Frenchtown Elementary

Frenchtown Parent(s)/Guardian(s),

We are so excited to kick off our One Book One Community event starting this week with the book, Almost Super by Marion Jensen! It is going to take everyone to make this amazing for the kids. In Frenchtown we pride ourselves on having a major love for reading and this is an opportunity for you to share the love of reading at home with your student.

What do you need to know?

· Starting Monday, January 23, 2023 to Friday January 27, 2023, we will be kicking off the first chapter of the book with each class during their Library time.

· On Monday, January 30, 2023, books will be sent home with each student! Each book will have a bookmark in it that will give you the timeline of the reading that we would recommend that you follow each night. Many classes throughout the school day will read the book aloud during class, but it is so important that parents take some time to read with their child or if age appropriate, have your child read to you each night.

· We will have reading/audio books in the library available during student lunch times for any student that missed the evening reading from the previous day, these readings will also be located on this website under the Events tab.

· At the end of each week we will have a trivia question that students can answer for a prize. They just have to fill out an answer page and turn it into the library.

· A bingo board will be handed out for students to follow along throughout the week!

· We will finish the final day of reading at the school by doing a stop, drop and read at 2:00pm on February 24, 2023!

Please help us make this a great community event. You are all super and we appreciate each and every day you show up for our kids!

Thanks,

Frenchtown School District

Purpose

One School, One Book is a unique program that brings both home and school together to support children’s literacy, with far reaching benefits. Let's have fun reading!

In Marion Jensen’s Almost Super, each of these attributes is as important to members of the Bailey family as are the superpowers they receive on the leap year after they turn twelve. But for brothers Rafter and Benny, those coveted superpowers may just look a little… different.

I sat on the piano bench, stunned. I knew what my superpower was. I knew how it worked. I knew every last part of it, inside and out.

And I knew I would have it for the rest of my life.

Rafter is given the ability to light matches on polyester. Benny can turn his innie belly button into an outie one. Not the types of powers the boys were expecting. Certainly not the powers that are going to help them to rid the world of evil, particularly the super villainous Johnsons.

Told from Rafter’s point of view, the brothers ultimately find friendship in an unexpected place, joining forces with Juanita Johnson (yes, of those Johnsons!) to save their city from the real villains, the Jones family.

I chose my next words carefully. “Juanita. Somewhere out there is a real supervillain. This supervillain stole our powers, along with the rest of our families’. If we can find him, we could get our powers back. Our real powers.”

Marion Jensen presents a witty and exciting saga, and his lively narrative and action-packed storytelling engage readers from page one. Jensen taps into the comic awkwardness that is middle school and, of course, hijinks follow. Yet, a seemingly straight-forward super-hero story ends up revealing lessons below the surface. Beyond the danger and heroics, Almost Super will teach students that thinking for themselves and questioning the status quo are both important parts of growing up.

Almost Super is a great read for families, inviting them to discuss what truly makes a person “super.” Trust, respect, kindness, creativity, understanding, and forgiveness turn out to be stronger than breathing fire or shooting water out of your hands. Families can share in this fantastic adventure that encourages realizing your full potential and being the best that you can be.

As Grandpa Bailey reminds us, “That’s what makes a superhero. Not some amazing power.”

Activities

Almost Super BINGO
Almost Super TRIVIA
Almost Super Super Hero Template

Almost Super Slide Show

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Purpose

One School, One Book is a unique program that brings both home and school together to support children’s literacy, with far reaching benefits. Let's have fun reading!

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