On October 24, 2012, our fifth graders participated in the Scholastic.com LIVE Webcast, "Taylor Swift: Read Every Day".  Taylor had just released her fourth studio album, RED, on October 22.  She shared "where reading can take you", and how great literature has inspired her writing.  She shared some of her favorite books that had made a lasting impression and that had helped to shape her journey.  Our fifth graders each made his/her own unique bookprint (the list of five books that leave an indelible mark on our lives, shaping who we are and who we become).  After sharing these with classmates, students posted them over their lockers.  Our hallway is now surrounded by a bookshelf of early childhood favorites to present day series in progress.  You are what you read!

http://www.scholastic.com/readeveryday/taylor-swift-live-webcast.htm