Build Vocabulary, Send Rice

Do you wish you had a better vocabulary? Do you wish you could do more to end world hunger? Well, have we got the site for you! www.freerice.com is a site that gives you a multiple choice vocabulary quiz, with tiny banner advertisements running along the bottom of the screen. The advertisers pay for 20 grains of rice to be sent to the United Nations World Food Program. The vocabulary is rated, and if you answer correctly you are given more challenging words. Good practice for the SAT, recommend it to home schoolers, and rather addictive if you try it yourself!

New in the IMC

Mother Goose's Little Treasures

By Iona Opie

(IMC CBC) 398.8 M8560 2007

A collection of nursery rhymes featuring such little-known characters as the wee melodie man and Handy Spandy, Mrs. Whirly and little bonny Button-cap.

Help!: A Story of Friendship

By Holly Keller

(IMC CBC) E K2826h 2007

Mouse hears a rumor that snakes do not like mice and while trying to avoid his former friend, Snake, he falls into a hole from which neither Hedgehog, Squirrel, nor Rabbit can help him out.

Schooled

By Gordon Korman

(IMC CBC) Fic K8424s 2007

Homeschooled by his hippie grandmother, Capricorn (Cap) Anderson has never watched television, tasted a pizza, or even heard of a wedgie. But when his grandmother lands in the hospital, Cap is forced to move in with a guidance counselor and attend the local middle school. While Cap knows a lot about tie-dyeing and Zen Buddhism, no education could prepare him for the politics of public school.

Wisconsin Ranked 38th in Reading to Children

Reach Out and Read has published the results of a study of reading to children, below are the results of the study.

In Wisconsin, 46.1% of young children are reported to be read to daily, below the national average and ranking 38th in the nation. Young children in Wisconsin are predominatly White (78.2%), with 8.3% Black, and 7.5% Hispanic. Only 30.5% of non-White children are read to daily compared with 50.8% of White children. Thirty-three percent of Wisconsin fourth graders are proficient or above in reading, just above the national average and ranking 19th in the nation.

To see the complete report go to:
http://www.reachoutandread.org/downloads/RORChartbook_StatebyStateNarratives.pdf