Upcoming Author Visit!!!!

We are excited to announce that MRA will be hosting an author visit on Tuesday, March 5th!  Michelle Nelson-Schmidt is the author and illustrator of Cordelia, Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster, Dog and Mouse, Bob is a Unicorn, and more.  



She will be sharing her inspiring story of overcoming obstacles of doubts and rejection in becoming the author and illustrator she is today.  She brings enthusiasm and passion to students to continue the journey.    

I travel to schools all over the United States reading my books, talking about my journey and encouraging them to follow their dreams – through hard work and perseverance.  

I love that I get to show my children and all the children I meet that life is what you make it—and that persistence and hard work will overcome almost any obstacle. 
                               -Michelle Nelson-Schmidt


Please click on the following links to learn more about Michelle and stay tune for more information.  

Michelle Nelson-Schmidt

Library Updates

Our 3rd-5th grade OBOB battles will begin this week!  We are excited to begin the double elimination tournament and would love your support.  We will meet in Mr. Dante's room at 11:50.  The 6th-8th grade battles will begin on Jan. 29th.

                 Infinity Readers battling The Wild Readers

The Trillium continue to explore well-known illustrators and will spend time exploring some Chinese American authors.  We read Lon Po Po by Ed Young, a Chinese folktale, similar to our Little Red Ridding Hood and we will continue to look at other folktales from Asia.  

The Huckleberries learned the importance of unlocking information about space efficiently by using text features such as the use of a table of contents, an index, keywords and glossary.  We are reading biographies of influential personal who helped make discoveries in and about space.  A favorite this week was Margaret and the Moon. 

The Clarkia are becoming more aware of how the Dewey decimal system works in the library to organize different subjects.  They have been on book hunts to discover subjects from the 000-900s!  We met Meriwether Lewis' infamous Newfoundland puppy this week in the story of Seaman's Journal.