A party for writers at my school

Every year one of the schools in our district hosts the Young Authors Conference. This is an opportunity for all students who have written a book to showcase it and also to hear a famous author speak about his craft. This year the speaker is Roland Smith, the author of many successful children's books. He will present at the Conference and subsequently there will be a number of workshops presented to students. Our school is the host school this year. Since Roland Smith has published a number of books about animals, we have made animals and their habitat the theme for the conference. Parents and students have worked together on wonderful displays in our building.

Writing is a favored activity in our school. Through a program called Bookbug, our students can write their own books and we have parents that will turn those manuscripts into hardbound copies. We have a number of excellent writers among our students and many Bookbug books reside in our library.


This is the display in the second grade hall. It shows the otters the second graders made in art class.

When you make the otters white you can see their faces better!!!!

Roland Smith wrote a book about otters and also a book about elephants!
Third Grade had a wall full of elephants and they wrote elephant facts inside little white folders with an elephant picture on the front. They learned lots about research and about elephants.

Next week I'll share what the other grades did. Wait and see the leopards!!!!