A Big Bite

On Wednesday, March 6^th, 4^th graders and 2^nd graders at JFK celebrated World Read Aloud Day.  We spent time talking about the importance of reading and writing and how we are very lucky to live in a country where everyone has the right to learn how to read and write. This isn’t true everywhere in the world. We discussed how much we love to read and talked about some of our favorite authors.  4^th graders shared some of their favorite picture books with their new 2^nd grade friends.  Students began partner reading, reading together and reading aloud to each other.  There was much laughter and discussion about our books and it was great to see the connections made between the readers.  As a way to celebrate our learning and new friendships, students painted water color pictures to illustrate their literacy experience together.    We look forward to many more wonderful literature experiences with each other. Our biggest hope is that every child and adult around the world is as lucky as we are and has the opportunity to learn to read , write,  and to love books!                                                                 Read on, Readers,

Mrs. Williams and Mrs. Wilmarth

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Here are some pictures and videos of us reading and painting together!