Mystery Readers

Some more mystery guests have joined us in 1-Thomson recently. This past week, Kaeley's mom and younger sister joined us to read Mr. Munson's Itvice by Nancy Nolan.  The previous week, Mr. Thomson visited and read Jumanji by Chris Van Allsburg (one of Mrs. Thomson's favorites).  Both books were enjoyed by all!  Thanks for visiting!

Author Visit

On Tuesday, author and illustrator, Mary Newell DePalma visited us at Fuller Meadow School. The first graders listened and watched as DePalma told us about her job and her inspiration for stories and illustrations, which almost always comes from nature.

In class we read DePalma's book, The Grand Old Tree. This wonderful story tells about the life of a tree through the seasons and over many years. 

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After reading, the first graders created their own grand old trees through the seasons and wrote about them using transition words and details.

Common Core Standard W.1.2: Write informative/explanatory texts in which they name a topic, supply some facts about the topic, and provide some sense of closure.