MARCH EVENTS.......

Our visiting author, Sherri Winston, will be returning to our school with her books. She will be signing them in front of the students who ordered one. If you are interested the cost is $7.50.  Please give your order to your child's teacher.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Students in grade 1 worked in groups to do research about famous American symbols. They learned facts about the flag, statue of liberty, bald eagle, Uncle Sam and the liberty bell. After using several sources to do their research each student taught their facts to the entire class. They became the teachers and they used the Elmo projector to teach their facts. Everyone had fun learning and everyone was "The Teacher".

In second grade the students worked on their facts for Australia to earn another stamp on their passport. Since their next continent to study is Asia, they read aloud several famous folkstories from that area. These included The Five Chinese Brothers by Claire Huchet Bishop and Kurt Wiese, The Six Chinese Brothers by Cheng Hou-tien and The Seven Chinese Brothers by Margaret Mahy. After reading these selections, the students made comparisons about the similarities as well as the differences in them. They will vote on the one they will act out for a reader's theater experience, but this time they will ad lib the script.

Students in K enjoyed listening to Horray for Reading Day by Margery Cuyler on their actual "drop everything and read outside day".  First grader Jessica, a big worrier, is especially afraid that she will make a mistake when she is reading in front of her class and parents on Reading Theater day, but after lots of practice reading to her dog Wiggles, she performs perfectly.

In Alpha, we played a game to see what the students knew about animals. Using Steve Jenkins' book entitled Biggest, Strongest, Fastest students learned the biggest land animal, the strongest animal for its size, the tallest animal, the biggest animal, the world's smallest mammal, the smallest bird, the world's longest animal, the largest kind of spider, the fastest animal, the slowest animal, the animal that gives the strongest shock, the biggest snake, the world's best jumper, and the animal that lives the longest.

JK students listened to a letter written by a city mouse (Mouserella) to her grandmother (grandmouse), who lives in the country in the book by David Ezra Stein, entitled Love Mouserella.
Students enjoyed the art work and photos all done by Mouserella.

 Author Sherri Winston does a creative writing activity with grades 3 and 4 on March 21, 2013.

Volunteers, volunteers, volunteers.....we have seen so many wonderful volunteers since school started in the new year. Thanks to the hard work and very flexible schedule of  Andi Mullins. I am very thankful for the new "March look" in the library thanks to all the wonderful other volunteers who decorated and pulled the new author books. You are all so appreciated and loved by the children, and especially by the librarian.