March Mystery Guest Reader

Special thanks to Jen LeRoyer for being our first 

Mystery Guest Reader in March.

Mrs. LeRoyer picked one of our favorite Dr. Seuss books, 

Horton Hears a Who!

Learning about Animals and their Habitats

  On Tuesday we spent some time exploring a woodland habitat with Mr. Prazar,

 our resident environmental scientist.  Mr. Prazar will be joining our class outside for several hands-on activities to foster a greater understanding of our environment and the living things that are all around us.  Andrew Prazar, founder of North Shore Nature Programs, is an environmental educator.
During his 10 year career in the field, he has spent thousands of hours in the field and worked for organizations such as Mass. Audubon and Merrohawke Nature School.  He obtained his Master's degree in environmental education from the University of New Hampshire in 2013.  A life-long lover of nature, he is dedicated to exploring the North Shore area and sharing his knowledge of local ecosystems.  

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!

During the month of March, we are joining forces for our annual "Seussabration"! 

This year our theme is Fox in Socks Thinks Reading Rocks!  

On Friday, members of our community volunteered to read a favorite Dr. Seuss book to our children. Our special reader was Dr. Creeden, former Superintendent of the Tritown elementary schools.  Special thanks to Dr. Creeden for coming out on this stormy day to visit our classroom and share his love of reading with the children.  The children enjoyed listening to 

Yertle the Turtle, which Dr. Creeden generously donated to our classroom, along with providing the children with new Dr. Seuss pencils, erasers and stickers!

We just love reading Dr. Seuss Books!

               

Your child is welcome to bring in any books written by Dr. Seuss

 to share with classmates throughout our Seussabration.

If you’re in the mood for some fun, 

you can visit Seussville at the link below.

www.seussville.com!

Happy Reading!

Kathleen Gouzie

Read Across the World!

This week our entire class participated in
Read Across the World! Each child was asked to choose one of their favorite books and share a #shelfie (selfie with a book), recommend a book for others, and tell why they enjoy the book.  We had five computer stations set up in the classroom and each child had a turn going to a station.  Mrs. Klipfel and I were there to assist children as needed and to type in some of the important information, but the project was mostly done independently.  Children served as coaches, assisting other children as needed.  I was thrilled to see how eager the children were to share their shelfies, how tech savy they are becoming, and how nicely they worked togeher as children assisted other children with recording their shelfie!  I was also very pleased with the content of their shelfies, as they recommended books to others based on the lessons they learned from the books, connections they made with the characters in the stories, etc. Special thanks to Mrs. Klipfel for helping the children connect globally by participating in this exciting project!

You can click on the flipgrid link below to read book reviews from children all around the world,
 and to see if you can find your own shelfie!