Snow

January - The month of SNOW

(most years) 

January 27-31

 

The week of January 27-31, we read "The Snowy day" by Ezra Jack Keats to Grades K-2 .  This book is about the adventures of peter on a very snowy day.  We asked the children what kinds of things they like to do on a snowy day.  By the way, January is "The Snowy Day Month". 

We spotlighted Ezra Jack Keats for  our Meet the Author in grades K-2.  Keats was born in 1916.  He has illustrated over 85 book and written 22 children's classics.  He started out as an illustrator/artist then turned author.  He won a national student contest run by Scholastic Publishing Company for an oil painting  he did at Thomas Jefferson High School.  At his high school graduation he was honored with the Senior Class Medal for excellence in art. He was honored with the Caldecott Medal in 1963 for "The Snowy Day".

For more information on Ezra Jack Keats, Look for the flyer sent home with your K-2 grader.

For grades 3-5 we read Icefall by Matthew Kirby.  Princess Solveig and her siblings are trapped in a hidden fortress tucked between towering mountains and a frozen fjord, along with her best friend and an army of restless soldiers, all awaiting news of the king's victory in battle, but as they wait for winter's end and the all-encompassing ice to break, acts of treachery make it clear that a traitor lurks in their midst.

Destiny Quest

We spotlighted Matthew Kirby for our Meet the Author for grades 3-5.  Matthew was born in Utah, but his father was in the Navy so he lived all over including:  Rhode Island, Maryland, California, and Hawaii.  He went to Utah State University and earned a M.S. and EdS degrees in School Psychology.  In high school he wrote his first comic book.  He had it photo copied at Kinkos.  His favorite foods are grape Hi Chews (candy), peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and maple bars with bacon bits.

For more information on Matthew Kirby, look for the flyer sent home with your 3-5 grader.