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June 2017

Have a great summer!

May 2017

Check out these great book reviews by the third graders...

​April 2017

The third graders finished up their reader's theater unit by presenting their stories to some early childhood and Little School friends.

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March 2017

In order to get some good book suggestions before spring break, the third graders participated in a class of "speed booking". Each student spent two minutes with 10 different titles, by the end of the class they had a list of books that they were interested in reading. The recommendations and excitement were amazing!
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February 2017

We are continuing to work on Readers Theater. Here are some pictures of the two groups collaborating on their scripts.
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January 2017

We are beginning Readers Theater in library this month. Readers Theater is an integrated approach for involving students in reading, writing, listening, and speaking activities.  It involves children in….
  • sharing literature,
  • reading aloud,
  • writing scripts,
  • performing with a purpose, and
  • working collaboratively.
Readers Theater is readers reading a script adapted from literature, and the audience picturing the action from hearing the script being read aloud.  It requires no sets, costumes, props, or memorized lines.  Instead of acting out literature as in a play, the performer’s goal is to read a script aloud effectively, enabling the audience to visualize the action.  Performers bring the text alive by using voice, facial expressions, and some gestures. Our first two books we will be using are...
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December 2016
The third graders are learning how to write book reviews on Destiny Quest this month. I look forward to reading many reviews very shortly.
November 2016
We have been working on how to search for books in the library using our online catalog. We will be working on this for the next few weeks and the girls can access this catalog from home.
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October 2016
We have been reading books by authors and illustrators who are coming to the Rhode Island Festival of Children's Books and Authors this month. One of our favorite books was illustrated by Sophie Blackall and it won the Caldecott this year (it also won our mock Caldecott that we held in the 2nd grade), it is Finding Winnie...
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September 2016

Welcome back to school! This year the Third Graders will be coming to library for 45 minutes once a week on Thursday. I look forward to sharing great books, poems and activities with your children!
June 2016
May 2016
The third graders were librarians for a day...helping to check in, sort and reshelve books in the library!
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March/April 2016
We have been exploring some fabulous titles in library over the past few weeks. Here are just a few of the titles we have been reading and reciting..
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February 2016
The third graders have been working to get ready for Bob Shea to visit our school. They prepared a fabulous launch party with cupcakes, a green carpet, a signing station and more. Although Bob Shea was not able to visit because of the snow, we hope to see him at Lincoln in early March...stay tuned for a date. Here are some fun pictures of the girls getting ready for the launch.
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January 2016
The third graders have started a Reader's Theater unit. Last week we read the book "Where the Wild Things Are", we broke in to two groups and today we "acted" it out. Check out these fabulous pictures...
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December 2015
Take a look at these fabulous book reviews by our very own third graders!

November 2015
The third graders learned how to write a review of a book on Destiny Quest this week. I look forward to reading many reviews very shortly.
September 2015
Welcome back to school! This year the Third Graders will be coming to library for 45 minutes once a week on Thursday. I look forward to sharing great books, poems and activities with your children!
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