Our OSOB committee are creative rockstars! This was our second year participating in an all-school novel study. The Adventures of a South Pole Pig by Chris Kurtz is a sweet book about friendship and perseverance. With lush vocabulary, endearing characters, and an exciting locale (Antarctic), we had a winner. We kicked off the big event with a whole school assembly complete with a jumbo character puppet show of chapter 1 and a visit from Yukon Cornelius (ode to the Rudolph holiday cartoon). Once students return to their rooms, Yukon hauled the novel packages on his sled to every classroom.
The entire school building was transformed during our five-week event. Check out the large world map that documented Flora’s travels. My co-worker marked new places each week as we read the story. As visitors came to the lobby, they could see just where we were in the journey. What a great geography connection, right? That same outstanding teacher make vocab displays in several locations throughout the building for mini-lessons on context clues. The art teacher helped students construct adorable origami pigs that collaged into this full-size window display. We also had chapter trivia questions and a weekly trivia video. Every day students hunted for our stuffed Flora hiding somewhere in the school. Check out this Adobe Spark video I created to summarize the entire experience!
Kristen Foley 