Shrewsbury author, April Jones Prince, made her annual visit to Coolidge School today. This year Ms. Jones introduced the second grade students to her newest publication - a biography of Jackie Robinson. We learned interesting information like the fact that Robinson was pigeon toed. We learned important information too - Robinson was the first African American to play in the major league.
We were excited to notice that Ms. Jones uses some of the same tools when writing that we use. We both record our facts on sticky notes. We sort our facts on a mat to see which are interesting and which are important. (A good story needs some of both.) We both use an organizer to frame our stories. The only difference is that many more people edit and revise her work before it is published. : )
Thank you PTO for sponsoring this presentation.
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