Sarah Albee visits Third Grade!

Please share your reflections on our time with Sarah Albee!

How does she get her ideas?

How does she recommend researching nonfiction books?

What did you find personally interesting about her?

Twelve Fun Fact about Sarah Albee

Feel free to read and ENJOY! No need to comment!
Love,
Ms. P,

For Kids: Twelve Fun Facts About Sarah

• She’s the youngest of four kids.
• Her favorite food is a perfectly ripe mango.
• She was born in Cleveland, Ohio, but grew up in South Burlington, Vermont.
• She was the second-shortest girl in her seventh grade class, but then grew nine inches in a year and a half, topping out at 5’10.”
• She was captain of both her basketball and track teams in high school—they were state champs.
• She plays the violin. She also loves opera, especially Mozart operas.
• When she was growing up, her family had lots of dogs and cats, and also chickens, cows, goats, sheep, pigs, and an ornery watch-turkey named Simon who used to chase visitors up the walkway. Some of these visitors included boys who were there to pick up her older sister for a date. Awkward.
• She graduated from Harvard, and was a member of the humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon.
• She lived in Cairo, Egypt for a year, where she played semi-pro basketball and worked as an editor.
• She speaks varying amounts of Italian, French, and Arabic. (She knows how to argue with a referee in Arabic.)
• Her first big job out of college was at Sesame Street. She worked there for nine years.
• Her favorite books to read are anything about the history of medicine, disease, and sanitation. Her favorite author of books for adults is P.G. Wodehouse.

Panda Path...hearts filled with joy!

We had the most rewarding experience today sharing

our books with new Pre-K friends at Panda Path!

 Reflecting on the day, what did you enjoy most? How did it feel reading and giving the books to the students? Please share any thoughts that you have about this wonderful experience!

Shawnee Sharing!

These nomadic Native Americans roamed the forests with other Eastern Woodland tribes. They certainly had troubling times with Europeans like the other tribes!

Please share some fascinating facts that you have learned so far.

Shoshone Shout-out!

The People of the Great Basin survived in smaller groups in desert-like conditions! They were tough and clever people.

Please share some of the facts that you have learned already!

Hopi Happenings!

The Hopi people got their name from a word that means "peaceful people". Hmmm...very interesting and quite a contrast to our Comanche tribe!

Please share interesting information from your research so far.

Comanche Conversation

The Lords of the Plains were highly skilled horsemen and expert hunters! They ruled the plains!

Please share what you have learned so far in your research.