LITERARY LICENSE TO CHILL; STUDENTS TAKE COSTUME TIPS FROM THE CLASSROOM CLASSICS.Byline: Angela Randazzo Daily News Staff Writer Halloween took a different twist at Glenwood Elementary School Glenwood Elementary School is a public elementary school in Langley, British Columbia, a part of School District 35 Langley. Students from Glenwood were involved in The Langley Schools Music Project in 1976-77. on Friday, where instead of dressing as generic ghosts and goblins and vampires, students were decked out as their favorite characters from literature. ``We been focusing on literacy, and this a fun way to help kids enjoy what they're reading,'' said Pam Chasse chas·sé n. A ballet movement consisting of one or more quick gliding steps with the same foot always leading. intr.v. chas·séd, chas·sé·ing, chas·sés To perform this movement. , the school's principal. The highlight of the day was a parade led by Mother Goose Mother Goose, name associated with nursery rhymes. Most English nursery rhymes have been ascribed to Mother Goose. The origin of the name is still a matter of dispute. . ``I'm a familiar character to the kids from nursery rhymes nursery rhymes, verses, generally brief and usually anonymous, for children. The best-known examples are in English and date mostly from the 17th cent. A popular type of rhyme is used in "counting-out" games, e.g., "Eenie, meenie, minie, mo. . Who better to lead a parade about books?'' said Mother Goose, played by Judith Collings, music specialist at the school. The students were taking part in Books on Parade, an event at the school celebrating literacy. Students picked their favorite character from the books they have been reading in class. Then, as a classroom project, they made costumes representing the characters or the theme of the book. Fourth-, fifth- and sixth-graders decorated their classrooms with their book's theme, while the lower grades donned their costumes and marched in the parade. During the week, first-graders in Diane Fisher's class made pig or wolf masks out of pie plates and colored with poster paint. ``Don't sit on your tails,'' said Fisher as she pinned on the curlicue tails and bushy bush·y adj. bush·i·er, bush·i·est 1. Overgrown with bushes. 2. Thick and shaggy: a bushy head of hair. wolf tails before the parade started. Her students selected ``The Three Little Pigs'' as their favorite book. They read different versions, including one where the wolf ends up in the stew. ``The Big Bad Wolf The Big Bad Wolf (sometimes called the Big Ol' Wolf) is a fictional character who first appeared in the Three Little Pigs, Little Red Riding Hood, The Wolf and the Seven Young Kids, Peter and the Wolf and other folk tales. didn't eat the pigs,'' said Jeffrey Bojorquez, 6, who opted to be a pig. ``The pigs made a wolf stew.'' Still, all but two of the boys in the class chose the Big Bad Wolf as their favorite literary character. Fisher, dressed in a bright pink costume, and the girls in her class opted for the little pigs. ``I like pink,'' said 5-year-old Kaylin Levi. First-graders in Christina McEachern's class did a variation on the character theme. Her class selected a book by author Eric Carle, whose books are illustrated by collage artwork. Using collages, the students made book covers of their favorite book, which they wore like sandwich boards. CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1--Color in Conejo Edition only) Third-grader Scott Mungo Mun´go n. 1. A material of short fiber and inferior quality obtained by deviling woolen rags or the remnants of woolen goods, specif. grins ghoulishly as a character from ``The Witches'' at Glenwood Elementary Glennwood is the oldest school in the City of Decatur and one of the oldest in the Atlanta, Georgia area. History Glennwood Elementary opened in 1913 on property the City acquired from the heirs of Thomas Glenn. . (2--Color--Ran in Conejo Edition only) First-graders at Glenwood Elementary dress up for Halloween as the heroes (and villain) of their favorite book, ``The Three Little Pigs.'' Charlotte Schmid-Maybach/Special to the Daily News |
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