To celebrate the start of the school year watch this video of Pierce school librarian, Mrs. Kretschmar, reading Chris Van Dusen’s book If I Built a School. In this story, a young boy tells his teacher all about his wildly creative dream school.
Make
If you could design a school or a learning space at home what would it look like? Draw a picture or write a story about your dream school or learning space. If you would like to share your creation and have it posted on our webpage send it in an email to Mrs. Kretschmar at amanda_kretschmar@psbma.org.
We can’t wait to see your creations!
Wonder
How did the idea of schools start? What were the first schools like?
A database is a place to find great information. Try using our PebbleGo database (username: brookline & password: brookline) to look up the word “school” and find out more.
Watch this video to see how to access PebbleGo and look up the word “school”.