What an amazing turn-out for our annual Reading Restaurant. Harmony House was packed! Thank you, thank you for coming. The students were so excited. They loved sharing their stories with all of you. They did an outstanding job helping each other in our restaurant. What an amazing group of kids! Here are some pictures:
We also "played" Reading Restaurant with Horizon and Synergy students. This is yet another opportunity for the children to experience the actual event, but also share their writing. At this age, it is particularly important that children understand that there is an audience for their thoughts, ideas and opinions. Their ideas, in other words, matter and, in this case, the guests at our Reading Restaurant, was that audience.
We had a visit from the Vermont author and illustrator David Martin today. Mr. Martin has written many picture books for young children, but also many books targeting the actual instruction of young readers as they are in the process of learning how to read. In fact, our school has many of them as they are part of our "Brand New readers' series, which is part of our reader's and writer's workshop models. We had so much fun with Mr. Martin today! He brought his guitar so we sang songs together and we had a chance to learn first hand what it is like to have an idea and eventually turn it into a published book that children all across the country can read. The students also showed him all the work that went into our writing at school. We discovered that we are authors too!!
Today was also Crazy hair day!! The wonderful children of ABS filled the buzzy jar again being safe, kind, and responsible. Here are some pictures:
Have a great weekend, and once again, thank you for coming to our Reading Restaurant.
Maria
The reading restaurant was indeed an amazing event! What a great way to celebrate what the students have done throughout the year. It was amazing to see their work. Thank you for organizing this wonderful opportunity.
ReplyDeleteCute hair ideas!!
Jiyon