Author Visit Time!

So excited!!! We are hosting Kim Norman, an author from here in Virginia.  She has written several books, and I'm enjoying reading them to our students.  Jack of All Tails is quirky and the kids love it! We incorporate brainstorming animals characteristics and also a little writing--what could be better than that?

We are also reading Crocodaddy and Ten on the Sled.  The little ones love the rhythm of these stories!

This is our fourth or fifth author visit at my school, and they are also so exciting for the students.  The students leave the assemblies ready to WRITE with renewed energy! The visits energize me, too, and remind me of how special it is for our students to meet an author--AND how it doesn't matter if the author is someone they're familiar with or not--after we read their books and study their lives, the authors are like rock stars to us!!
Next week--October 14 is the big day!