Beach Day at the Book Fair

Book Fair - Spring 2015

  The Scholastic Book Fair will be held at OES Monday, March 23^rd through Friday, March 27^th (9am) in the Media Center.  Each classroom will be visiting the Book Fair for 25 minutes.  The schedule is listed below.  The Book Fair will also be open from 5:45-6:30 pm on Tuesday evening (prior to the PTA meeting) if you would like to shop with your child.  The attached flyer shows a sample of what will be available for sale.  In addition, if you would like to help in buying books for your child’s classroom, a teacher wish list will be available at the fair.  Profits from the fair will go towards purchasing new library books. Thanks for your support!

* To volunteer to help at the fair, please email schen1@charter.net or angireland@yahoo.com.  Thanks! *

We also invite students to participate in Beach Day by dressing up in appropriate beach attire on Thursday, March 26^th!  Hawaiian Leis will be sold for $1 during the Book Fair, with all proceeds going to Relay for Life (see attached flyer).

 

Monday, March 23 (7:30 – 11:30am)

8:05-8:30 Watson                     8:35-9:00 McMahon

9:05-9:30 Lunsford                  9:35-10:00 Duckett AM

10:05-10:30 Fortner                 10:35-11:00 Donald

11:05-11:30 Gidaro

Tuesday, March 24

8:05-8:30 Ryan                         8:35-9:00 Padgett

9:05-9:30 Allen                        9:35-10:00 Hutchins

10:05-10:30 Johnson                10:35-11:00 Jones

11:05-11:30 Gault                      Lunch 11:30 -12:30

12:35-1:00 Morgan                    1:05-1:35 Duckett PM

***FAMILY EVENING at the FAIR 5:45 – 6:30

                        Wednesday, March 25 (7:30 – 11:00am)

8:05-8:30 Garner                     8:35-9:00 Clark

9:05-9:30 McDowell                 9:35-10:00 McAbee & Duncan

10:05-10:30 Hyder                   10:35 -11:00 Hall

Thursday, March 26 (7:30 – 11:00am) ***BEACH DRESS-UP DAY***

8:05-8:30 Black                        8:35-9:00 Daniel

9:05-9:30 Carroll                     9:35-10:00 Wise

10:05-10:30 Glay                     10:35-11:00 Eckroth

Friday, March 27 (7:30 – 9:00am)

8:05-8:30 Burns

 

 

2015 CHARACTER PARADE/SC WALK TO SCHOOL DAY

Visit by Chris Rumble

Oakland hosted author, illustrator, speaker, and musician Chris Rumble today as part of our Read Across America Week activities continued.  Students and teachers were pumped up about books through his "Reading Pep Rally."  Thanks for a great visit, Chris Rumble!

Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss!

We welcomed the Cat in the Hat to Oakland today to help us kick off our Read Across America Week. He even did a little dancing with us at our Boosterthon Fun Run!

Visit by Chris Rumble

Chris Rumble will be visiting our school on Tuesday, March 3rd as part of our Read Across America activities.  You can check out his website at: http://www.chrisrumble.com/
He will also be selling and autographing his books.  More info can be found at: http://www.chrisrumble.com/events.htm.  On the right side of the page, you can open up the link for the Book Order Form.  We are excited about our upcoming visit!

READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK

READ ACROSS AMERICA

2015 at Oakland Elementary  

  The week of March 2^nd – 6^th is the National Education Association’s Read Across America week, held in conjunction each year with Dr. Seuss’s (Theodor Seuss Geisel) birthday on March 2.  Oakland Elementary will be celebrating reading and the life of Dr. Seuss with the following activities and events:

• Enjoying a reading show presented by author, illustrator, musician, & speaker Chris Rumble on Tuesday, March 3^rd. ***If you are interested, an order form for Chris Rumble’s books is attached.  He will autograph each book that is purchased.  Order forms and money should be turned in on the day of his visit – Tuesday, March 3^rd.
• Reading and sharing books by Dr. Seuss during library time.
• Distributing Read Across America bookmarks and other treats to students.
• Eating special Dr. Seuss foods in the cafeteria.
• Visiting with “the CAT in the HAT.”
• Participating in student contests:

Kindergarten and First Grades – “Find the Missing Cat in the Hat”

           Students will look for hidden cats in hats around the school during the week and them into the  
           library for a prize.

Second, Third, and Fourth Grades – “Dr. Seuss Trivia”

            Students will be given 5 trivia questions about Dr. Seuss to answer.The names of students with   
            the correct answers will go into a basket for prize drawings.

• Dressing up for a CHARACTER PARADE - This will be held on the afternoon of Wednesday, March 4^th, in conjunction with South Carolina’s Walk to School Day.  Students and teachers can dress up as a character in a book.  Students will need to carry a copy of the book with them during the parade.