Third grade students were surprised (and excited!) to come to school this morning to find their two classrooms transformed into “Reading Cafés” – each with a roaring fireplace (on the smartboard), decorated tables, and their teacher dressed as a maître d’. This special lesson was to teach the 3^rd graders about different genres of books and to encourage them to broaden their reading horizons.

Students sampled several types of books during this “book tasting” opportunity – spending 10-15 minutes at each station to get a taste of books from different genres.  Saint James Principal, Mrs. Zorger, also enjoyed visiting a few tables this morning. Any books the students enjoyed “tasting,” they could make note of for further reading in the future.