As we perused each resource, we ranked our impressions and thoughts and considered how we would use it in class or who we would recommend it to in our buildings. Instead of talking at us, however, she had us go on “speed-dates” with the American Association of School Librarians’ (AASL) top web sites and apps of 2015. The first session was led by Linda McSweeney, a former president of VSLA. It was a great day with a small but talented group of school librarians from around the state, from the elementary level to secondary level. On October 17 I headed to Thatcher Brook Primary School (K-4) in Waterbury, Vermont for the Vermont School Library Association conference. This is a great activity to do with 3rd graders if you have a good 30 minutes. Of course, we tweeted our photo to Drew Daywalt to show him how much we loved his book! Most of them chose our principal and her dog, but others chose their teacher and one chose their sibling (aww!) Here we are holding the book and our postcards.
In the book, different crayons that have been lost by their young owner write postcards to him, beseeching him to rescue them from under the couch, from the basement, and elsewhere! To complement this, I printed out postcard templates and cut them out and had my class write a postcard to someone in the building. I find that Daywalt’s books have a humor that appeals more to older kids and adults, so I thought trying it out with 3rd grade would be a good experiment. I decided to read this to my 3rd grade class today and they LOVED it. I met the fabulous Drew Daywalt at the Red Clover Conference this year (his book The Day the Crayons Quit won the 2015 award) and was able to buy his new book The Day the Crayons Came Home. We were so pleased to have Grannie Snow visit and wish her all the best in her future endeavors! For more information about the series or to have Grannie visit your school or library, visit her website.
Snow did the same with a class of 5th and 6th graders.
Grannie Snow reading to grades K-3 Amy of PMFAS presenting to grades K-3Īfter the assembly, Snow visited 4th grade’s library class and spoke to them about self-publishing. After her presentation, Amy Mariotti of the Pope Memorial Frontier Animal Shelter in Orleans presented about the importance of animal adoption. Snow read her books to and discussed them with an assembly of kindergarten through 3rd graders. The books feature Snow’s cats Silas and Opal, the first of whom was adopted from an animal shelter and the second of whom was adopted from a house full of cats. Snow is the author of a series of picture books entitled “The Adventures of Silas and Opal”, the third of which was just released a few months ago and the fourth of which is on its way. On November 17, Morrisville, Vermont resident Grannie Snow visited Newport Town School.
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