Mrs. McCall’s class visited the library on Tuesday for a colorful storytime. The children identified the colors and the fruits and vegetables in Bruce McMillan’s Growing Colors before reading about different colored animals in Let’s Go Visiting by Sue Williams. After the stories, the children played several rounds of color bingo as a vehicle for practicing color identification. They used the game boards they had made during a previous visit.
Colors all around
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Kindergarten storytime
Now that we have finished participating in the Chickadee Award Program for 2008-2009, we return to our regular schedule of eclectic storytimes. Last week’s featured story was Pancakes for Supper by Anne Isaacs. The students enjoyed the adventures of young Toby as she outwits the animals in the New England woods on a cold March day.
CJL students vote for favorite Chickadee Award nominees
Students in grades K-2 finished casting their ballots for their Chickadee Award books on March 26th. The top two books are The End by David La Rochelle and My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socksby Hanoch Piven. The End was the favorite among kindergartners. My Dog is as Smelly as Dirty Socks was the most popular title among the second graders. The End and My Dog each received the same number of first grade votes. When all the votes are combined, The End is the overall winner at our school. Our votes have been submitted to the Chickadee Award Committee. The statewide winner will be announced April 16th.
Estimating beads
The library competition for the week of March 23rd was an estimation contest. The jar was filled with 1,086 plastic beads. The closest estimate was 1,055 beads and it was made by third grader Malachi. He won the jar of beads. Congratulations, Malachi!
On display
Colorful wood sculptures are currently on display in the library. The delightful sculptures were created by the second graders under the direction of art teacher Joyce St. Pierre. Students and staff alike have marveled at the wonderfully creative work. If you are in the building, do stop in to admire the students’ hard work and creativity!