Read Across America - Author VisitsAt OPS, the week of February 25th - March 1st was an exciting one as we celebrated Read Across America Day with a week-long celebration of reading. Thanks to our wonderful Oradell PTA, it culminated with visits from children's authors Jeff Mack and Wendy Mass. Jeff Mack: Author and illustrator Jeff Mack paid our K - 2nd graders a visit as part of our Read Across America festivities. Mr. Mack explained the process he uses to write and illustrate his books and answered questions from our students. He also engaged the 1st and 2nd grade students in drawing one of his characters, Mr. Monkey. Later he paid a visit to Ms. Yu's 1st grade class to share some tips on drawing and to walk the students through several fun exercises they can use to improve their illustrations. Here are some pictures from Mr. Mack's visit: Wendy Mass: Our 3rd - 6th grade students were visited by New York Times best selling author Wendy Mass. Ms. Mass, the author of 29 books for children, shared her creative process, provided writing tips, answered questions, and encouraged our 3rd - 6th grade students to keep reading and writing. She later paid a visit to Mrs. O'Keeffe's 4th grade class to give a writing workshop where she shared her tricks for developing characters, settings and plots. Here are some pictures from Ms. Mass' visit: Thanks once again to the Oradell PTA for bringing these wonderful authors to our school!
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