Our Global Read Aloud Visit!

Today we got to meet our Global Read Aloud buddy class!  We drove to Surrey Center to visit Mrs. Schanre's class.  We arrived just after 1:00.  First, we broke into small groups and chatted about our favourite character or part of the book.  Some of us felt a kinship to Marty, others identified with  Rupert, Sparky, Veronica Grace and Annie.  We had so many connections.


Next,  we watched an interview with Kate Messner on the big screen.  She talked about her writing; where she gets her ideas, why she included things in the book and if some of the characters were based on real life people. It was very interesting hearing her speak about her writing.
































Then, we tried improvising!  Mrs. Betts gave us some ordinary objects and we had to convince the audience that they were something different!  We were really good at this!

Finally, we were treated some fantastic cupcakes made by one of the parents in Mrs. Schnare's class. They were almost too good looking to eat!


What a wonderful experience we had for our first Global Read Aloud.  Did you know that there were over 144,000 students and 4,000 teachers that took part in this project?  Wow!

Thank you to Mrs. Schnare and her class for sharing with us!  We had a wonderful time sharing a book together and the afternoon was a great way to celebrate.