Watertown Literacy Week
March 8-12, 2021
You can go anywhere with a good book!
Literacy Week Website
FRIDAY MARCH 12: Debbie Ridpath Ohi for grades 3-5 (again!)
Save the date - The week of March 8th will be our Elementary Literacy Week! During this week, we have two authors/illustrators joining us for evening presentations and a school-based literacy activity night on Wednesday. We will also have a ‘dress as your favorite book character day on Thursday or Friday. We hope you can join us for one or more of these events to celebrate reading and the places it can take us.
Monday, March 8th - Watertown Virtual School Book Pickup
Tuesday, March 9th - Author / Illustrator Debbie Ridpath Ohi will be joining our Watertown Elementary School community to share what it takes to write a book! She will talk about writing her own books and then show us some secrets to being an illustrator!
Her books are fun, and you’ll love hearing about her work. Zoom link coming soon!
Wednesday, March 10th - School-based literacy activities
From 6:00 - 7:00 PM, each elementary school will host an hour of virtual literacy activities, games. Stay tuned for more information next week about the event we will be held at our school.
Thursday, March 11th - Author / Illustrator Jason Chin will come to share his closely researched non-fiction texts about science and nature. As he describes, “I try to explain Science with imaginative storytelling.” Jason will discuss some of the recent books that have taken him places around the world’ and provide a brief art demonstration. Zoom link coming soon!