Holy
Hedgehog…is it September already? Well,
Mrs. Graser, Mrs. Eichhorn, Hedgie and I have been busy getting the library
ready and we are so excited for this coming year. We are set for lots of fun.
As a matter
of fact, our focus in the library this year will be reading for fun. Research
tells us that kids who spend time reading for fun have larger vocabularies.
They are also exposed to more varied styles of writing and, because of that,
tend to be better writers themselves. And when they are reading books they
really like, this happens without them even realizing it. (It’s just like
sneaking whole grain dough and vegetables onto a pizza!) We’ll be doing all
kinds of book talks and activities to get more kids reading more books for fun.
(Even Hedgie is in on the plan…)
And speaking
of more fun…author Eric Litwin will be visiting our school on October 2nd. Mr. Litwin wrote the stories and songs for
the first four Pete the Cat books. He
also has a new book out called Bedtime at
the Nut House. It seems the Nut family has just as much groove as
Pete. All of our students are sure to
enjoy this day; many thanks to our tremendous PTA for making it possible.
So, as you
can see, we have big plans for the first part of the year in the library…stay
tuned to see how things are going…
Until then…”Read4Fun!!!”
Mrs. Abbott
