SCHOLASTIC BOOK CLUBS
The best gift any parent can give a child is the love of good books and the joy and benefits of good reading. Children who read at home, or are read to, have a head start on reading success in school.
Our class is participating in Scholastic Lucky, See-Saw Book and special clubs this year. Each month during the school year I will send home a Club flyer with a different selection of books offered. You’ll find award-winning books, as well as old and new favourites. I recommend them because the books span a wide range of children’s reading levels and interests and because they are inexpensive (some books cost only $2).
It is easy to order. This month’s flyer was sent home today and will be due on Sept. 29th. Just look over the flyer with your child, select the books you want, mark them on the order form on the back of the flyer(under the BC section), and return the order form to me with payment in cash or a cheque payable to Scholastic Canada Ltd. The books will arrive in about two weeks after I send the class order to Scholastic. Also, cheques may be post-dated to the due date, as I will not be mailing them out until after that date. Even if you order from different books clubs, you only need to send one cheque as every club is Scholastic.
Scholastic had introduced an option to pay with your own credit card this year. Information on how to do this went home as well today. If you have any questions, please feel free to pop into the classroom or send me a message.
Owning your own books is something special! I hope that you will encourage your child to order books this year. Each order helps earn free books and teaching materials for our classroom, however there is never any obligation to order. I know of no better way to encourage reading than to allow children to choose the books they want to read. Another tip is to select books from the flyers and visit the public library to look for these books.
PS: For more information about the books in this offer, you can visit the Scholastic Book Clubs Web site at http://www.scholastic.ca/clubs to see press reviews and view inside pages. You will also find great activities and resources for you and your child.
Primary choir forms went home today as well. The choir teachers are asking for them back by Friday, but as space is limited, I would recommend handing it in as soon as you can.
