Lafayette School Elects to Read!

Lafayette School’s first Reading Road Trip features a trip to the White House and a landslide of books about presidents, our nation’s capital, and presidential elections! Fourth and fifth grade Reading Road Trippers are checking out books that connect to our Elect to Read theme, reading those books, creating exciting book projects to share with classmates—and earning valuable odometer points for their Reading Road Trip teams!

In Mayor Hubble is in Trouble! by Dan Gutman, Election Day is just around the corner.  A.J. and Andrea are running for student council, and Mayor Hubble promises to teach the kids the ins and outs of politics.  Who will win?  Who will lose?  And will anyone agree to kiss a baby during campaign season?  In My Weirder School, every vote counts!



Mayor Hubble Diorama by Eve, Courtney, Mariah, and Jasmine

Vote for Me

A poem inspired by The Kid Who Ran for President

by Carlin C.

 

Vote for Moon and June!

There will be no homework soon.

America will party all night and sleep all day.

Come party with me, come and play.

There will be snowball fights and candy delight.

We will eat until we are full, taking very big bites.

We will climb the White House wall until we all fall.

Oh, what a joy to be president after all!

If you don't vote for me there will be no candy. 

What a crime.

Don't you see, there's so much time!

So, please vote for me!

 

Mayor Hubble Diorama by Zachary H.



Mayor Trouble Is in Trouble by Grace L.



Mayor Hubble Is in Trouble by Nina J. and Jessica T.

Lafayette favorite author  Dan Gutman continues his campaign for good reading in The Kid Who Ran for President.  With his friend as campaign manager—and his former babysitter as running mate—twelve-year-old Judson Moon sets out to become President of the United States!

The Kid Who Ran for President Diorama by Jason H.

Fourth grade Reading Road Tripper Cole E. offers some biographical information about Dan Gutman:

Dan Gutman has written many books, but the most popular are the My Weird School series.  He lives in New Jersey.  He lives with his wife and two children.  You can visit him on his website at www.dangutman.com. He has written hundreds of books for children.  He likes being a children's writer because when he writes, he imagines that he is in the book and that he is a character.

A Winning Ticket with Fun and Friendship:  The fifth-grade class election is a close contest between teachers' pet Cricket Kaufman and class clown Lucas Cott.  Julio Sanchez is campaigning for his best friend and hiding his own leadership abilities.  Can Julio throw his hat into the ring without jeopardizing his friendship with Lucas?

Class President Diorama by Michael, Sarah, and Taylor

Reading the Geek Chronicles!   She may be “average and unpopular,” but in Rosie Swanson: Fourth Grade Geek for President by Barbara Park, Rosie is running for class president against two of the most popular kids in the fourth grade!

Mayor Hubble Poster by Alexa L.

Reading Road Trippers are exploring a presidential title from a popular biography series.  Who Was Abraham Lincoln? by Janet P. Pascal examines the life of the humble farm boy who grew up to become the sixteenth president of the United States—the man responsible for leading the nation through the bitter and bloody Civil War. 

Lego White House by Thomas H.

President Obama by Haleigh

Check it out!  Scholastic’s Election 2012 website features updates on election news from the Kids Press Corps, an Election Central resources section, maps, games, videos, and more!