GEORGIA GRIFFIN HIROSHIMA Adrian Mills, Claudia (2006). TRADING PLACES. Farrar.
Nitz, Kristen W. (2007). SAVING THE
Haddix, Margaret P. (2007). UPRISING. Simon & Schuster.
Schmidt, Gary D (2007). THE WEDNESDAY WARS. Clarion.
Berlin, Eric (2007). THE PUZZLING WORLD OF WINSTON BREEN. Putnam.
Blume, Lesley M. M. (2007). THE RISING STAR OF RUSTY NAIL. Knopf.
Bruchac, Jospeh (2007). BEARWALKER. HarperCollins.
Crowley, Suzanne (2007). THE VERY ORDERED EXISTENCE OF MERILEE MARVELOUS. HarperCollins.
Curtis, Christopher Paul (2007). ELIJAH OF BUXTON. Scholastic.
Easton, Kelly (2007).
Fleishman, Sid (2008). THE ENTERTAINER AND THE DYBBUK. HarperCollins.
Fogelin,
Green, Tim (2007). FOOTBALL GENIUS. HarperCollins.
Hahn, Mary D. (2007). DEEP AND DARK AND DANGEROUS. Houghton Mifflin.
Lichtman, Wendy (2007). DO THE MATH: SECRETS, LIES AND ALGEBRA. HarperCollins.
O'Connor, Barbara (2008). GREETINGS FROM NOWHERE. Farrar.
Porter, Tracey (2007). BILLY CREEKMORE. HarperCollins.
Wilson, N.D. (2007). LEEPIKE RIDGE. Random House.
Wolf, Joan M. (2007). SOMEONE NAMED EVA. Houghton Mifflin.
Woodson, Jacqueline (2007). FEATHERS. Putnam.
Students who are interested in competing next year on the Reading Bowl Team are asked to read as many of the books as possible. They are also required to write sets of ten questions & answers, with page numbers noted, for each of the books they read. Please submit them to Ms. Klodnicki upon completion. Go Dodgen!!!
Monday, March 2: Read Across America
Please try to include additional reading time in class, if possible!
Wednesday, March 4: Administer the Trivia Test (if needed) to bring it down to 10 contestants each grade
Thursday, March 5: Teachers Dress as Favorite Storybook Characters
Bring favorite books and read from them
Competitions during Reading
Lots of “Dear” Time (Drop Everything And Read)
Friday, March 6: Reading Bowl Buzzer Competition on Twilight Series
Ten students from Grades 6 & 7 during Reading Class
Buzzer Competition in the Theatre
Possible closed-circuit feed into classrooms
Congratulations to the Dodgen Helen Ruffin Reading Bowl Team! This was their first time ever to compete. The team went all the way to state semi-finals. The competition consisted of questions which are based on 20 Georgia Peach Award nominees. A buzzer system is used during the competition. More
information can be found at http://cobbk12.org/~belmonthills/hrrb/index.html
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A great big "Thank you to Ms. Gonyea, Ms. Smalley, Mr. Schnitger, Ms. Newcomer, Ms. Calleiro and all of student council for the tremendous support of Relay For Life. The Talent Show was fantastic!
Another special thank you to our fabulous four fearless friends: Coach Daniel, Coach Wilkes, Mr. Veeder and Mr. Wilson for your entertaining abilities on stage. Thank you to all the teachers who were willing to give it a shot for Relay as well as all of the students who helped with their contributions!!!!
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Thank you, Jennifer Kogler! I think I can say that we all enjoyed the visit with Jennifer Kogler, author of "Ruby Tuesday" and "The Otherworldlies".
"The Otherworldlies" is available for $14 from the school store (currently on reorder). Make your check out to "Jennifer Kogler" and give it to Ms. Klodnicki and she will reserve a signed copy for you.
Thank you to PTSA for handling the book sales for us!
DTV Auditions will be held September 11 at 8:15 in the Media Center. Pick up an application here or in the MC. Return completed forms to the Media Center.
Welcome, Jennifer Kogler!
On Thursday, August 28, Dodgen is pleased to announce that Jennifer Kogler, author of "Ruby Tuesday" and "The Otherworldlies" will be here to speak to our Dodgen students.
"The Otherworldlies" will be on sale in the school store for $14, which is $2.95 off the list price. Jennifer will gladly sign them.
Focus on: Australia, China, Spain, France, Nigeria, Israel, India Aztec, Creek, Cherokee What if we do nothing series: Environment, Garbage, Water Crisis, Rain Forest, Poverty, Global Warming, Obesity More Chicken Soup! More New Fiction, including the New Prophecy Series! More sports fiction!