Stella Diaz

Students enjoyed our PARP book this year: Stella Diaz has Something to Say.  This book is written by Angela Dominguez  Our PTA purchased a book for each student in the school and we have been reading it together as part of our program: One Book One School!

We love this book because it highlights diversity.  Stella is unique because she can speak both Spanish and English.  Students love learning some new Spanish words throughout each chapter.

Each day we read a chapter and complete a short activity about the book.  Below, students worked on teams to create posters for their favorite parts of the book.

In celebration, we had a fun flashlight reading day and began using our Neon Reading kits for close reading.  Students highlight the words and mark up the text.  Then they use their black light flashlights to light up the most important words and phrases.

Reading is one of our favorite subjects in fourth grade.  What do you do for fun?