A Good Time For A Book!

Hello.
I'm looking out at a snowy and windy day. Last week was crazy and this week is starting out that way too! Well, we live in IOWA.

This week I will be in the WH district on Tuesday and Thursday, Jan. 26th & 28th.
On the 26th, I will be in Kanawha. On Thursday, I will meet with the 1st and 4th grades.
The 4th grade will work in the computer lab using various websites to search for facts about Iowa. The 1st grade will make star bookmarks after listening the the Eric Carle book, Draw Me A Star.

Several well-known authors and illustrators celebrate their birthdays this week...
JAN 26 - Mary Mapes Dodge - author of Hans Brinker, or The Silver Skates
JAN 27 - Lewis Carroll [Charles Lutwidge Dodgson] - author of Alice in Wonderland
JAN 29 - Bill Peet - long-time illustrator for Walt Disney, wrote over 35 books, and creator of One Hundred and One Dalmations
JAN 29 - Rosemary Wells - author of books about those lovable rabbits Max and Ruby
JAN 30 - Lloyd Alexander - winner of the 1969 Newbery Award for The High King, writer of over 40 fantasy books
JAN 31 - Zane Grey - writer of western novels, his The Lone Star Ranger became the famous TV show, The Lone Ranger

Grab a book, sit back, and enjoy!

Mrs. Reiter

OOPS!

Sorry, I'm a little late with my weekly news.

This week I'm in WH only on Thursday. I am meeting with K-Geelan and 2-Glawe.

K-Geelan: Students will use clues from 2 stories to decide what they might bring on a train ride. We will listen to My Freight Train by Michael Rex and look through and discuss trains from the book, Big Book of Trains published by DK Publishing, Inc.
2-Glawe: Students will listen to Draw Me a Star by Eric Carle and them make their own hanging star.

NEXT WEEK: I will be here on Monday [18-JAN] and Wednesday [20-JAN]. On Monday I will meet be in Kanawha at the MS and on Wednesday I will meet with 1st and 4th grades.

Eric Carle, creator of The Very Hungry Caterpillar and other beloved books for young people, was inspired to write Draw Me a Star by a drawing game he played as a child. Reciting a simple rhyme taught to him by his grandmother, he would draw a star over and over. But it was as an adult that he encountered the star again, and discovered its possibility in story.

Keep Reading!
Mrs. Reiter, K-12 Teacher Librarian

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

The new year came in on cold, snowy feet! I hope have a cup of hot chocolate to warm you up! I also hope your holiday season was special for you.

Please don't throw away your used greeting cards yet! I could use them [front covers only] for a project I am doing with an Eric Carle book. If you have any, please send them to school with your child and I will get them. THANKS!

This week I am in the WH district on Monday & Wednesday and will visit with 3B, KJ, & 2G. Next week I will be here on Tuesday & Thursday.
Monday, 4-JAN, 2010:
3Bruns - We will review the 3 types of biographies and compile a 3rd Grade Autobiography book.
Wednesday. 6-JAN, 2010:
K-Geelan - Watch the VCR Why the Rabbit Turns White, a Native American legend handed down through the oral tradition of storytelling.
2-Glawe - We will listen to the Caldecott Medal Honor book, Coming on Home Soon by Jacqueline Woodson and illustrated by E.B. Lewis.

There are 3 types of biographies: an autobiography is a true story a person writes about his/her own life; a biography is a true story of a person's life written by another person; and a collective biography is a collection of more than one biography.

THOUGHT FOR THE NEW YEAR
Give us the kindness to hear with compassion, to offer support, loving comfort and care.
Give us courage to do what is needed, the wisdom to choose what is right and most fair.
Give us the vision to see what is possible.
Give us the faith that will help pave the way for a present that's hopeful, a future that's peaceful --
Give us the heart to bring joy to each day.