Wishtree Book Club

Mrs. Peyton and I so enjoy our times together doing Book Clubs. She does the Social/Emotional Learning piece, and I do some English/Language Arts stuff. The kids do the rest - we have such a good time. This group was amazingly insightful and hard working. They were a perfect group for us to enjoy this book for the very first time.

LIBRARY LAB: Cooking Club - One Minute Mug Brownie

We whipped up some brownies in a cup yesterday. We had a mock restaurant to see if students remembered some of the etiquette rules we taught them before, and we were amazed at how much they retained over spring break! What well-mannered cooks we have. Check out this video of our cooking experience. We have one more week to learn a new recipe!

LIBRARY LAB: Cooking Club Deliciously Fun!

Our cooks had a delicious time making microwave mug pizza yesterday! We learned a lot about cooking & table manners. Mrs. Peyton & I were so excited to have our wonderful grown up helpers, Mrs. MacMillan, Mrs. Stevenson, Ms. Erben & Mrs. San Miguel (with baby Charlie!) 

Great job, Eagles! Can't wait to see what we cook up next! 

Testing Recipes for Cooking Club

The applications are pouring in for cooking club! Get one in the library today or online here. They're due 2/17 - Mrs. Fournier & Mrs. Peyton will choose the 20 best candidates to become cooks in our first Cooking Club! Check out these videos for more information.

War That Saved My Life: Book Club Wrap Up

As always, Mrs. Peyton and I adored spending time with our special book club friends. This book club group was especially responsible in staying up with their reading, and also had the most insightful things to say about this amazing book. We celebrated our last meeting with a tea party, because there was a tea party motif in the book. What fun! A few weeks later, 5th graders were invited to jot down their favorite elementary school memory. Mrs. Peyton and I were so touched to see that one student chose this book club as his fondest memory. What a compliment.

Friendship Book Club Celebration

Mrs. Peyton and I were sad that our 2nd grade Friendship Book Club came to an end yesterday! These kids were amazing readers, always responsible with their assignments, and were great strategists at Mancala!  We celebrated the end of Like Pickle Juice on a Cookie with pickle flavored popcorn, cookies (sans pickle juice!) and watching a video interview of the author, Julie Sternberg, on the library's 70" monitor!  

2nd Graders Chosen for Friendship Book Club

Mrs. Peyton, our counselor, and I love collaborating on book clubs together!  We take a book and talk about our feelings and dive deep into the text.  We started a new one yesterday with some amazing 2nd grade readers.  They each took turns reading aloud the first few chapters yesterday and I was bowled over by how much fluency and voice they already have developed when they read aloud. It's going to be a really fun group!

Twin Day - Kindness Week

It's Kindness week at Forest North!  Every day, we're thinking about different ways we can be a good friend.  Today is Twin Day- everyone dresses like a friend or many people group together!

I was thrilled to be twinned up with Mrs. Peyton, our wonderful counselor.  Her dedication, compassion, good listening skills are something I aspire to - hopefully being her twin rubbed off on me a little!

Happy Twin Day!

4th Grade Bibliotherapy Book Club

You may remember a post from last October showing Aiden reading an excerpt from our beloved Ghetto Cowboy by G. Neri.  He was part of a special book club of focused and engaged young men that met with Mrs. Peyton and myself.  We had so much fun working with this great group of boys and they did a great job staying on top of reading and having insightful conversations about growing up, what it means to be a man and to belong in a group. We also made some new friendships!

Our cowboys, after decorating their saddle bags.

Mrs. P eyton and our readers (and one mom who came to celebrate with us!) decorating their saddle bags.

At the end of each session, this student's sister came in with her class to checkout as a group, and the love they showed each other would always make my day!  What a great example of sibling love!

3rd Grade Book Club with Mrs. Peyton

Mrs. Peyton & I have a special book club we like to call "Peyton, Fournier and Associates, LLC."  (The LLC stands for Lifelong Learners Club!) We just started meeting with 3rd graders a few weeks ago to read next year's Texas Bluebonnet Award nominee Quinny & Hopper. They are right on track with their reading, and earned their Bookworm spirit stick.  We were all so excited about that, we took a photo to celebrate.  Check out these readers!