Wendy Joins A Reading Club

I met Wendy after school yesterday, and went with her into the classroom of a sixth-grade teacher for the organizational meeting of the new Murray Middle School Book Club. That's one big change between the middle school and the elementary school - at the middle school there are various and sundry after school clubs the students can choose from. There's even an Archery Club, which Wendy plans to join when it starts in late October.

To be in the Book Club she will read one of the selected books every month, then give a little talk about it to the other members at the monthly meeting. Since there were only 3 other kids - all fourth graders - who showed up, that may not take long.

This is a natural for Wendy, who LOVES to read. She loves reading so much, in fact, that last year she set a new record for Accelerated Reading points at her school, breaking the old record by something like 100 points. (To get AR points, you must read an approved book and take a comprehension test on it). She got a medal for that, and I snapped this photo right after the awards ceremony:


We're not proud, or anything.

I also held our second soccer practice, and the girls drilled on kinds of kicks, positions, playing goalie, and we had a fun dribble relay, using the plastic cones. Definite progress!
That's it for Waltrip's World. Hope all is well in your world.
Randy