Three Cheers for Jon Scieszcka

This year, the Naperville Reads contest author is Jon Scieszka (pronounced She ska), who wrote Stinky Cheese Man, Math Curse, the Trucktown books, the Time Warp Trio series and many others. All of the 4th graders from Gombert will hear him speak at Waubonsie Valley High School. There will also be a contest among the District 204 Elementary Schools for a school visit. Families and teachers will have other opportunities to see him while he's in town during the week of March 14th.So at Gombert we've declared January 31st to February 11th Cheer for Scieszka time. Our job as a class is to get as many students in the class as possible to read Jon Scieszka books! We have a circulating take-home bag for our classroom containing a book and a short response to what is read. The bag went home with the first student tonight and will continue to go home each night until everyone has had a chance to read the book! It is EXTREMELY important that you bring your book back the day after you take it home or else not everyone will get a chance! All the responses will be posted around the LMC. Students who turn one in will get a certificate for a free kids meal at Buffalo Wild Wings!!We're hoping you will all find a way to take part. In class today we talked about the fact that students can go to the public library to look for books by Jon Scieszka and then request a form from Mr. Ferrellto fill out about the book they read from the library! This would be such an awesome opportunity for all of the students at Gombert! Please let me know of any other ideas you may have to promote this terrific author. Thanks!