Welcome to the Magic Tree House!

The big news in second and third grade these days is The Magic Tree House. These books, by author Mary Pope Osborne, take the main characters Jack and Annie on adventures around the world and through time. By reading these books, students can sail on the Titanic, enjoy Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims, work in a field hospital during the Civil War, and even visit the moon!

In an effort to encourage our students to read, The Speech department had a Magic Tree House built on the second/third grade hall. (Many, many thanks to our awesome art teacher and volunteer painters and builders!)

It's 'tree-mendous'! (sorry.) The kids love it. But there is more to this than just an awesome mural! As the students are reading these great books and AR testing on them, they can get their name on the map showing where the characters have been.

This is so exciting for the students! Every time we take a restroom break they have to check the map for their name. But this is still not even the best part!

The best part is that every time a student passes an AR test on a Magic Tree House book his/her name is put into a drawing to win a Kindle e-book!

It's so great to see our growing readers so inspired. The best way to become a better reader is to read, read, read, and this has definitely sparked the interest of even some of our more reluctant readers.

I can't wait to see who wins the Kindle!