count Money

     * Go to Spelling City to review

       vocabulary and Spelling words.

Fourth Graders-

     * Go to Hayner Library reading program

     * Participate in "Art in the Park" at

        Glazebrook Park

     * Create a scavenger hunt for younger

        siblings or other relatives.

     * Watch a documentary

     * Make a weather chart or graph

     * Plant a graden

     * Keep a journal for vacation or day trip.

Fifth Graders-

     * Read !!!!! Try to read at least 3 books

     * Visit the library and get a good book

     * Practice multiplication tables

     * Visit the museum in St. Louis

        or our own Alton Museum

     * Take a family hike at Marquette Park

             EVERYONE:

Go to www.lexile.com/findabook/

  (read books and stories on level)

Go to altonschools.org, then resources,

choose grade level and you will find a

lot of activities for your appropriate age level.

 

 

 

Gilson Brown students

collected 15,815 pennies

 

 

That's $158.15 !!

Pennies for Peace is a non-profit organization founded by Greg Mortenson. He is the co-author of the book,

Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School At A Time.