A Special Visit

We were so lucky to have author Matt Tavares visit Rowe School on Friday!  Matt began by reading aloud the first book he had published, Zachary's Ball.  He helped the children understand how much time, rough drafts, and patience went into creating this book along with the determination and persistence it took to get this book published.  In his slide show, he showed the children many of his writing and illustration drafts through to the final products.  This helped the children understand that the books we read in our classroom did not just miraculously become books; A lot of time and revisions went into creating those books.

Back in the classroom on Friday, we started a survey graphing project.  Each child came up with a survey question then asked every child in our class his/her question.  Children recorded each child's response on a class list.  We then began creating our own bar graphs to depict the data we collected.  The project took more time than I had anticipated, so we have not finished it yet.  Check back next week for pictures of the final products!

Many of us were sick this past week, including myself.  Let's hope we are all back and healthy this week!

Katie