Mr. Tiger Goes Wild...and Other Silly Tales

The Primary and Intermediate Divisions are thrilled to welcome author and illustrator Peter Brown to Singapore American School this March. He will be working with all students as the PTA sponsored Author-in-Residence.

Peter’s books have earned him numerous honors. His latest picture book Mr. Tiger Goes Wild is a New York Times bestseller and an Indie Bound bestseller. He received a Caldecott Honor (2013) for Creepy Carrots!

To order signed copies of Peter Brown's books, please use this order form.  His specific schedule will be posted to the Elementary Library pages soon.

I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for Ice Cream!

Wow, do our kids know how to party!  Impressively hard working readers were rewarded with more ice cream than they kids knew what to do with.  That combined with many different toppings, we couldn’t get through it all (but we sure did try!).  The kids selected holiday music to listen to and the gauntlet was thrown to see if we could finish every last scoop.  We sure did enjoy celebrating our reading accomplishments this afternoon!  Well done readers!

Thinking About Wonder...

While we read aloud today, we're going to share our thinking in a different way.  While we listen, we'll be 'talking' to each other on TodaysMeet. 
The focus of today's "Meet" is comparing characters with ourselves.  When we look at the struggles and dreams that our characters have, we think of ways in which we are similar to these characters.  There are particular characters that a reader begins to identify with and learn life-lessons from.  
As we read today, add your own thinking with your focus being on this idea.  Please make sure you comments are relevant and add to the conversation.
Group 1-11
Group 12-22

Don't Forget!

We head over to the Book Fair next Tuesday. Make sure you bring some mulah if you want to buys books. They'll have thousands to choose from!

UN Day Extravaganza!

Thank you to all the parents and kids that helped make UN Day such a success!  We learned so much about international literacy.  There's a lot to be grateful for at our school.  Many different cultures and a library with too many books to choose from.

What wonderful thinking i308 has done in researching their three authors from Germany, Ireland and England.  I hope you enjoy the movie we created with Mr. DeMichele's class!

Snuggle Up and Read Day

What a day it was!  The perfect way to end the week and begin Fall Break.  We sure did enjoy snuggling up and reading!

Reading Partners

Check out the books we're reading with our reading partners! Books are much more enjoyable when we have someone to share them with.
 Happy Reading!

Visiting Author, Harry Bliss

Just a reminder that Harry Bliss, our PTA sponsored Illustrator in Residence, is working with us in our art class THIS Thursday.  Yippee! Parents are invited to attend any of the sessions that are being offered. You may link to his schedule here. Don't forget that his books (which can be signed and inscribed) are available for purchase in the library. Here's the book order link.

Classic vs. Best Seller?

Who remembers the difference between a Classic and a Best Seller book?  Leave a comment below to help those that are still struggling with that idea.  

Mr. Brown's September Precept

WHEN GIVEN THE CHOICE BETWEEN
BEING RIGHT AND BEING KIND.
If you had your own precept, what would it be?

Searching for a Good Book?

Are you dying to find a book that you can't peel yourself away from?  Have a peek at Book Adventure to discover a few fantastic reads!

Book Wizard to the Rescue

We've been working on reading books that are 'Just Right' for us. If you're having trouble figuring out which level the book you're reading is, have a peek at Book Wizard.  Click on the "Guided Reading" to find the book levels we use in class.  Hope this helps some of you with your leveling!

Leveling Our Reading

If you can't see the form below, click on this link.  

Curious About Wonder?

I'm getting heaps of questions about our read aloud Wonder!  Have a look at R.J. Palacio's website to learn more about her and her ideas from the book.  It's an awesome website!  Look at the book trailer I found on YouTube!  What are you thoughts on our first read aloud,
Wonder, so far?