This week the students in preschool through fifth grade started learning about folktales in the library. The kindergarteners and first graders enjoyed James Marshall's version of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, the second, third, and fourth graders heard Angela Elwell Hunt's The Tale of Three Trees, and the fifth graders heard an African folktale called Akimba and the Magic Cow. Last but not least, the preschoolers came on Friday afternoon and we read Ed Young's Seven Blind Mice. We talked about the fact that on the cover of a folktale book we will often find the words "retold by" before the writer's name because the author wants to recognize that the story has been told by many others before him. Over the next few weeks we hope to fill up our Tree of Folktales with many colorful leaves. Students can add a leaf with the title and author of a book each time they read a new folktale. Ms. D'Aurora's class surprised me on Friday afternoon with their performance of a song about library manners. All of the students have been wonderful about being quiet, careful, and respectful while in the library!
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