Good-bye and Hello

Today is Miss Bouffard's last day and I wanted to share some photos of her working with students:

• The first photo was taken as Mrs. Manchester's 2nd grade class learned more about indexes. The SMART Board review was followed by hands-on lesson using books with indexes.
  
• The second photo shows Mrs. Krause's 1st grade class in the middle of an extension activity for the book, Jeremy Draws a Monster. Miss Bouffard brought this book from North Kingstown Public Library (yes, she works part-time, too!) It was a real hit so I'll be buying it for our library.
  
• The third photo shows two students working on special projects with Miss Bouffard's help and guidance.

It has been a wonderful experience to be the mentoring teacher for Miss Bouffard. Her new ideas for lessons and quick take on technology have created learning opportunities for all of us. In her third week here she presented two workshops for teaching staff about extra features on the SMART Board. We will all miss her as she goes on to her secondary school practicum. Good bye and good luck, Rachael!

This has been a busy week. Mrs. Wright, Reading Coordinator, and I were invited to the Tuesday PTO meeting to plan April's Reading Week. What energy and ideas come from those PTO members! Later in the week, the Reading Teachers and I discussed Dr. Seuss Day on March 2nd. You'll be hearing more about these upcoming programs.

This was also the week that the Playaway Digital Audiobooks arrived so we can say "Hello" to these "books on a lanyard." The 20 Playaways were purchased with CCEP Grant money and will soon be introduced into the library collection. The titles were selected for Grades 3 and 4 and I'm sure they will be quite popular. For more information about the Playaways, come back next week!