Author Visits

Sprucewood Elementary

We love meeting our favorite authors in-person and hearing about the new books they have written.  During the month of September, Brandon Mull came to our school and introduced his newest book “Spirit Animals”.   Brandon puts on a great assembly for students.  He talks about imagination, creativity, and writing. It is an interactive assembly.  He selects students to help out with creating an impromptu story.  He also has a question and answer period for students to ask him questions. 

In October, We had an assembly for our fourth and fifth grade students on the Michael Vey Series written by Richard Paul Evans. Doug Osmond, (yes, from the Osmonds Second Generation) came and conducted the assembly.  Doug promoted literacy by having students participate in a game based on their knowledge from popular books.  The game had actual electronic buzzers for students to buzz in, if they knew the answer.  Just like a real game show.   The students loved the assembly and teachers commented on the values that where discussed during the assembly.  Doug did a great job!

Another one of our favorite authors is Frank Cole.  Frank has written the "Hashbrown Winters" series and the "Guardians of the Hidden Scepter" trilogy.  He is wonderful to schedule author visits.  He is a great role model and encourages kids to start reading and writing.  He too puts together an interactive assembly that students love.  

Our students love to have authors visit our school and it is a great motivator to get students reading!

        Draper Elementary

                Media





In October the genre was Sherlock's Mysteries.
                                                                                    

A few of the Mystery books in the media

What makes a Mystery?

 The Series for October was
Field Trip Mysteries By Steve Brezenoff
Things to do along with this series.
1. Invisible Ink Recipe
2. Footprints
3. Sneaky Disguises
4. Make fingerprint database

      We started our lesson on Being buddies

 

 

not bullies!!

This book went along  Betty Lou Blue by Nancy Crocker

Had the students sign that they would be a buddy

              







We read the Interrupting Chicken by David Ezra Stein to the Kindergarten & 1st grade:

Students made they our chicken

     






The students had fun making and blowing them with the story.

iREAD

At Granite Elementary this year we are searching apps on our iREAD iPad!  Each week we search a new app. iRules, iFantasy, iDestiny, iBeehive.  For the month of October we are highlighting a non fiction section of the library that is under used.  The students are challenged to “like” a book from that dewey number. At the end of the month the class with the highest circulation gets a spooky treat!

MORE HALLOWEEN FUN AT ALTARA

 
                                                

                                                                    

At  Altara, our students love Origami. We usually do several Origami projects a year and we thought it would be fun to do one for Halloween.  This year we did BATS!!!

This series of Origami books includes:

Christmas and Hanukkah Origami
Easter Origami
Independence Day Origami
Thanksgiving Origami
Valentine's Day Origami
Halloween Origami