Welcome to Great Falls Learning Lab and Mrs. Mucci's Website! On this site, you will find updates, links, and helpful information for a successful school year.
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Check out the Learning Lab's Summer Newsletter!
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Read to Ride 2019
Summer is the perfect time to explore the world through books - learn about topics of interest, escape to real and imaginary places and let your mind explore new worlds. To make summer reading even more fun, take the Read to Ride Summer Reading Challenge and earn a chance to win a bike! Click on the Read to Ride image for more information about Gorham's summer reading program and to print a copy of the Read to Ride Passport. Summer Reading and Writing Resources 2018 Summer Reading andWriting Resources 2019 |
Join Baxter Library's summer reading program!
Let's Move
The kick off begins on June 18th with a Spring into Summer event hosted by the Friends of Baxter Memorial Library. Click on the icon for a link to visit Baxter Library online.
Let's Move
The kick off begins on June 18th with a Spring into Summer event hosted by the Friends of Baxter Memorial Library. Click on the icon for a link to visit Baxter Library online.
New England Patriots Summer Reading Blitz 2019!
Click on the image to sign up to "Do Your Job" this summer and join their Reading Between the Lines summer reading challenge.
Click on the image to sign up to "Do Your Job" this summer and join their Reading Between the Lines summer reading challenge.
Reading is too important not to be done regularly. Although there are many barriers to reading, there are just as many ways to work through them. There are many things you can do to help your child become a better reader.
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Lack of Time
Children are involved in many activities during the week and on weekends which makes it difficult to find time to read. You know it's important that they read, but what can you do? |
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Reluctance
Motivating children to read feel like a daunting task. There are many reasons children don't like to read. Luckily, a reluctant reader is not necessarily a poor reader. We need to prove to them that reading can be fun, but how? |
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Difficulties
There are things you can do to help your child if he or she has reading difficulties. Overcoming challenges may be a lengthy process, so you may need to be patient. |
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One School, One Book
A project organized by Mrs. Sedenka
January 2, 2016
It is time for Great Falls Elementary’s 1st One School, One Book project! This means that all classrooms will be reading the same book throughout the month of January and into February. The "benefits of reading aloud are remarkable—studies have shown that reading to children helps them to listen better and longer, build bigger vocabularies, understand concepts better, feel positive about books, learning and more! When an entire school reads the same book, the buzz and excitement around the book being read increases these benefits and there is the added joy of building community in the school family.”
The book that we have chosen to read is The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate. Grades K and 1 will be reading the nonfiction picture book version and grades 2-5 will read the chapter book. Teachers will read the book aloud to their classrooms from January 4 until February vacation. Throughout the read aloud there will be weekly trivia questions that can be answered and entered into a weekly raffle for other book related prizes. There will also be a One School, One Book blog set up for grades 3-5 to post to once the read aloud begins. (greatfallsosob.blogspot.com). There will also be a chance for students to create their own artwork related to the book. Some of the students’ artwork will be displayed in the showcase located between the cafeteria and the gym. We encourage parents and family members to talk to their children about the book, or better yet, get their own copy to read. .
Why Read Aloud? Read Aloud 15 MINUTES is a non-profit organization that is working to make reading aloud every day for at least 15 minutes the new standard in child care.