MORRIS ELEMENTARY NEWSLETTER
December/January 2020
Farewell 2020/Hello 2021!
Recently, I have begun visiting classrooms to do read-alouds. In Mrs. Serna's class, we read A Christmas Carol over a couple days, and in Mrs. Enriquez's class we started reading The Little Prince. Mrs. Merritt and Mrs. Vargas will also begin weekly readings with me. I'm looking forward to reading more books! I personally can't wait till 2021. I'm setting a reading goal of 25 books this coming year. How many books do you think you will read in 2021?
Here are some other items that are keeping the library busy:
JANUARY LITERARY BIRTHDAYS
January 3, 1892: J.R.R. Tolkien
January 4, 1809: Louis Braille
January 4, 1785: Jakob Grimm
January 12, 1628: Charles Perrault
January 15, 1929: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 17, 1706: Benjamin Franklin
January 19, 1809: Edgar Allan Poe
January 20, 1949: Tedd Arnold
January 27, 1832: Lewis Carroll
January 28, 1737: Thomas Paine
STAFF SPOTLIGHT!
SCHOLASTIC LIT PRO
Ask your teacher, or our Instructional Support Mr. Gonzalez, or Mr. Vasta, or me, if you need assistance. Here is a link to an informational video:
JANUARY LIBRARY TIMES!
READING CHALLENGES
Also, below is the Lit Pro Winter Reading Bingo. These two reading kick-starters can help you read everyday.
If you need books to read, there are many e-books available through Lit Pro and coming soon: more e-books through a service called Destiny Discover.
More information about Destiny Discover coming soon.
Let me know if you have any questions!
STUDENT OF THE MONTH
READ ALOUD: Check out this link for a fun holiday reading of "Where's Prancer" by Sid Hoff.
TRIPS TO HUNTINGTON AND GETTY MUSEUMS
Snake Amongst Flowers
"Seated Poet with Sirens"
Corinthian Round-Bodied Pyxis
POETRY CORNER! "Words Free as Confetti" by Pat Mora (1996).
Come, words, come in your every color.
I'll toss you in storm or breeze.
I'll say, say, say you,
taste you sweet as plump plums,
bitter as old lemons.
I'll sniff you, words, warm
as almonds or tart as apple-red,
feel you green
and soft as new grass,
lightweight as dandelion plumes,
or thorngray as cactus,
heavy as black cement,
cold as blue icicles,
warm as abuelita's yellowlap.
I'll hear you, words, loud as searoar's
purple crash, hushed
as gatitos curled in sleep,
as the last goldlullaby.
I'll see you long and dark as tunnels,
bright as rainbows,
playful as chestnutwind
I'll watch you, words, rise and dance and spin.
I'll say, say, say you
in English,
in Spanish,
I'll find you.
Hold you.
Toss you.
I'm free too.
I say yo soy libre,
I am free
free, free,
free as confetti.
DUAL LANGUAGE IMMERSION PROGRAM
PBIS--Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports
COMING SOON
The following items are celebrations that are coming up sooner than you think. Please keep these events in mind as you plan activities/curriculum. See me if you are interested in collaborating on an event or if you need resources.
-- CHINESE NEW YEAR (February 12)
-- AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY MONTH (February - March 2021)-- WOMEN'S HISTORY MONTH (March-April 2021)
-- READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY (March 5, 2021)
-- CESAR CHAVEZ DAY (March 31, 2021)
-- NATIONAL POETRY MONTH (April 2021)
-- NATIONAL LIBRARY WEEK (April 4-10, 2021)
-- DÍA! (April 30, 2021), El día de los niños/El día de los libros (Day of the Child/Day of the Book), also known as "Día", is a celebration based on childhood and literacy that began in 1997.
CONTACT
Email: alara@rialtousd.org
Website: https://kec.rialto.k12.ca.us/morris
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Phone: (909) 820-6864
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