Last week was my very first Read Across America week to organize. We had different dress up days, a Dr. Seuss poetry contest, and had a few guest readers via Skype. I absolutely felt like a kid on Christmas morning this past week! One of my new librarian friends and co-planner/co-teacher for some upcoming events (stay tuned for more information on connected activities) was able to Skype Tuesday and read Marvin K. Mooney Will You Please Go Now! to our kindergarten class. They were so very excited (so much so that I was asked to read it again after the Skype session ended)! They also enjoyed seeing her Marvin K. Mooney stuffed animal and making connections with the book. I have been hoping for a few months that we would be able to Corey Rosen Schwartz and Rebecca Gomez visit with us. Our schedules have not worked out until this past week! Thursday morning K-3 was blessed with the opportunity to Skype with Corey Rosen Schwartz, and 4-6 got to Skype with Rebecca Gomez that afternoon. Corey Rosen Schwartz is the author of Ninja Red Riding Hood, Hensel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks, and Three Ninja Pigs- just to name a few. We are very much looking forward to her new book that comes out this year. The students and teachers have already requested that we add it to our collection. She spent time speaking to the students this morning about where to get ideas for writing, where she gets her ideas for writing, her books, her family, and let them ask her questions after she read. She was also very entertaining and captivating. All eyes were glued to the front of the room, and listening ears were on. Rebecca J. Gomez has co-authored books with Corey Rosen Schwartz including What About Moose? She read the book Hensel and Gretel: Ninja Chicks to our 4th and 5th grade students. They thought it was very punny! :-) She did an awesome job reading, and helping create interest in the book by changing her voice to match the text. Then, I had the opportunity to read to kindergarten students at Langston Elementary in Hot Springs, Arkansas where Mrs. Ronda Hughes is the librarian. I was absolutely thrilled! I enjoyed seeing the smiles on their faces and hearing them discuss if they would eat green eggs and ham or not. To end the week, we did our very first Cat in the Hat/Dr. Seuss Breakout EDU with 2nd grade. All in all, I would say it was a great week, and I have so many more ideas for and am looking forward to next year!
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