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| Kate Messner |
We love authors at our school, and we love to Skype with authors! Last year, we did an all school Skype with Ame Dyckman to celebrate World Read Aloud Day-- 230 kids all in the gym at the same time and it was awesome! You can read Kobe's blog post about it here ,written in first grade.
This year... Kate Messner! Kate Messner is amazing! Not only does she write picture books and novels, she also hosts Teachers Write, a virtual summer writing camp for teachers. Last summer, over 1,700 teachers participated, including me! We were so excited to Skype with Kate and she is also our featured author for our November/December Family book club!
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| Here are just a few of Kate's books! |
On Friday, she actually did two Skypes with our school: a Q & A session with our kindergarten students, and a 30 minute session with 255 first through fifth graders. During the 30 minute session, she talked about the writing process, where she gets her ideas, books she has written, and more.
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| One of our kinders asking about animals hibernating in winter |
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Kate's view of Lake Champlain from her house near the
Adirondack Mountains in New York--
where she gets many ideas! |
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| Over and Under the Snow in another language |
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| What is moss? (A very popular question!) |
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| Kicking off the 1st-5th Skype talking about her notebooks |
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| Post-it story planning |
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| One of our 5th graders asking about her books |
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| "Have you ever wrote a hedgehog book?" asked this first grader |
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Kate zooms in on the cover of Marty McGuire Has Too Many Pets...
a hedgehog, of course! |
We love Kate Messner! Thanks, Kate for inspiring our students!
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