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Back in September, a student, M. Gaskell, who is also this weeks reader of the week, gave us a cactus plant. We were so excited when we came back from February Vacation to find it had grown a flower!
It inspired us to learn more about Cactus flowers! What inspires you to find out more about something? Sometimes a book, movie, and especially a lesson in class, can spark your interest, and you will want to know everything you can about that subject.  The students learning about the Holocaust in 8th Grade have been coming in looking for more information and survivor stories, for example.

It is always a good thing to fill your brain with knowledge, no matter what the subject.

In other news, the book that has gone "viral" here at Calcutt, is The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins! Unfortunately, we only have 1 copy of each book in the series, so they are hard to come by.  So, Mrs. Coyle has set up a section of books that are similar to The Hunger Games.  But, we have learned that the  Central Falls Public Library is back to using the Ocean State Libraries Network system, so you are now able to use your library card to request books from other libraries! Remember, Use your public library, it will save you money!!!

Our last few readers of the week have been D.Jiminez, N. Delgado, and  W. Chinchilla.Great Job, keep up the good reading!

We will be announcing our winner of the "Conversation Heart" Raffle soon .  For the month of February, we asked students to write the Title of each book they read on a small heart and we hung them up on Giant hearts on the door. For each one they filled out, they received a raffle ticket.
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