Lower School Literacy Night 2013
“Worth a Thousand Words: The Power of Picture Books”
Our fourth Lower School Literacy Night, on April 10, was a major success. Classrooms were filled with parents and students busily working together on authentic literacy activities.
Prekindergarten parents and students looked at opposites in picture books and in the world around them, with a focus on the books of Tana Hoban. They then created opposite books to take home.
The Kindergarteners and their parents shared some well-known folktales. They had fun reading and exploring these tales, retelling them, and acting them out using masks and puppets.
First graders and parents explored dozens of alphabet books from our library. After examining the books, materials were provided for families to begin creating an alphabet book based on their family. Many students shared some of their work at the end of the evening. Unfinished books were taken home to continue as a family project.
Second graders and parents explored the wealth of information picture books from our library with a focus on picture books about people and places. They chose from a wide array of follow-up activities that included writing a newspaper article, a postcard from the place they read about, a travel brochure, and a fun fact card about a famous person.
Thank you to all those who joined in the fun.
