Many of our students have commented how much they loved reading Katherine Applegate's book The One and Only Ivan. I found out from an email that she will be in Houston this Saturday, May 5th at Blue Willow Bookstore. Click here to learn more. Her newest book Endling: The Last has to be purchased in order for you to get an autograph. 

School Tournament this Friday, February 23rd

This Friday, our participating 3^rd and 4^th graders will come during their recess and compete in our school’s Tomball Book Tournament. I will send 3^rd and 4^th grade teachers a list of who is competing. The school's competition will not be in front of the entire school, but be a written competition since we have so many competing (72 students). A note went home today with more specifics. I will announce the winning teams during our Call to Excellence next Monday. We are so proud of the students who are participating!

February 2nd begins my weekly Book Tournament practice and coaching sessions. If you child would like to attend, I will begin at 8:10 am. Your child does not have to be there at exactly 8:10 am, they can stop by after eating breakfast and/or arriving to school. I will check on each team's progress, have a practice round of questions, and give tips to help all teams prepare for our upcoming school tournament. 

Tomorrow morning at 8:10 am in the library, I will have a meeting for 3rd & 4th graders participating in the Tomball Book Tournament. This is only for boys and girls who have turned in their permission slips before the Christmas break. We had over 140 interested students, but after Christmas break, we now have around 75 interested. The purpose of this meeting is to have students fill out a survey on how many books they have read out of the 31 on the list, to discuss how to work with their teams, and to reorganize many of the teams. Parents are welcome to attend, but do not need to since the focus is mainly getting the students back on track for the upcoming competition next month. Feel free to email me with any questions. I am excited for how many students we have that are interested!