What a way to start the week for Read Across America and World Read Aloud Day. Our morning kicked off with about 40 guest readers (2 in every classroom PreK-5th). First, these readers gathered in the library to select books. Many thanks to Kim Ness for checking all of the readers in and Julie Moon for setting up our Signup Genius which kept us organized. They were full of energy and spent time connecting with one another, sharing stories, and getting pumped up to read to classrooms.
After a group picture, our 5th grade BTV crew escorted readers to classrooms and they got started sharing Dr. Seuss books, laughing, and learning with our students. It was so much fun to go around the school and hear Seuss words filling the air, seeing kids smiling, and hearing their laughter.
Following this, we started the first of 36 Skype sessions to celebrate Read Across America and World Read Aloud Day. We are creating a Google Earth Tour as we connect, so I will post that at the end of the week. For now, I’ll share some images and video from our week. Today, we connected with:
Okle Miller 2nd grade, Tampa FL |
Crystal Hendrix Asheville, NC |
Wendy Garland 4th grade Massachussetts |
Jennifer Reed 3rd grade Massachussetts & Peter Reynolds |
Jenny Lussier 2nd grade Connecticut & Ame Dyckman |
Nancy Edwards 6th grade, Seattle |
Shannon Miller K/1 Iowa |
Kathy Schmidt Gwinnett GA 1st |