We have 2 exciting dates coming up for the ES Library.
March 28 - DEAR Assembly
Bring a book next Tuesday morning and drop everything and read on the ES lawn during the time we usually have assembly. Parents are welcome to read with us too.
April 4, ES Book Parade
Dress up as a favorite book character and show your love of reading! Our assembly on April 4 will be given over to the ES Book Parade, hosted by our ES Library Council.
Post your character costume pics on social media and tag with #CACESBookParade or #CACESReads. Images on Instagram tagged with #CACESReads will show up on the right sidebar to this blog.
We had a such a great morning today for our Character Dress Up Day! Thanks to all!
First we had a read aloud by Sarah Gauch, who shared a few pages of her new book, The Tomb Robber and King Tut. Ms. Gauch visited the grade 3 Egypt Culture classes today, as they devote a unit to the study of Tutankhamen and his fabulous treasure trove. The ES library has two copies of the new book, as well as 3 copies of her previous book, Voyage to the Pharos.
After Ms. Gauch's short presentation, we had our character parade and oh, so many wonderful costumes of classic literature characters. I hope students had as much fun coming up with their costumes as we had seeing how clever they were.
My favorite costumes were the simplest: (although the amazing Rapunzel in the tower costume was amazing precisely because it was not simple! Sadly, I don't have a photo of it. If you do, please email me!!) Here are only a few of the many, many great costumes that we saw today.
The rabbit from Alice in Wonderland
Judy Moody from Judy Moody Saves the World
The Old Man and the C -- ha ha!
The Lorax
Splat the Cat
The Man in the Yellow Hat
Willy Wonka's Golden Ticket
The Phantom Tollbooth
Treasure Island - not a character, the whole book!
Judy Moody
Amber Brown
I was so busy with the assembly, I didn't have a chance to take more photos myself. I am looking forward to seeing the undoubtedly wonderful photos our school photographers will take for the yearbook!
The audience behavior of our elementary students today was exemplary. Well done, ES! Even though we were so excited with the parade and the author and the bookmark competition announcements, all the elementary students were attentive and respectful when it was time to listen. We're very proud and we hope this is a trend that will continue to improve.
Here is a short movie by our tech integrators from the parade. Thanks, Ms. Hebba and Ms. Ingy!
