Category: What’s New
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Pittsford NY Elementary Schools
The librarians, students, teachers, parents, and administrators of Pittsford, NY, wowed me with their enthusiasm for learning, for reading, and for writing. I spent a week visiting five elementary schools and loved spending time there. Students at all the schools had creative ideas, great questions, and lots of enthusiasm. I so enjoyed talking with teachers…
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Bannockburn Elementary School Mystery Writers
Thanks to master teacher Liza Levenson, I was invited back to teach a 2-part workshop on Mystery Writing to the fabulous fourth graders at Bannockburn Elementary School! I loved working with the two classes on brainstorming, crafting, and writing the mysteries. Teacher Monica Obstgarten created this visual for the outline we came up with for…
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Minnesota Award for Please Write in This Book
Please Write in This Book has won the Maud Hart Lovelace Award for grades 3-5! Thanks to all the Minnesota kids who read and voted in this wonderful contest. Thanks also to the librarians, readings specialists, teachers, and parents who encourage reading every day.
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Student Showcase: David Scheele
In my skype workshop on creating character, I asked students to choose a character (a person, an animal, or an object) to become. After a series of exercises, the students then had to write a monologue from the character’s point of view. Fifth grader David Scheele wrote this amazing monologue. See if you can guess what…
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Patuxent Middle School
Reading Night at Patuxent Middle School started off great! Thoughtful organizers reserved me a parking spot! Enjoyed meeting parents, middle schoolers, and staff. Thanks to Susan Gum, reading specialist, for making it all happen.
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Eldersburg Elementary School
The readers, writers, and artists at Eldersburg Elementary School knocked my socks off. The energy and enthusiasm at this school was fantastic! Thanks to media specialist Lorraine Markosky and all the staff, parents, and students. And thanks also to the nearby A Likely Story bookstore in Sykesville, MD for coordinating the booksale. http://www.sykesvillebooks.com/
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Hempfield (PA) Schools Rock!
What a great time I had with readers, teachers, and librarians in Hempfield School District. I spoke with kids at Landisville Primary Center, East Petersburg Elementary School, and Landisville Intermediate Center.
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Hooray for Friends of the Murray Library
Thanks to Friends of the Murray Library in Murray, Utah, for buying all the kids in the book clubs a copy of The Naked Mole-Rat Letters so that they could be prepared for our skype session. The kids asked fascinating questions!!!