Gooney Bird Inspires Young Writers

Our Gooney Bird Greene reading event is over. It culminated a couple of weeks ago with many of us at Bartlett wearing outrageous outfits to school - a la GB. Gooney's influence has lingered, however. Our Celebration of Writing bulletin board is beginning to fill up with Absolutely True Stories inspired by the unusual - but absolutely true stories that Gooney Bird told her classmates. Some of the story ideas suggested by Gooney Bird include: How I Got My Name, How My Family Came to Goffstown and How I Lost My Pet. First graders in Mrs. Lavigne's classroom had no trouble when asked to write their own absolutely true stories. Many told about their own lost pets,
but others told about how much they love peaches, mom's cooking, and how a window got broken during a baseball game. All of us, even the youngest, have stories to tell. A big thank you to Gooney Bird for helping first graders to find their voices and tell their stories.