LRC Weekly Update

October is White Cane Awareness Month, and the LRC has a display of picture books to help students understand blindness and how people who are blind or visually impaired navigate their world. Stop by with your class to browse and check out a title, or ask us to pull a few books to add to your classroom read alouds.

Author visit coming in November! 📚 Thanks to Kendra Harbeck, author Yesenia Martinez will visit Richmond later next month to read her book, Lionel the Brave: A Lion’s Journey to See. Details on dates and times are coming soon.

Look out for a classroom set of turkeys to color in your mailbox next week. Please have your students color them and return them to the LRC by Friday, October 30th. We’ll hide them around the school for the hunt starting Nov. 2nd.

What to tell your students:

• Turkeys will be hidden all around the school throughout the month of November, but not in the library. Please let us know if you'd prefer to not have turkeys around your classroom door. :)
• When a student finds one, they bring it to the LRC to trade for a free bookmark.
• It’s one bookmark per student.
• Students who have already found a turkey can help a classmate find one too!

Thank you for helping get the hunt started. Happy hunting! 🦃📚

Our second Bagels & Boardgames was a good one! 🥯 Families around tables, coffee in hand, and a whole lot of laughing over dice rolls before the bell. ☕ Thank you to everyone who came out and started the day with us. 💛

If you missed it, there are two more scheduled: November 13 and December 11. Same spot, same time, 8:05 to 8:45 in the LRC. Please feel free to share this information in your newsletters! 🎲

Mark your calendars — author Ron Keres visits Richmond on Wednesday, October 28! He's the creator of the laugh-out-loud Finn the Frog books (This Book Is Perfect!, This Book Is On Fire!, This Book Is A Mistake!) and The Scariest Story You've Ever Heard, and he's a Geneva neighbor — a former gym teacher turned picture book author. Nothing turns "I have to read" into "I want to write" faster than meeting a real live author.

Author Visit Schedule

When: Wednesday, Oct. 28th

Where: LRC

Time: 9:25 - 10:15 a.m. - 1st and 3rd Grades

Time: 10:40 - 11:30 a.m. - Kinder and 2nd Grades

Time: 12:10 - 1:00 p.m. - 4th and 5th Grades

Order forms for autographed copies of his books were sent home with students last week! They are due back to school by Oct. 28th.

Great news for Dog Man fans! Dav Pilkey is visiting D303, and our 3rd graders will head to the Norris Center on Nov. 6th for a special field trip to see him.

Student Orders (Grades 2-5)

All students in grades 2-5 can pre-order a signed copy of Dav Pilkey’s brand new book, A Sprinkle in Time, through the LRC. Student order forms will be going out on Monday.

Teacher Orders

Teachers can order their own copies of A Sprinkle in Time at a 20% discount! Woo-Hoo!

How to pre-order:

1. Fill out the order form
2. Write a check made out to CUSD303
3. Bring your check to the LRC. We’ll get it to Shannon at Wildrose :)

Please complete the order form and turn in your check by Oct. 30th so your order can be placed.

We are excited to offer teacher seats for two powerful tools designed to boost student engagement, literacy, and interactive learning: Blooket and BookBreak!

• What is Blooket? A fast-paced, trivia-and-review platform that turns learning into interactive classroom games. It’s perfect for exit tickets, test prep, or energetic skill-building sessions that keep students motivated through custom game modes and rewards.

• What is BookBreak? A virtual author-visit platform that connects K–12 students directly with bestselling authors. Each monthly session includes live-streamed author talks, interactive Q&A, and pre-built lesson resources aligned with standards to inspire young readers and writers.

Featured Upcoming BookBreak Virtual Author Visits: Get your classes ready to tune in live or watch the recordings on demand! Mark your calendars for these incredible author events:

• Wednesday, Nov. 4th: Matt Tavares and Jeff Gottesfeld — Author and illustrator of Honor Flight

• Thursday, Nov. 12th: — Author Kevin Maillard speaks about his award winning picture book Fry Bread

How to Join & Get Started: Reach out to the LRC to schedule a virtual author visit for your class! You can choose to bring your students down to book the LRC space or stream the visit directly in your own classroom.

Interested in a teacher seat? If you’d like access to either (or both!) of these subscriptions for your classroom this year, please reach out so we can get your account set up!