We have a Morning News program that runs at the beginning of each day. Our News Crew is made up of 5th grade students that help with this. It has been a great opportunity for these students to be leaders in our school. Some of the things we use this time for include making daily announcements, reviewing expectations, discussing problem-solving and conflict resolution strategies, practicing skip counting, spotlighting teachers and staff members, and learning new vocabulary words. We have found it has helped us to be united as a school in many ways!
We are so happy to be continuing the Morning News program this school year, and have decided to add a new segment that includes focusing, as a whole school, on one book each week. We plan to use these books to help teach, discuss, and reinforce relevant topics that contribute to maintaining a safe and positive school culture. For your information, we will be reading the following books throughout the 2023-24 school year:
- Oak Leaf by John Sandford
- Our School is a Family by Shannon Olsen
- What if Everybody Did That? By Ellen Javernick
- Flight School by Lita Judge
- More Than Anything Else by Marie Bradby
- Spoon by Amy Rosenthal
- We Don't Eat Our Classmates by Ryan Higgins
- Room on the Broom by Julia Donaldson
- I Am One by Susan Verde
- Duck for Turkey Day by Jacqueline Jules
- Stand Tall, Molly Lou Melon by Patty Lovell
- Alexander and the No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
- Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses by Kimberly & James Dean
- A Wish to be a Christmas Tree by Colleen Monroe
- After the Fall: How Humpty Dumpty Got Back Up Again by Dan Santat
- How to Be a Lion by Ed Vere
- When Sadness is at Your Door by Eva Eland
- The Magical, Mystical Marvelous Coat by Catherine Anne Cullen
- Clancy the Courageous Cow by Lachie Hume
- Somebody Loves You, Mr. Hatch by Eileen Spinelli
- What Do You Do With a Problem? by Kobi Yamada
- Giraffes Can't Dance by Giles Andreae
- A Big Guy Took My Ball by Mo Willems
- Salt in His Shoes by Deloris Jordan
- The Bad Seed by Jory John
- The Recess Queen by Alexis O'Neill
- The Big Cheese by Jory John
- The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett & Gary Rubinstein
- Ruby Finds a Worry by Tom Percival
- Jabari Jumps by Gaia Cornwall
- Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
- The World Needs Who You Were Meant to Be by Joanna Gaines
- When It's the Last Day of School by Maribeth Boelts
As we add books to our list, we will update this list as the year progresses.
Updated 01/16/2024.