We had a wonderful celebration this morning with Mrs. Eaton's 1st graders that included special cookies and amazing stories written and illustrated by the 2nd graders! Colby, Jessie, and Hailey did a great job welcoming our guests and filling them in on the importance of a strong beginning, middle, and end within a story. They also informed them that a good author will include a setting and characters in the beginning and the most important part of a story can usually be heard in the middle and that is also where you can link the title of the story. Everyone broke up into small mixed groups to listen to and comment on the stories as each author read his/hers aloud. They were all so proud of their work. I'm quite sure the 1st graders will be pumping up their stories now! October will bring about "small moments" stories so start celebrating the little things that happen in our day . . . the way a dogs tail wags when it's happy and then knocks over the vase of flowers sending it across the room in a shower of green speckled water!
