Mystery Readers

The boys and I have look forward to Fridays all year because we knew a "mystery reader" was coming.  Thank you parents and grandparents for making time to visit our classroom and sharing one of your family's favorite book with us. We loved having you visit our classroom.

Mystery Readers

WE LOVE OUR MYSTERY READERS!!!!!!!

The boys enjoyed listening to a good book about Thomas Edison!

This Mystery Reader was our first grandparent to read to our class this year. The boys really like his book choice, Charlotte's Web! The boys especially loved the vocabulary in the book, and it is fun when they greet me in the morning with "salutations!"  

Another Mystery Has Been Solved!

This week's mystery reader graduated from St. Mark's. He was born in Dallas, but lived in London. His business takes him all over the world. He loves baseball, too.  His son was super excited to have him visit our classroom on Friday.

The boys enjoyed the stories. Thanks for coming, Mr. Marcus!

Mystery Reader of the Week

The Mystery Reader Visits Our Class

This week's mystery reader's clues had the boys a little stumped!  But when one boy heard that the special guest's favorite football team were the Trojans, he was pretty convinced it must be his mom. And he was RIGHT!

Mrs. Hoak brought a book that was written in 1910 to read to the class. The boys quickly noticed that the author knew a lot about using adjectives to make his writing interesting and fun to listen to. They also liked that the little birds in the story got into a little "mischief" just like Max in the story Where the Wild Things Are. These Marksmen know how to make "text-to-text" connections, and I think that is really awesome. You should have heard their discussion about a little "harmless" mischief.  Boys! You've got to love them.

A Visit from the Doctor

The boys in Room 102 are great detectives and love to solve the case of the "Mystery Reader" each week.  Our special guest this week was Dr. Graeme. The boys were interested to learn that she loved math in school, once sang the National Anthem at a Super Bowl,  and won the Dallas White Rock Marathon. The boys especially loved that she is an OWL, too ( a Rice Owl!)

Dr. Graeme read Mr. President Goes to School. We thought it was the perfect choice!

Another Mystery is Solved!

This week's reader was a BIG mystery! Many boys thought it must be their dad when they heard that our mystery guest liked to play golf and eat pizza. It was only when they heard that he was a St. Mark's alum that one boy knew for sure that it must be his dad.

Thank you Dr. Monga for being this week's "mystery reader" and choosing the great book, McBroom Tells the Truth. 

The boys love having their dads visit our classroom. 

The Mystery Is Solved!

Who loves to play basketball, softball, and golf? Who has an identical twin brother and takes his family to Michigan for vacation every summer? The boys enjoyed listening to the mystery reader clues on Friday. One lucky boy knew it was his dad when I read that our mystery guest's  favorite football team is ........., and he yelled the CINCINNATI BENGALS!

Thank you, Mr. Ness, for being our first mystery reader. Thank you, boys for being the PERFECT audience. I can't wait until next Friday when another mystery guest will be visiting our classroom.
There are still a couple dates available for readers. If you haven't had a chance to sign-up yet, go to the August post called "Calling All Mystery Readers" and sign-up today!

Calling All Mystery Readers

 Parents, grandparents, older siblings, special family members, or friends may sign up to read. Mystery Readers visit our classroom on Friday afternoons at 12:15 and read a picture book aloud to the class. The readers are asked to write five clues ahead of time so that the class has a chance to guess who our weekly Mystery Reader will be!


Click the link below, enter the password, and sign up for one of our Mystery Reader dates.

Calling All Mystery Readers

Password - Lions-1st