Read Across America

MOLALLA RIVER ACADEMY WILL CELEBRATE READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY ON MARCH 2ND FROM 1:30-2:30!

The students and staff can dress up as a character from a Dr. Seuss story all day.  At 1:30 we will be joining our buddy families and rotating through different classrooms to read an assortment of Dr. Seuss stories.  The Trillium thru Clarkia students will be filling in their Dr. Seuss Passport Books with stickers.  The Alders and Cedars will help the younger students read to get all the passport stickers.  The students who finish their passport books can come to the Mountain Meadow Library to receive a prize!  Happy Reading!  We can't wait to see the creative dress and the reading frenzy!

What Is A Folk Tale?

For the next month the library classes will be exploring the world of Folklore literature.  We will be reading and exploring different versions of traditional folktales.  I am finding that even the older students haven't been exposed to many of the different traditional stories we may be familiar with.  I hope to open up a world of traditional stories that have been passed down from cultures across the world.  

This week the Huckleberry and Clarkia classes filled in a poster sized T-Chart labeling all the elements of fiction and non-fiction texts.  They are becoming experts on these text elements.  

The Alder classes are continuing their research skill development through OSLIS (Oregon School Library System).   With so many different resources available on the web it can be overwhelming to find a primary source.   This week we found out that OSLIS can cut down on the sorting and make finding the right source easier.   Remember there is a link to the OSLIS site on the side bar of this blog.  The username is: molalla and the password is: oslis.  I hope that you use this great resource with your students.  

Our Surprise Visitor!

The Huckleberry and Clarkia Classes were meet with a surprise visitor this week when they entered our library time.  Brownie, the therapy dog came for a visit for the second time to our library but the first for these classes.  Here were some of the comments that I heard throughout the visit:  

"I felt safe to read to Brownie."

"This was awesome.  When is Brownie coming back?"

"Can I pet her?  She's a good dog.  What stories should I read to her?"

It was incredible to see how engaged our students became and how carefully they picked out the right book to read to Brownie.  It was inspiring to see timid readers take up the challenge to read out-loud so that Brownie was sure to hear.  We can't wait until she comes back.