good morning it's breakfast with
enterprise and before I start I thought
I'd show you what's going on in my yard
over here see the bird in the tree is a
parent to the birds that are in this
birdhouse let me gets this arranged there
you go and I know there's hammering in
the neighborhood already but listen that
bird might be coming to get me because
they don't like it when I'm too close to
the birdhouse but let's see if we can
see one going in or coming out when the
parents are near those birds get so
noisy in there nope not much going on
it's like watching a pot of water
boil now one of the parents is over
there with a bug in it beak let's see if it
comes over I'm sorry they're just not
doing it on cue are they well hmm I'm
just here kind of just say how much fun
it's been to do your morning
announcements this spring with all the
other teachers and this morning I don't
have any other teachers visiting it's
just me just me coming to say hello and
I hope you have a great summer boys and
girls parents it is so important that
your kids read this summer I can't
overstate that
we lost two and a half three months
of in-school classes and we're gonna
have another two and a half months this
summer and our kids have lost practice
if they haven't been reading so I'm
begging you to make sure that your
children read at least 20 minutes a day
if they don't do anything else school-ish
this summer please make sure they read
that's the key that is really the key to
success in everything and if you go to
the school's webpage
forgive me you make a noise now those birds
if you go to the school's web page
there's a link to information about
summer reading the county Prince William
County Schools has created a lovely list
of recommended reading they're just
great ideas if you're not sure what your
child would like to read but as you
probably learned by now your child has
interests in reading and help them read
something they're interested in it does
not have to come off that list but let
me tell you that list is awesome and
over half of those books are ebooks that
you can borrow from the Public Library
and that's my second link on the page
the public library because they have a
summer reading program it's all virtual
this year there's an app I put it on my
phone it's called stacker tracker nope
it's called beanstack
tracker I want to say Beanstalk so bad
and it keeps track of your reading I've
already put it on my phone and so when
I'm reading you know I can go in here
and mark down that I've read for this
amount of time I'm reading on a certain
book on June 15th they're going to allow
you to keep records in there there'll be
a link to the public library if I
understand things right
and if you don't want to do this I
already lost it what's it called beanstack
tracker there's another way online
that you can register and well you need
to register no matter what so first
start out by registering and then either
do the bean stack tracker or use the use
the opportunity they have online at the
public library to log your kids in every
time they read and keep track after
child's read ten books they're going to
be able to pick a free book to keep that
the Public Library has their brand-new
books and they get to choose so that's a
pretty great reward there's also a
drawing for a great prize again so
please go to my web page and please
start your kids reading now keep track
of it starting June 15th it lasts all
summer and then when we come back to
school in August I want you to let me
know send me an email or give me a note
if we're back in school that your child
participated this summer in summer
reading I have my book mmm I couldn't
wait to read this so I ordered it
usually I would read it if I had it from
the library but The One and Only Bob
came out and this is a sequel to The One and Only Ivan by Katherine Applegate we
love The One and Only Ivan I've never
recommended that to a student that
didn't really love that book and The One and Only Bob is no disappointment she's
written it in the same format this tells
the story of Bob the dog who meets Ivan
when Ivan is in the mall as the main
attraction and then eventually people
get him relocated to a zoo because it's
a much more humane place for an elephant
and a
Ivan the gorilla to live and Bob lives
with the girl Julia and gets to come by
and visit Ivan and that's only as far as
I've gotten
so I don't even know what happens next
but I know we won't be disappointed in
this book and if you can find it to read
this summer I highly recommend it I
highly recommend it even if your child
is younger and you want to read it out
loud to them a little bit every night
that's a great reading activity too - and
one more reminder that listening to a
book that's been read aloud is great
for students learning to read or to
improve their reading because they're
going to hear the way it's supposed to
sound and they're going to hear words
that they didn't know and they're going
to wonder about those and you'll talk
about them and just you just can't go
wrong this summer if you keep books in
your in your days and in your nights
so that's me ending Breakfast With
Enterprise for the Spring I hope that
we're all back in school physically in
the Fall so we can start up our normal
morning announcements and seeing all of
you it's been really terrifically
difficult to be absent from everybody
and Ireally can't wait to get to see
you again so I am always available at my
email address and so if you need to ask
me a question parents just email me
because even though it's summer it pops
up as a message on my phone and when I
get the opportunity I'll respond to it
and help you out with whatever you need
to know so if you have a question get in
touch with me if I can't answer it I'll
help you get in touch with somebody who
can okay I really mean it when I say
love you all can't wait to see you
