Show your reading superpower! What do YOU love about reading, listening, and books?

• Literacy Night: Thursday, April 27, 2023 6-7:30pm
• Lowell Book Fair @ the Watertown Free Public Library
• Author In residence: Jarrett Lerner
• Literacy Week Events Schedule
• Design a Robot: A Just for Fun Activity
• Bulletin Boards and Student Work

Join us for an ALL Lowell School (K-5) literacy night at the Watertown Free Public Library!

All families and family members are welcome!

This event is an opportunity for both parts of Lowell to be one and celebrate reading, books, and literacy.

Events include:

• Visit our in-person Book Fair courtesy of the Lowell FTO
• Join our Reading Teachers for Reading Fun and Literacy Games.
• Spanish Read Aloud with Mrs. Quesada and students
• Storytime and Cookies with our principal, Mrs. Phelan.

Need a library card? Sign up on the spot and checkout books at the library or from the bookmobile when it visits school.

Author-illustrator Jarrett Lerner is the award-winning creator of the EngiNerds series of Middle Grade novels, the Geeger the Robot series of early chapter books, the activity books Give This Book a Title and Give This Book a Cover, The Hunger Heroes series of graphic novel chapter books, and the Nat the Cat series of early readers. Jarrett is also the creator of the forthcoming illustrated novel in verse A Work in Progress, as well as several as-yet-unannounced projects. All of Jarrett’s books are published by Simon & Schuster. In addition to writing, drawing, and visiting schools and libraries across the country, Jarrett co-founded and co-organizes the #KidsNeedBooks and #KidsNeedMentors projects, and regularly spearheads fundraisers for various reading- and book-related causes. He is also the founder and operator of Jarrett Lerner’s Creator Club. He can be found at jarrettlerner.com and on Twitter and Instagram at @Jarrett_Lerner. He lives with his wife and daughters in Massachusetts. (From his official website)

More Information

• This is an in-school student experience

This experience is brought to us thanks to a generous grant from the Watertown Community Foundation.

Monday, April 24:

• Bookmobile to visit Phillips
• DEAR (Drop Everything And Read) in your classroom.

Tuesday, April 25

• Bookmobile to visit Lowell West (11:00-1:30)

Wednesday, April 26

• Poem in your Pocket Day: Keep your favorite poem, original or borrowed, in your pocket to share with classmates, teachers, and family.

Thursday, April 27

• Author in Residence Day
• Phillips: Morning (gym @ 8:50-9:30)
• Lowell West: Afternoon (cafe/gym/auditorium)

• FTO Book Fair begins at Watertown Free Public Library April 27-30
• Literacy Night at Watertown Free Public Library

Friday, April 28

• Character Day: Dress as Your Favorite Character
• DEAR in Your Classroom

Reading, Writing, and Creating is my Superpower!

All of you have amazing ideas! Writers generate ideas for stories, inventors think of inventions. Here is your chance to be an inventor, a creator, and a writer!

Design a Robot of Your Own!

Gather objects from your junk drawer or just around your classroom, library, or house (rubber bands, rulers, pieces of paper, boxes, or cardboard, toothpicks, chopsticks, etc.). Write down each item and its usual, common purpose. Now think like an EngiNerd and make a list of other, less-common, less-usual uses for each item. Build your robot!

Full project description

Email: kelly.mccollum@waterrtown.k12.ma.us
Website: http://lowell.watertown.k12.ma.us
Location: 175 Main Street, Waltham, MA, USA
Phone: 781.899.3701
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Twitter: @jrlowell_ma