We were lucky this week to meet a famous author - who lives right here in our city of Montpelier (and right next door to one of our students!) Carolyn Scoppetone met us at the Kellogg Hubbard Library and read us the story she wrote about a little girl who visits Hubbard Park. First graders are learning about different features of stories (for example, ellipses) so we were able to learn and study what Carolyn does to bring her story to life, just as we are trying to do with our own stories during writers workshop. While at the library students participated in a story walk for the book and made a puppet for the main character - Mika - in the story. INQUIRE with your child what they learned from the author, Carolyn Scoppetone. Did they try any craft moves from her book in their own stories?
We were lucky this week to meet a famous author - who lives right here in our city of Montpelier (and right next door to one of our students!) Carolyn Scoppetone met us at the Kellogg Hubbard Library and read us the story she wrote about a little girl who visits Hubbard Park. First graders are learning about different features of stories (for example, ellipses) so we were able to learn and study what Carolyn does to bring her story to life, just as we are trying to do with our own stories during writers workshop. While at the library students participated in a story walk for the book and made a puppet for the main character - Mika - in the story. INQUIRE with your child what they learned from the author, Carolyn Scoppetone. Did they try any craft moves from her book in their own stories? 
