Reader’s Theater: Stone Soup

Readers Theater is an integrated approach for involving students in reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities.  It involves students in sharing literature, reading aloud, writing scripts, performing with a purpose, and working collaboratively. Last week,  student’s read Stone Soup by Marcia Brown. Stone Soup is an old French tale about soldiers who trick miserly villages into making them a feast. This title won… Read More Reader’s Theater: Stone Soup

William O. Schaefer Library Media Center Scavenger Hunt

This week in library, kindergarten, first grade and second grade students will meet one of the “Mighty Five” public librarians. Together, librarians and students will explore the organization of the library. While exploring, students will become familiar with the location and organization of library books. Students will also understand the importance of books and why… Read More William O. Schaefer Library Media Center Scavenger Hunt

Lego Poetry

Lego Poetry is a type of poetry students will actually build with Legos! Lego poetry is supposed to be fun and engaging. I think will get some pretty silly poems! If students prefer to use the legos as inspiration and not actually build with them…that’s okay too! I think we will be amazed at how… Read More Lego Poetry

OREO: Opinion, Reason, Evidence, Opinion Restated

What does persuade mean? To persuade means to cause someone to do something by asking, arguing, or giving reasons to believe something. The video below explains how the word OREO can help write a  persuasive argument. Today we will use the OREO strategy and apply what we learned about persuasive writing to construct a book review. Here… Read More OREO: Opinion, Reason, Evidence, Opinion Restated