Tuesday, April 14, 2015

Thank you, Canada!!


I recently spent three days visiting schools in Fredericton, New Brunswick.

To get there, I had to fly on an itty bitty little plane like this, that kind of freaked me out.

But I survived. Phew!

 

My first stop was Gibson-Neill Memorial Elementary, where they know that it's the little things that count.  A reserved parking spot! (I love all those different-colored letters.)



I was greeted by Alex and Quinn. A nice welcome!


The students had decorated the gym. Love this greeting sign.




Students had made book trailers and illustrated booklets.


Such great pictures of dogs!



More dogs



More drawings and trailers



More drawings! The school was so festive.



And more drawings....



I loved seeing these booklets the students made for How to Steal a Dog.

Some students had made these cool scenes from clay, on display in the library.



More decorations in the gym



Speaking to Gibson-Neill Memorial students


Reading to the students




This is a spring-time recess in Canada! Brrrrr




Students being interviewed by the local radio station (Canadian Broadcast). She asked them great questions about my books (and they gave great answers).



Liam, Boyd, Aiden and Conor had lunch with me and asked some great questions.




Next stop was Barker's Point Elementary, where I was greeted by this great sign.




Hannah and Amelia greeted me with this great sign.

Students had done some terrific drawings for me.

More drawings! Thank you, Barker's Point.




(l to r) The amazing Sherry Norton-Graham, who made this trip possible and treated me like a queen (Thanks for everything, Sherry!), me, and Barker's Point principal Jeanne Wood)




Next stop was Park Street Elementary, where I had the pleasure of having lunch with these super nice students. We practiced saying our names in Pig Latin.




And more Park Street students.

Thank you, Sherry (who has the same birthday as me!!)








2 comments:

Anonymous said...

What a great visit...thanks so much for sharing with our students in Fredericton. I am not surprised by your warm welcome...we have wonderful kids in Anglophone West School District!

David McTimoney
Superintendent

Anonymous said...

It was such a pleasure having you visit our school. The students were captivated by your words. I am so excited to see how the boys and girls use the "show don't tell" strategy in their writing.

Lindsey Levesque
Teacher (GNMES)