Summer Contest!

To enter the contest, guess which L & L student you think this is: you can post your guess under comments or email me. You can also email me your scanned photo of yourself reading or writing as a child for future contests! I’ll post the answer here soon, so keep checking back!
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Summer Reading List

What’s on your summer reading list? Here’s mine:
1. Mobility Lounge by David Lincoln
2. Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
3. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
4. The Glass Bead Game by H. Hesse
5. other things

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Harry Potter books help Spanish speakers learn English

This article from the Los Angeles Daily News (5/08/05) talks about how parents are involved at the school and are reading Harry Potter in their native language (Spanish). What’s really cool about this book club is that the principal is participating. That’s very welcoming, I would think.
Here’s the link: http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2857815,00.html
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Mem Fox!

Today at Book People, the talented Australian author read aloud three wonderful books: Where is the Green Sheep?, Hunwick’s Egg, and Tough Boris. She also answered questions asked by Kindergarten and first grade students from Pease Elementary.

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Language and Literacy Photos

L & L Students at Elizabeth Moje’s visit

Lynn Masterson & Denise Duncan

Recent Ph.D. Grad Caitlin Dooley with Dr. Bonnie Elliot

Trudy and Baby!

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Mem Fox

Mem Fox will be at Book People, Friday, May 6 at 11:00 A.M. to read from her latest book Hunwick’s Egg.
From the website:
BookKids Special Event – After much too long a time, Mem Fox returns. She is bringing her exciting new book Hunwick’s Egg
Friday, May 6, 2005 11:00 AM

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