Guest Readers

A blast from the past! Mrs. Kaberle AND Mr. Kramer stopped into our classroom to share their favorite books with us! The surprise was exciting!! The students LOVED having past teachers stop in for a hello and for story time!

Mrs. Kaberle brought in a few books from her favorite author! If You Give a Mouse a Brownie, is one of the newest releases in this series. Mrs. Kaberle had a first with our classroom, not one person in our group had read this story yet and it was a new story to us all! Needless to say we enjoyed the new adventure of the mouse. 

When you give him the ice cream, he'll probably ask you for a spoon. He'll start drumming on the table. Drumming will get him so excited he'll want to start a band. . . .
Thank you Mrs. Kaberle!

Mr. Kramer read us a story, Yo! Yes?, that uses a lot of voice and emotion while reading! He not only read a story to us but pointed out a variety of punctuation throughout the story and how it changes the perception of the story line when you use voice!
Thanks you Mr. Kramer! 

Mr. Tiesworth stopped in to read up Spoon! This was his first read to an elementary classroom and he did a great job and we had a good time with a few laughs! 

Spoon is about a happy little utensil, that lately feels like life as a spoon just isn't cutting it. He thinks Fork, Knife, and The Chopsticks all have it so much better than him. Spoon serves as a gentle reminder to celebrate what makes us each special.
Thank you Mr. Tiesworth!

We had another duo in to read! This time a father and daughter team!
Mr. Laprade and (big sister) Taylor

They each had their own books and gave us two great stories back to back.

Mr. Laprade read Why Explore by Susan Lendroth.

This story gives readers the drive to discover and explore. Along the way, readers will learn how far human curiosity has taken us, and consider both the costs and rewards of pursuing the unknown. 

Thank you Mr. Laprade!

Taylor read Little Louie by Kathryn Finney.

We all had a soft spot for this story. Little Louie is the fictional story of a very real rescue dog. Louie teaches kids to celebrate their strengths and to never give up their dreams. Everyone who reads this book will want to give lovable little Louie a forever home!

Thank you Taylor!

Mariah, big sister to Daegan, came down from fourth grade to share a favorite story of hers, A Bad Case of Stripes by David Shannon.

The character, Camilla Cream, is very, very worried about what other people think of her. In fact, she's so worried that she's about to break out in...a bad case of stripes! We made great connections by finding the moral of the story, that being different is okay and everyone is unique.
Thank you Mariah!

I invited all parents in to read, so my Dad joined in on the fun! Mr. Hardy read Casey at the Bat by Leroy Neiman.

This classic tale of baseball hopes and dreams comes to life like never before. From the 1888 debut, this embraces baseball as the national pastime.

Thank you Mr. Hardy!

Mrs. Johnson stopped in to our classroom between teaching sessions to share a favorite of hers, Bad Dog, Marley! By John Grogan.

Marley, a lovable puppy, who is a new pet to a home. But Marley doesn’t stay a pint-sized pup for long. He grows and grows, and the bigger Marley gets, the bigger trouble he gets into. Big, bad-boy trouble. Kids anxiously await to see if Marley gets to stay or find a new home!

Thank you Mrs. Johnson!

Mrs. Maniaci came back in to continue the story from last week, Next Spring an Oriole by Gloria Whelin.

Thank you Mrs. Maniaci!

Mrs. Jacobi stopped in to read The Legend of the Sleeping Bear Dunes by Kathy Jo Wargin.

It started with a mother's love, fleeing from a forest fire, a mother bear urges her two cubs into the watery shelter. She knows if they can swim across to the opposite shore, they will be safe. Mother Bear guides her cubs across the great lake, Lake Michigan. And the story of what happens once Mother Bear reaches the far shore becomes the legend behind the natural wonder known as Sleeping Bear Dunes.

Thank you Mrs. Jacobi!

One more duo! Mr. & Mrs. Rintala took time away from their busy High School schedules to read our classroom a couple stories! Since our schedules are the same for school hours, both readers taped themselves! The anticipation of who would show up on our screen was sweet!

Both shared a couple poems from the book by Shel Silverstein, Where the Sidewalk Ends.

Where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein's world begins. You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist.

Thank you Mr. & Mrs. Rintala!