Hi Elaine - like Jane, I will have every class connect with an author or another classroom from around the country or world if I'm lucky.

Shannon Miller's blog post has the links to connect with other educators or authors (on Kate Messner's site).

Authors will generally read aloud their own book or a favorite picture book and then take questions.

When I connect with other classrooms, we select a book that is good for 2 voices (Elephant and Piggie, Interrupting Chicken and others) and then I like to save time for the kids to ask each other questions. We always begin by having a student(s) introduce our class (grade, school, town, state).

If I have a class that is older (grades 4+) connecting with my younger students, they will often do the reading to my kids as opposed to the librarians reading aloud.

Hope this helps a little!

I'd be glad to connect with you!

Jenny

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 11:05 PM Elaine Shapiro <elaine.shapiro7@gmail.com> wrote:

I have never celebrated WRAD and would love to hear what some of you do, especially at the elementary level

Elaine Shapiro,
Broad Brook School (preK-4)

On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 11:26 AM Jenny Lussier <jlussier@rsd13.org> wrote:
Hello everyone!

I hope you had a wonderful break and are feeling energized again.

If you are interested in connecting for World Read Aloud Day (or week) which takes place Feb. 3 this year, here is the blog post from Shannon Miller with the links to connect with other educators or authors (on Kate Messner's site).

I'm celebrating all week and would love to connect with some CT folks too!

Best,
Jenny

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