You are Invited to: Cozy up Around the Fire with a Good Book

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1 You are Invited to: Cozy up Around the Fire with a Good Book Thursday, January 16, 6:00pm Join us for an evening of reading books and creating things together! Family Literacy Night is a great way to spend a cold winter s night discovering new books and spending time with your student(s). For this event you will listen to 2 different stories and engage in fun activities as a family. Check out the list below to see the stories as well as which teachers/staff will be the storytellers. Snowflake Bentley by Jacqueline Briggs Martin Mrs. Ruef Snowmen at Night by Caralynn Buehner Mr. Bowe (Superintendent) and Mrs. Truex Under the Snow by Melissa Stewart Mrs. Hixenbaugh All you Need for a Snowman by Alice Schertle Miss Zatezalo The Story of Ferdinand by Munro Leaf Mrs. Baker Sugar on Snow by Nan Parson Rossiter Mrs. Wise Sector Seven by Davis Wiesner Miss Hershberger There was a Cold Lady who Swallowed some Snow by Lucille Colandro Mrs. Mazzola Sneezy the Snowman by Maureen Wright Mrs. Egert The Hat by Jan Brett Mrs. Stewart (Director of Business Operations) and Mrs. Dumoulin The Mitten by Jan Brett Mrs. Schuler (Curriculum Coordinator) Snow Dance by Lezlie Evans Mrs. Cannon Over and Under the Snow by Kate Messner Mrs. Ousley Things to Know about Literacy Night: Students MUST be accompanied by an adult. Siblings not at Whipple are welcome to attend but will need to be with a parent/guardian and their siblings. You will receive a schedule of which stories students will be attending, prior to coming to Literacy Night. Schedules will also be available at check-in. All students will do 2 stories. The sooner you sign up the better chance of getting the stories you want.

2 Check in will be from 6:00-6:15pm. Stories will be minutes long with a minute break for cookies in between. Doors will open at 5:50pm. Literacy Night Sign-Up Sheet In order to make the evening run smoothly and efficiently, we would like for students to rank the books being offered in the order of their preferences to hear them. Simply write the numbers 1-13 in the blanks beside the titles and return this sheet to the classroom teacher by Wednesday, January 15th. Students will be given a schedule after signing up. Student Name:_GRADE_TEACHER # of siblings attending with student: Snowflake Bentley Snowmen at Night Under the Snow All you Need for a Snowman The Story of Ferdinand Sugar on Snow Sector Seven There was a Cold Lady who Swallowed some Snow Sneezy the Snowman The Hat The Mitten Snow Dance Over and Under the Snow

3 Here s a list of all the stories being offered with a quick description of each one!! Snowflake Bentley is the story of Wilson Bentley, a farmer born in 1865 in Jericho, Vermont, a small town between Lake Champlain and Mount Mansfield, in the heart of Vermont's "snowbelt." Perhaps it was no accident that Bentley always loved snow more than anything else in the world. Have you ever wondered about the secret life of snowmen? Ever wondered what they do at night while we're sleeping? Well, Caralyn and Mark Buehner have, and they even created a book to solve the mystery! When snow falls, we love to sled and skate and have snowball fights. But at the end of the day, we go home where it is warm and safe. What about all those animals out there in the forests and fields? What do they do when snow blankets the ground? One small snowflake fluttering down-that's all you need for a snowman. Or is it? Ferdinand is the world's most peaceful--and--beloved little bull. While all of the other bulls snort, leap, and butt their heads, Ferdinand is content to just sit and smell the flowers under his favorite cork tree.

4 Sometime in early march, the cry of "Sap's Rising" can be heard in rural New England. In this lovely picture book, a father, his two sons, and one dog rise (very early) to the occasion and set off at dawn to the sugar bush to begin the process. There a boy makes friends with a mischievous little cloud, who whisks him away to the Cloud Dispatch Center for Sector 7 (the region that includes New York City). The clouds are bored with their everyday shapes, so the boy obligingly starts to sketch some new ones. Here's the newest twist on the familiar tale of There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly. B-R-R-R-R! AH-CHOO! Sneezy the Snowman is cold, cold, cold. To warm up, he drinks cocoa, sits in a hot tub, stands near a warm fire and melts! But the children know just what to do to build him up again and make him feel "just right".

5 Hedgie the hedgehog discovers the wisdom of the adage "Don't go poking your nose where it doesn't belong" only after curiosity gets this prickly fellow in a pickle. When Lisa's red-and-white woolen stocking blows off the clothesline, Hedgie finds it and sticks his nose inside, only to discover his prickles prevent him from pulling out of it. Grandmother knits snow-white mittens that Nikki takes on an adventure. Readers will enjoy the charm and humor in the portrayal of the animals as they make room for each newcomer in the mitten and sprawl in the snow after the big sneeze. In this lyrical celebration of one of the most awaited days of the year, two young children anticipate a snowstorm and all the joy, wonder, and excitement that it promises Over the snow, the world is hushed and white. But under the snow exists a secret kingdom of squirrels and snow hares, bears and bullfrogs, and many other animals that live through the winter safe and warm, awake and busy, under the snow.