What a great giveaway! We had Book Scavenger on our district reading list "Reading Rock's" in the 2016-17 school year - what a fun book! Ambrose School Erin McCoy

After a read aloud of “The Proudest Blue”, 5th grdrs are having conversations, adding their reader responses to slides about the story and about their connections to identity. This book is on our district’s “Reading Rocks” booklist this year! Ambrose School

First graders finding quiet little nooks to share their books! Ambrose School

1sr gdrs describing characters after reading “Mr. Putter and Tabby take the train”. Loved how they thought about the actual character and not just what they looked like. They also are making text-to-text connections. They did great!@AmbroseSchool

Authorfest began today & got off to a great start w/ the amazing Scott Magoon! He talked to 1st grdrs about being an author/illustrator & taught us how to draw a shark from his book “Misunderstood Shark”. Thank you WFEE Scott Magoon for a fun event! Ambrose School

Thank you WFEE for bringing Anna Alter to K Ss for virtual Authorfest! Anna Alter told us all the steps of making a book & she shared how she started writing & illustrating at a very young age. We also learned how to draw some of her characters! Ambrose School We had fun!

Thank you WFEE for bringing Jef Czekaj to Authorfest! We learned about being an author and how he creates his illustrations! And we drew Little Ghoul! So much fun! Jef Czekaj Ambrose School

Thank you WFEE for bringing Greg Mone to Authorfest!We love his books & we learned even professional authors research,plan,organize&revise revise revise! Grd 5 Ss were totally engaged! Gregory Mone Ambrose School

Thank you WFEE for bringing illustrator James Ransome To Authorfest! 4th grd Ss learned artists do research to make their illustrations authentic & he takes pictures of people in various poses to use for his illustrations.Great presentation! Ambrose School

Thank you WFEE for bringing Carrie Finison to Authorfest! She told us about the importance of revising our writing & took us through the evolution of her bk “Dozens of Doughnut” from 1st draft to final wonderful book that we loved!Great event! @CarrieFinison Ambrose School

Great day in the library for our Kindergarten students with a visit from author&illustrator Jarrett Lerner ! He taught us how to draw w/shapes,lines,letters and how to write a great story! K Ss and adults all loved it! Ambrose School

April vacation is always fun but being back in the library and seeing K Ss excited about books is also pretty awesome! Ambrose School Nina O'Halloran

K Ss are practicing reading nonfiction! They r reading the pictures, asking questions, and finding special words about their topic! They added a cover pic of themselves reading to create their own “I can read nonfiction “ book! Good work K! Ambrose School

Ss are making wishlists for our annual book fair, and then enjoying reading the library books they checked out. It’s also pajama day for this class! Another great day in the library! Ambrose School

The QRZ is back! Students are loving our little nook labeled the 'quiet reading zone'! @ambroseelementary

5th graders are writing a book buzz of a favorite book to share with classmates. They're earning vocabulary to describe the pace and tone of a story! @ambroseelementary

The tables are set for 2nd grade students to have book tasting! They are moving through different 'buffet' tables searching for just right books that look 'tasty'! @ambroseelementary

These book loving 3rd graders in Mrs. Rankin's class gifted me this fabulous Booooooks! T-shirt! It matches my Halloween decorated door!

Ambrose Book Fair is here all next week October 31 to November 4th! So excited to have it in person once again! Lots of great books to purchase. And a few friends already started looking!! Can't wait! See the PTO newsletter for more details.

5th grd Ss are thinking about their reading past & present & noticing how they have grown as readers. They're getting ready for the Letters About Literature project & will write to authors about a book that had an impact on them. We're off to a great start! Mass Center for the Book