Thursday, May 29, 2014

GOOD LUCK CLASS OF 2020!


Today was the last day of my first year of teaching. I have had mixed emotions all week leading up to this day. As the students left the school and I finished moving to my new classroom it really began to set in. I already miss those kids. I look forward to a new year and a new group of students, however Madison Middle School Team 6-1 2013-2014 students will always hold a special place in my heart.

As we went through the year together I learned as much, if not more, than the students. They helped me learn and grow as an educator. I gained experiences this year that will help shape me into a better teacher. I will always cherish this group of kids and hope to see them all progress and succeed in their lives.

I would like to thank all my students this year for putting up with me and helping me learn and grow. They were amazing, I truly do love each one of them! Also, a big thanks to the parents! I really appreciate all the work put in at home and all the years put in to raising such a fun group of kids.

Thanks for a great year! I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as I did. I am going to miss these kids!

Auri Willard

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

May Book Project (1st & 2nd hour)

Caldecott Winners
Due May 22, 2014

This month our genre is Caldecott Winners. We will provide the books in class for the students to read for their summaries. 

Read five (5) Caldecott Award winning picture books and write 
summaries for each book. 

Book Project: Choose one of the three projects to complete. 

Project 1: Create a picture book of your favorite fictional novel of 
your choice. 

Requirements: at least 10 pages, your own drawings in color, and 
text on each page. Picture book needs a beginning, middle and 
end.

Project 2: Create your own graphic novel of your favorite fictional 
novel. You may use a program such as Comic Life 3 http://
You are able to download a free 30 day version of this program. 
This also has the same requirements as the hand drawn picture 
book but doesn’t need to be in color. 

Project 3: Create a skit of your favorite Caldecott book. You will 
create a video outside of classroom. The video will be presented 
to the class. This project can be done as a group project with up 
to three people from our team. 

If you choose to do Project 3(video), please sign up with your 
teacher for a time slot by May 8th


Project 1 and Project 2 will be due Thursday, May 22nd