The kindergartners and Mrs. McCall’s students listened to the fictional story Hana Hashimoto, Sixth Violin by Chieri Uegaki. After the story, the children watched a video of a person using a violin to make animal sounds. They had fun trying to guess which animal each sound represented.
Mrs. Cote, Mrs. Abell, and Mrs. Bemis’ first graders; Mrs. Sturtevant’s second graders; and Mrs. Allaire’s third graders heard the 
nonfiction book Ivan: The Remarkable True Story of the Shopping Mall Gorilla by Katherine Applegate. They visited the Zoo Atlanta website to view a video of Ivan exploring his enclosure at the zoo.
Mrs. Taylor’s first graders, Miss Mallon and Mrs. Sullivan’s second graders, and Mrs. Cousens’ students enjoyed the picture book Dragon’s Extraordinary Egg by Debi Gliori. Since it was their tenth and final Chickadee Award nominee, it was time to vote for our favorite. We reviewed all ten books before voting. Many children said it was hard to pick just one as there are so many wonderful choices! Our votes were tallied and will be submitted to the Chickadee Award Committee once the rest of the classes have voted.
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