October 100% Class Book Returns

We had a lot of classes with 100% returns in October! This means THE WHOLE CLASS had NO overdue books! What an accomplishment! The classes that had 100% days in October are:

• Salcido (THREE TIMES!) 
• Breazeale 
• Willis/Gabbani 
• Digirolamo (FOUR TIMES!) 
• Crawford 
• Fitz (TWICE!) 
• Mackin 
• Letona 

 Awesome job, teachers and students! I'm so happy with our new system of turning books in a day beforehand. It's really helping, I think. So, the winners of the free book for October are:

CRAWFORD 
LETONA 
DIGIROLAMO

Magic Treehouse Tote Bag Giveaway

Raise your hand if you're a fan of the Magic Treehouse book series!  Would you like to win a free Magic Treehouse tote bag?  It would be perfect for bringing to the Pleasanton Library and carrying all your library books in.  If you are interested in winning this cool tote bag, just fill out the Google Form below by Nov. 18th.  All Alisal students who correctly answer the questions will be entered into a raffle to win the tote bag.

Win a free Captain Underpants book!!!!

Hello all you Captain Underpants fans!  Fill out the form below and you could win a free Dav Pilkey book.  All Alisal students who submit this form by November 3rd will be entered into a drawing to win a book.

Alisal Book Fair -- Nov. 2-6, 2015

It's everyone's favorite time of year -- that's right, the Alisal Scholastic Book Fair! 

I can't wait to see what books are for sale this fall!  As usual, it will be held in the library.  What is different about the book fair this year is that it will not be open during lunch recess.  Instead, classes will come to the library at their normal class time, and they will be allowed to buy during that time.  This will make the lines shorter and much less chaotic!  Don't forget to bring your money on the day you come to the library with your class.

Here is a link to the book fair preview videos:
http://www.scholastic.com/bookfairs/fall-2015-elementary-school-videos

Dewey Decimal Rap

This video is a fun way to understand the Dewey Decimal System.  Enjoy!

Alisal Library Fundraiser

Starting 9/24 and ending on October 23rd, we're having an online Titlewish library fundraiser. 100% of the money we raise will go directly to purchasing new materials for our Alisal school library!

We're asking you to participate and help us raise $1,000. We're going to use this money to purchase NONFICTION SPORTS BOOKS for our school. The few sports books we have in the library are old and outdated.  Students come in every week and ask for books about martial arts, dance, hockey, baseball, swimming, gymnastics, horseback riding, football, BMX biking, basketball, etc, etc. We need new, up to date, exciting books about the sports that students are playing and watching! These new books will help build excitement about reading. Your donation goes directly to buying new library books for Alisal.

To help us meet our goal, please visit   http://www.titlewish.com/107887  and click the Donate button.

As of today, we are already at 69% of our goal!!!  Amazing!  Thank you, generous Alisal families!  I'd love to raise more than $1,000 for sports books - it would mean more books for the kids!

Thank you for helping us provide Alisal students with the best education possible!

Battle of the Books

It's finally here!!!!  Alisal's Battle of the Books is underway!  The 4th and 5th graders are now assigned to teams and beginning to read their books.   The next meeting is Tuesday, October 27th at noon.  Please make sure your child has finished the book and attends the meeting with their book so they can exchange it with teammates.

The 4th graders are reading these 5 books:
Liberty Porter, First Daughter
Dragonrider 
No Talking
The Year of Miss Agnes
The Case of the Case of Mistaken Identity 

The 5th graders are reading these 5 books:
Swindle
Regarding the Fountain
Silverwing
Among the Hidden
Inside Out and Back Again

The teams are as follows:

4th Grade:

Red Sasha Diana Kira Victor Alan D Abigal D	Orange Daniel C Joshua D Brian G Nick G Jenna Devlyn
Green Arash Olivia A Kyle Amy Sriveda Dana	Blue Ein Neale Lisa Erin Olivia M Sophie P
Yellow Elijah AJ S. Tony Raymond Danielle Marycarmen	Black Hayley Ellie Jevonne Adrian Nicolas Jayden
Purple Jalen Darcy Cameron Arthur Nitya Ria	Pink Molly Emma W Alyssa A Jia V Lynn

5th Grade:

Red Wu Andrew X Sophia M Emma F Tanvi Aditi K	Orange Amina Sarah Aaron Liam Brian Andrew
Green Joey Ryan S Jackson Tavleen Nandini Sahana	Blue Michael H Tony W Richard Esha Avi Taylor
Yellow Dylan Issac C Celeste Maggie Emma B	Black Eva Anish Harshu Alina F Lilli
Purple Evan D Gael Isaac L Melissa April	Pink Alena Zoey Isabelle Stella Sydney S
Silver Harshu Anish Alina Lilli Eva