At Elizabeth Ide, we will spend the month of January reading Illinois Monarch Award nominees. The vote will take place early in February. This program is intended for Illinois students in kindergarten through third grade. A list of twenty books is nominated by an adult committee and then the children choose their favorites. It is a big boost to an author to have a nominated book.
Because of the testing at Prairieview, we spent the week reading aloud to the students. There were an amazing number of relieved faces on both students and teachers when I explained that we were taking a break from more serious lessons. The students can only focus in on so much important material in any given day. We will be reviewing genres of books for the next couple of weeks. This is a preparation for the Illinois testing.
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