In the Commons, families read The Little Red Fort and then built a fort out of boxes and cardboard pieces or they read Alma and How She Got Her Name and then built their name out of legos.
In the art room families read Don't Lick this Book about germs that are all around us! Then they created germ figures out of modeling clay and animated them with the Stop Motion app on the iPad!
In the LMC, families read Big Mooncake for Little Star and then created a mobile of the phases of the moon, or they read Yasmin the Explorer and used the Beebots to move Yasmin around the market.
Families also read The Truth About Bears, learning bear facts and creating a bear that speaks with the Chatterpix app and they read Malala's Magic Pencil and wrote their own ideas for a magic pencil that could help the World!
Families who read Perfectly Norman helped their student create his or her own wings using the Explain Everything app.
When families read We Don't Eat Our Classmates, students made a "friendship sandwich", and after reading Bad Guys, they wrote their own "rap sheet" for another bad guy character.
The finale of the evening was a staff presentation of the Monarch nominated story The Rabbit Listened. We hope everyone enjoyed the stories, crafts and just being together. Here's a view of the action:
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