Hi Hosmer Huskies... Get ready for Literacy Week!
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Save the date - The week of March 8th will be our Elementary Literacy Week! During this week we have two authors / illustrators that will be joining us for evening presentations as well as a school based literacy activity night on Wednesday. We will also have a ‘dress as your favorite book character day’ on Thursday or Friday. We hope that you are able to join us for one or more of these events to celebrate reading and the places it can take us.
Here is an overview of the week - more information about each event will be coming soon.
Monday, March 8th - Watertown Virtual School Book Pickup
Tuesday, March 9th - Author / Illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi will be joining our Watertown Elementary School community to share what it takes to write a book! She will talk about the process of writing her own books and then also show us some secrets of being an illustrator!
Her books are fun and you’ll love hearing about her work. Zoom link coming soon!
6:00 - 6:40 (Students in grades K-2)
6:45 - 7:30 (Students in grades 3 - 5)
Wednesday, March 10th - School based literacy activities
From 6:00 - 7:00 PM each elementary school will host an hour of virtual literacy activities, games. Stay tuned for more information next week about the event we will be holding at our school.
Thursday, March 11th - Author / Illustrator Jason Chin will come to share his closely researched non-fiction texts about science and nature. As he describes “I try to explain Science with imaginative storytelling.” Jason will discuss some of his recent books that have ‘taken him places around the world’ and will also provide a brief art demonstration as well. Zoom link coming soon!
6:00 - 6:40 (Students in grades K-2)
6:45 - 7:30 (Students in grades 3 - 5)
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