Monthly Archives: June 2023

Memory Jars – Sharing Our Favourite Memories of this Past School Year

Books, clubs, storytime

For our last storytime sessions of the year, I read the beautiful book Memory Jars by Vera Brosgol to our grade 2 students.  In the book Freda attempts to save all of her favourite memories in jars where they will remain unchanged forever. Since our school year is ending, I asked our students to put … Continue reading Memory Jars – Sharing Our Favourite Memories of this Past School Year →

Fun Summer ’23 Reading Recommendations for Middle Schoolers

Books,

Summer is almost here and it is important to encourage kids to continue to read all summer long.  This helps to prevent the “summer slide” which is when students lose about 20% of their reading gains over the summer months through lack of use.  These fun books will have your kids excited to read and … Continue reading Fun Summer ’23 Reading Recommendations for Middle Schoolers →