Thank you to Cove and Neil Cummins PTOs for the time and energy put into the Readathons. And, thank you to the students! You raised over $70,000 at each site!
In addition to the excitement of the Readathons this month, students were excited about the announcement of the Newbery Medal winners and the Caldecott Medal winners announced on February 12th.
In collaboration with the Corte Madera Public Library, students had an opportunity during their school library visits to guess the Newbery winner and enter the public library's contest.
The Newbery Gold Medal winner is Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly.
The Newbery Honor recipients are:
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick D. Barnes. (The illustrator of Crown, Gordon C. James, received a Caldecott Honor medal as well!)
Piecing Me Together written by Renee Watson
The Caldecott Gold Medal winner is Wolf in the Snow illustrated by Matthew Cordell.
The Caldecott Honor recipients are:
Big Cat, little cat illustrated by Elisha Cooper
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut illustrated by Gordon C. James
A Different Pond illustrated by Thi Bui
Grand Canyon illustrated by Jason Chin
Other happenings in the libraries included an exploration of poetry in Ms. Pies' class. We read Hey Black Child and several Shel Silverstein poems. Ms. Beery's class searched for books to share with their buddy class. Ms. Mathew's class researched countries represented in the Olympics. Mrs. DeMartini and Mr. Reiter's classes found Mystery, Adventure, Fantasy, or Science Fiction books to read. Ms. Emmon's and Mr. Owen's classes focussed on historical fiction books.
In addition to the excitement of the Readathons this month, students were excited about the announcement of the Newbery Medal winners and the Caldecott Medal winners announced on February 12th.
In collaboration with the Corte Madera Public Library, students had an opportunity during their school library visits to guess the Newbery winner and enter the public library's contest.
The Newbery Gold Medal winner is Hello, Universe by Erin Entrada Kelly.
The Newbery Honor recipients are:
Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut by Derrick D. Barnes. (The illustrator of Crown, Gordon C. James, received a Caldecott Honor medal as well!)
Piecing Me Together written by Renee Watson
The Caldecott Gold Medal winner is Wolf in the Snow illustrated by Matthew Cordell.
The Caldecott Honor recipients are:
Big Cat, little cat illustrated by Elisha Cooper
Crown: An Ode to the Fresh Cut illustrated by Gordon C. James
A Different Pond illustrated by Thi Bui
Grand Canyon illustrated by Jason Chin
Other happenings in the libraries included an exploration of poetry in Ms. Pies' class. We read Hey Black Child and several Shel Silverstein poems. Ms. Beery's class searched for books to share with their buddy class. Ms. Mathew's class researched countries represented in the Olympics. Mrs. DeMartini and Mr. Reiter's classes found Mystery, Adventure, Fantasy, or Science Fiction books to read. Ms. Emmon's and Mr. Owen's classes focussed on historical fiction books.