Today all of the students at Bartlett had a chance to meet and ask questions of our visiting author, Jennifer Ericsson. Jennifer shared her picture books with the children and how she got her ideas for her stories. The younger children enjoyed meeting her cow who introduced her book, No Milk!
The older children had excellent questions about what it is like to be an author. We were all surprised to learn that the author can not talk with the illustrator about the book. One book, The Most Beautiful Kid In The World, took eight years from the time it was accepted to be published to when the book was ready for the shelf!
It was a lot of fun to take one of Jennifer's books, "The Most Beautiful Kid in the World," and create our own beautiful kids. The children had some great ideas and wonderful descriptions.
Jennifer's books are available in our library. We can't wait until her new book, "Whoo Goes There?" comes out this spring. Her visit to Bartlett was made possible by a grant from the CLiF foundation.
Thank you to Jennifer for a wonderful presentation. Thank you to the children for great listening and participation. And thank you to the Children's Literacy Foundation for making this possible. It was a memorable day!
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Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Bartlett Dives Into Reading!
Today we kicked off the reading incentive program. Our theme is Dive Into Reading! Each child brought home a letter explaining the program. Click on the image above to view the letter. I encourage all of you to participate in this fun, exciting program. You will help your child become a better reader!
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Thank You Parents!
We had a successful book fair last week! The library and book room received $750 worth of new books. These are already in circulation and being enjoyed by the children at Bartlett! We also receive bonus points which I will redeem for additional merchandise for the library. Thank you so much!
Just so you know...we circulated 1200 books in the month of September!
The reading incentive program is coming! We will have our big all school meeting and kick-off event on October 14th.
Bartlett will also have a visiting author, Jennifer Ericsson, come to speak to all of our students on October 29th.
Happy Reading!
Just so you know...we circulated 1200 books in the month of September!
The reading incentive program is coming! We will have our big all school meeting and kick-off event on October 14th.
Bartlett will also have a visiting author, Jennifer Ericsson, come to speak to all of our students on October 29th.
Happy Reading!
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