This fall, I joined the #KidsNeedMentors program, which matches authors with teachers and classrooms across the country to form a school-year partnership to connect kids to authors and inspire them as readers and writers. I was matched with Patricia Palmer’s 4th grade class in Stoughton, MA. So far this year, we have Skyped, exchanged FlipGrid videos, and written notes to each other. And today, I got to meet the kids in person! I spent the whole morning with Mrs. Palmer and her students. They made me a lovely welcome sign, and peppered me with great questions. Then I went over my “homework” — a fun information sheet they had given me to fill out. I read a chapter from MIDSUMMER’S MAYHEM (Chapter 4: Practice Does Not Make Perfect), and learned about stories that they had been writing. Then they all signed by “yearbook,” and we went to the auditorium, where I spoke at assembly for grades 3-5! We returned to the classroom, where I signed their writer’s notebooks. It was a wonderful morning, and I can’t wait to visit them again!
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