“We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year's Day.” (Edith Lovejoy Pierce). We’re looking forward to 2022 and all of the many exciting pages that we can add to our “book!”
Thanks to everyone that supported us in our fall book fair! We had total sales of $7,569. Wow…so awesome! Of that amount, we got to keep $1,795 in cash and $200 in books. In our “All for Books” grade level challenge, we raised $220. I purchased books in that amount from the fair that will be given to children within our community that wouldn’t otherwise be able to afford a book. The fourth grade won the challenge by donating $98 of the $220, so they will be treated to a reward recess. Thanks to everyone who supported us in this fundraising effort!! The next book fair will be in March 2022.
Before Winter Break, we learned about Hink Pinks and had lots of fun trying to guess some of these challenging Christmas word riddles. A Hink Pink is a word riddle that uses clues which leads to a two-word rhyming solution. For example: a crimson sleigh is a “red sled.” The one which proved to be the most challenging was: a conversation between little drummer boys. Give up? It’s a “percussion discussion!” J These are great little word riddles if your family likes to play games while traveling or if you just want to brush up on your vocabulary skills. Just search for “hink pinks” online—there are hundreds from which to choose. We also enjoyed the book The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski. It is a wonderful reminder that sometimes happiness, hope, and love can be rediscovered amongst great tragedy.
“The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul.” (G.K. Chesterton) May you reach down deep into yours and retrieve the qualities necessary to have a wonderful, peaceful, and joyful year ahead. Happy Reading!
