LibraryChats

Here is our final group of first graders from Ms Martin’s First Grade class.  They are performing the script, “Humpty Dumpty”.  Listen for their intonations and expressions which reflect their reading comprehension.  They had a wonderful time reading together … giggles abounded … it was a challenge to get a recording where you could understand what they were reading, they were giggling so much.  It is wonderful to be learning and having such fun!

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The students and I hope you enjoy listening to their Reader’s Theater.

Happy Listening,

Mrs. Chase, Derek, Michael, Natalie, Louise and Matty

Wow!  Mice seem to be visiting the library as we hear more little feet padding around in our Reader’s Theater.

This group of boys from Mrs. Power’s class have practiced and performed their Reader’s Theater called “Hickory, Dickory Dock”.  Towards the end of the performance the mouse even begins to sound like he has gained weight at the top of the clock. ;-)  A special thank you to Mrs. Pappas, our music teacher, for loaning us a gong to use for sound effects in their performance.

Here are Tom, Michael, Will and George:
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The boys and I hope you enjoy their Reader’s Theater.

Happy Listening!

Mrs. Chase, Tom, Michael, Will and George

Due to technical difficulties with email and storage space on my Blog, I apology for the delay in posting the students hard work BUT here they are, at last, in all their glory!

The children in Ms Martin’s and Mrs. D. Power’s class are so excited about their hard work and efforts AND that they had fun, too!  I trust you enjoy them.

Here are Amy, Anna, Ambrey, Luke and James with their version of “Little Miss Muffet”.
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Here are Emily, Julia, Sara, Diana, and Riley with their version of “The Three Blind Mice”.
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Here are Margot, Alafair, Hans-Martin, Jake, and Carter with their version of “The Three Blind Mice”.
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The children and I hope your enjoy their Reader’s Theater.

Happy Listening,

Cheryl

Monday and Tuesday mornings the third grade students were treated to a wonderful experience.  David Biedrzycki came to Chickering School to share his writing process and art.  “Wow!” and “Sweet!” were heard often during his presentations to each classroom.

He gets his inspiration from “small moments”, which your students have also been writing about in their classrooms.  He then drew a picture representing this “small moment” and decided where to go from there with the story.  He used the “small moment” of seeing a little boy taking a large dog for a walk.  The little boy was being pulled by a large dog.  He shared his thinking with the children.  The dog didn’t seem interesting enough so he drew a picture of a hippo … that was funny but didn’t seem right.  Next he drew an elephant … still funny but not right.  Next, a saber toothed tiger … better.  Then a dragon; that seemed right.  This is actually a story he is developing.  The students were enthralled.

Mr. Biedrzycki doesn’t use paper, paints or brushes to do his amazing artwork … he uses his computer, drawing software, a tablet and stylus.  He shared some of his techniques with the children as he drew different bugs for them.  He has saved each of the bugs he drew for each class and thumbnails are shown below for each class.  He wanted students to be able to keep them or print them if they wished.  You can move the mouse over each picture to find your child’s teacher’s name.  Click on that image for it’s full size, then right click and save the picture, if you wish.

Mr. Biedrzycki graciously and generously donated a numbered print from his new book.

This beautiful gift will be matted and framed and added to the art given to the school library by other visiting authors/illustrators.

It was a wonderful, fun, illuminating and inspiring visit with Mr. Biedrzycki!

Thank you PTO for arranging and giving this gift to our students!

Mrs. Chase and the third grade teachers

Our next group of performers are: Riona, Georgie, Connor, Leland and Nora.  What a wonderful age to work with … they are so excited about being able to ’show off’ how well they read and ham it up when practicing.  They did decide they needed to be serious when working on their final recording because ‘everyone’ was going to be able to hear it!  Listen for the wonderful giggles are the end of their performance.

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Happy Listening!
Mrs. Chase