2015-2016 News
May: The Great Stone Face 2016 winner is El Deafo by Cece Bell.
If you have not had a chance to read this memoir in the form of a graphic novel, go and check it out from KPL! It's a great story! Many of the other titles were very much enjoyed by our students. You can still read the ones you missed and even get started on the list for next year! Thanks to our friends at the Kensington Public Library for making those titles available to us!
This month, our students studied animals, habitats, and the environment. We explored resources of information including FactCite.com. We also learned about Memorial Day and how it is different from Veteran's Day.
April: Celebrate Poetry month! Listen to this poem about words! Grades 4 and 5 voted on their favorite Great Stone Face book!
March: We had an amazing week of celebrating reading! Author and illustrator Marty Kelley visited with us during the school day and for our family reading night!
We thank all who sponsored the event(KEA, KES, PTO) Thank you also to all the guests who came to read to our students!
February: Students learned about writing reviews, hosted a Flat Stanley from Nebraska, and prepared for our upcoming author visit!
January: K-5 visited the European country of Finland which is represented by a few of our friends at KES. We had fun learning about Finnish culture, geography, foods, music, and more. Kantele players shared their music with us and the bonfire finale was amazing!
Ask your student: What animal only lives in Finland?
What do the colors of the Finnish flag represent?
Do you like salmiakki?
Why do you want to go to school in Finland?
How do the brothers in the Princess Mouse choose a bride?
Read about it online: Exeter Newsletter
December: K-3 voted on their favorite Ladybug Award book. Our school had two close favorites - The Day the Crayons Quit had 19 votes and Blizzard had 17 votes! We submitted our votes to the state and The Day the Crayons Quit was the statewide favorite with over 8,000 votes.
November:
Fourth Grade Dot Project is now on display!
Read an article about it here: Fourth Graders have community looking up!
BOOK FAIR at Barnes and Noble Saturday, November 21!!
Author Visit! Matt Tavares, author and illustrator of over 15 books, visited all grades at KES. He shared about his writing and editing process as well as his illustrating. He shared pictures from his work on the book Growing Up Pedro, showing the students the Dominican Republic, models for his illustrations, and various versions that led up to the final printing. Little Evan was an amazing model for his drawing demonstration. You can see him on display in our library! Thank you Mr. Tavares! Click on the book title to see a trailer! Many thanks to KES, KES PTO, and private donations for this event!!!!
Field Trip! The whole school went to Mt. Agamenticus. It was a beautiful day of outdoor learning, hiking, and community. Ask your child if they really want to meet a moose!
October: Our readers are working hard reading Ladybug and Great Stone Face award books for this year.
September: I am happy to welcome back all our readers who are getting back into the school mode and excited to find some great books to read this year! I am anxious to share our new award books with them as well as many new books!
We celebrated International Dot Day on September 15th! Everyone was invited to be colorful and wear dots as well as create a colorful project with dots! you can see them outside the library. 4th grade's project is coming soon!
