It’s OCEAN WEEK in Rockville, so while the students have their morning snack, instructor Maureen Kearney (Mrs. K) invites them to talk about the projects they’ve worked on and the books they’ve read so far this summer. Then she introduces a non-fiction book about octopuses, including the title, genre, and table of contents. She engages the kids with questions like, “What is a genre?”

Little hands shoot up everywhere, as her eager students literally gasp to answer. They already know multiple facts about octopuses and can’t wait to learn even more.

After the group reading session, the students take turns at four stations: octopus food craft (creative and tasty), writing octopi facts, individual reading (silently or to a teacher who assesses their skill), or puppets. Always popular, the puppet theater allows students to pick puppets, identify a problem, solution, characters, and setting, then put on a show. At the puppet theater, kids alternate between watching and performing.

At the end of the session, Mrs. K. hands out more snacks and reads aloud while the children eat. This chapter from the Magic Treehouse book involves an octopus. The kids love this story and happily offer predictions and solutions regarding the challenges the main characters face.

A Window Into READy for the Grade 2023

• Rockville •

It’s OCEAN WEEK in Rockville, so while the students have their morning snack, instructor Maureen Kearney (Mrs. K) invites them to talk about the projects they’ve worked on and the books they’ve read so far this summer. Then she introduces a non-fiction book about octopuses, including the title, genre, and table of contents. She engages the kids with questions like, “What is a genre?”

Little hands shoot up everywhere, as her eager students literally gasp to answer. They already know multiple facts about octopuses and can’t wait to learn even more.

After the group reading session, the students take turns at four stations: octopus food craft (creative and tasty), writing octopi facts, individual reading (silently or to a teacher who assesses their skill), or puppets. Always popular, the puppet theater allows students to pick puppets, identify a problem, solution, characters, and setting, then put on a show. At the puppet theater, kids alternate between watching and performing.

At the end of the session, Mrs. K. hands out more snacks and reads aloud while the children eat. This chapter from the Magic Treehouse book involves an octopus. The kids love this story and happily offer predictions and solutions regarding the challenges the main characters face.